My divorced w/ children girlfriend has some issues with her newer model Land Rover mostly with squeaky brakes with a bit of shimmy when stopping.. When she called the mechanic, he diagnosed it as an issue with brake replacement an/or/both the rotors as well.
He quoted her a cost of 1,000 to 1,200 to fix it. This seems like more than highway robbery, since new brakes and turning rotors together would cost around $200.00 for a standard car.
His claim is the Land Rovers is a very discriminative SUV. It requires factory parts or it will cause all types of other issues such as warning check engine lights going off and also providing poor road performance. Even if this is true, the price still seems really high. I strongly think that he is taking advantage of her because of her single status.
I would be very APPRECIATIVE to hear from anyone who has knowledge on Rover Repair costs. I will forward your advice on to her.
Thank you for your help!
kygirl3|||It depends on whats wrong, but your girlfriend's mechanic is right about range rovers needing factory parts. In fact, I would strongly advise against using aftermarket brake parts on any car (if the car is being used in a normal fashion, racing is another story...) English cars are especially picky, and parts are very expensive. Some luxury cars (I don't know about this rover, not knowing the exact model or year) have sensors that inform the driver when the brakes are worn out, it may not work with aftermarket parts (the owner's manual will say whether or not her car has this feature) Aftermarket brake pads are, in my experience, more likely to squeak, and can cause other problems too. As an example, when the Nissan titan came out, the rotors would warp in 4to 6 thousand miles with normal use. Nissan revised the design of the brake pads and altered nothing else and fixed the problem. The quality of the pads makes a huge difference. If the car needs new rotors and pads, or if it needs new calipers, the cost may in fact be reasonable. I would still advise her to go to another mechanic and get a second opinion, you never know how scrupulous someone is, and it can't hurt, right?|||i have done a lot of rovers,and the cost on doing front brakes on them usually runs around 400 bucks at the most,i don't know who she called ,but tell her not to let them repair it,that's way to much,there isn't any more work in doing that one than a Chevy,i don't know why mechanics charge this much,i been at this for 37 yrs,and you don't have to make all your money off of one customer,you make it a little at a time.anything over 400 is too much,good luck with it.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What is the tallest tire to fit a 1998 Land Rover Range Rover?
I have a dilemma. I've just purchased a 1998 Land Rover Range Rover. It currently has the stock tires and 16in rims.
I am wanting to take the rims and tires off of my Expedition and see if they fit the Rover.
The rims on the Expedition are 20x8.5 Boss 304's, the tires 275x55 R20's.
I've seen a Rover with a 265x45 tire and 20x8.5 rim, but I still have yet to find one with a larger tire.|||Sounds like you are trying to turn that RR into a Low Pro. Definitely not my cup of tea but if you log in to either landroverforums.com or lrrforums.com and ask there, I'm sure you'll get an accurate answer fast.|||you can put a new wheel with more radius but it will mess up your vehicles speedometer reading and actual speed, You might need to get it corrected i think.
I am wanting to take the rims and tires off of my Expedition and see if they fit the Rover.
The rims on the Expedition are 20x8.5 Boss 304's, the tires 275x55 R20's.
I've seen a Rover with a 265x45 tire and 20x8.5 rim, but I still have yet to find one with a larger tire.|||Sounds like you are trying to turn that RR into a Low Pro. Definitely not my cup of tea but if you log in to either landroverforums.com or lrrforums.com and ask there, I'm sure you'll get an accurate answer fast.|||you can put a new wheel with more radius but it will mess up your vehicles speedometer reading and actual speed, You might need to get it corrected i think.
1997 Land Rover Defender 90, service engine light on?
I am having a difficult time with this one this is a 97 Land Rover Defender 90 , I have a fault code P1317 that is the rough road signal did all the tests for continuity found all the wires from connector C636 to C501 to be intact etc.
The Service Reminder Unit is not behind the binicle, neither in the r/h front kick panel.
I also checked the wiring diagram and the wire that powers the service engine light comes from the engine control unit.
