Hi gang. We've owned two LRs over the years. In general we've gotten lucky on QC, though the ****les we experienced were the typical thing that people complain about, mostly related to electrical issues.

Thinking about a 130. Have done a test drive of the 130 and 110, prefer the space of the 130. Not here to debate that please.

Just wondering whether this gen is especially known for any common-ish issues, and if so what they are?

TIA

 

The common issues are few on the L663. The most common electrical one is the death of the LED DRL headlight. There is an aftermarket fix that it requires pulling the whole headlight assembly out, using an oven or a heat gun to separate the halves of that housing, replacing the defective board, and then resealing the two halves. Not a particularly easy job but definitely do-able.

The P400 seems to like to sip coolant. Naturally and also due to leaking turbo coolant o-rings.

People seem to also go through windshields due to rock chips turning into cracks.

Otherwise its been a remarkably reliable platform. This may be surprising - however its also assembled in the new state of the art Slovakian factory so perhaps there's something to that.

 

I think they solved the DRL issue for 2026 models with the design change, didn't they? I don't own a Defender (yet) as mine is showing up in June, but I do own a '25 Range Rover purchased in Aug/25 and so far zero issues, the electrical stuff is similar to defenders when it comes to Pivi. The reason I ordered a 110 V8 was because of the '25 RR - the quality is great and after test-driving a 110 V8 they had on the lot, I was sold.

The windshield issue is due to the angle so it is a good idea to buy warranty for those, as JLR won't cover them. The chinese knock-offs aren't worth it and the OEM windshields are bank.

 

Thank you both! Very helpful actually. I'm somewhat tempted to wait for the EV versions, and that timing could align with mine regardless. That said, I guess by that point this gen will be refreshed at the very least.

 

I have a 2024 130X. Done about 25k miles and zero issues (except a small windscreen crack but that was repairable by satellite before it spread). Everything else has been excellent
P400 is great - lots of pull. We had the V6 supercharged previously on Discovery and the V8 on the LR4 and this feels much stronger than both.

 

Did you change oil/filter at 5K miles or at the longer interval JLR suggests?

 

I did an interim change at 10k then the dealer recommended service at 21k

I think 21k a long time interval. But I don't see the need to do anything more frequent than 10k on a modern engine

FYI I did the 16k oil intervals on my previous Discovery and had no issues to 100k miles. Sample size of one of course