Reply With QuoteWhen the D4 has "gone to sleep" consider disconnecting the starting battery, or have the fridge outside the vehicle.
Best Wishes,
Peter
Master
We went for a little camp on the weekend. Got the roof tent mounted satisfactorily for the moment, found a spot for all the gear. Nice.
Set up Friday evening, relax, beer, relax. Hmm, might get another beer......
I notice that every time I open a door the screen comes back to life and the interior lights come back on, regardless of if there are already other doors open.
So long story cut short, by Saturday morning the 'battery low' warning was on the screen.By Sunday lunch no screen or interior light and dead flat battery.
After 2 days the aux battery that had been running the fridge was too low to start the car and had to jump the car off another car.
This is obviously un-workable as a camp setup. You are in and out of the vehicle regularly. You leave the tailgate open and doors open all day.
What is the work around???? Is there some way of putting the thing to sleep? Tried moving the proximity keys away. No difference, screen still comes on when any door is opened even if tailgate or other doors are already open. Don't seem to be able to turn the interior lights off permanently. You do it once and then next time another door is opened the interior lights turn on again.
Wizard
When the D4 has "gone to sleep" consider disconnecting the starting battery, or have the fridge outside the vehicle.
Best Wishes,
Peter
Last edited by Bushwanderer; 14th February 2011 at 02:19 PM. Reason: added extra info.
Master
If you hold the centre button on front interior light in for about 5 sec, it will flash up "interior light off", do it again to put back on.
Cheers Ken
Master
sticking the fridge outside doesn't help. Still have all the cooking gear, food, clothes, gadgets inside.
Sounds like I now have a solution to stop the interior lights coming on but that is not all that is happening. When the screen comes on obviously it is firing up other stuff. It would make sense if it just stopped doing that once the low battery warning message comes up.
Wizard
SupporterHi Fatnold,
What sort / brand of isolator do you have managing the batteries?
Master
Definetly turn the interior lights off as suggested below. There are heaps of bulbs at 10-15w each which adds up after many minutes of running. Some other suggestions.
1) Turn off the radio before shuttng down engine this may help with radio not powering on when opening doors
2) Switch to LED bulbs or disconect the lights at base of doors and in foot wels
3) Install a voltmeter so you can monitor what is happening to starter battery and if below 11.5-11.8v you need to start the car up
Good luck. If you find a good soltion please post as battery life is a concern i have when remote camping.
Wizard
I think that you'll find that most of the battery consumption is from the vehicle "waking up". Any measure other than installing a 2nd battery is just playing around the edges.
Best Wishes,
Peter
Master
I have a second battery with a traxide setup installed. After 2 days the fridge was still running but when I ran a jumper lead between the positive on the aux battery and the positive on the main battery it seems the juice in the aux was too low, the screen didn't even come on. (didn't think to measure the voltage of the aux, not sure at what voltage the engel would cut out). It jumped straight away off another car.
Pretty scary stuff, I wouldn't trust the car away somewhere remote and alone. The old D1 never let me down...
On a brighter note, had the D4 off road for a play on Sunday. Even with 20" road tyres aired down to 28psi it was unstopable. Can't say the same for the Hilux that tried to follow me though.
Swaggie
rwlse had issiues with his D4 battery going flat during a camping trip over xmas.....land rover looked at it but i am not sure what the outcome was
OldBushie
Hi folks, I don’t have access to a D4 3.0tl at the present but if someone else has one and a tong or clamp meter, could you try this test.
Before turning the ignition of, opening the bonnet, and leave it open.
Turn the ignition off and remove the key. Place the Park Brake on and shut all the doors and tailgate.
Wait for the Park Brake Light to go out and then open a door.
Using the tong meter and measure the amount of current passing through the cable that runs from the cranking battery positive to the fuse panel.
This will give an idea of the amount of power that is used each time a door is opened and the computer wakes up.
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