Oil cooler pipe burst, fixed under warranty at about 30,000 miles.
Rubber suspension bushes replaced at 50,000 miles.
Alternator belt needs regular tightening.
Steering wanders to the left.
Heater matrix now leaking at 90,000 miles.
Tough rural transport which would be awkward in town. The turning circle is huge but off road ability is excellent.
Economy is good for its size but this is no racing car.
The interior is comfortable and suffers children and dogs well.
A great car for country dwellers but in town it would be difficult to see its good points.
Our's suffered a hard rear-end shunt which wrote off the offending Rover, the Frontera was only lightly damaged.
The steering does play around and you don't feel that safe - in fact I had an accident when I took my eyes off the road for a second and the car veered to the left.
My Frontera 2.3 TD does on average 24 mpg - how does that compare? In Malta driving is almost all urban - short distances and constantly changing gears.
I don't feel safe turning corners at speeds of say 40 mph.
Mine is a 1993 model but it has only been with me since Sept 99.
Regards, Jeremy Gambin.
I have owned my 95, 2.8 TDi Estate Frontera for 3 months and have found it to be the worst car I have ever driven. With problems like poor starting, extremely poor steering, noisy engine when cold, smoking, all of which the diesel specialist dealer told me were normal for these cars.
The car was bought for towing, for which I find it underpowered. It has only covered 44k but drives like 90k. This car has constantly been back at the dealers for repairs, only to be taken back due to poor quality service. I need a 4x4 for towing, but I will not get another Frontera.
Regards.......
Phil.
I have just recently purchased a 5dr Frontera estate and very fortunately for me it has the Isuzu Trooper 2.8TD engine fitted. Annoyingly this does render some of the dials obsolete like the rev counter and oil pressure.
The good points here are that I now have a car that I find for such a large 4x4 handles well on the road, and has a very reliable and recommended engine and because of the change I got it cheap.
You can feel the wheels moving around inside of the tyres when driving because they are such big fat things, but this does not make me feel uneasy in cornering, my previous car was a Punto and I still corner at the same speeds in the Frontera.
I wanted a car that drove like a car, but would pull a trailer with both my horses in through a muddy field and still be economical. The Frontera drives like my Punto (bit harder to park and atrocious turning circle aside) will pull through a field and does around 30mpg.
Loving it - absolute bargain.
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