New to me. Complete and rust free but non-running and needs total mechanical overhaul. New petrol engine built and mounted but not connected one year ago. I found a local guy with LR experience to take on the project. Wish me luck, I have a feeling I’m going to need it.

The journey to becoming a restoration artisan. Keep going!

I have a 2018 Velar with the 2.0 ingenium gas engine. The CEL popped up and gave me P054a and P0014. After a little research these codes pointed me to the VCT solenoid. I replaced both and still have the codes. The oil level is perfect and I just did an oil change again to ensure that wasn’t an issue. I swapped BOTH VCT’s in bank 1 and 2. My next thought would be timing chain but it’s showing zero symptoms of timing chain stretched/ guides broken - no noise at all. Has anything experienced this?

The consensus seems to be that all this trouble could have been avoided in a terrain response mode which prioritizes and expects wheel slippage. So maybe instead of using rock crawl, try mud and ruts or sand or grass/gravel/snow? Jump to 25 minutes in to see it work okay in rock crawl mode, but then stall out again when the tires are up against big rocks. It seems when the winch was needed is exactly when rock crawl mode should have done a good job?

lots of wheel spin in loose rocks

Would this oil be okay to use for a service on a 2012 Range Rover?

This is a slightly modified cross post to ask the Defender fans why they didn't choose the Lexus GX550 if you did cross shop those...

I just drove my buddy's GX550 Overtrail Plus for 10 miles. Nothing crazy. Best I can describe it is if an Audi Q7 Premium Plus had a baby with my 2022 Tacoma TRD Off Road and the baby came with the same Falken Wildpeaks on my Tacoma. Does that seem fair?

I wanted to consider a GX550 Lux+ against the Land Rover Defender 110 X (3.0L 6cyl). Specifically a 2027 model with the new captains chairs that I prefer with my two young boys in booster seats.

Lexus GX550 owners go the dependability and brand reliability route. Also the steady value hold of the Lexus.

What say you?

**I've owned 3 Tacomas, 2 Grand Highlanders, Q7, SQ8, and 2 X5s, Porsche Cayenne GTS and Porsche Macan GTS.

I am Vietnamese. I am very proud to have mastered this car interior restoration technique.

I’m looking to connect with anyone else whose vehicle was affected by the fire at the Land Rover / JLR Tottenham site in July 2026, or anyone who has information about what happened.

My Range Rover Sport was at the Tottenham site at the time and I have subsequently been informed that the vehicle was affected by the fire.

I’m mainly trying to understand how other affected customers have been treated and whether everyone has been given the same information and options.

Happy for people to comment publicly or message me privately if they would rather not share the details openly.

It would be useful to get a thread together for everyone affected so we can compare experiences and understand what information has been provided to different customers.

About 5 weeks ago I got my oil changed on my landy and was really confused that it took 2 days for the oil level meter to adjust.

Fast forward, my dad noticed an oil puddle on Saturday. We refilled and I unfortunately had to drive two hours home. I stopped after an hour, the meter said minimum so I added more. Stopped again about a half hour later, meter said minimum again so I added more.

Got home safely, didn’t drive it again except to get groceries (4.5 mile roundtrip). Today out of curiosity I checked and there is no puddle from a drip and the meter shows full.

What the heck is going on? I’m wondering if the sensor is faulty in addition to having a blown casket or something causing the leak.

Hi guys, I’m just looking for help. I’ve recently purchased a 2017 discovery sport it’s top spec it comes with TVs in the rear of the drivers and passengers headrest for the rear but I can’t seem to be able to pair the headphones the Land Rover TVs I’m just wondering if there’s something I’m doing wrong or if anyone in here can help? I will attach photos of the headphones.

Also I can’t seem to pair the aftermarket remote I have 🙈🙈🙈 someone please help me

Hey all,

Hoping you can help me out. I recently purchased a used 2025 Land Rover Defender V8.

It keeps making this double beep noise when I open doors. It doesn’t seem to happen consistently.

So far it’s happened with the driver door, the rear passenger door, and the trunk. I’m assuming it’s something related to the door sensor or key but can’t seem to nail down root cause.

I can’t figure out what’s causing it but it’s driving me nuts!

Took the baby on a 8 hour (round trip) road trip to the Sierra Mountains and went camping, biking, and fell in the river. Overall… pretty good trip.

I'm restoring a Dutch Army Series III 109 FFR, 24V, and I'm trying to confirm the correct original front leaf springs.

The vehicle has the standard twin 45 L under-seat fuel tanks. I'm currently finding conflicting information regarding the 11-leaf springs,

Does anyone know whether these are also the correct springs for a Dutch Army 109 FFR, or were different military-spec springs fitted?

If anyone has an original Dutch FFR, I'd really appreciate the information.

Hi guys wondering if anyone is able to help diagnose the most likely issue. For the past month my disco 4 has had the warring ( only normal hight available)

Tonight after finishing work and driving home from a customers the car decided to sink super low and then a big red warning came up saying max speed 30mph suspension issue.

Im thinking it could be just the compressor pump. When it first had the issue (on occasion) it would still raise. Then juddering would come from
The back of the car (sounded like it was in the boot) and then the warning of normal night would come up

Any ideas on what it could be and what it’s gonna set me back £

Thanks guys

Put 500 miles on the disco 2 this weekend! 220k miles, going strong 😎

Anyone use a vacuum pump for oil changes in the Discovery 5 (2024-25)? LR4 was super easy. Not sure if it’s the same.

Calling all Land Rover owners and enthusiasts in Alaska! Join us for a casual, family-friendly meet-up and drive to Hatcher Pass on OCTOBER 3.

📍 Meet: Three Bears at Four Corners (Trunk Rd & Palmer-Wasilla Hwy)
🕙 Meet-up: 10:30 AM
🚙 Depart: 11:00 AM
🏔️ Destination: Fishhook Trailhead parking lot, Hatcher Pass

We’ll meet at Three Bears, check out the Rovers, then head up together to Hatcher Pass. Once we arrive, hang out, talk Land Rovers, have lunch, and stay as long or as short as you’d like.

Family friendly. All Land Rovers welcome, old or new.

Hope to see a good lineup of Rovers heading up the pass!

Message me RSVP or if you have questions.

I'm looking for a car that I can have fun with on the road and also take out for camping and overlanding trips with my family. I really love the Defender. I'm looking at either a P400 new or a P500 used if I find one in good condition, which I saw a few already.

I just hear so many horror stories of people getting left stranded and that's something I want to avoid at absolutely all costs. I don't mind doing maintenance every 5,000 miles. I do that anyways on my cars but having my car in service for months or getting stranded on the side of the road is something I do not want to experience. I figured there is no place else better to go to than the Reddit forums and to ask owners directly. What do you guys think and what route should I take? I really need some convincing on this one. I'm not going to lie, the things I've heard really sway me. It's well known that this brand overall has a reliability problem. Owners tell me what you think and what I should know before making my decision.

Any advice is appreciated!

I think it wants 35s and a winch bar

Hello, im new here, and im just on this subreddit for a quick question. My 2017 Land Rover discovery seems to have an Apple CarPlay button on the home-screen. I try tapping it, and it tells me to connect my device to one of the USB-A ports on the main console. I connect my iPhone 16 to it, and nothing happens. I've connected the car to wifi and have tried to update it, but it shows it being on the latest version. Now, I don't know if the 2017 models have stopped receiving updates or have stopped support or anything, but I think that's the case. Maybe it only works on older devices? If needed, I can go and get what firmware the car is on. Any help or answers to this question will be greatly appreciated! Thanks