I really like your videos, especially because they are about family. I think your daughter will have a wonderful memories about this journey. And that is the best thing you can have. I can’t wait to do the same with my family.
@@CharlieDrives Was suprised that the Defender 90 was not launched at the same time as the 110, interested in the 90 Commercial but this might be a blessing now as there seems to be quite a lot of problems with the Defender and not limited to the electronics, the production was delayed due to quality control problems, that should have told me something!!!!!! Sorry to rain on your parade but Chinavirus is going to be with us for some time!!!!
The wipers drive me mad too.... driving mine today.. on auto the wiping is activated by a rain sensor on the windscreen i believe but it really needs to have a algorithm that looks at rain sensor and how often the rain sensor is triggering and convert this to a timed intermittent wipe.
The intermittent wipers on my 99 Range Rover work as they should while the overly clever ones on my 2008 RRSC do not and the dealer has been unable to get them working so I have manual intermittent wipers by flicking the stalk up. Really, why do we need auto wipers? I can tell when it is raining for God's sake.
@@CharlieDrives Enjoy you road trip ... very envious ! But having the Defender arrive during lock down has been a blessing for us as we have been able to do some father son bonding !... but i will do a trip to France as soon as we can !
There are some known issues with the radar, false warnings of failure etc. Bosch were on site testing and trying to replicate the issue at the LR experience centre I was attending two weeks ago
Love your videos and please keep them coming, they are very real !. One comment and I feel bad for pointing it out, but having your kids lie down like that won't be the safest if you were unfortunate enough to be in a prang. I admit I used to allow it all the time when traveling with my family until I saw what happened to crash test dummies when they where in that position @4:56. This comment said in love for you bro
You should have them check the front sway bar ends for the rattling. My new 2021 Tahoe had the same rattling and that’s what they found. They replaced the driver and passenger side, one was broke and the other was loose.
My 1 week old Defender also has the noisy right A-pillar problem at speeds above 75 mph. Did you find out how your dealer fixed the problem? I want to take mine in for service and want to let my dealer know how yours was fixed. Thanks
kosmo1001 I don’t know how it was fixed but I suspect something like double sided tape is involved. The pillar covers just clip on. Whatever the cure is Land Rover dealers have an instruction to fix it.
I’ve got one and I had no idea there was even an eco mode so I need to look out for that 😂 averaging 25mpg so far and driving it with gusto Wipers on mine fine. I had huge problems with the dash tablet software (including the satnav not working at all) but an update on Aug 28th fixed it except it often shows the name of the current road as being the road the dealer I bought it from is on (!) Spotify disappears occasionally but usually fine. I had a similar problem with the clock. It kept changing time zone randomly and I couldn’t find any way to manually set the actual time. Been okay since the update though Turned lane assist off as it kept doing weird things down country lanes
My Ford Explorer (US) Adaptive Cruise Control also slows down in corners when it detects trucks and other large vehicles (annoyingly hits the brakes hard). Apple CarPlay also overrides Ford's system when a message pops up on the phone, so I suspect it is an Apple CarPlay function. Cruise control does provide better fuel economy - except hills. Hills always kills fuel economy
I hate to say it but the JLR adaptive cruise is lousy - easily gets confused and not intelligent when approaching and overtaking. Had hoped it had improved. Rarely use it now on Disco. If you hold the shorter distance button, it will turn it into normal cruise which is mostly how we use it. No comparison to adaptive cruise in my BMW which I use all the time and is in a different league. Wouldn’t pay extra for it (although like with you was standard on HSE).
Thanks so much for posting this video. I am from NY. U.S.A. I own a 110 first edition and have put around 4000 miles. I have the same issues with mine. Additionally I had some issues with the front breaks but on my last long trip it seems to have disappeared. I have on question for you. Mine didn’t come with the ACC. Adaptive cruise control feature. Did you order it as a extra feature? I only have regular cruise control. Thanks
The satnav/compass on mine is very intermittent. It doesn’t work at all for a day or two (stays stuck where I last parked). Then it’ll pop back into life again. I also had apps disappear off the main system and CarPlay sometimes stops working and makes me reset the whole entertainment system. On holiday right now but I’ll be badgering JLR on my return..
