Time to flog it, methinks, while you can get a good price for it.

One of these days LR's appalling reliability is going to hit the popular press, and they'll become a national joke instead of a status symbol; and used values will plummet.

..and not before time....it would be so richly deserved.

AFAIK its a very well known issue and JLR know all about it. IIRC they issued a technical bulletin to sales staff to advise them which models are effected and that those models should only be sold to owners that will drive them regularly at speed on long journeys. It was revealed in some motoring mag maybe autocar or auto express.

Basically its due to poor placement of the dpf, too far down the exhaust stream, such that it takes too long to heat up or in many cases fails to heat adequately at all. A basic design error..

Some googling reveals the extent of the problem, which models are effected etc. No solution is possible apparently. During warranty JLR I believe are often changing oil FOC when the problem occurs as the engine oil becomes so diluted with diesel in failed attempts at a regen.

Out of warranty you are on your own, not only DPF problem but engine lubrication is compromised and oil level can rise excessively leading to major problems.

Lots of problems that wont/cant go way await present and future school run examples.

www.rangeroverdpf.com/

stormcatcher.co.uk/resources/land-rover-dpf-issues.../ (Warning link are lawyers)

In the US class action lawsuit...www.carcomplaints.com/news/2020/range-rover-diesel...l

Edited by brum on 24/11/2020 at 10:21

So what diesel SUV should I get that does not have DPF or EGR problems for short journeys?

Part of your problem is averaging 115 miles per week is not really suitable for a diesel with a DPF. I cant speak for other manufacturers 2.0d engines, but there has been an awful lot of internet reports of JLR's problems, and as an ex Jaguar employee before I bought my X3 (see below) my leaning was to an F Pace until I delved deeper into the problems. It was too problematic.

We've a BMW X3 (3.0d) G01 in the family, and it never goes out unless the run is 40miles plus at speeds of 50mph or more, and two years on and 22k miles on the clock had no DPF problems. Shorter journeys are in the wife's Cooper S petrol.

For 6,000 miles, you should seriously consider a petrol engine which I appreciate may not be what you want to do - but very few petrol LR Discos, maybe some E and F paces, and Volvo XC40/60s too, and BMW 2.0 petrols.