Thinking of buying a Land Rover. Are they reliable?

Question

It's a used 1997 model, but it only has 115,000 miles on it. I would like to hear comments from people who have owned one for at least 5-years. It's a really clean car, and looks like it's been taken care of. Also, it's a V-8 model, what kind of gas mileage should i expect? Hopefully at least 17-18 MPG.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Land Rovers are one of the worst possible cars in quality that you could buy. A 1997 with 115,000 miles on it can be planned to spend a significant amount of time in the shop every year- you would almost need to own a second car for all the time it will spend in the shop. There are stories of people that purchased brand-new Land Rovers who had them break down on the way home from the dealer- notice I said stories, as in its happened many times.
You can plan on 14 City and 16 Highway MPG.

Answer 3

Abolutely not. I own a '03 and have had it in the shop 13 times for electrical issues! I have had every single heating and cooling component except for the radiator replaced. I even had to have the factory stereo replaced! Have I mentioned they are horrible with road noise? How about the electric window motors go out and get stuck 1/2 down?

I am sure you get my point....

Oh, BTW... my next door neighbor HAD one too. His was a '98 with 80k miles. He eventually called a junk yard and had them tow the POS.

Answer 4

yep, i would not buy one. check the resale values, worse than jeep cherokees! i have a cherokee and its rough but at least it has few problems and is easy to maintain. rover and their parts are a disaster.

Answer 5

Nice truck, but POS mechanically.

Answer 6

The old Diesels were, but a aluminum block and heads,and rubber timing belt. No Thanks.