I've not had any problems with the wipers on mine, I set them to auto/low sensitivity on the day I picked it up and they have worked fine during the rain. I have the standard cruise control on mine and it does slow down when going round bends but it has only occurred on motorways i.e. moving down a slip road to join another motorway. It happens whether there is a barrier in front or not; it maybe a safety issue. I also noticed the clock issue; mine is 1 hour out sometimes. I noticed yours was showing 2 hours but you were on the continent at the time; I wonder if it is sourcing the clock via the 4G connection on start-up.
On the cruise control, have you checked if you have the limiter on rather than the cruise; I made that mistake a few times. I have found the cruise control fine, but bad for economy as it leaves the gearbox in too low a gear and the engine is straining.
learning how everything works good knowledge of your vehicle helps with control, more aware .dealer will fix niggles. why is your wife not driving HER CAR and giving her opinion? love the video have a great tjme...
If the car is like an iphone, apps stop working because they want to down load the latest bug fix. I guess we will get to the point of driving to a 5G tower, waiting for reception, downloading the latest software patch, rebooting and then driving to our destination. Is this what we are paying the big money for?
Was thinking of getting a new Defender 90 Commercial but after seeing this plus tearing about all the other problems l think l will keep my Td5 90" which has never let me down, l wonder why, oh l know why, not that much electrickery!!!!!!!!!!!
Just proves that JLR have created another SUV and not a work horse to reflect the heritage of Defender/90/110. Comfort mode? Why didn't you buy a Discovery?
Because it’s 2020! Go buy a used 1976 work horse. The car is far more capable than the old one, check them out at carwow, it’s far better it’s predecessor being as comfortable as it can be for 2020 standards. God, I bet you haven’t even try the car and came here to talk with absolute confidence about the car. BTW, I own one so I’m pretty of what is capable
You seem like the wrong person to be buying a car packed with tech and expecting it to drive like an analogue vehicle. What did you expect with safety distancing functions like adaptive cruise control??
Loved the vlog I am really impressed with your drone shots, I am so tempted to get one. I did get a cheap little one when they first came out but it was uncontrollable. Do you know if there is an owners club or forum for the Defender as I would be interested in taking part? Guy.
Charlie - great videos hugely appreciated. Picking up 110 SE next week and wanted to see whether you have had any experience of multi storey car parks in relation to the height of the defender and access. It looks a close call for a lot of UK. Cheers
@@nicholaspurdue961 how are you finding the car? Had any issues with the height? I think you can lower it for short car parks etc, but can't find out what the height could be.
More than a bit peeved they have already ditched the weak 4 cylinder diesel for a 6; why couldn't they have waited and released it with the 6, or at least given the 6 as an option for later delivery.
Another lemon from LR worst car i owned was the evoque hse ended up trading it in at 14000 km due broken tailgate lock , tail gate never ended up in line again after getting fixed, shockers failed leaking never been offroad mind you , ambient lighting stopped working , panaromic roof leaking on rainy day , 3 recalls from LR .
As much as you want to have the nicest and the newest... you should never buy a car within the first year of production. Manufacturers use the first year to adjust molds, settings and small design flaws.... The video is exactly the reason why I watch the channel, I’ll wait some months before deciding whether I buy or not. Keep updating us on the repairs and issues coming next weeks/months
Mine has a host of issues - low battery warnings (back to LR to fix; returned but not fixed), Touchscreen not booting up on start up, A pillar noise, loose panel after mudflaps fitted, squeeks from driver's door (LR lubricated), other squeeks and rattles, USB media and CarPlay dropping off, some safety features (emergency braking and the like) randomly switching off. Waiting for a response from LR to emails sent 3 days ago. I also find the 240 diesel underpowered, and noisy at low speed. Thinking about swapping the Defender for a (3 litre) Discovery, just need to get through the reservation of how damn ugly the D5 is.
