Used Range Rover Sport: Expensive
As you know, Land Rover cars have never been famous for their increased reliability. On this occasion, the people even make up jokes about them. The Range Rover Sport SUV was no exception. However, the devil is not as terrible as he is painted.
If the first generation of "Sports" proved to be far from the best side, then in the second edition this car became noticeably more complicated in design than its predecessor. Whether it was good or bad for the performance of the car, the AvtoVzglyad portal found out.
The first Range Rover Sport was built on the Discovery 3 platform and was based on a powerful spar frame. The car of the second generation has a load-bearing body. It is completely made of aluminum alloys, which reduced the weight of the SUV by an impressive 420 kg.
At the same time, the car has acquired many modern innovative systems and devices, such as adaptive air suspension and active anti-roll bars, which have become the basic equipment for the Range Rover Sport. In addition, he got all sorts of electronic "gadgets" in the form of advanced multimedia, keyless entry to the salon and other amenities that make life easier for the owners of the British "premium".
But electronics are good when they work properly. For example, a car can not only burn out light bulbs, but overnight the dipped beam can completely fail or the xenon ignition unit (from 55 rubles) can fail. Often the instrument panel and the monitor of the multimedia system go out, door locks begin to live their own lives, which spontaneously close, turning the driver and passengers into voluntary hostages of their car.
By the way, the locking of the locks is provided by a comfortable access system, and in order to cure it, preliminary diagnostics and expensive intervention of specialists are required. It’s good that some malfunctions are eliminated with little bloodshed, that is, by restarting the engine or flashing a specific electronic unit, and most of the breakdowns have so far occurred during the warranty period - the car has been officially sold in Russia since the fall of 2013. But the next owners sometimes have to spend decent amounts on electrical repairs.
Range Rover Sport owners are sometimes bothered by crickets in the cabin, as well as ergonomics that take some getting used to. For example, due to the low performance of the air conditioning system, in the first moments of being in the cabin in winter, it is quite cold. Many owners complain about the inconvenience of turning on the heated seats through the monitor of the multimedia system.
The second Range Rover Sport is equipped with a 6-liter petrol V3 with a supercharger with a capacity of 340 and 380 hp, as well as a five-liter V8 (510 and 550 hp). Turbodiesels are represented by three-liter V-shaped “sixes” with a capacity of 249 and 306 “horses”, as well as a 4,4-liter 340-horsepower V8. All engines are mated exclusively to an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The most popular engine on this SUV is a three-liter diesel. However, it was he who, even on the first generation car, delivered the most problems. The fact is that the three-liter V6 has one design feature - the crankshaft liners of this engine without locks. After 120-000 km, they often turned over, which led to a crankshaft failure.
At the same time, the engine was not repaired - dealers changed the so-called short block with new pistons, connecting rods, liners and crankshaft. True, the officials rolled out a bill for the repair of the motor about 1 rubles! No, this is not a typo. If you repair the unit in specialized services, you can drop the price tag up to 200-000 "wooden". On the second generation of the Range Rover Sport, the three-liter turbodiesel was upgraded - the liners finally got locks.
Gasoline V6s are trouble-free engines. Although minor breakdowns, such as premature failure of the generator, coils and spark plugs, drive belt and timing chain, still occur. By the way, there have been cases when a metal chain, after 50 km of run, was also stretched on a five-liter V000. Moreover, the cost of motor parts for an English SUV is quite high, and the mechanics of services do not hesitate to issue immodest bills for the work.
The Range Rover Sport is fitted with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. Despite the big name of the German manufacturer, the box is also not without congenital sores. Sometimes even on modest runs, it suddenly goes into emergency mode. As a rule, this is due to a clogged filter, which changes along with the pallet for 27 rubles. If the automatic transmission is depressed at the moment of driving at speeds over 000 km / h, the rear gearbox and axle shafts fail along the way. Well, if this happened during the warranty period. Otherwise, repairs may require up to 130 rubles.
In the chassis, special attention should be paid to the pneumatic elements, more precisely to their rubber seals, which are recommended to be cleaned of dirt at each MOT. If the cylinder starts to poison the air, the compressor will soon fail (approximately 50 "rubles").
After 100 km, active anti-roll bars will have to be repaired. Moreover, during this time, the owners of "Sports" can already change the front wheel bearings twice - they are updated complete with the hub and cost from 000 rubles apiece. In general, it's nice, but expensive.
