LR D4 Problems

Surely they can't seriously try and tell you 3mins is normal for a suspension raise?? How is this time measured (from what setting to what setting)? The slowest you should get for an on-road to off-road rise (without a fault or warning message) would be in the region of 15 sec or so.

If you're getting a "Warning - suspension rising slowly" message, then perhaps it might be in the order of a couple of minutes.

Cheers,

Gordon

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

Surely they can't seriously try and tell you 3mins is normal for a suspension raise?? How is this time measured (from what setting to what setting)? The slowest you should get for an on-road to off-road rise (without a fault or warning message) would be in the region of 15 sec or so.

If you're getting a "Warning - suspension rising slowly" message, then perhaps it might be in the order of a couple of minutes.

Cheers,

Gordon

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That's what he told me and he was serious:(
If I go from normal to access, then up to offroad, OK
Then if you go back to normal, then up to offroad takes 3 mins +(which happens when theres soft & hard sand, because of speed limiter)
Screen said "raising in progress" several times (on & off), sometimes compressor overheats "will raise when cool".
4x4 screen just shows "raising"
If car runs for 15min or so will rise once OK, then same problem.
LRA told me because other cars at dealership were the same thats how they are speced, when I said there are others that are OK ,told "only talking about yours and it's within spec :o " NOT HAPPY JAN"
Dealer tried recalibration, then new compressor, then rang LRA tech.
However same dealer just did Q093 & global close still no go! mmmm.
Cheers Ken

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Originally Posted by roamer

That's what he told me and he was serious:(
If I go from normal to access, then up to offroad, OK
Then if you go back to normal, then up to offroad takes 3 mins +(which happens when theres soft & hard sand, because of speed limiter)
Screen said "raising in progress" several times (on & off), sometimes compressor overheats "".
4x4 screen just shows "raising"
If car runs for 15min or so will rise once OK, then same problem.
LRA told me because other cars at dealership were the same thats how they are speced, when I said there are others that are OK ,told "only talking about yours and it's within spec :o " NOT HAPPY JAN"
Dealer tried recalibration, then new compressor, then rang LRA tech.
However same dealer just did Q093 & global close still no go! mmmm.
Cheers Ken

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Mate, frustration, frustration, frustration. When you spend that much $ on a car, this sort of response is just BS. Don't want to sound like a snob but if you took the $ out of the guys own wallet, I'm sure he'd be a lot more receptive.

I had all the same problems and they talked about fault codes, etc. I'm an aircarft engineer of the electronics persuassion and I know how these things work in very general terms (as in BIT Codes)...however, they are limited to the range/placement of the sensors and the software that supports them. I'm not privvy to the LR diagnostics and have no idea whether the drier and compressor replacement (that was required in my car) is due to a fault code or just a basic fault finding process.

All things being equal, in a car that is touted as being the best, off the shelf, off roader, suspension that isn't reacting within seconds is just not on.

Tell them to fix it or replace the car.

"I've several other cars in the yard that mis-fire and leak oil, so that must be normal"....which is pretty much what they are saying.....Land Rover, wake-up!!!

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Originally Posted by roamer

That's what he told me and he was serious:(
If I go from normal to access, then up to offroad, OK
Then if you go back to normal, then up to offroad takes 3 mins +(which happens when theres soft & hard sand, because of speed limiter)
Screen said "raising in progress" several times (on & off), sometimes compressor overheats "will raise when cool".
4x4 screen just shows "raising"
If car runs for 15min or so will rise once OK, then same problem.
LRA told me because other cars at dealership were the same thats how they are speced, when I said there are others that are OK ,told "only talking about yours and it's within spec :o " NOT HAPPY JAN"
Dealer tried recalibration, then new compressor, then rang LRA tech.
However same dealer just did Q093 & global close still no go! mmmm.
Cheers Ken

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And now they overfilled oil, and it's leaking out,what else can they **** up

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Originally Posted by roamer

That's what he told me and he was serious:(
If I go from normal to access, then up to offroad, OK
Then if you go back to normal, then up to offroad takes 3 mins +(which happens when theres soft & hard sand, because of speed limiter)
Screen said "raising in progress" several times (on & off), sometimes compressor overheats "will raise when cool".
4x4 screen just shows "raising"
If car runs for 15min or so will rise once OK, then same problem.
LRA told me because other cars at dealership were the same thats how they are speced, when I said there are others that are OK ,told "only talking about yours and it's within spec :o " NOT HAPPY JAN"
Dealer tried recalibration, then new compressor, then rang LRA tech.
However same dealer just did Q093 & global close still no go! mmmm.
Cheers Ken

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Hey Roamer, I was thinking about this a bit more. Have you talked to consumer affairs or one of those fair trading departments? An item is required by law to be fit for purpose when sold. I doubt LR could argue that 3 minutes to extend the suspension is fit for purpose in an off road situation. The fact that "they have others in the yard that are the same" just means they have more than one car that is not 'fit for purpose'

Good luck mate. :)