I bought the truck with 60,000km on it, and it's got 110,000km now. So all these issues have occured in just 50,000km.
I put 85,000km on a WRX and had 1 issue, a burnt tail light.
Currently have a GM minivan with 60,000km on it, it's never been in the shop other than oil changes.
Have a 80,000km on a Focus, 60,000 of which have been with a custom turbo system doubling the power output, and seen about 20 track days and as many autocrosses. Other than some obvious things like brakes, it's had few problems. Needs a thermostat now, but it is 10 years old...
None of the Discovery issues are really horrible. Haven't slipped a liner yet, or even head gaskets (knock on wood!). With the exception of the trans failure which again, was due to abuse. A lot of the problems seem to be from the "old Land Rover" days. Bad sealing. Something the British never seamed to have figured out.
That being said the truck is great easy to work on iv done everything but the hub and that's because I couldn't break the nut loose.
Oh God... If ever there was a "Jesus Nut"... that's it. I had to use a 4 foot pipe on a breaker bar. I thought the breaker bar was going to snap. Had to have somebody else standing on the brake pedal to prevent the axle from spinning. Tightening it back up... 300+ ft/lbs but my torque wrench only goes up to 200. So, I used the torque wrench to get it to 200, then the breaker bar with pipe to turn it "just a little more".
Crankshaft position sensor
How did that not leave you stranded? Must have caught some warning signs just in time.
The MAF sensor issues which seem to be common on D2's, it's something that aflicts all vehicles that use these Bosch sensors. VW's, BMW, even Mercedes and Porsche. It's just not a robust design.
And that's the case with many of the D2 systems.
The hubs are unit bearings. They have an inner bearing race, but there is no proper outer bearing race. The race is machined right into the hub bearing unit, which is a cast or probably forged component. I doubt is it manufactured from 52100 steel commonly used for outer races. That's probably why it doesn't seem to hold up as well long-term. Bearing failures are common amongst modern vehicles using this design. I know GM vehicles commonly suffer unit bearing failures in this timespan.
Leaking sunroofs and AC Condensate appear to be D2 specific design flaws.