The P38 must have been fault free once upon a time....?

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Here's a general question chaps:

We all know the faults that riddle our beloved P38s, but when they were new at +£50k the people buying them weren't Land Rover enthusiasts but people looking for alternatives to German saloons. How come so many have survived this long when it seems as though all their batteries should have been shot within weeks, the EAS freaking out every time it was parked badly, door locks exploding and all the rest of it? Were there just a lot of very tolerant executives out there at the turn of the millennium?
 
people put up with it when they are new as they have a range rover badge on the front.
new rangies aint much better by all accounts either!
but to stick up for the old p38 they are a bit long in the tooth and lack of servicing and maintenance would account for a lot!
 
A heck of a lot were company or leased vehicles, therefore anything wrong, straight to dealer, sorted. It has to be said that Land Rover have made huge strides in their quality and new Landies are nowhere near as characterful as earlier ones. I well remember my first Rangy raining in from the windscreen seals,et al. And yes proper maintenance makes a hell of a difference in reliability
 
I know I might regret this but I haven't had any problems with any of mine, save a broken flexi-plate, and I'm on number four!
 
I see, so a combination of (3 year?) warranty and subsequent unquestioning dealer servicing held them together through the earlier years.
Anyone who owns a modern Range Rover? Are they the same with regards to faults, or has LR tightened them up now?
 
TCubed said:
Here's a general question chaps:

We all know the faults that riddle our beloved P38s, but when they were new at +£50k the people buying them weren't Land Rover enthusiasts but people looking for alternatives to German saloons. How come so many have survived this long when it seems as though all their batteries should have been shot within weeks, the EAS freaking out every time it was parked badly, door locks exploding and all the rest of it? Were there just a lot of very tolerant executives out there at the turn of the millennium?
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Not kidding. My 1996 was purchased new and it needed a new EAS valve block by day 3.............and I was only driving it to and from work, a round trip of 22km.
 
That's got to be close to a record! Still got to be going some to beat the 1988 Rover Sterling, production car 1, blown headgaskets within 5 miles.
 
TCubed said:
I see, so a combination of (3 year?) warranty and subsequent unquestioning dealer servicing held them together through the earlier years.
Anyone who owns a modern Range Rover? Are they the same with regards to faults, or has LR tightened them up now?
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My mates L322 is every bit as bad as the P38, in fact worse than my P38.:eek:
 
the only time my old Rangie has been in a proper LR dealer (since I 've owned it), the techs were laughing at the poor old thing. At the same time, a guy in a RRS was being told that his DVD, Sat Nav and audio system was buggered and would need to be replaced.

That's around £3,000(?) to fix, against £2,000 for my whole car.
 
davef2901 said:
That's got to be close to a record! Still got to be going some to beat the 1988 Rover Sterling, production car 1, blown headgaskets within 5 miles.
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Sorry the record goes to one of the 1st Proton's that rolled off the production lines here in Malaysia.......it got into a minor accident with a motorbike and broke into 2 halves on the motorway. The government was so embarrassed that they directed the Police to cover the pieces with white sheets.:rolly::rolly:
 
zhoey said:
Sorry the record goes to one of the 1st Proton's that rolled off the production lines here in Malaysia.......it got into a minor accident with a motorbike and broke into 2 halves on the motorway. The government was so embarrassed that they directed the Police to cover the pieces with white sheets.:rolly::rolly:
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sorry to say, but i can beat that :)

working at Mercedes in Birmingham, customer collected his new S600, started it, drove to the main road, puled out and got hit by a car transporter. recovered and into the bodyshop within 1 hour. not even 100m were recorded.:crazy_driver::crazy_driver:
 
A good friend of mine was apprenticed at Autohaus BMW in Aylesbury in the early 90's.

During the pre delivery inspection of the very first 850i they had sold, he was allowed to drive it backwards off the ramp, but left his door open and folded it against the front wing.

Miles recorded...0.

He kept his job.
 
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