Based upon my review of higher mileage 2013 LR4's for sale it looks like brake/tire wear, batteries and water pumps (in that order) are the main issues.

 

Based on the service records, this one already has already had 2 water pumps, a battery, an air suspension compressor, two sets of tires and two sets of rotors (but the last set of tires and rotors was put on during the certification).

 

As expected although I don't recall seeing any air compressor pumps in the higher mileage CarFax's that I reviewed.

 

Carfax is worthless for vehicle history, especially land rovers. All I used it for was to see how many owners it had and if it had been crashed.

Find out what dealership it went to, pull all the records. Or get it inspected. Actually, do both.

 

Hello,
My wife drives a 1999 Landcruiser that we bought brand new. 330,000 on it and still drives just about like it did the day we drove it off the lot 17 years ago. It is still going strong and now giving it to our daughter. Mechanical failure repairs over the life add up to $1,200...that's it.
Looking at the Lexus GX460 but then I checked out LR4 HSE and wow was I impressed with the LR4.
Here's my buy criteria/we plan to keep this next car for 20 years - reliable, safe, roomy for 7 passengers. 70% of our driving is on streets and highway. 28% of our driving is on ice & snow covered streets. 2% is dirt mountain Rocky Mtn roads.
Here's where the LR4 outshines its competition ~ most comfortable interior for ALL passengers, best visibility to the outside made for safest driving, easiest access to the most comfortable 3rd row seats, high tech interior but not overdone, best turning radius, and I would assume best handling in deep snow and ice covered roads.
Here's where the LR4 drops off the map - everyone...yes everyone says this will be the most unreliable and most expensive car to own due to poor mechanicals bumper to bumper. I called three independent Land Rover mechanic shops in town and two of the three said "slowly walk away from the car and then run". The 3rd one said the Lexus is way better and will last the 20 year reliable goals.
Comments/feedback is greatly appreciated.

 

 

not that this is acceptable at any mileage under 70k but it is three days old to you but it is really 38k miles old.

 

Just went through this, 2012 with 88,000 miles. A suspension fault would come on about every three attempts in trying to change the suspension height. After shutting the truck off it usually reset. I also got the red indicator saying do not exceed 30 mph, it reset after powering down.

Took it in and the original air compressor had to be replaced. They now use a different vendor/system and all works well now. I bought an extended warranty for this vehicle and glad I did. They also replaced control arms, sway bar bushings and parts under warranty and I don't wheel this thing. Blew through my $4,000 extended warranty cost quickly and very glad I have it.

 

Maybe why the previous owner sold... sometimes it's not a coincidence. Dealer may not have known either
Clearly something they should fix given you only just bought it. Hard to tell online if it's minor (eg fading battery) or more significant. But in genera I've seen very few suspension issues mentioned on the forum for these cars so it's not a common reliability issue

If any consolation we bought our 2010 5 years ago with over 30k miles and have had totally trouble free driving. A few small fixes over time during annual service and that's all