"Check out the Nissan Xterra"

We have had a couple of Nissans Very reliable.
I may look at one but I had a rough night thinking about not having my DII ( I call her Puddles because of the leaks.) I may get tires shocks springs brake lines redo all fluids again and keep it. Wife and grandson wsant me to fix er up and keep it. Maybe I will rethink. Has anybody got over 200,000 on their DII? Hows it holding up?

 

My grand kids love the D2, so I plan on keeping it around as long as possible!

 

watch this

 

I am pretty new to Disco II ownership, 3 weeks, so maybe Y'all can enlighten me. Seems everyone either loves or hates these trucks. Are they truly that unreliable? Would you not trust one on a long driving family vacation? If so, what is their appeal to the non- off road driver?
I really like the truck so far, but I have only driven it two days because of the horror stories I have read about catastrophic driveshaft failure. New Lucky8 driveshaft should be here any day now.

 

That video almost makes me want to go out and buy another one. Almost.

Cool.

 

Dgosh28 IMO they are not unreliable as long as they have been maintained properly. The problem is many used ones are on their third and fourth owners now. From what I have seen very often the second owner buys one due to they don't have the money for a new one, and also don't have the money to maintain it either as they still paid a fairly high price at the time for it. By the time we have bought them they are plagued with tons of small issues which lead or have lead to larger issues, hence all the problems which can add up to be expensive very quickly.

 

My previous vehicle was a Jaguar. On the jaguar sites, there were the same horror stories and love hate relationships. My Jaguar was one of the most reliable vehicles I'd owned. Of course, I may have lucked out, but I thoroughly enjoy the comfort, uniqueness, and beauty in these vehicles. For that reason, I will continue to own vehicles that most other people fear. Like mentioned before, if you can find a well taken care of specimen, your chances of a love relationship will greatly improve. I've owned Fords and Chevys that have been my hate relationship due to lack of reliability, so it goes both ways.

 

In my honest opinion with a DII. Reliability comes from routine maintenance and proper repairs. When you start working on the truck and replacing things you gain faith that the truck will be reliable.

For example if I had just picked up a DII and I had the money to immediately replace the headgaskets, waterpump, and thermostat, then I'd be confident that it would be reliable. Baring that the radiator isn't clogged.

Don't give it a reason to break and it won't break.

 

^^^ Agreed. My Disco is the most reliable thing I've owned, and I take it through some pretty rough places. It will treat you right if you treat it right.

That video makes me proud haha. Love it.

 

Guys your only kidding your selfs. You can make all the exceptions you want but the fact is land rovers are not known to be reliable. You could say IF you properly maintain them. Yea as in replace everything on the truck. Rubber hoses will fail seals will fail radiators will clog. Lets just say reliability has to have a standard. We all know toyotas and nissans (older) are the standard. These trucks fail in comparison. I have a 1990 Nissan that has not had a SINGLE thing replaced other than a battery. Always starts. Never overheats original EVERYTHING even coolant. All my land rovers have been pampered, every fluid replaced, and all routine maintainence.