Sounds like you're all a bit tired. Very forgiving with all the car faults. For a vehicle supposedly so rigorously tested what a disappointment. No wonder JLR in financial trouble.
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I really like your videos, especially because they are about family. I think your daughter will have a wonderful memories about this journey.
And that is the best thing you can have.
I can’t wait to do the same with my family.
Thank you!!!!
@@CharlieDrives to you mate, you now have a friend in the northeast of Italy 👍
It is a dream of ours to visit Italy!
Maybe in the Lotus!! As soon as Coronavirus has buggered off!! 😂
@@CharlieDrives you will be our guest here in Veneto
@@CharlieDrives Was suprised that the Defender 90 was not launched at the same time as the 110, interested in the 90 Commercial but this might be a blessing now as there seems to be quite a lot of problems with the Defender and not limited to the electronics, the production was delayed due to quality control problems, that should have told me something!!!!!! Sorry to rain on your parade but Chinavirus is going to be with us for some time!!!!
The wipers drive me mad too.... driving mine today.. on auto the wiping is activated by a rain sensor on the windscreen i believe but it really needs to have a algorithm that looks at rain sensor and how often the rain sensor is triggering and convert this to a timed intermittent wipe.
Yep!! I think they have tried to be too clever with them. I craved a really simple wiper mechanism for that journey! Luckily it didn’t rain much 😂
The intermittent wipers on my 99 Range Rover work as they should while the overly clever ones on my 2008 RRSC do not and the dealer has been unable to get them working so I have manual intermittent wipers by flicking the stalk up. Really, why do we need auto wipers? I can tell when it is raining for God's sake.
@@CharlieDrives Enjoy you road trip ... very envious ! But having the Defender arrive during lock down has been a blessing for us as we have been able to do some father son bonding !... but i will do a trip to France as soon as we can !
Cheers! They are great on a longer journey will be interested to see your MPG
There are some known issues with the radar, false warnings of failure etc. Bosch were on site testing and trying to replicate the issue at the LR experience centre I was attending two weeks ago
Love your videos and please keep them coming, they are very real !. One comment and I feel bad for pointing it out, but having your kids lie down like that won't be the safest if you were unfortunate enough to be in a prang. I admit I used to allow it all the time when traveling with my family until I saw what happened to crash test dummies when they where in that position @4:56. This comment said in love for you bro
Perhaps when using Google maps you have the setting to “avoid toll-roads?” That would screw things up!
I love an honest review!
Cheers buddy!
You should have them check the front sway bar ends for the rattling. My new 2021 Tahoe had the same rattling and that’s what they found. They replaced the driver and passenger side, one was broke and the other was loose.
I had the windscreen pillar noise fixed at the dealer. As you say it’s a known issue and Land Rover has issued a service action about this.
Glad to hear it :-)
My 1 week old Defender also has the noisy right A-pillar problem at speeds above 75 mph. Did you find out how your dealer fixed the problem? I want to take mine in for service and want to let my dealer know how yours was fixed. Thanks
kosmo1001 I don’t know how it was fixed but I suspect something like double sided tape is involved. The pillar covers just clip on. Whatever the cure is Land Rover dealers have an instruction to fix it.
@@rogertrett406 OK. Thank you Roger
i am waiteing for the 3 door plug in
I would say your navigation problem would be a satelite problem for the area's that your in!
I’ve got one and I had no idea there was even an eco mode so I need to look out for that 😂 averaging 25mpg so far and driving it with gusto
Wipers on mine fine. I had huge problems with the dash tablet software (including the satnav not working at all) but an update on Aug 28th fixed it except it often shows the name of the current road as being the road the dealer I bought it from is on (!) Spotify disappears occasionally but usually fine.
