Puma trouble

Terms & Conditions on Austral's site are far from clear and look to be out of date.

OFF ROAD ASSISTANCE
Assistance will be provided to eligible vehicles of a four-wheel drive configuration if they become bogged or disabled on a road that is legally trafficable by conventional four-wheel drive vehicles ......

But further down the page under SERVICE CONDITIONS

TRAFFICABLE ROADS
Service will only be provided to eligible vehicles disabled on constructed roads/driveways that are legally trafficable by conventional two wheel drive vehicles .........


Does anyone have the current terms referenced on LR's website.

Roadside Assistance | Land Rover Australia

And because it is Land Rover Assistance, help will also be provided if you become bogged or disabled on roads that only four-wheel drives can travel. It is subject to the prescribed Terms and Conditions.

Neither site is particularly clear at differentiating between breakdown while under manufacturers warranty and other forms of immobilisation.

Either way it seems it needs to occur on a legally trafficable road to be covered.

Paul, the 30 minute wait sounds about right for the "alarm reset" from a failed access attempt. Do you have the EKA? If so this can assist here as I think it will override the alarm's waiting period. But even so you are going to need 12V at the battery to ensure a start.

Best solution would be to get hold of another battery, drop it in, wait half an hour and try and start it.

Paul - to answer your questions - my Puma has 52,000km on it. And I don't think a clutch start would be successful given the compression required to start a diesel engine.

Glad the vehicle is going again. I leave mine on a Battery Fighter charger permanently - as I only use mine weekly.

dmdigital,is the EKA the security code?If so they tried that & it didn't work,don't know why,will sort that out when it gets back.


The info i have posted about LR assist is up todate as i spoke to them today.They also were extremely helpful

Paul, security code usually refers to the radio. EKA (Emergency Key Access) is also a 4 digit number but is provided separately. Initially this wasn't given out with Australian Defenders and had to be requested by the dealer. See Alarms section (page 16) of the owner's manual. It's all perfectly logical:no2:

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Originally Posted by dmdigital

Paul, security code usually refers to the radio. EKA (Emergency Key Access) is also a 4 digit number but is provided separately. Initially this wasn't given out with Australian Defenders and had to be requested by the dealer. See Alarms section (page 16) of the owner's manual. It's all perfectly logical:no2:

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They did have that code & tried it,but it didn't work.When the vehicle is back we will give it a go & see what happens.
The D2 has one as well,but i have not tried it,i probably should just in case.

Dunno about roll starting a Puma, but I recall reading on here a while back that you can't roll start a Td5 with a completely flat battery - apparently needs a certain minimum for the computer.

The 300tdi 130 needs about a foot of space behind it for a reverse roll start.

Rilka was not completely impressed with this feat, as the VW was parked immediately behind.

My love for the Caravelle shows no bounds.:twisted:

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Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Dunno about roll starting a Puma, but I recall reading on here a while back that you can't roll start a Td5 with a completely flat battery - apparently needs a certain minimum for the computer.

The 300tdi 130 needs about a foot of space behind it for a reverse roll start.

Rilka was not completely impressed with this feat, as the VW was parked immediately behind.

My love for the Caravelle shows no bounds.:twisted:

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So the compression factor isn't an issue - good to know. But Rilka should know better than to park the "German" so close to a British muscle car. :D

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Originally Posted by dullbird

when my car was immobliised it had nothing to do with the battery:)

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never actually found out what the problme was but it hasn't done it since...

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have you checked the battery in your key fob? if that is low your car wont start

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yeah good on yeah grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

couldn't unlock the car this morning.....had to take the disco to work.

Funny the last time it did this is was very wet and cold too.

car was totally covered in dew this morning and it was rewally cold!

Temp at Newnes dropped to at least minus 6. Had ice on the windshield and bonnet - was bollock-freezing ! No issues starting every morning.

Speaking of Newnes - sorry I wasn't at Zig Zag @ 10 - with the cold temp we were just a tad getting going that morning but did see a red Defender - was that one of the AULRO crew?

When the trip report is filed I will add my shots of the ice camping at Newnes...