Everything Wrong with my Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6 – April 2025 – Land Rover Drive

Not bad considering the age , your harsh winters and the fact you actually go off roading, you hear about the bad rep on LR/RR , most of the work is just a general tidy around the body of the car.

My old Discovery 3 2006 TDV6 had over 400 000km, but a lot of rust under the plastic that you talked about. I recommend to begin with the rust. I have now upgraded to the Discovery 4, these are great cars, but its important to use some kind of antirust treatment :)

These are special vehicles, and we need to keep them going.

134K miles on my 2007 V8. Its taken lots of mechanical preventative maintenance, and it keeps going. Chasing a driveline knock that I suspect might end up being the rear locking diff after replacing the rear propshaft and completely renewing the gearbox mechatronix.

Bought the Landy in California and the first owner lived in Nevada, so i had the same issues with clearcoat failing on the roof, bonnet and sections above the rear most windows.

Check right below driver and passengers windows, as clearcoat in that area is prone to also fail. Common issue on LR3 and 4.

Land Rover over-engineered the terrain response and suspension but seemingly couldn't be bothered with thicker/better quality clearcoat.

Get those cracks in your seats filled, recolour the seats and reseal them. Your next stop is the leather tearing, and then you're in for a world of fun.

LOVE THE CONTENT, KEEP IT COMING!

Please tackle the rust first.

Hi thanks for sharing. You are a lucky one, I think. My greatest concerne on Discovery 3 is the engine ( turbo, broken crankshaft).

Hah I thought only mine did all that stuff :) thanks for sharing.

Watch L R Time 😊

Good luck with the coolant leak……I had the same, leading to serious overheating. Top thermostat housing replaced. No difference. I have just changed the bottom thermostat, but originally sent the wrong part, as it had an extra spout. That has been done, no leaks so far, but heater not working now

I think Simon you need to address the rust before it spreads to areas that will need serious repair, in texas we never put salt on our roads in winter actually the state shuts down schools close many people don't go to work like they do in northern states in winter they never close or run late everything open, best place to buy old vehicles is down south like Texas and Arizona, I bought my 04 D2 from arizona no frame rust no rust on anything, my question is how long you going to keep your lr3 and how is your project going 😊

Almost 300k km on my 2005 (owned since 2017). Same rust issues on the sills, a wheel bearing and EPB dead, currently. It's been used and abused, but also very well maintained, and it has never left me stranded in the 200k km I drove it, through >20 countries. Cheers!

I've wanted one of these for so long but always talk myself out of it courtesy of the horror stories plaguing the internet. Videos like yours give me some hope. I mean if it's lasted this long, they've gotta be not completely terrible, right?