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| Do you think the more 4wDing causes more faults |
| Little off roading and have faults |
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| Signific off roading and have faults |
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63% |
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lawrie50
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
Location: On the road in Australia
Posts: 47
 
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Until last week I would have said virtually no off road and zero faults but last Tuesday my D3 blew an injector pump and apparently there are no spares in Oz so one is coming from overseas.  2007 TDV6 SE Towing 22' Boroma Primo Grandinata, Mitchell Bros. Tow Hitch, Bolle Tint, Accessories Online Dashmat, Skin Thing Charcoal Sheepskins, Tyrecheckers, GME UHF, TomTom GPS, iPod Nano audio in.
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ianv
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Murrumbateman
Posts: 287
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Lots of off road, heavy use, worn out a steering rack and was given one under warranty, had 2 faulty front ride height sensors replaced under, 77K turned over today no major faults TDV6 S. Air Susp, locking Diff, Warn Winch, ARB bar, IPF lights, dual bats, G4 ladder, Frontrunner roofrack, rear wheel carrier, long range tank, Hannibal awning, 240V inverter, Cooper ST's, UHF, HF-VKS737 N3559
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| Sun Jul 27 2008 8:29am |
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WayneD
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 140
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I guess I am 70% off road at this point, given a couple of big trips. Only problem rear mud flaps, destroyed both this weekend at Stockton. I also think that the posts we get on these sites are from real 4x4 drivers so any faults are goiing to be highlighted. I have never put any of previous 4x4 through what the Disco has been through and all my mates who have owned other brand are very impressed by the Disco Take the road less traveled. Dual battery system.ORS drawers,LR cargo Barrier.Nudge bar,side protection bars,Cooper ATR's 17" rims, Davis performance upgrade 185kw 545Nm rear wheel carrier, radiator guard TPMS Mitchell Bros Tow Hitch
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| Sun Jul 27 2008 11:08am |
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10forcash
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Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Location: In the naughty corner.... eligible for parole 2025
Posts: 14753
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No faults occured whilst or as a result of offroading, although I did have a wheel bearing fail in Spain on the way to Morocco...
A fair few issues with my current and previous D3 but none of them as a result of or attributable to off road use, nor did they leave me unable to drive the vehicle
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| Sun Jul 27 2008 6:05pm |
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RetiredBob
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
Location: New South Wales
Posts: 140
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WayneD. Understand your problem re rear wheel mud flaps. They do not like the Simpson either. Fitted new ones last week. If and when I do similar trips again I will remove the good flaps and put on some 'home made' flexible rubber types.
Regards Retired Bob
2005 Disco 3 HSE TDV6 (Dual Battery, Snorkel, Nudge Bar, Kaymar Spare Wheel Carriers, Long Ranger Aux Tank. LED Shunt, Centre Console Cooler, New Tail Shaft, New Gear Box, Rigged for towing) Towing Trakmaster Van as often as possible
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| Mon Jul 28 2008 1:26am |
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away
Joined: 18 Nov 2006
Location: Wherever I'm parked in Oz
Posts: 74
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I've done about 60% off-road, most of which has been a fairly good workout for any vehicle. (Broome - Cape Leveque RD, Tanami Rd, all the gravel roads around Alice Springs, all the non-roads around Alice Springs etc) and the only things that have failed on my D3 could not be directly attributed to off-road driving.
The steering rack was replaced but did not fix the problem it was replaced for, thus I can only assume it wasn't faulty in the first place. The Front diff was replaced due to a leaking pinion seal, but these fail on cars that never go off the road, they are a known problem. The airconditioning compressor failed, but that would have happened on or off road.
None of these things would have caused me to get stuck out in the bush. I've busted more brands and types of 4WD than I can remember, and I agree with an earlier comment that off-road work is definitely more likely to cause the demise of a vehicle than on-road, but so far I couldn't be happier with my D3.
I haven't had any issues with the air suspension or terrrain response despite towing a two-tonne camper trailer for much of my travels.
Cheers,
Russ '06 Chawton White, TDV6 SE, ARB winch bar, Magnum 9000lb winch, Kaymar rear bar with 1 wheel carrier and 1 jerry can holder, Custom 106 litre long range tank, Black Widow drawers with two fridge slides, and 3/4 cargo barrier, Land Rover Raised Air Intake, Uniden uh015sx UHF radio, Globalstar Sat phone and portable car kit. Kimberley Kamper "classic" with Marine Pack, Quintrex Traveller 375 dingy and Mariner 8HP outboard.
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| Mon Jul 28 2008 7:15am |
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Discowex
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Craggy Island
Posts: 3700
 
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No lond term offroading , only those organised here.A couple of times per week though in connection with my work for short periods.No issues other than a blown clutch & flywheel which was just down to bad luck and before I started offroading it.Steerin rack replaced a few months after I got it ( which was a call back by my dealer).Steering/Road handling a bit iffy at the mo but the jurys out on that one for the time being. Don't take life me too seriously ..... it's I'm not permanent
" This society needs a fookin enema " Craig Oct 08
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| Mon Jul 28 2008 7:32am |
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Rob Bruce
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 568
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It seems most broblems with the D3 are ones it was borne with, ie known issues, and dont seem to have disabled it 
Some of us seem to have reoccuring issues with steering and suspension which mostly affects early build cars, some like me have steering/suspension parts being replaced several times, This is of great concerne to me as warrenty is about to end and if it continues I will be insisting on warrenty covering it, Hope this if so wont be too much of a battle 
Thanks for the rsponces , it puts my mind at ease....... a bit..... I think  yes 
Cheers
Rob MY05 TDV6 SE, dirt colour, Now cremated !!!!!!!
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