D3 Total blackout & power loss on highway

[austeve01]

Hi all,
Anyone got any ideas on this one? Driving on highway at night, 100kmh, suddenly with no warning, no dash lights or head lights, no throttle response & engine shutdown however indicator light worked as I endeavoured to move off the motorway. Pulled up, switched of ignition for few minutes, removed ign key, replaced it, switched on, "lights, camera, action" everything works fine including engine. Situation normal. Any ideas appreciated. :confused:

[TerryO]

You sure your not driving a VW? ...:wasntme:

Sorry couldn't help it. ...:angel:

[AnD3rew]

Land Rover special feature?

Sounds scary. Had a few random faults etc appear at times which switching off, locking, unlocking and restarting fixes up, but nothing like that.

[1950landy]

OR A CITROEN C4 (LEMON) Our Citroen doese that but doesn't loose power but dealer wont beleave us when we tell them. DEAD DANGEROUS Do you know Citroen stands for citrus , Lemon.:thumbsdown:

[Geedublya]

Hi all,
Anyone got any ideas on this one? Driving on highway at night, 100kmh, suddenly with no warning, no dash lights or head lights, no throttle response & engine shutdown however indicator light worked as I endeavoured to move off the motorway. Pulled up, switched of ignition for few minutes, removed ign key, replaced it, switched on, "lights, camera, action" everything works fine including engine. Situation normal. Any ideas appreciated. :confused:

I had a similar problem with mine, it only occurred on bumpy roads. It took a while to figure out as it was fairly intermittent and I'm not real smart.
It turns out the weight of the other keys on my keyring was turning the ignition off when a large bump was felt. One solution was to put the keys in the other way around so the weight of the keys was trying to turn the ignition on.
Another solution is to remove the other keys from the car key so it isn't flogging the ignition switch.
The best solution was buying a D4 with no ignition switch.

[austeve01]

You sure your not driving a VW? ...:wasntme:

Sorry couldn't help it. ...:angel:

Careful Terry .. my wife's got one of those and she reads this!:D

[austeve01]

OR A CITROEN C4 (LEMON) Our Citroen doese that but doesn't loose power but dealer wont beleave us when we tell them. DEAD DANGEROUS Do you know Citroen stands for citrus , Lemon.:thumbsdown:

You're not wrong there .. dead dangerous.. and scary I can tell you.

[austeve01]

I had a similar problem with mine, it only occurred on bumpy roads. It took a while to figure out as it was fairly intermittent and I'm not real smart.
It turns out the weight of the other keys on my keyring was turning the ignition off when a large bump was felt. One solution was to put the keys in the other way around so the weight of the keys was trying to turn the ignition on.
Another solution is to remove the other keys from the car key so it isn't flogging the ignition switch.
The best solution was buying a D4 with no ignition switch.

Thanks for the info .. I'm hoping this is the solution to the problem. There is a fair weight of other appendages on the key ring. They're being removed! Personally I liked your last solution "buying a D4" .. sadly the wife's not interested yet:D

[Rohan]

I had a similar problem with mine, it only occurred on bumpy roads. It took a while to figure out as it was fairly intermittent and I'm not real smart.
It turns out the weight of the other keys on my keyring was turning the ignition off when a large bump was felt. One solution was to put the keys in the other way around so the weight of the keys was trying to turn the ignition on.
Another solution is to remove the other keys from the car key so it isn't flogging the ignition switch.
The best solution was buying a D4 with no ignition switch.

Did the same in my RRS, leaning down to scratch an itchy shin! Knocked the ignition off :o In a moment of panic I just flicked it back on again, still in drive, everything ok :eek:

[Meccles]

1950 Landy you live life on the edge:) A Landy AND a Citroen. Brave man:clap2:

[1950landy]

1950 Landy you live life on the edge:) A Landy AND a Citroen. Brave man:clap2:
The Landy is ok had it 26 years & untill a mounth ago never had a problem , all better now. But the LEMON that was my wife's idea had it 5 years ,5 years of constant problems, which because they are intermitent & dont show up when you take to the dealer they dont beleave you when you & say no other Citroen owner has these problems. When I goon the C4 forumn the problems on the foreum unfortunately ours has all of then not just one or two. It's a catch 22 , we payed $52,000 be lucky to get $16,000.:mad: Its out of warrinty & we dont take it to the dealer & fit non genuine parts when we can & the car is getting better :) Lights still go out when driving at night & wipers that move up from park position whine car is in garage with nokey in it & switch off . I walked past it one day & the wipers moved up to the vertical position while I was watching it :o
I dad to threaten the dealer with leagle action to stop them sending me emails trying to sell me a new Citroen, Told them the only email i wanted off them was on to say they were going to fix the car or replace it.

[AnD3rew]

I have a very similar story to tell with a Peugeot 308. The British and French can be pretty good on ideas and pretty poor on execution.

[1950landy]

I have a very similar story to tell with a Peugeot 308. The British and French can be pretty good on ideas and pretty poor on execution.

Yes booth cars are made by Michelin & they make crap tyres also . Since i replaced the Michelins with Yokohamas its a different car to drive & feals safer.:D

[rb30gtr]

I had a Renault Clio Sport, was a rip snorter of a little car!

[AnD3rew]

I had a Renault Clio Sport, was a rip snorter of a little car!

That's a Nissan:)

[Meccles]

Me I am so burned out/fed up with whole business with our RRS the next car will be a 10 grand Prado. Something with about 140K on the clock. Boring I know but simple and cheap. After the expense of the current car plus head ache etc I am over expensive and flash, and hard to get or "unique". No more "character" for a while :)

[ozscott]

You cant compare a Brit car to a French car. I wouldnt touch a home grown french car under any circumstances.

Cheers

[1950landy]

You cant compare a Brit car to a French car. I wouldnt touch a home grown french car under any circumstances.

Cheers
Citroen built good cars untill Michelin took them over :thumbsdown: I have the book on the story of citroen , they had a lot of firsts in the motor industery & there vehicles went where no other car had been, like Antartica .:BigThumb:

[ozscott]

Citroen built good cars untill Michelin took them over :thumbsdown: I have the book on the story of citroen , they had a lot of firsts in the motor industery & there vehicles went where no other car had been, like Antartica .:BigThumb:


Yep I agree - the ride on the early ones (Goddess?) was amazing. They were really at the edge of things. Pitty it went bad.

As for the D3 having a power cut while driving, that is the stuff of VW's nightmare.!

Cheers