The service engine light remains on!!!
Any sugestions?|||Check that all the abs sensors have no debris on them, are seated properly and the sensor retainers are lubricated and tight. Wabco uses a special gray grease to ensure that there is no corrosion between the copper sensor bushing and the sensor.
You will have to check that all of the sensors display the same speed. If not replace the incorrect sensor. Incorrect readings can be cause by poor connections. Check resistance and voltage readings on a DVOM.|||you may have already, come across some of your problem. Your service light has an amber colored lens, which means, the problem in not to urgent yet. I beleive Rovers like most Cadalacks, have level ride systems, with air bag suspensions. They adjust the air bag pressure, for smooth rides.
You may heve a small air leak or some thing else related to your air ride suspension.
The Service Reminder Unit is not behind the binicle, neither in the r/h front kick panel.
I also checked the wiring diagram and the wire that powers the service engine light comes from the engine control unit.
The service engine light remains on!!!
Any sugestions?|||Check that all the abs sensors have no debris on them, are seated properly and the sensor retainers are lubricated and tight. Wabco uses a special gray grease to ensure that there is no corrosion between the copper sensor bushing and the sensor.
You will have to check that all of the sensors display the same speed. If not replace the incorrect sensor. Incorrect readings can be cause by poor connections. Check resistance and voltage readings on a DVOM.|||you may have already, come across some of your problem. Your service light has an amber colored lens, which means, the problem in not to urgent yet. I beleive Rovers like most Cadalacks, have level ride systems, with air bag suspensions. They adjust the air bag pressure, for smooth rides.
You may heve a small air leak or some thing else related to your air ride suspension.
Why are used Land Rover Vehicles so cheap?
It seems like Land Rovers' don't hold their value worth a darn.....anyone know why? They are regarded as great, off-road capable warriors but according to KBB the a 1995 Discovery is only worth around $2,000. I know they have been owned by BMW, Ford, and now Tata Motors of India. Is it because they are expensive to fix/maintain? Thanks!|||None of these people know what they are talking about. I'll tell you precisely why they depreciate so fast. Very few people know just why cars have to depreciate.
Let us look at the Range Rover as an example. A new one costs around 76 grand. Now, it is fairly easy to get a well off person to pay 76 grand for a new luxury vehicle, especially a Range Rover. It sells.
The yuppie buys it. Here is where things go awry. He doesn't like it, because he is a yuppie, and he thought he was getting a normal wannabe SUV. So, he decides to sell it, and runs into a problem.
He cannot find a well off person who is interested in buying a used luxury vehicle unless it is one heck of a deal. After all, why pay 70 grand, when you can drop 6 more and get a new one?
For that matter, in this price range, why pay 65 grand?
As a matter of fact, that vehicle will have to fall much farther before the well heeled will consider owning it secondhand. So, it sells to the next buyer for 55 grand, who is also a well off person, but at least he got a killer deal. As such, he doesn't mind the fact that it is used. The seller didn't mind the loss because the vehicle qualified for a tax credit anyway.
So, yuppie number two drives it for a couple of years. He determines that he simply isn't manly enough for a Range Rover, and decides to sell it.
Now, in his ownership, he has reduced the value of the vehicle further, but just how much? It now has between 40 and 70,000 miles on the odometer, and is considered a proper used car.
No well heeled person would purchase such a vehicle, so it goes to an average yuppie this time. Average yuppies don't have near as much money as the previous owners, but they make up the market, so...
The price goes down, into the 30s or 20s, depending on how old the car is. It has to go this far for the people in the market to afford it.
So, this average yuppie buys the car, and he in turn drives it for a while.
After this while, the vehicle has more miles and is even older. He realizes that such a car really is too extravagant for him, and his wife's recent pregnancy mandates more monetary responsibility. So, he decides to sell the vehicle.
Now, this is a three owner car, and it is packing between 60 and 100,000 miles. It is older, but it is still in decent shape. The market has to drop again, but not to bottom just yet.
