Scary
18th April 2013, 11:01 AM
Hi Gents,
I think I have finally realized that Landrover designers have an innate, quirky sense of humour!!
Driving down the freeway on friday night gone we got an amazing amount of faults come up on the dash of our D3.
It started with DSC fault then we added the following within 2 kms
HDC Disabled
Transmission fault
Special programs not available
Reduced engine performance
and finally the car lowered to access height.
Stopping a restarting the car cleared the faults but lo and behold they would return within 1km of driving.
Now in my opinion the car was driving as normal despite the christmas tree on the dash so on we continued.
Once we arrived home I got out of the car to open the gate and I noticed that 1 taillight was out (typical D3 I know), however even though no one was ion the drivers seat ALL the brake lights were on including the high line at the roofline.
My brain went "click" and I thought to myself "surely a blown or partially blown globe can't cause all this drama?!"
Anyway a job for the morning.....
Next day I dutifully jumped in the car and drive to the closest Dealer. Along the way I thought that I would test out my theory. Drive 10km with lights off no issues.
Switch lights on - 500m down the road and its Christmas again!
Of course I was up too early for the parts guy to be in to get a new globe, so back home I went.
I have removed said globe and we have had no issues since.
Car is in for service today and I have left in their capable hands - however experience has shown that I will get a mumbled comment and no real resolution despite great service from LR.
So seriously can a combined brake tail failure cause almost every system in the car to get so upset?
I am glad I have some mechanical knowledge, if I didn't look at these things with a sense of humour and use common sense I would have fallen out of love with our Discovery a long time ago
I think I have finally realized that Landrover designers have an innate, quirky sense of humour!!
Driving down the freeway on friday night gone we got an amazing amount of faults come up on the dash of our D3.
It started with DSC fault then we added the following within 2 kms
HDC Disabled
Transmission fault
Special programs not available
Reduced engine performance
and finally the car lowered to access height.
Stopping a restarting the car cleared the faults but lo and behold they would return within 1km of driving.
Now in my opinion the car was driving as normal despite the christmas tree on the dash so on we continued.
Once we arrived home I got out of the car to open the gate and I noticed that 1 taillight was out (typical D3 I know), however even though no one was ion the drivers seat ALL the brake lights were on including the high line at the roofline.
My brain went "click" and I thought to myself "surely a blown or partially blown globe can't cause all this drama?!"
Anyway a job for the morning.....
Next day I dutifully jumped in the car and drive to the closest Dealer. Along the way I thought that I would test out my theory. Drive 10km with lights off no issues.
Switch lights on - 500m down the road and its Christmas again!
Of course I was up too early for the parts guy to be in to get a new globe, so back home I went.
I have removed said globe and we have had no issues since.
Car is in for service today and I have left in their capable hands - however experience has shown that I will get a mumbled comment and no real resolution despite great service from LR.
So seriously can a combined brake tail failure cause almost every system in the car to get so upset?
I am glad I have some mechanical knowledge, if I didn't look at these things with a sense of humour and use common sense I would have fallen out of love with our Discovery a long time ago