Reading the latest Car Mechanics mag and there are some pics of a L200 owners vehicle post-axle bolt failure 😯

Apperently all should have been recalled and these replaced. His wasn't, rear axle seperated and the prop shaft decided to pole-vault the car

age of vehicles concerned please??

VOSA:
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/searches/expand.asp?uniqueID=D20CA86482E4DFCD802574C5002BCDC1&freeText=Blank

However the owners car was a 2007 model.

Thanks

Nay probs

Erm I've got a 57 plate and never been recalled

Pop into WHSmiths and scroll through to the readers section.

There are pics of where the L200 had flipped (at a mere 40) and landed upside down on the central barrier of a A road. The owner/children had a lucky escape and guess what Mitsubishi said? 'Claim off your insurer'.

There are pics of where the L200 had flipped (at a mere 40) and landed upside down on the central barrier of a A road.

To be fair, that will happen to any 4×4 if its driven like a car.

For what its worth, my old boss had an L200 – it was the most shockingly unreliable car imaginable. His went through several gearboxes, numerous turbos, an engine… Eventually the dealership gave him a whole new one (!) which then also blew up. Now, it was towing a heavy trailer every day as it was used for work, but even so, it wasn't undue usage for a vehicle of that type. I wouldn't buy one.

To be fair, that will happen to any 4×4 if its driven like a car.

Driver noted a rumbling jerking noise and decided to slow asap and investigate. Got down to 40 before it happened.

my dads company had one for a while on an early 03 place- steering rack went TWICE. didnt see mega rough stuff just building site inspection. it was replaced with a fiesta

Err this is a PSA thread guys not a slagging off/'I want one' thread 😕 😆

Err this is a PSA thread guys not a slagging off/'I want one' thread

How long have you been on here? All threads degenerate into personal attacks within the first page. It is in the rules or something….

That is a very good point actually

Found the Outlander to be one of the worst 4×4's I've ever had the misfortune to drive. Turbo failures,turbo pipe failures, oil dumping sessions and engine failures. Company has gone back to Disco's. I thought Japonese stuff was reliable?

I use a L200 for work and it's crap. I had one of the tracking rods fall a part luckily in a field if it had been 5 minutes earlier It would of happend when I was going down the dual carriage way at 50mph.

Would never advise anyone to buy one. Oh and I have been told it's replacement will be an Outlander 🙁