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Power Steering Stopped Working
I started my 2022 Defender one day last week and could not turn the wheel without excessive force. I drove it around the building with it just getting harder and harder to turn the wheel. I turned it off, and went to breakfast. Came out an hour later and the power steering worked perfectly... -
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rock sliders
When I bought my LR4 in February, the dealer moved my Rover Specialties sliders from my LR3 to the LR4. Perfect fit. David -
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Differnt "Spin" on Tires
Did you read my post at all? I've been running 255 R55 18 for a long time. I know that is not the size that LR puts on the vehicle, but it is the size that a lot of us have been running because you couldn't buy a decent tire in 255 R60 18. David -
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Differnt "Spin" on Tires
I ran Nito Grapplers 255 R55 18's on my 05. When I bought the '08 the dealer "threw in" a set of Toyo Open Country 255 R55 18's (same tread, made in the same factory). So for most of the last 5 years I've had to guess how fast I was going (the speedometer reads about 4-5% higher than my GPS... -
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Help convincing wife in taking LR3 offroad
Take her to the Land Rover Experience School. I've been "off roading" as part of my job for 20 years (not to mention growing up in the mud) and the few times I took her she panicked. It was never any fun with her in the mud. Then 2 years ago we went to the School in Carmel. She learned what... -
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How long do you plan on keeping your LR3?
I got rid of my '05 about 5k miles before the warranty expired. Replaced it with an '08. I was planning to do the same thing with the '08, but I'm rethinking that. I don't much like the LR4 (they moved stuff around in a way that I find awkward, and it feels like too much of a creampuff) so I... -
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Rock Slider Choices
I've got the Option 2 sliders and have been very happy with them. I haven't seen the "slim" version, but I don't see where mine are too "fat". I think if you go back a ways in this forum there is a thread (seems like around 6 months ago, but it might be longer) that has some pictures of the... -
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Last again in the ratings
Panzerknacker, That pretty much describes my "horrible" experience with the '05. Thanks for boiling it down so well. Maybe I don't really understand why the '05 was at the bottom of the polls. David -
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Reliability
Good link bscmich. Anyone who thinks that ANY survey is unbiased doesn't understand statistics. There is bias in the number of responses, and the mix of people who respond (people with problems want to be heard more that people without problems), and the criteria used to compare one set of... -
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Last again in the ratings
I have to say that my '05 LR3 spent more time on the hook than any other vehicle I've ever owned. It was in spurts though. When the local stereo shop put in my Sirius they pulled power from a sensing line and seriously broke the car. Got that fixed and once I got used to ignoring dashboard... -
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How do you remove the ashtray?
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Nitto Terra Grappler 255/60/18
I ran Nitto Terra Grapplers on my '05 LR3 and they still had plenty of tread at 35k when I traded it. My '08 has the Toyo equivalent (I can't tell any difference and the blogs say that the two tires are made in the same facility with the same blanks). The tread wear looks great at 32k and the... -
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Windshield Defroster
I had a local glass shop replace mine (caught a BIG rock on the way home from purchasing my 2008 LR3, 85 miles on the clock). It took them a week to get it in and it cost $1,600 USD, but it worked perfectly then and still does (2 years later). I think you just need to go to a quality shop... -
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Colorado Snow Pics
I lived in Highlands Ranch for 8 winters and never once saw a Halloween without snow on the ground. The pictures of the kids costumes are all spoiled by parkas. This week's snow was just normal. Gives everyone a chance to panic and then get on with their lives. David -
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gchoo
On the 2005, letting the truck run through the entire boot process definately helped the frequency of this problem. I found that when the radio did die, I could usually turn the truck off for 5 minutes or so and it would work. If not, then remove the battery cables, wait 10 minutes, touch the... -
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New LR3 owner Too many faults to count need help
I've not heard of battery cables too short to touch together. If that is the case you can connect the positive cable to the negative cable with wire (maybe a jumper cable?) to do a cold reboot. After all the threads on this and other forums that say that when an LR3 battery gets a tiny bit... -
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Another tire question...
There are a dozen threads in this forum on tires. We've talked about tires till hell won't have it. I followed some early advice and ran Nitto Graplers for several years and they worked great both off road and on the highway. The consensus today is that Toyo has a better tire. When I bought... -
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New LR3 owner Too many faults to count need help
I'd replace the battery even if it isn't OEM. While the battery is out, wait 10 minutes and then hold the battery leads together to reinitialize all of the codes. When I had similar problems in my '05, this fixed them all and they didn't come back. The LR3 is so electronic-intensive that it... -
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LR4 - Heavy Duty Package Question
Until I got my first LR3, a vehcle was something that got you from here to there and I never understood people who were defined by their vehicles. With the LR3 I'm starting to understand that relationship some, but with me the attachment is what the vehicle can let me do, not what it looks... -
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LR4 - Heavy Duty Package Question
I don't understand concern about scratching a $60k vehicle. Mine was in the brush before I hade license plates on it. I bought it as a work vehicle, realizing that as I drove it off the lot it was going to depreciate 40%. My first LR3 was never not scratched, no dings but pretty scratched... -
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Seat Belt Lock Out
The trail was beautiful. Coming from Ouray, the colors had not started changing yet, but on the west side it was starting to be pretty. By the time the leaves change on the east side the trail will be closed, but the west side of the pass will be awesome next weekend. David -
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Seat Belt Lock Out
Yesterday I was on a pretty fun trail (Imogene between Ouray and Telluride, CO) and came to a place where I just couldn't see where the road went (it was at a fork) so I stopped the truck and got out. The truck was sitting on an up hill that was just about as steep as I could walk. I picked my... -
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LR4 - Heavy Duty Package Question
Probably 3/4 of all LR3/LR4 vehicles never leave the highway. Consequently, the HD package would just be a waste of weight for most of them. Sad to say, but there are a huge number of people who want say "I drive a Land Rover" without ever using any of the features that make it a "Land Rover"... -
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Driving in Sport Mode all of the time - bad?
I had Sport on for a couple of years and didn't hate it. At the LR Experience course, the instructor told me to pay close attention to the truck for a week or so in Sport then take it out and pay attention again. I found that mostly the difference was that in Sport it shifted at a slightly... -
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2nd Row Middle Headrest
If it was an '05, I'd say you bought my old LR3. I found that it blocked the view out the back too much and I tossed it about a week after buying the vehicle. Took a lot of begging on this forum to get someone to tell me how to remove it. David
