Thread: What's the blackbox under drivers seat ??

Only black box under my seat is the CD stacker

It's been a while since I had my D2, but all I remember under the seat was the CD autochanger. Mine was a TD5, so I spose the V8's could do it differently....

To get info out of them (If you're just after error codes) you can get an ODBII reader and plug it into the diag socket. The Nanocom does this, and I think there's just been a group buy.

The diagnostics have only been plugged in under the driver side dash on mine, so Ive seen .

The box under your seat could be one of a few things...

Engine ECU (electronic control unit)
an aftermarket security unit
the brain for the auto
the BEM (body electrical module)
part of the entertainment system
the EAS controller if its fitted
something some smart ass engineer chucked in just so i could break down or leak oil and cost money to fix.

as for the electronic diagnosis of the thing, as a mechanic, trust me unless your serious about doing your own repair work or having the kit so another mechanic can use it if (s)he needs it dont worry about it. Odds are if you post up your location someone will be close enough and have what you need to help out when you need it. Theres other more important tricks and bodgies you should be spending your time learning as a new landrover owner rather than the diagnostics of something thats generally pretty reliable anyway.

What to do about the 3 amigos, how to do the CTRL-ALT-delete reset if you need to get it started after youve secured it and taken the key fob for a swim and how to jam a pretzled landrover wheel brace up a tyre monkeys rectum sans lube after you find out you cant undo the wheel nuts cause hes tightend them up to 300,000 rattle pascals (280,000 dugga meters) with a 3/4 inch rattle gun thats usually used to do up the wheel nuts on a Haul pack. once you have these skills nutted you can start worrying about the big stuff like how to educate some dumb ass drive way attendant (assuming you cans still find one) that your landrover is petrol and not diesel and when youve got that sorted little things like onboard diagnostics can be dealt with.

as for a laptop for navigation, reversing cams and entertainement thats a whole different kettle of fish but should be asked in the IT/entertainment sections.

cheers.


Oh yeah Welcom to AULRO too.

Originally Posted by Baffle

Only black box under my seat is the CD stacker

Yours must be a manual transmission, on the auto's the black box under the drivers seat is the automatic transmission ECU.

my auto d2 td5 has the stacker under the drivers seat. its inside a little compartment, where the lid flips open to expose it.

Yep - mine also had a black LR CD stacker under the drivers seat. Has since been replaced with a grey Sony unit - there's nothing else under there.

Mine is also a manual TD5.

Originally Posted by simonr23

my auto d2 td5 has the stacker under the drivers seat. its inside a little compartment, where the lid flips open to expose it.

You'll find a black box is under the seat (look from the rear under the seat) I have seen the LR DVD player there as well. Lot under the seats on a D2