2016 Pajero sport reliability

[SeanDunn]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to buy a 2016 Pajero Sport with 125k on the clock (1 owner, FSH)

Are these vehicles known to be reliable and are there any mechanical issues I should be aware of?

Thanks 😁

[Hendel1986]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to buy a 2016 Pajero Sport with 125k on the clock (1 owner, FSH)

Are these vehicles known to be reliable and are there any mechanical issues I should be aware of?

Thanks ��

I bought my 2015 in 2017 with 35k km on, currently on 155k km.

The only reliability issue I have had is the timing belt and balance shaft belt went prematurely at 80k km, luckily no damage, they are scheduled to be replaced on 90k km. Many have advised to check them every 70k km or so.

Services are around R5k a pop with reputable third parties/agents.

In town I get around 11-12l/100km, can be as bad as 15l/100km when the traffic gets really bad. On the open road I get between 8.5-10l/100km, depends a lot on the wind.

Make sure all he major services where done - on 125k km they should have replaced the diff/transfer/auto transmission lubricants every 60k km, thus last one would have been at 120k service. Also the before mentioned Timing belt service at 90k km. Try and find out if the indeed did also replace the balance shaft belt, as sometimes they dont do this.

Generally they are very reliable.

[Nightjar]

The Pajero Sport is one of the most discussed vehicles on this forum. May I suggest you use the search facility to find out more about the vehicle.

[Mr.G]

They are reliable and a firend of mine has one currently sitting on 380 000km.Only issue he ever had was a aircon pump
As it has FSH maybe draw the services documents and see if anything strange was done or parts ordered etc.

[SeanDunn]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll check the service book and see if there was any major work done on it.

Regarding fuel consumption, I'm moving from a 2.4 Grand Vitara and they seem fairly similar so no issues there

I will also check previous thread for more info.

[Mr.G]

When i drive my freinds on the open road at 130 i get around 10.8kml..Town about 8.5kml