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Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: UK
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Chaps,
If buying a 2nd hand D4, would it be a big issue to have missed a service, even if the entire history is at a Land Rover main dealer?
I am looking at a car where it had:
12mth service (at 7K)
24 mth service (year later at 15k)
72 mth service (Gap of 3 years and did 25K in that time)
84 mth service Year later, did 8K inc cam belt
Car mileage is only 50K now and its a 2015 car.
Thoughts? 1998 Defender 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
2016 Discovery 4 HSE
1982 Series 3 2.25 Petrol Hard top- Oscar, as featured in Classic Land Rover Magazine for 7 months
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 10th May 2023 4:43 pm |
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nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4146
 
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How many owners ? and what year was the missed service ? If it was during lockdown (think it wouldn't be as it would be 2017-2020) it's understandable (but still a discussion point) or was it that it went to a new owner who didn't look after it ?.. I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
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| 10th May 2023 5:26 pm |
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Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
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All depends on your level of risk averseness. Remember that service intervals will always err on the side of caution anyway. Although to go three years of use without even a simple oil change is not good. However, I see that the big belt service has been done since and I assume everything is working well and has done since that gap.
So, for me it wouldn't be an automatic red flag. But I'd want to ensure everything is working well, that it looks well looked after now and of course the selling price would have to reflect that gap in service history. Sadly, with D4's it's not a simple job of pulling up the dipstick to see what state the oil is in.
I guess really the bottom line is that the chance of an engine failure attributed to the gap in servicing is small but it's down to you whether you think the price fairly reflects that. Of course a catastrophic engine failure comes with a mighty price tag to remedy. Might be worth investigating what any warranty might cover if things were to go Pete Tong though.
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| 10th May 2023 6:41 pm |
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