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Mitsubishi L200 - brake problems??

  • 26-04-2007 12:30PM
    #1
    pburns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭


    I'm still searching for a s/h pick-up - probably '00-'04.

    I've heard horror stories anecdotally about brakes seizing on L200s. I know of one guy (friend-of-friend) who had one and considers them lethal. Another one I heard of had approx. 4 accidents with a trailer. A quick trawl of the internet (Google, Honest John etc.) doesn't show up any such concerns. Does anyone have any experience of this?

    I'm leaning more-and-more towards a Navara/Pathfinder. Does anyone have one?

    Yeah I know the Hilux is the daddy in this sector but i reckon those Top Gear eulogies to it's durability means it's as over-hyped as Lewis Hamilton! (And consequently it seems over-priced...)


Comments

  • #2
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,014 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    I haven't heard of seizing brakes but the brakes on those things are terrible even when not seized!


  • #3
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    I hope your not intending to bring the L200 offroad...


  • #4
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    I'd reckon the problem is weight distribution.
    You have no weight on that rear axle and rear brakes can block easily, more so when you're towing a big, heavy trailer.


  • #5
    pburns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭pburns


    Cmar-Ireland wrote:
    I hope your not intending to bring the L200 offroad...

    Eh...why?

    I realise
    (a.) having no weight over the rear axle and
    (b.) the long rear overhang
    would be disadvantagous (to say the least). I don't need it for heavy off-road work - forest tracks, fields - that sort of thing.

    Is there about the L200 in particular that makes it especially unsuitable off-road?


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