Hi Everyone!
Brand new here, but I have forever wanted a Discovery/LR4 style Land Rover. I recently found a 2016 LR4 with less than 40k miles on it. Clean Car Fax and service history. Can you guys give me anything that I am missing about the car that I should be looking into? Big things to avoid? Should I run? I am not a big DIY type person. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

The 5.0 engines are crap.

 

Its the V6 3.0. Does that change anything?

 

If you are not a DIY person then don't buy.

If you rely on the dealer or shop be prepared to spend 10K on it from now until 100,000 miles on brakes, coolant crossover pipes and control arms. If you are DIY these are all done at reasonable costs but having shops do them will add up to most likely half what your are going to buy the LR4 for.

 

Make sure you’ve got a fat wallet going in. You’re going to spend more money than your average Joe at a gentlemen’s club unless you work on it yourself.

 

Driving them for what they are designed to do is beyond reproach.
Or just cruising out to ski country, luxurious.
But
The cost of entry, prohibitive for most.
The cost of maintenance, alarming if you have a history of maintaining a Toyota or F150.

These are very heavy vehicles, by design. Tires, brakes, fuel, go quick.
And with the full time 4 wheel drive system ( as opposed to AWD found in the wannabees ). expensive to maintain.

If you decide you’re up for it, check the maintenance history. A poorly maintained vehicle means significant repairs will follow.
And immediately following the acquisition, change every fluid, filter, most hoses, batteries (there are 2) check bushings,…

 

Welcome. A 2016 with only 40K miles on it would be an incredible find. First, hit the advanced search on here and try looking for "first time buyer" or "buyer advice" in the LR4 forum. This search might work (or not): https://landroverforums.com/forum/se...archid=4724779

The LR4 is a great truck. I have a 2013 and it's the most fun vehicle I've ever had. You can see mine here: https://www.troyangrignon.com/vehicl...er-lr4-5-0-v8/ . I sold a 2018 4Runner to buy it and never looked back. You do need to find a solid independent LR mechanic and be really proactive about maintenance. I bought mine at 75K and immediately and preemptively swapped the coolant crossovers which are the achilles heel of these engines. If they fail, they do so catastrophically in less than 1 minute and you have a $15K-$25K engine to replace. I also did all fluids including transmission and transfer case (despite them being "life-time"), and upgraded wheels and tires. I also do the oil every 7500 miles (some do every 5000). The manufacturer recommendation of 15,000 is way off and was done for their own reasons.

So yeah they're reasonable to get into for what you get (because of the high depreciation) but they're expensive to maintain but incredible both on-road and off.

If you buy it, just do so with $5K set aside for immediate upkeep and another $5K set aside for ongoing maintenance and take care of it.

 

I have a 2016 LR4. I bought it with 80K miles. It had a very well maintained service history like the one you're looking at. Does it have the HD package? That is a huge plus and was a requirement when I purchased mine. They can be expensive to maintain, but with that good of service history you should be good. I just finished a Moab and San Juan trip with mine. She was flawless