An outstanding video, best I have found , excellent info delivered with speed ,instead of the usual extraneous chatter

Another good video again Simon...mighty useful if anybody out there feels brave! My guess on asking price should be £2500 with that many faults...it would be interesting to know what the vendor wanted. A good project car for you but a bit of a nightmare if you are a private buyer relying on a garage to do any jobs. Good luck with it!!!😀😀😀😀

Awesome walk through, thanks!

Brilliant tutorial great job

Very good and helpful for people to check out before buying i also learn few things from this video Thanks 🙏 for the update

Something you missed is pulling the inspection plate off above the tow bar. Thats another potential rust spot.

I think body panels are the least of your concerns when buying a second hand landie , mechanicals is where I spend more of my time , walking a code reader is always a must .

I would not have cleared the codes without saving them, there was a wealth of information in there about the cars' history.

At last found the story behind the G4 Replica Disco ,often thought what the story was as I watched the new Defender Video .

Is picking up a 2006 LR3 for a weekend off-road vehicle a good idea regarding availability of parts? I’d love to get my hands on a nice used one to mess around with. The V8SE seemed to be a decently reliable engine.

Very useful video. Thanks Simon.

Great video again lads, get a charger for your phone, 16% haha 😂 looks like a tired bus,

HSE badge on the back ... and very few features inside the car?

My 200r freelander has been a little peach, head gasket changed 11years ago, since that hiccup, she hasn't missed a beat. Would like a D3/D4 prefer the most basic one, manual, cloth seats etc....but would kill to have all the heated bits my freelander has on it (mirrors and seats)

It pays to remember that due to the CAN bus system a single fault in one module can cause fault codes in other modules. I'm guessing all the communication faults that returned are related to the park brake module being disconnected. Would have liked to see you test all the terrain response settings to make sure they all do as they should. If they did in fact work it's highly likely the communication fault is not going to effect the function of the terrain response.

You shall save the faults in the first instance and after run a delete . Many faults needs a run of couple of miles in order to disappear .

Good video, typical D3 faults and issues. Nothing drastic though. I bet if you pulled the handbrake module cover off in situ (few torx screws and sealer) ....... and manually wound it back to connect the emergency release cable cable it would work fine after you cleaned up and adjusted the handbrake shoes. Most D3 modules do not it need replacingt tbh. Just manually wind it back using a chisel or screwdriver as it will be jammed. saves about 1k tbh for a new unit. I have done a couple of these when garages wanted to charge 1-2k to replace the whole unit.

Are you sure it has not got air con as you said twice it does not? There is sticker under the bonnet with the gas information on it and sure I seen an air con pipe. Econ button as far as I was aware was to switch of air conditioning. I only ask as if you are doing a buying guide better to have the correct information.

wow! look at the difference in the colour!

great video, I didnt even know you could get a disco without AC. Obviously the HSE badge on the back is fake

I Just Love You videos :-)

Early car with side steps - definitely recommend checking for rust on the sills - easily checked from underneath - also rust in the centre rear portion of the body in the rear arches and wings. Little disappointed at connecting a code reader, and then clearing DTCs without owner's permission. As another comment suggested - some (not all) of those codes were useful to be aware of - I would have politely told you what I thought of that - had this been my car.

Car Wizard said it best recently, "During these Pandemic times, it's important to remember everyones going through it with you, and they're finding their vehicles are needing repairs they can't afford themselves so they are selling to try and get rid of their headache" (not verbatim; paraphrasing)

Yeah, auto handbrake system is crud... as is the central locking and ride height adjustment. We've had ours for 5 years and had it not been for a very handy car thief stealing our ride, we'd have had to pay thousands to keep her going... we didn't.

In the words of Lord Humungus "Just Walk Away!", that thing is beat. And that isn't a cold day. If the windows are failing in that weather they probably don't work at all, Discovery 3 owner in the land of -25C here, and my windows work at all temps. With that milage all the rear suspension is toast. Add on the non working air suspension, parking brake in op, windows, questionable air bag codes etc... unless it's $500 car, walk away. Other areas to check: If you live in a rust prone area the brake lines to the rear rust out , rear brake backing plates rust away. As stated above the rear suspension, upper control arms for sure, most likely both bushings in the knuckles, lower arms... front tie rods, swaybar bushings... now we haven't even got to the trans and the sealed for life oil. Given the current owners lack of maintenance I'm going to go with it never have been changed.

