Hey guys like the title says im in the process of buying a f-pace SVR and nothing is final yet so i thought i would come on here to ask.

What should i be looking for before the purchase?

Is there anything real common with this year vehicle thats a major problem?



It has 69,000 KM or (43000miles) ish and looks to be in great condition.

Its currently getting a few things repaired axel and boot along with windshield so it passes a safety inspection.

It also has third party warranty (not a fan) but hopefully its decent.



Let me know what yall think as ive never owned one before and im coming from owning a few dodges. (Ram hemi and a challenger.

 

They are prone to having cracked plastic coolant pipes (Y and valley) that cost a lot of money to have replaced. Should be replaced with the upgraded aftermarket metal pipes. I would make sure this has been completed. If not, hopefully the aftermarket warranty will cover it when it happens. Do not have them replaced with plastic ones.

 

Plastic pipe fear is overblown, the y pipes after the early pre-2018 versions are just as durable as the rest of the cooling system and seals.

Check for oil leaks, if the valve covers or front covers are starting to leak, it's a big job to repair. Overall they are a fairly stout platform and hold up well under heavy abuse, most people drive them softly and never have any real issues. I would suggest being somewhat early on the maintenance, the 5.0 in the Fpace has a smaller oil pan than in the Range Rover products and i've seen them not make it to the 16k oil change interval without being down several quarts. I would do oil changes every 6-8k or yearly for my cars, but that's up to you.

 

Thats a long interval and id probably be doing 10,000km changes as with my challenger i would do 8000 and oil still looked great but im a bit ocd when it comes to that stuff.

For the coolant pipes i think its all plastic still. He did just have the aux radiator replaced under warranty a couple months ago so not sure what that all included

 

The aux radiators are on one or both sides in the big corner openings of the bumper (the SVR has both), for additional cooling. They are small aluminum radiators but early ones had issues with the mounting brackets moving around and digging into them, the replacement ones come with new mountings that don't have this issue. Or it got hit by debris on the front side and leaked, I've replaced them for both reasons. Different than the engine coolant outlet pipes, which are on the top/front of the engine and are what most people are concerned about on this engine family.

 

Got the maintenance records and oil changes every 9000km everything looks dry.
Is there any other maintenance that should of been done or is due to be done at this millage? It actually has 75,000km (46,600miles)

 

What year? Honestly not much miles for this engine. It's quite robust. Oil, filters, brake fluid, the usual. Too early for other preventative maintenance outside of the usual recommended items

Brakes and tire condition worth checking. Code read for any faults.

Buying with any warranty or private sale?

 

2020 year..
new tires.
Buying private sale but third party warranty included.

 

If well maintained and no issues that sounds great

Note that 2020 was last year before facelift. Some cosmetic changes to exterior. Not major but an improvement in my view.
Interior and infotainment very different

Just mentioning so you can ensure you get the one you want!

 

This ones a pretty good price and not a single other one for sale here.
If i could find a 21 for a tad more i probably would but no luck haha.

 

I've had my 2020 SVR since Q3 2023. It currently has 69,200ish km - very close to the one you're looking at. I'd look out for:

• Regular, frequent oil changes in service history. This was one of my non-negotiables when I was shopping CPO units back then. Mine has never exceeded 8k mi intervals under previous ownership and 5k mi intervals under mine.
• Properly done service items. I believe all US/NA SVRs came with the first five service milestones complimentary. Despite mine being sold as CPO, I later found out that the transfer case oil change (Y3/48k mi) was never done. Try to request the vehicle's full service history from the selling dealer if at all possible.
• Lower than minimum coolant levels, especially in photos. The engine in the SVR (and, I assume, the V6) is rather robust, but the cooling lines, pipes, and hoses that keep it alive unfortunately aren't. The plastic y-pipes 2019 onwards are a lot better than the seamed ones in 2018 and earlier models, but they still do fail and very abruptly so. I just changed the front (LR186859, LR186917) and rear crossover pipes and water pump pipe over to metal last weekend. Earmark a little extra in your budget to have these done, so you can rest easy and enjoy the car over long road trips and not have to open the hood to check coolant levels every few hours or so like I did when I traveled far.
• Auxiliary radiator leaks. I see that one of the aux rads on the example you're looking at has already been replaced. Note that there are two. As @RoverJoe mentioned, mounting methods across design revisions differ. The first revision had mounting tabs directly welded on to the radiators, subjecting them to vibration. The third and latest revision (L: T4A50610 / LR181759; R: T4A50609 / LR181758) has a radiator unit float-mounted on an insulated bracket, which then mounts on to the old holes and isolates the radiator from vibrations. Installing the new design requires modification of the factory ducts. I had my right one replaced under warranty and changed the left one myself last weekend when I did the coolant pipes. Unlike the coolant pipes, these do not fail abruptly. Mine had an invisible pinhole leak that allowed me to drive from 31k mi to 39k mi on the odometer (and from IL to UT and back) before becoming very apparent and finally failing the dealership pressure test.

These points are about all that I can think of for now. Hope this helps!

 

Great good info here thank you.!

 

Well Not in process anymore. We bought it. So far loving it.

 

Great looking car, they are so fun to drive. If I could afford one at the moment I'd probably have one, but I gotta thin out the fleet first.

 

Thanks! Yes very fun car to drive. I thought my challenger was a fun car to drive (i had a decent amount done to it) but this car being stock is just as fun. Wish there was some whine to it.

 

I have driven them with intakes, the whine is insane with this blower setup. The simple airbox replacement intakes work for the added noise, and don't really have any downsides. I don't think there is a real power gain, but the sound is worth it. I've owned and driven many supercharged cars, there's something about that sound that's a different type of fun than turbo noises.