How many miles should a TD5 do ?

After having had a company car for 30+ years I retired and bought a td5 2002 which I have had for a year.its now recorderd 62.000 miles.Question, I want to know approxiamatlily how many miles can I expect to do before I get problems.
All my company cars did well over 100,000 with very little problems.
Its just that I not convinced about Landrover build quality,I have leaky sunroof/rear door, door handles stick, fuels runs out when tank filled.
I want to do a long trip (5,000 miles) to Europe what spare parts should I take ?

104,000 and serviced every 10k, so far replaced

Suspension compressor
Fuel regulator
Radiator and water pump

no bad for a 9 year old I reckon

My TD5 is also hovering around the 105,000 mark. Just done an 1800 mile round trip to France and no problems other than the suspension air bags not enjoying the cold.

From my experience, whatever spares you take will not be the ones you need! Took my old V8 to France a few years ago and the distributor came apart, could never have predicted that!

Memorable items changed on mine are;
the ECU harness
fuel pump
xyz switch on gearbox
a couple of suspension pipes
front window regulators
battery

Good luck with your trip!

300 Tdi 203,000 miles 96 plate, same engine and gearbox.I've done 6k so far with nothing but a bad earth. Ok it's not a Td5 ut it goes to show how long a well serviced land rover will last. They have their niggles (leaky sunroofs and small electrical issues), but their are still loads of older ones on the road. You can't say that for many of the lesser brands.

I have to admit the Landrover is not the best car I have had for reliability. My car of choice before I changed to a Discovery for towing purposes wasan 04 plate Laguna diesel which when I sold it had 228K on the clock and was still on the original exhaust, clutch, engine and turbo. Even the battery was the original and it started first time, returned 50 mpg and was quiet, smooth and comfortable. It was my 3rd Laguna and the best by far. I then bought a 300 TDi automatic for towing and over the 12 months it was magnificent, it has towed a Lunar Delta 610/4 weighing 1600 lgs fully loaded all over the South of England without a cough, and returning 35 mpg solo and 25 mpg towing, that on an automatic, so I had high hopes when I purchased a TD5, of similar reliabilty. So, just as you have suffered the sunroof was p1ssing in water, I am surprised the previous had not corrected it as it had obviously been a long standing problem because I have been told my under the dash fuse box is corroded to hell and requires replacement. I sealed around the external sunroof frame to roof joint and it stopped immediately (thank you Landyzone) . I have since had the XYZ switch changed, twice, the first one was faulty, the cooling fan behind the front grille has siezed (a common occurance by all acounts) a new battery, a new suspension compressor, a new blower resistor pack for the climate control and a new screen washer bottle. I still love the thing to bits but my faith in going on seriously long trips has been somewhat shaken. I now have 2 recovery packages, the RAC and the Caravan Club Mayday, if we break down going I get the RAC to take us to our destination, and then after the holiday call Mayday to get us home, that if it cannot be fixed in the meantime. Luckily, I have not had to do this yet but the planning is in place. The old saying goes 'failing to plan is planning for failure', well I am doing the opposite i am 'planning for failure and having a plan'. Soory to not give you the answer you would like to hear.

oldzed said:

I now have 2 recovery packages, the RAC and the Caravan Club Mayday, if we break down going I get the RAC to take us to our destination, and then after the holiday call Mayday to get us home, that if it cannot be fixed in the meantime.

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I thought one of the selling points of Mayday (which is overpriced IMO) is that they do this as part of the package?

"Premium UK and Roadside & Recovery options include our Dual Recovery cover, which means that a breakdown need not spoil your holiday. If your vehicle breaks down on the way to a pre-booked caravan site, then Mayday will get you, your car or motorhome and your touring caravan or trailer tent to site so you can still have your holiday. Your vehicle will then be taken to the nearest garage so that it can be repaired for the journey home. If that is not possible, Mayday will get you and your vehicles back home again after your holiday."

125000 miles on my '99 TD5, and my gut feeling is that it's reliable (taking it to Italy in a fortnight's time and again in the summer). However I have had issues - so far the only outright failures requiring recovery have been ACE, ACE again when the stealer didn't fix it properly, and a split pipe on the auto gearbox cooling unit.
But it's also had a new rad, new cylinder head, , two hubs and a new SLABS ecu all of which went at around 100000 miles, plus some brake pipes and power steering pipes.
I'm beginning to feel that at eleven years old it probably needs replacing fairly soon though - there's bound to be a fair bit of wear and tear in there and I don't know how long the electrics are likely to last.

