Man shared the true running costs of a ‘cheap’ L405 Range Rover after owning it for six months

The owner of a ‘cheap’ L405 Range Rover has revealed exactly how much the car has cost him after six months of ownership. 

British car lover Ben Marshall bought the ‘fairly cheap’ L405 for his wife to use as her daily driver. 

But he says since they bought it the list of ‘niggles and problems’ had started to mount up.

So, he decided to share exactly how much his budget Range Rover has ended up costing.

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The ‘cheap’ L405 Range Rover had a ‘mounting list’ of issues

Ben Marshall from the DadCars YouTube channel spent £15,000 – around $18,800 – on the L405 Range Rover. 

While that’s not exactly in the same league as the guy who snapped one up for just $420, it’s still a decent saving on what it would have cost when new. 

The L405 Range Rover was introduced in 2012, with a production run that lasted for a decade.

After owning the car for around half a year, Ben said it has begun to experience some niggles and issues that need to be addressed.

So, he visited mechanic Tom Lenthall – who specializes in Range Rovers – to find out how much he’d need to spend to fix his ‘cheap’ vehicle. 

Ben was given a lengthy list of problems by his wife but did note that the car had never broken down or left them stranded. 

Amongst the issues she’d encountered were a broken blind, a faulty seatbelt buckle, a mysterious ‘buzzing’ sound, leaking coolant, and a rattle in the exhaust.

An expert revealed how much it would cost to fix the problems

Somewhat incredibly, that wasn’t even all of the problems Ben and his wife had spotted. 

And after taking a closer look at the vehicle, it turned out that the leaking coolant was actually a much bigger problem than they initially thought.

Expert Tom warned that repairs and faults can soon stack up if you don’t look after your Range Rover. 

“You need to stay on top of these cars and look after them,” Tom advised. 

He then asked Ben how much he thought the yearly running cost for the Range Rover should be, to which he replied around £3,000 ($3,779).

So, how much would it cost to have all those niggles fixed?

Well, Tom suggested that some items on the list wouldn’t be worth the expense to fix and, in fact, there’s only a handful of essential fixes required, which would come to around £1,300 to £1,400 ($1,637 to $1,763) and a little more if he got done them done at a main dealer. 

“I don’t think you’ve got anything overly dramatic here,” he pointed out. 

That came as a bit of a relief as he expected it to be a lot more.