The only people interested in this car just got their first real job after college. The car has to drop to their price range to sell, so it lands between 10 and 20,000 dollars.
After a while, when THEY decide to sell it, it is too old for any yuppie to be interested in, or it has too many miles.
It has to fall down to the ENTHUSIASTS price. And that, my friends, is the price you are referring to. That is where WE pick it up, and drive it for 300,000 more miles before chopping the top and installing air lockers and rock sliders after we purchase another yuppie owned rig for driving on the street.
THAT is how depreciation works.|||They're British crap.
If you think they depreciate a lot, check out a Jaguar. When Ford foolishly bought Jaguar, they were just on the raggedy edge of being able to produce a car that could successfully be used for transportation. Just on the raggedy edge.
Both these companies improved somewhat while the huge engineering and financial resources of Ford were being wasted on them.|||They require a lot of repairs and the parts are very expensive. They are great cars in performance, however. You are better off in the long run with a jeep Cherokee.|||Because they suck, and they always break down, or there is always something wrong with them. And yes, they are very expensive to fix and maintain.|||They are the number one car that looses its price as soon as it drives off the lot.|||Keenith W great anwser
Let us look at the Range Rover as an example. A new one costs around 76 grand. Now, it is fairly easy to get a well off person to pay 76 grand for a new luxury vehicle, especially a Range Rover. It sells.
The yuppie buys it. Here is where things go awry. He doesn't like it, because he is a yuppie, and he thought he was getting a normal wannabe SUV. So, he decides to sell it, and runs into a problem.
He cannot find a well off person who is interested in buying a used luxury vehicle unless it is one heck of a deal. After all, why pay 70 grand, when you can drop 6 more and get a new one?
For that matter, in this price range, why pay 65 grand?
As a matter of fact, that vehicle will have to fall much farther before the well heeled will consider owning it secondhand. So, it sells to the next buyer for 55 grand, who is also a well off person, but at least he got a killer deal. As such, he doesn't mind the fact that it is used. The seller didn't mind the loss because the vehicle qualified for a tax credit anyway.
So, yuppie number two drives it for a couple of years. He determines that he simply isn't manly enough for a Range Rover, and decides to sell it.
Now, in his ownership, he has reduced the value of the vehicle further, but just how much? It now has between 40 and 70,000 miles on the odometer, and is considered a proper used car.
No well heeled person would purchase such a vehicle, so it goes to an average yuppie this time. Average yuppies don't have near as much money as the previous owners, but they make up the market, so...
The price goes down, into the 30s or 20s, depending on how old the car is. It has to go this far for the people in the market to afford it.
So, this average yuppie buys the car, and he in turn drives it for a while.
After this while, the vehicle has more miles and is even older. He realizes that such a car really is too extravagant for him, and his wife's recent pregnancy mandates more monetary responsibility. So, he decides to sell the vehicle.
Now, this is a three owner car, and it is packing between 60 and 100,000 miles. It is older, but it is still in decent shape. The market has to drop again, but not to bottom just yet.
The only people interested in this car just got their first real job after college. The car has to drop to their price range to sell, so it lands between 10 and 20,000 dollars.
After a while, when THEY decide to sell it, it is too old for any yuppie to be interested in, or it has too many miles.
It has to fall down to the ENTHUSIASTS price. And that, my friends, is the price you are referring to. That is where WE pick it up, and drive it for 300,000 more miles before chopping the top and installing air lockers and rock sliders after we purchase another yuppie owned rig for driving on the street.
THAT is how depreciation works.|||They're British crap.
If you think they depreciate a lot, check out a Jaguar. When Ford foolishly bought Jaguar, they were just on the raggedy edge of being able to produce a car that could successfully be used for transportation. Just on the raggedy edge.
