There's a lot to like about Land Rover's seven-seat SUV, but issues as well - here's what to check for 👇
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive.The mix of torque and power available from the four engines satisfied just about anyone bar those expecting to find a supercharged V8 in the range.
Some engines were found to have no oil in them even though they had been correctly serviced and no oil light had come up previously. It was also reported that some 2.0 balance shafts were running out of true and that engine blocks had cracked. In one case this happened in an 18-month-old car with 9,000 miles on it, requiring the engine to be removed and refitted. One SD4 needed a new block, crank, pistons, oil pump and turbo.
Earlier on we said that the more powerful 2018-on SDV6 3.0 diesel was nicer than the earlier TDV6 3.0, but the fact is that they have not been trouble-free. Restricted performance has been experienced by some owners, sometimes after a cold start or more scarily on the motorway, Worse, a number of 3.0 SDV6 engines have destroyed their cranks.
If most of your motoring is of the urban variety, you should think very carefully before taking the Disco 5 plunge as no amount of parking sensors will get around the fact that this is a very large vehicle that will have you breathing in when negotiating congested roads and flinching whenever something is coming the other way.
The height of the 5 combined with the low headroom of some multi-storey car parks makes this one of those cars that you need to check above the glassline for body damage. Then get down low to seek out scuffs caused by adventurous stroke over-ambitious previous owners. Although LR did its best to smooth out the car’s aero profile there was only so much it could do with that height and uprightness so you will notice some wind noise at speed.
The 8in- or in HSE and HSE Luxury specs 10in-screened InControl Touch Pro infotainment system wasn’t the most intuitive and was prone to bugginess. It’s important to make sure that all the updates have been put in place on any car you’re buying. Refreshed models came with the improved Pivi Pro system. There was a recall in late 2016 to remedy potentially non-functioning front passenger airbags on 452 vehicles built between July and October ’16.
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