LDV D90 Owners Review after 5000 kms - Annoying things to know about!

LDV D90 remains an amazing value for money large SUV in Australia for families on a tight budget, but there are still some annoying things you should find out about sooner rather than later, if for no other reason than just NOT TO WORRY once you notice those.

As always, I'm offering my viewers weekly unapologetic and brutally honest impressions of a private owner of MG and LDV cars who lives in Australia and drives mostly in the city of Sydney.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS

00:00 - Welcome and Summary
01:50 - Squeaky Breaks
03:45 - Revving Downhill
05:55 - Transmission Concerns
07:40 - Slamming Tail Gate
09:30 - Final thoughts

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[PadawanRJ]

Very professionally well done video. I've watched your videos since you owned MGs in Australia and you help us make decisions. It's also nice and refreshing to see you respond to most comments on this video, NOT a normal thing for youtubers so thanks for being professional. Thanks for sharing your opinions. Although these problems sound annoying the value for money is still too compelling.

[philhare]

Another very informative review. The Parramatta dealership may describe the issues as normal, but they're not. They are engineering design faults that the service technicians obviously can't fix. Only a redesign will fix those issues so perhaps the issues will be engineered out in the next model(s).

[Robert-qimb]

A nice little video thanks I am thinking of buying a used D90 because of the price.

[sourwords]

I test drove one of these recently a 2023 model. I can confirm the transmission kind of struggles finding the right gear, especially in city drive. The over all quality is sub standard. You really are getting a vehicle worth 20 to 30k less then whats out there. You do get what you pay for.

[RexyFan]

I was thinking of purchasing this for my growing family, as it’s budget friendly.
After watching a few reviews, I’ve decided against it.
Thank you for your honesty 😊

[scottyskydive]

I think the engine rpm increasing when rolling down hill is the engine applying an engine brake, so that it doesn’t keep naturally accelerating (like it does on flat ground when you take your foot off the brake).
By doing this, on steep hills, you don’t have to keep applying (and wearing out) your brakes. It’s trying to limit your speed to what it was doing before the downhill slope

[peterwilliam]

And this is why I would shell out more money for a Japanese vehicle every time.

[vyatranto]

1. The brake pads are new and seems to be harder than normal, hence the breaking point is longer. Normal for new pads. Should be gone after some time. Happened to me too. Gone when I used my LDV Deliver 9 van for sometime.
2. Downhill engine brake, you might be right that the engine down gear is too low for the speed. This is the default setting in the electronic control. Might need some adjustment from LDV.
3. Uphill (similar to No.2 above), the electronic setting automatically set higher revs to maintain power and the vehicle speed was higher than the gear selection. Will be less to none on normal/level road. But if still in the range of 3500 rpm, that is okay. The max torque will be achieved in 2500-3000 rpm for Diesel. Might need some adjustment from LDV.
4. It might be from the sensor contacts. I had an LDV Deliver 9 and sometimes it did that. What I did was to open the door, clean the contacts, and shut the door again.

Since you bought the cheapest version, I assumed it is Petrol. And the settings in the electronic control might be for the Diesel. Different characteristic. LDV should rectify it.

[ahmarkarimullah]

Demitri, have you ever used Bowden's Own Wheely Clean? Use it if you have not, next time when you wash your car. I find it very good cleaner for wheels and brakes. It might finish your brake noises.

[sfcsyd]

Great review! Dimitri. For the high revs, I owned a CVT nissan dualis 2012 before. It did the same when going down hill. I actually quite liked this feature of the gearbox, just like the “L” gear in old days without manually switch. I guess LDV designs it for the same purpose. It does annoys with poor NVH control in the carbin though. But, you get what you pay, it's a budget 7 seater and your one is the lowest model right? But still good to know its real build quality.

[leizaharpur]

Is your LDV the diesel model? If so, the reving sounds like normal automatic PDF cleaning of the vehicle
The squeaky brakes are due to the soft compound brakes used to grip the rotors for better stopping on a large, new vehicle. This causes brake dust & the sqeak 9.9 times out of 10. Give the wheels a good pressure hose out, or ask a mechanic to clean them (pressure cleaning will do the trick tho). Incidentally, having soft compound brakes to better grip also means you will be well due for new brakes & rotors by the 40K service (usually front only). I work with LDVs.
If it IS petrol, & not diesel, i wouldn't say that high reving is normal & would advise you monitor & even record it when safely possible 😊

[robertbutler]

Sounds like the Dealer has a standard policy in saying everything is normal. Next service try another dealer.

[WenshengYu-snbh]

I owned a 2022 LDV D90 disel. So far I am not awared of any of the mentioned problems in my vehicle. It could be specific to petrol version or individual assembly problem. I am very happy about this car except for the poor infortainment you mentioned in other videos.

[brettbondfield]

Point 3 - when it starts to rev to high and won’t change gear lift your foot off the accelerator a little bit and the gear box will change up a gear

[sidjyothi]

Item no.2, the revving when going downhill is a very common issue with modern DCTs. My golf does the same damn thing when going downhill.. the dsg senses the gradient in the road and then engine brakes… revs easily rise to 3500rpm and just drives me nuts! The fix I have is to put it in manual mode and keep a higher gear active while going downhill. This is an annoying problem

[xtianalias-wright]

i have to make my comment in all 4 points its NOT you my friend it indeed is the D90 model i test drove 2 models 2023 new petrol demos for over 1 hour each all 4 points i replicated as you have said but on the sunroof model over big bumps or speed humps the headliner about your head as a back seat passenger bagged every time so with that 5 problem i walked away and will NOW not purchase the LDV D90 thankyou for your 4 points but after 2 weeks of thinking about all of this we once again attended the dealership to again take a 2024 made top of the range D90 diesel but after comments from the salesman about why we wanted to test drive again !!! we felt uncomfortable with the dealer when we returned as we had to try and justify to him a 3rd test drive and walked away for good so thankyou for your original effort in your opinions

[Johnsondemello]

Like all the information you put out for all thr potential buyers. I have plans to buy LDV D90 2022. Looking for a budget 7 seater. Just straight forward wanna know if I should go for it or no.
Thanks Mate.

[PhilT]

I have the same model and have 7000ks. I only have a similar problem with the gears changing occasionally. No issues with anything else . I think you have a problem boot door. Mine shuts perfectly.

[sailingcitrinesunset]

Did you have the cruise control on when going down hill? 4wd usually drop a gear to maintain a set speed when decending