I had a similar problem with the clock. It kept changing time zone randomly and I couldn’t find any way to manually set the actual time. Been okay since the update though
Turned lane assist off as it kept doing weird things down country lanes
Had that emergency steering warning. Turned it back on, but it happened again.
As a additional issue. The apple car play stopped working for a couple of days along with the clock changing back and forth.
My Ford Explorer (US) Adaptive Cruise Control also slows down in corners when it detects trucks and other large vehicles (annoyingly hits the brakes hard). Apple CarPlay also overrides Ford's system when a message pops up on the phone, so I suspect it is an Apple CarPlay function. Cruise control does provide better fuel economy - except hills. Hills always kills fuel economy
I hate to say it but the JLR adaptive cruise is lousy - easily gets confused and not intelligent when approaching and overtaking. Had hoped it had improved. Rarely use it now on Disco. If you hold the shorter distance button, it will turn it into normal cruise which is mostly how we use it. No comparison to adaptive cruise in my BMW which I use all the time and is in a different league. Wouldn’t pay extra for it (although like with you was standard on HSE).
GTSussex Yes, the BMW is a lot better.
Those wipers would drive me loopy.
Robert l yep!! 😂 hope there is a fix
Thanks so much for posting this video.
I am from NY. U.S.A. I own a 110 first edition and have put around 4000 miles.
I have the same issues with mine. Additionally I had some issues with the front breaks but on my last long trip it seems to have disappeared.
I have on question for you.
Mine didn’t come with the ACC. Adaptive cruise control feature.
Did you order it as a extra feature?
I only have regular cruise control.
Thanks
The satnav/compass on mine is very intermittent. It doesn’t work at all for a day or two (stays stuck where I last parked). Then it’ll pop back into life again. I also had apps disappear off the main system and CarPlay sometimes stops working and makes me reset the whole entertainment system.
On holiday right now but I’ll be badgering JLR on my return..
i drove my old peugeot 408 for 8 years when its wiper began to make noise ,cause it worn out and became hard
I've not had any problems with the wipers on mine, I set them to auto/low sensitivity on the day I picked it up and they have worked fine during the rain. I have the standard cruise control on mine and it does slow down when going round bends but it has only occurred on motorways i.e. moving down a slip road to join another motorway. It happens whether there is a barrier in front or not; it maybe a safety issue.
I also noticed the clock issue; mine is 1 hour out sometimes. I noticed yours was showing 2 hours but you were on the continent at the time; I wonder if it is sourcing the clock via the 4G connection on start-up.
On the cruise control, have you checked if you have the limiter on rather than the cruise; I made that mistake a few times. I have found the cruise control fine, but bad for economy as it leaves the gearbox in too low a gear and the engine is straining.
learning how everything works good knowledge of your vehicle helps with control, more aware .dealer will fix niggles. why is your wife not driving HER CAR and giving her opinion? love the video have a great tjme...
She will love this comment!! 🤣
If the car is like an iphone, apps stop working because they want to down load the latest bug fix. I guess we will get to the point of driving to a 5G tower, waiting for reception, downloading the latest software patch, rebooting and then driving to our destination. Is this what we are paying the big money for?
Was thinking of getting a new Defender 90 Commercial but after seeing this plus tearing about all the other problems l think l will keep my Td5 90" which has never let me down, l wonder why, oh l know why, not that much electrickery!!!!!!!!!!!
Just proves that JLR have created another SUV and not a work horse to reflect the heritage of Defender/90/110. Comfort mode? Why didn't you buy a Discovery?
Because it’s 2020! Go buy a used 1976 work horse. The car is far more capable than the old one, check them out at carwow, it’s far better it’s predecessor being as comfortable as it can be for 2020 standards. God, I bet you haven’t even try the car and came here to talk with absolute confidence about the car. BTW, I own one so I’m pretty of what is capable
that panoramic roof seems ridiculously narrow
Phil Hartley Had to be to maintain the additional rigidity. It is so small I hardly notice it on mine.
I really like it!