Both these companies improved somewhat while the huge engineering and financial resources of Ford were being wasted on them.|||They require a lot of repairs and the parts are very expensive. They are great cars in performance, however. You are better off in the long run with a jeep Cherokee.|||Because they suck, and they always break down, or there is always something wrong with them. And yes, they are very expensive to fix and maintain.|||They are the number one car that looses its price as soon as it drives off the lot.|||Keenith W great anwser
How will the 2008 Lexus LX570 and 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser compare with Mercedes GL and Land Rover Range Rover
The pricing for the 2008 Lexus LX570 is not out yet, but even the Toyota Land Cruiser starts at $63,885 (that's about $7,000 more than the Mercedes GL!). Even though those are steep prices, the LX570 and Land Cruiser does however have enormous amounts of luxury features and new technologies like crawl control and blindspot cameras and an enormous 5.7 V8 with 380 horsepower while still retaining the Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle II rating, oh, and ten airbags, power third and second row seats... How will you think it will compare with the Mercedes GL/G, Land Rover Range Rover, or any other large luxury SUV's.
Note: the Crawl control is like auto-pilot for off roading, scaling mountains, boulders, etc...|||I agree, lexus and toyota quality are unsurpassed. The gentleman that notes that mercedes and land rover have better quality should look at the customer satisfaction ratings for these companies, both bottom of the barrel. Check out the consumer reports evals on all these cars and lexus/toyota are at the top.|||I prefer the Land Cruiser. Normally, Lexus' are my favorite, but there's something about Land Cruisers that make me like them better. They're definitely better than the GL and G. Toyota or Lexus is your best bet. They hold their value well and last forever.|||The Mercedes and land rover have a better build quality with higher end materials and more luxurious feeling interior that last longer. The Lexus and Toyota use allot of cheep plastics inside but as far as gadgets go they are probably on par (the range will be better off road). so if you want gadgets and leather the Lexus and cruiser will be goods but if you want great build quality and true luxury i would look at Audi Q7, range rover, X5 or the GL.|||The Lincoln Navigator beats all of them and then some! Way nicer in every aspect and all that for under 60K!|||Lexus Rocks!
Note: the Crawl control is like auto-pilot for off roading, scaling mountains, boulders, etc...|||I agree, lexus and toyota quality are unsurpassed. The gentleman that notes that mercedes and land rover have better quality should look at the customer satisfaction ratings for these companies, both bottom of the barrel. Check out the consumer reports evals on all these cars and lexus/toyota are at the top.|||I prefer the Land Cruiser. Normally, Lexus' are my favorite, but there's something about Land Cruisers that make me like them better. They're definitely better than the GL and G. Toyota or Lexus is your best bet. They hold their value well and last forever.|||The Mercedes and land rover have a better build quality with higher end materials and more luxurious feeling interior that last longer. The Lexus and Toyota use allot of cheep plastics inside but as far as gadgets go they are probably on par (the range will be better off road). so if you want gadgets and leather the Lexus and cruiser will be goods but if you want great build quality and true luxury i would look at Audi Q7, range rover, X5 or the GL.|||The Lincoln Navigator beats all of them and then some! Way nicer in every aspect and all that for under 60K!|||Lexus Rocks!
Sunroof no longer opens on Land Rover Discovery 1?
Hi - About 4 months ago, the front sunroof on my Land Rover Discovery 1 (R reg) stopped working for no apparent reason. I've checked the fuse and it seems ok, however when I press the button nothing happens at all although I can hear (I think) the relay clicking trying to open it. Any ideas?|||i think its time to call on the "Jaws of Life"
good luck Bro'
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Rolled my land rover range rover classic on its side and it wont start?
my buddy... dumbly rolled my range rover classic on its side smashed the window and caused some damage its mechanically looking pretty soild but wont start fan starter radio everthing seems to be working i mean i did try about 2 hrs after it was flipped right and it was down for about an hr? so in put?|||Inertia switch.|||Alot of vehicles with electric fuel pumps have a breaker in them that shuts off the fuel system in the event of an accident.Check and see if your vehicle has one.|||you pull the spark plugs out and wipe them off?
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