What is this problem that land rovers have with their door locks? I have the same problem with my LR2 rear doors. It should have been a recall. Seems to be a default issue.

What IID Tool do you use? :)

Quite surprising how the colour has faded compared to the door jams.

Man do I miss my disco 3

I had an 06 Discovery 3, bought it with only 27,000 miles on it 9 years ago, when great for two years, in year 3 and 4 it needed over £8000 worth of stupid repairs. Egr valves, all the door locks, both front wheel hub assemblies, alternator, rear drop links, corroded brake pipes, front rubber door seals, driver seat fabric worn to a hole and the car was fully serviced by Land Rover. Never again will I by a Land Rover. I had a Freelander before that, head gasket went on that. My conclusion is that Land Rovers are nowhere near the asking price in terms of build quality and design. My friend ordered a brand new Velar, in the first month it was in the garage for 8 days, he handed it back and bought at Volkswagen. Land Rover's reliability issues are fat too numerous for me and I know lots of other drivers feel the same.

rust ,,, thats all you need to cjheck rest can be fixed easily enough . unless its a td5 not starting of course

Is it posable toe to tel us what brand tool your using

My fathers disco 4 is a 2010 and he’s owned it for about 6 years now, all it’s ever needed is a fuel sender unit which caused it to cut out and a rear prop shaft...apart from disc and pads and tyres that’s all we’ve ever done...I honestly don’t understand what people do with Land Rovers because our family have owned plenty over the last 30 years... we’ve obviously had some problems in that time, it’s a vehicle at the end of the day!

What about the crankshaft issue associated with the TDV6?

Suspension won't move with the bonnet up either, and manual doesn't mean cheap

I never knew such a basic spec Discovery existed.

If it's Land Rover , just check that you have a spare 20K sitting in the bank for maintenance and repairs just in case, whenever the money light comes on. We have had three varient's, Sport, Evoque and Disco........and they love your wallet.....vehicle can often be found sneaking around house looking for it or thinking what it should break next....to make your day! But hey.........it s love affair and a hard habit to break. They just look.......Elegant, stylish, posh, wanking tractors.........., but I love em to bits even when they cost me a fortune to keep running. Sigh........

Good tutorial anyway.

Strange, did anyone notice that the seat is on the wrong side?

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Did you buy this in the end? Or was it to far gone?

that's a lot of faults are the discovery 4's more reliable than the 3's?

basic HSE? interesting...

These are worse at blowing head gaskets than a P38

That car in the back ground trying to start sounds like a old honda CX500 with a flat battery 😂

The 13 people who don't like this video own a Freelander!!! lol Cheers mate!

Wow you could get a D3 with no AC?

The first thing one should check, would be their sanity!

Looks like an ex RAC Disco 3

Didnt know they sold a discovery so basic it didnt have aircon

All those faults on a utility vehicle? Where LR taking the piss?

Whats the asking price on this Orange bad boy?

Never and I mean never, raise a cars suspension to look underneath it!

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That truck receive a big car hit..,

Flippin Nightmare !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg the first thing one should check is, money on your account for another engine

First thing, check your sanity.

So that is a S spec or GS disco why would you rebadge and say it’s a HSE 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬WTF

Gone are the days where you can just put the keys in and start it, now you have to be an APP genius to even attempt to start it! We are doomed with all this stupid technology!

Haven’t you got enough cars to be buying that old thing? 😂

I was disappointed with the ending.

Haha all these faults, welcome Land Rover.

How is it possible to turn a car into such a garbage can??

Just walk away from these massive moneypits. Dead cheap second hand says it all.

That’s a bad replica because it’s diesel

The Discos had the most unreliable engines in LR history, this POS is a money pit, even if you get it for free !

Terrible car !

RUN.....RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN....GO BUY A GERMAN CAR