A big hello to everbody wherever you may be! My name is David (known as spats) , I'm a Scot living in France and at the age of 53, I've just got my first ever Landrover. It's a 1999 Defender 90 td5 and she's beautiful.
I'm delighted with it and after just over a week the only thing that I can say about it (apart from the feeble heater-which I knew about) is that the door locks are primitive. Any key, or screwdriver can be inserted approx 1/8" - 1/4" and turned and the doors will be unlocked.
I'm wondering if this has been noticed by other defender owners? are the barrels just worn out and needing to be replaced?
I would love to hear from other defender owners.
All the best.
Spats

 

welcome and howdy!

i don't have a defender, but some people on here do!

good luck buddy!

-James

 

sorry no defender but someday, I do have a D1 though. Welcome!

 

Your locks are worn, you shouldn't be able to get them to work that easily. Though they are renown for been of low tech design, with about 10 key differs...

 

Thanks for the welcome folks!
I'll certainly be changing the locks - I don't want to make things too easy for the crooks..
I've got an anti-theft device on the steering wheel that fixes onto the clutch/brake pedal. I just want to get my message across, I've been waiting too long for my pride and joy!
cheers!