125k on my 98 TD5...good for big miles-yes- my mates is on 212k-reliable-sometimes.
I did 4k round trip to Morocco with just a transfer leak.
80-130k seem to be the worst in a TD5's life.
TAKE A FUEL PUMP & an air spring & if you can a Nanocom.

I have owned mine for 2 years & things I can remember breaking....
Injector harness/Engine loom/ECU
Fuel pump
Fuel Pressure reg
2x air bags
2x front shocks
ACE Pipes
PAS pipes
BCU
Water pump


still love it though & would not hesitate to take it round the world if i had the chance

Have a 2000 td5.. Had it 3years...Just had to change Both air bags. serviced every 9tho.
Been all over France.. Never missed a beat.. tows 1.5 ton digger every week.
Recommend The td5 to anyone...

Just to answer the question... miles done..... 178,000 still going strong. Oil changes seem to be one thing to do... keep on top of servicing.

OK. Guys, I always thought I got 600 mi/tank.
I run a 2002 Disco II TD5, only mod is a Kenlowe , I’ve about 90k on the clock(Genuine).
I’m doing a run, Inverness –York, next week – around 500 mi.
Route is A road – Motorway – A road then about 10mi country roads.
I’ll brim the tank before leaving & then brim the tank @ York.
I’ll post the readings , then you can work it out for yourselves.

Airhook

Re the longevity of a Disco TD5. With the advent of modern engineering tolerances and synthetic oils, plus diligent servicing I can't see any reason at all why these vehicles would not be good for at least 300,000mls.

Yes you will need to replace items such as water pumps, batteries, airsprings because they are consumables. But if you keep ALL oils in good order, I reckon they are a good long-term proposition.

We need to remember that the first TD5's are now twelve years old !!! I still think of mine as a new motor and it's a 2002 .

Servicing is the key and if doing it yourself do it more frequently that LR says, using quality oils.

I halved the service intervals with mine so engine oil and filters are done at 10,000kms, the other oils and fuel filter done at 20,000kms.

I want to keep this car a long time so frequent servicing is justified as an investment for future reliability.

I document very carefully everything that is done on the vehicle, so I know where I stand and so would any future prospective purchaser. I know that sounds really anal, but it works for me.

I'm on 161000 miles (owned from new). Agree with thebiglad above.

See report http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/long-term-td5-report-150000-miles-74635.html

IMHO the gearbox and TD5 engine are good for well above what I have done. I plan to keep running mine for a long while yet (accident or theft permitting).

As you are finding, some of the other running parts can be a bit problematic, but easy/cheap to repair with the help and experience you have on this forum...

Thanks guys,I reckon then I will go to about 100,000 then maybe change.
I will be towing a caravan this summer and well with breakdown cover I guess I will be ok. Thanks again

Yes I reckon you are right. I change oil every 7,000 miles.Thanks for your help

I bought my 2001 Td5 with 166 K on the clock .
Now has 210 K and still runnig well - starts first time every time even in the extreme cold we've been having .
Changed the dual mass flywheel at about 196K - and the clutch as well even though the clutch had thousands of miles left .
Have seen quite a few DMF's fail in cars at about the 100K mark and the D2 is probably similar .
Put coil springs in it a few weeks ago as it was dropping to the axle at random - I think the height sensors were the problem but the coils were a quick permanent fix .
Also fitted a new radiator - small leak in the top corner was difficult to track down .
With the low miles on yours and reasonable maintainence it should give many more years of good service .

My TD% has just done 302,000 still on engine 1

130,000k on mine, all the usual niggles have been dealt with by the last owner so should be good for some time. However I do believe in 'preventive maintenance' rather than waiting for a problem to occur.

Nigel

My TD5 is regularly serviced and has done 115,000 miles. Some items are expected to fail after a reasonable mileage but how do you do "preventative maintenance" for the door locks packing up, the rear wiper packing up, the headlamp washers packing up, the rust spots on the bodywork, the rusty window frames all of which require time or money to fix.

In my opinion over 80,000 miles and you need to expect to regularly spend money on the car. My wife's car is older, was 1/3rd of the price to buy, has a higher mileage and has had a fraction of the money spent on it.

NeilT said:

the rust spots on the bodywork, the rusty window frames all of which require time or money to fix.

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Rust spots on an alloy body

Rusty window frames...............

Owning a Land Rover is about planned maintainence as an ongoing programme, not when something goes wrong

Nigel.