Would the fact you have the car in Eco be the cruise control power issue? As Eco changes the gearing ratio
You seem like the wrong person to be buying a car packed with tech and expecting it to drive like an analogue vehicle. What did you expect with safety distancing functions like adaptive cruise control??
I’m in the software business so probably over critical on the intelligence of it 😂
27.3mpg average is on the thirsty side
kit lai About the same for mine; I find the D240 engine underpowered on anything but a flat road; uphill and it quickly needs to be pushed hard.
Yep! Although heavy car... I reckon the 6 cyl diesel will be amazing for fuel economy
Great videos I’m looking at the D300 . Test drive in a couple of week when the toy shops reopen .
Loved the vlog I am really impressed with your drone shots, I am so tempted to get one. I did get a cheap little one when they first came out but it was uncontrollable.
Do you know if there is an owners club or forum for the Defender as I would be interested in taking part? Guy.
Yes there is a forum and a group on FB!
Charlie - great videos hugely appreciated. Picking up 110 SE next week and wanted to see whether you have had any experience of multi storey car parks in relation to the height of the defender and access. It looks a close call for a lot of UK. Cheers
Thank you!!! As long as it’s not lower than 2meters you will be fine!! Have you got any roof accessories?
@@CharlieDrives hi nope not yet :) cheers for the reply
@@nicholaspurdue961 how are you finding the car? Had any issues with the height? I think you can lower it for short car parks etc, but can't find out what the height could be.
27 mpg? I have big heavy Mercedes estate 2.2L diesel and I get well over 50mpg on cross continental journeys.
More than a bit peeved they have already ditched the weak 4 cylinder diesel for a 6; why couldn't they have waited and released it with the 6, or at least given the 6 as an option for later delivery.
What is the fuel consumption in your vehicle?
Did u find the way to change default driving mode ?
On another road trip at the moment. Can’t find a way of making it default to Eco though!!!
Have a nice and safe one… 👍🏼
Another lemon from LR worst car i owned was the evoque hse ended up trading it in at 14000 km due broken tailgate lock , tail gate never ended up in line again after getting fixed, shockers failed leaking never been offroad mind you , ambient lighting stopped working , panaromic roof leaking on rainy day , 3 recalls from LR .
It is your radar
How is the car on road? Is it good for day to day use?
It’s really good!
Lol, the missus seemed peeved that you spent the whole time shitting on her nice new car.
😂😂😂
Very sad to see JLR don't seem to have improved quality. Yes, never buy a new model - wait a year or so for the bugs to be ironed out.
Probably wise although it’s an educational journey!!
As much as you want to have the nicest and the newest... you should never buy a car within the first year of production. Manufacturers use the first year to adjust molds, settings and small design flaws....
The video is exactly the reason why I watch the channel, I’ll wait some months before deciding whether I buy or not. Keep updating us on the repairs and issues coming next weeks/months
Especially true when it comes to buying from JLR
Mine has a host of issues - low battery warnings (back to LR to fix; returned but not fixed), Touchscreen not booting up on start up, A pillar noise, loose panel after mudflaps fitted, squeeks from driver's door (LR lubricated), other squeeks and rattles, USB media and CarPlay dropping off, some safety features (emergency braking and the like) randomly switching off. Waiting for a response from LR to emails sent 3 days ago. I also find the 240 diesel underpowered, and noisy at low speed. Thinking about swapping the Defender for a (3 litre) Discovery, just need to get through the reservation of how damn ugly the D5 is.
Sounds like you need to research the controls before commenting.
Lol okay sorry mate
Does the satnav show where the nearest LR dealer is for when something breaks?!
Sounds like you're all a bit tired. Very forgiving with all the car faults. For a vehicle supposedly so rigorously tested what a disappointment. No wonder JLR in financial trouble.
Awesome video! Keep up the great work. I hope you'll get a kick out of my content also 😁 ✌️
your wife is gorgeous!
It seems to me, that the release of the new Defender has been rushed.
The overall quality of it is awful. I’d be having ‘buyers remorse’ by now 😬