I had an accident with my 04 D2 that will most likely total the truck.
If it does, I am leaning towards a LR3.
Are there any common things I need to look out for in the 05-06 models?
Any advice about shopping for LR3s?
Things you would have done different?
Real world gas mileage?
Gas milage when towing?
Tire/rim Sizes (incase my 255/55r18 terra grapplers will fit the LR3 rims)?
I know next to nothing about these trucks, so tell me what you think I should know and odd facts you think are good to know.
and I know, I could have spent hours searching the site and hopefully figured out some of this, but I could easily miss imporant things by not knowing what to search.
I dont own one or drive one so i really cant give answers to some of the questions but stuff that is very common to go out on these cars i can.
Both front lower control arm bushings are very common for the poping noise.
Air suspension compressors go out on these a lot.
Sunroof drains geting cloged allowing water into the car.
Front and rear diffs in these car tend have a very loud wine at 60-70 when they
Those 4 are the most common that will cost u money.
2 years and 30,000 on a 05 LR3 HSE w/106,000 miles
Pull up the door sills on the Driver/Passenger doorways and feel under the carpet for moisture and while your there look for rust or crusty/dull looking wiring in the drivers doorsill. The drain tubes are a real pain if they are not given the proper attention but can be taken care of with a little effort and can be a non issue if a little preventative maintanence is done every once in a while. (Blow them out with a little compressed air)
Find a BP service center to service the (sealed) trans no matter the miles if you buy a 5 yr or older truck...or you could do it yourself...but do it cause it prob hasn't been done.
When you start the truck up, make sure the compressor doesn't stay running for longer than a couple of minutes.
Skip the HSE model...nav sucks, 19" tires are way overpriced, the stereo is nice but not the cost of the nav and 19" wheels cause I'd rather have a hole where the nav is and could saved $ 500 from not havin to buy 18"s so I could get a decent set of tires.
Black interior is really freakin hot by the way....I'd get the Camel if I had it to do again.
Got 22.4 Mpgs on I-20 @ 70mph hand calculated bringing her home from Nc to La, that was the last I ever saw of that. After the 2.5" lift and the Rovertym bumper w/winch I can still get 17-18 @ 70mph highway drivin but average 13-15mpg mixed driving. If you are easy with her, you can get these numbers easy. I tow pretty regularly cause its my huntin rig mostly and probably get round 8-9mpg, but hey...the gearing is high so you can't do much better with any vehicle with that kind of gearing except maybe a diesel which may get 12-14....maybe.
The frames are pretty stout, but they are full of places for salt to hide, I'd definatly be weary of trucks from up north, mine was from jersey and the frame rust showed it, but wasn't that bad except behind the panel where the trailer hitch goes, rusted pretty good there.....point being...wear a not so nice shirt and crawl underneath to check it out to be sure the rust hasn't eaten too much.
Just make sure all the electronics work, there aren't any strange whines, knocks, pings or lazy feedback from the steering...should be pretty crisp and tight...it will throw some lazy shifts at you though when you get on it.....thats normal though....I think.
I have 32's on my truck and never had them rub with the lift.
You will have some electical something happen if you do buy this truck, but there are plenty of folks who can help if you're willing to read up and try some tlc on your own.
I have enjoyed the hell out of mine despite the little gremlins here and there.
Anyway, hope this helps
We just bought an LR3 that looks to be in fairly decent shape and its nice to have a few specific things to look for.
I did look under the beast and there is a minor amount of surface rust in places on the frame and in places like the brake hose fittings.. all the usual places. Overall it is amazingly clean despite the salt we get here in ontario. Its a 2007 so i think its been kept in a garage as a second or third vehicle because the milage is short of where it should be at 50k. I'll be paying a bit closer attention to the rear behind the hitch hole. Thanks for that. I'll also be pulling the door sills. I don't expect there to be anything special there its that clean but you never know till you look. The dealer mentioned an oil change but i dont know yet if that includes the trany, diffs, engine, and power steering or not.
Up side is the dealer put a new set of tires on so we dont have to pay for the first set
It did have a pull to the right which the dealer is supposed to be getting corrected. It pays to do a test drive. The only other thing i could find on the beast is one of the rear sensors has a cracked plastic ring on the outside. I also checked all the Rubber boots on the drive shaft and lifter assemblys. No leaks, no cracks or stiffness or rips. Couldn't ask for better.
We've had our '05 for 50k miles since early '08. We've had to do the suspension compressor (changed myself) and that's it. It does need control arms up front now, but it does have 93k on it too. A couple of minor electrical glitches...remote entry went funky (bad grounds under the sill), and the transmission cable needed to be cleaned / lubed. 3rd set of tires. We did spark plugs at 80k. And the sunroof drains continue to be a problem. Great rig, though. Has to be the brightest xenon headlights you can buy!
As many of the "Maintenance Free" transmissions have been failing around 100,000 miles, you should take note of the following from the ZF website:
"5 and 6-speed as well as 4HP20 automatic transmissions:
ZF 5 and 6-speed as well as the ZF 4HP20 automatic transmissions are filled
maintenance-free with specially developed partially synthetic ATF oils.
Maintenance-free fills are intended for normal operating conditions. Especially
driving at very high operating temperatures can result in accelerated aging or
increased wear of ATF oils. It is recommended, in the event of severe operating
conditions, such as:
- frequent highway driving in top speed range,
- offensive, sporty driving style,
- frequent trailer operation,
being above average, oil purification (oil change) on automatic transmissions is
recommended between 80,000 km and 120,000 km, or 8 years, depending on the load.
In each case, only released ATF oil may be used for oil changes. And oil changes
must be performed in accordance with the relevant specifications.
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