I have a 2022 Discovery V with about 52000 miles on it and I am embarrassed to say the only maintenance I've done is new tires, topped off cooland, and an oil and filter change at about 42,000 miles. Money has been tight and I've really neglected her. I know. Terrible.

I have a road trip coming up next month and I want to get the vehicle current with service, but I'd like to try to do as much of it as I can because I would like to learn and also save money where it makes sense.

I should mention that I do not have experience working on cars, but I am eager to learn.

I am wondering what service I could potentially do myself and what service I should rely on a shop for? I have not been able to find a detailed list of the service that should be done by 52,000 miles. I know I likely need a new wipers, air filter, spark plugs, breaks, and various fluids flushed/replaced. Also belts inspected. What of these tasks could I potentially take on myself and where would be a good resource to learn?

Sorry for the ridiculous noob question. I'm excited to learn to work on this Discovery. Prior to this I had a 2023 Discovery that I absolutely loved.

 

First off, you absolutely NEED to change the oil. JLR recommends every two years or 21k miles, but anyone who owns a car should be smart enough not to do it, even though synthetic oil technology has improved drastically even in the past five years. Waiting until 42k miles to change the oil is one of the worst things you can do. I would never go more than 10k miles between oil changes. Ideally you should do it every 5000-7500 miles. Historically, people who follow JLR's oil change intervals have serious issues, especially with timing chains on the old 5.0 V8 and supercharged V6 engines. The Ingenium engines (which is what is in your 2022 D5) have proven to be quite reliable, but they are still new enough that we don't fully know how well they will hold up in the long-run. Frequent oil changes are cheap and it will probably ensure you won't have serious issues down the road if you plan on keeping the car a long time. Also, check your passport to service, which can be found in the owner's manual. Not sure if you have the I4 or the I6, but I have attached the passport to service for both the P300 I4 and P360 I6 below.

These are some of the easiest cars to do oil changes. You don't even need to drain the oil and get your hands dirty. Just get a vacuum pump and suck the oil through the oil cover, then fill it up and put on a new oil filter. Literally takes ten minutes.

The more you neglect your car, the more likely you are to have problems.





Here is a video showing how to change the oil with a vacuum pump. They use a Defender in this video, but it is the exact same process with the D5, as they have the same engines.

 

Thank you so much for this detailed response! I am embarrassed by how long I took to change the oil and I did pay extra to have the sludge removed from the pan. I will be extra diligent moving forward and I am excited to be able to do it myself. Thank you again for all of this information.

I have a P360. It looks like I also need to change the engine air cleaner element and interior air filter element.

FTR, here are videos I found easily on YouTube to change these:

 

The engine air filter and cabin filter are easy to replace. I'd also do the spark plugs, too while you're at it. That is something you'd probably want to have done at the dealer or a reputable indy shop using OEM parts. As for oil, I'd also use the OEM Castrol Edge oil specifically made for JLR. You can get it at your dealer's parts department or from Atlantic British.

https://www.roverparts.com/filters/kits/OCK530/

 

My recommendations would be:
Replace engine air filter (is there one or 2 on this enginge)
Ignore the cabin air filter unless inside air quality is important to you (I drive with windows and sunroof open so what's the point?).
Plan on changing the brake fluid in another year (easy to learn to do it yourself and very inexpensive).
Plan on changing the transmission fluid including the transmission pan at 60K miles or a little later if you have to wait.
Plan on changing the coolant in another year (though some people go 5 years on this).
Replace wiper blades (very easy to do yourself).
Visually inspect your brake pads, front and rear and see how much pad remains (you can view pads with a mirror without removing the wheels.
And of course change engine oil and filter every 5K miles - and use the correct spec oil for sure and a quality filter if not the LR filter.