Questions for D4 Owners

[mowog]

Does your start button have a light behind it?

For those with a rear camera.

Do the yellow guide lines bend when turn you steering wheel?

[Dingmark Jim]

I have one ordered but no delivery until April. The consensus on the disco3.co.uk website seems to show that most (but not all!) D4's with the rear camera, but not the 5 camera system, have permanent straight lines showing on the rear camera. The flexi ones are only if you get 5 cameras. I note that the LR brochure has some very "cute" wording which initially led me to believe that it had the bending tyre lines on the rear camera only. It also seems that while there is a spot where the fuel burning heater is located for cold climate D3's which could fit a battery, the area is just too hot to keep a battery long term.

[roamer]

Yeah, glows red, only when lights on
Lines on rear camera don't really bend but show where you will be when you get to end lines (does that make sense)

[rmp]

And the tow hookup yellow line does bend when you turn the steering wheel. Very cool.

[mowog]

Heres another one for you...

Driver side rear window...

From the drivers control the window goes up fully then comes back down to half by its self? The only way to get it to close is by it own switch.

Oh and my start button decided to light up to night...

[Graeme]

Today for the 1st time my vehicle started on the 1st ignition ON cycle, rather than the normal 3rd or 4th on/off cycle. I don't know if its because I waited for the 'press OK' message that comes after the 'press the brake' message before pressing OK then trying to start it, or whether it just had a change of heart for today. Maybe tomorrow it will be back to its normal self, wanting an OK for several steering lock messages as well.

[rmp]

Today for the 1st time my vehicle started on the 1st ignition ON cycle, rather than the normal 3rd or 4th on/off cycle. I don't know if its because I waited for the 'press OK' message that comes after the 'press the brake' message before pressing OK then trying to start it, or whether it just had a change of heart for today. Maybe tomorrow it will be back to its normal self, wanting an OK for several steering lock messages as well.

Sorry don't follow this?

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Heres another one for you...

Driver side rear window...

From the drivers control the window goes up fully then comes back down to half by its self? The only way to get it to close is by it own switch.

Oh and my start button decided to light up to night...

Sounds like it needs to be reset. In some cars it's hold all the way up for five, and then hold all the way down for five. Could well be different for LR though. :)

[Graeme]

Sorry don't follow this?
The vehicle has a problem starting each morning, but thankfully OK other starts during the day.

The procedure is to hold the brake pedal depressed then press the start button, whereupon it should start. Morning starts fail this procedure, requiring multiple attempts to get past the instrument cluster rmessages. I usually see several times a message requesting the OK button be pressed to acknowledge that the steering is locked followed by a message requesting the OK button be pressed to acknowledge that I need to press the brake pedal, which is already pressed! Somewhere in the confusion I press the start button with my foot off the brake pedal, so the ignition goes off. So I try again and often several more agains before it eventually starts. It cheeses me off actually.

[rmp]

The vehicle has a problem starting each morning, but thankfully OK other starts during the day.

The procedure is to hold the brake pedal depressed then press the start button, whereupon it should start. Morning starts fail this procedure, requiring multiple attempts to get past the instrument cluster rmessages. I usually see several times a message requesting the OK button be pressed to acknowledge that the steering is locked followed by a message requesting the OK button be pressed to acknowledge that I need to press the brake pedal, which is already pressed! Somewhere in the confusion I press the start button with my foot off the brake pedal, so the ignition goes off. So I try again and often several more agains before it eventually starts. It cheeses me off actually.

OK I understand...it's a fault. Certainly the D4 isn't designed to operate that way which is what threw me. I assume you have the shifter in N or P.

[Graeme]

Shifter still in P.
I don't know if its a fault or the wrong procedure after having left the vehicle unlocked for so long, although the steering lock engages within a short time of vacating the vehicle. Something isn't working well as the brake pedal goes a fair way down until immediately before it will start when it will be firm right at the top. I also at about the same time hear a clunk which is probably the steering lock unlocking. However the continual need to OK the mindless messages drives me to distraction.

[rmp]

Shifter still in P.
I don't know if its a fault or the wrong procedure after having left the vehicle unlocked for so long, although the steering lock engages within a short time of vacating the vehicle. Something isn't working well as the brake pedal goes a fair way down until immediately before it will start when it will be firm right at the top. I also at about the same time hear a clunk which is probably the steering lock unlocking. However the continual need to OK the mindless messages drives me to distraction.

Definitely a fault, get it fixed under warranty.

[camel_landy]

Heres another one for you...

Driver side rear window...

From the drivers control the window goes up fully then comes back down to half by its self? The only way to get it to close is by it own switch.

I had this one the other day & it was something really silly & simple... Thing is, I can't remember exactly what it was now.

I think it was something like a lump of something stuck in the window guide... (but don't quote me on that)

M

[Jesse B]

Shifter still in P.
I don't know if its a fault or the wrong procedure after having left the vehicle unlocked for so long, although the steering lock engages within a short time of vacating the vehicle. Something isn't working well as the brake pedal goes a fair way down until immediately before it will start when it will be firm right at the top. I also at about the same time hear a clunk which is probably the steering lock unlocking. However the continual need to OK the mindless messages drives me to distraction.

Interesting - I too, have had similar issues with the strange string of messages and not wanting to start on first push of the button, but only on 2 or 3 occasions. At the time I assumed it was me doing something dumb, but now I suspect there may be a common thread here. Unfortunately I didn't take careful notice of what the precursors of this situation were - but I think once it happened after leaving the vehicle unlocked a long time, and the other couple of times it was after double-locking. Normally I only single lock, and then it starts first push every time, regardless of how long since it's been run.

On one occasion I got out of the vehicle, locked it again (single), then unlocked - and away she went, first push. Maybe we can narrow it down to a set of circumstances that are common? Or perhaps, as rmp has suggested, it is simply a fault to be fixed?

[Jesse B]

Heres another one for you...

Driver side rear window...

From the drivers control the window goes up fully then comes back down to half by its self? The only way to get it to close is by it own switch.

Yep - need to reset - I had to do this with mine too. Pretty sure instructions are in the book.

[Graeme]

Mine's starting difficulties could be linked to the vehicle always being left unlocked overnight.

[kenl]

Yep, leaving it unlocked is a problem with restart sometimes, I just push the start button again to turn everything off and then push again... and walla it starts!!! Or lock and unlock while still in the car and it start first time.

I think the designers must all park out in the street, and can't imagine not locking your car each and every time you get out of it..

Anyways, I would rather a key.... But can live with the HEAVY alternative... Why is it so heavy?

[Jesse B]

Mine's starting difficulties could be linked to the vehicle always being left unlocked overnight.

Graeme - have you had a chance to try locking yours overnight (like us poor sods who live in the burbs have to) and then see if the starting issue remains? Keen to know if this is the cause of the occasional glitch.

[Graeme]

Mine's been good for the last couple of days so if it misbehaves again I'll try locking it overnight.

[DISCO 4]

This happened to me at the Land Rover Off road facilities in Solihull last August during a visit to see the D4 being manufactured

The Land Rover instructor looked a bit embarrassed when the car would not start when it was my turn to drive (no it was not me) I suggested we get out lock it and start again, we did and the car started first time. He said "it had never happened before" so there must be a bug somewhere waiting to be discovered.
PS the facilities were great

[ADMIRAL]

Think computer ( well Microsoft ) If all else fails, shut it down, and reboot. It happens to a lot of vehicles, not just Disco's. My young employee had to 'reboot' his Commodore this morning.