D4 Restricted Performance

We had a similar problem yesterday - well actually a pile of crap problems of which the restricted performance light was the least of ur worries !

Driving from lorella springs to Borroloola in 2013 D4 with camper trailer on the back - sliced the sidewall on one duratrek - the tyre dog tpms told us immediately so I dutifully pulled over and changed to our first spare.
Drove 200m up the road and the restricted performance light came on - no apparent caus, no engine issues, no restriction in performance that was obvious - although we were only doing 60-70km/h max.

Stopped and let the car have a rest and restarted, the light is still on. Carry on.

Pulled over, stopped the car and did a walk around and check, notice subtle bulge in sidewall of the othe rear tyre - only 20km from Borroloola so decide to limp there keeping an eye on the TPMS knowing it would alarm if we went flat - and we had a second spare.

Get to Borroloola - tyre is as flat as a pancake and almost shredded. TPMS tells me the pressure is 36 - same as its been for the last few days. Take the TPMS off the tyre and notice that the sensor is still sending 36 ! Bugger !

Now it turns out that there are no goodyeAr duratracs in Australia And not likely to be any until early July ! Thanks for nothing Goodyear !!!!

Good news is that after a rest the restricted performance message has gone away.

So - we are now on our way to Alice with two wrecked tyres sitting on the back, and a new set of hankooks on the greyhound to Alice. Hopefully they will be up to the crossing of the plenty. Birdsville, the strez, and the flinders, and a bit of Victoria over the next few weeks.

Mark

Now it turns out that there are no goodyeAr duratracs in Australia And not likely to be any until early July ! Thanks for nothing Goodyear !!!!


Hmm, that's not good news. I had the Duratracs down as one of my short-list options for my (imminent) next set of tyres, now not so sure that is a good idea... :(

Any explanation for the bulge/destruction of the tyres from Goodyear or whomever you spoke to up there?

Hi Mark,

What was your tyre pressure and the sort of ave speed you are running. What went, front or rear tyres?

In relation to restricted performance, I had noticed that rapid de-excelleration triggered my alarm at least 3-4 times.

For example a rapid excelleration on an on ramp towing and then a sudden de-X celebration due to lane traffic caused the 2012 to flag the same alarm shortly after normalisation with a steady speed in the mix of traffic.

Good luck on the trip, on my bucket list, east to west..

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Originally Posted by Vasculardoc

We had a similar problem yesterday - well actually a pile of crap problems of which the restricted performance light was the least of ur worries !

Driving from lorella springs to Borroloola in 2013 D4 with camper trailer on the back - sliced the sidewall on one duratrek - the tyre dog tpms told us immediately so I dutifully pulled over and changed to our first spare.
Drove 200m up the road and the restricted performance light came on - no apparent caus, no engine issues, no restriction in performance that was obvious - although we were only doing 60-70km/h max.

Stopped and let the car have a rest and restarted, the light is still on. Carry on.

Pulled over, stopped the car and did a walk around and check, notice subtle bulge in sidewall of the othe rear tyre - only 20km from Borroloola so decide to limp there keeping an eye on the TPMS knowing it would alarm if we went flat - and we had a second spare.

Get to Borroloola - tyre is as flat as a pancake and almost shredded. TPMS tells me the pressure is 36 - same as its been for the last few days. Take the TPMS off the tyre and notice that the sensor is still sending 36 ! Bugger !

Now it turns out that there are no goodyeAr duratracs in Australia And not likely to be any until early July ! Thanks for nothing Goodyear !!!!

Good news is that after a rest the restricted performance message has gone away.

So - we are now on our way to Alice with two wrecked tyres sitting on the back, and a new set of hankooks on the greyhound to Alice. Hopefully they will be up to the crossing of the plenty. Birdsville, the strez, and the flinders, and a bit of Victoria over the next few weeks.

Mark

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Originally Posted by VK3GJM

In relation to restricted performance, I had noticed that rapid de-excelleration triggered my alarm at least 3-4 times.

For example a rapid excelleration on an on ramp towing and then a sudden de-X celebration due to lane traffic caused the 2012 to flag the same alarm shortly after normalisation with a steady speed in the mix of traffic.

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Possibly caused by a sticky secondary isolation valve.

No. O2 and heat sensor replaced. All good after 20,000km.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Possibly caused by a sticky secondary isolation valve.

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Originally Posted by VK3GJM

Hi Mark,

What was your tyre pressure and the sort of ave speed you are running. What went, front or rear tyres?





In relation to restricted performance, I had noticed that rapid de-excelleration triggered my alarm at least 3-4 times.

For example a rapid excelleration on an on ramp towing and then a sudden de-X celebration due to lane traffic caused the 2012 to flag the same alarm shortly after normalisation with a steady speed in the mix of traffic.

Good luck on the trip, on my bucket list, east to west..

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Rear tyre - were running 30 odd on the rears and mid 20s on the front. Only doing about 60 but the puncture was a complete sidewall slash that was probably actually due to the side walls bagging out too much with the lower pressures. Real problem with the 19" tyres IMO. The other one was not a clear puncture that we could see but a funny bulge and then the tyre was flat by Borroloola.

We have put a set of hankooks on and have punctured another one today - a piece of 8G wire through the shoulder - and then the truck fell off the jack and generally **** me to bits :-( now looking for better jack recommendations.

I'd suggest 34-35PSI hot with a bit of load maybe even 36 and keep the speed to 60-70km/hr.

Did 62,000km on a set of 6 GG 19" and never a single puncture with slightly higher then recommended pressure.

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Originally Posted by Vasculardoc

Rear tyre - were running 30 odd on the rears and mid 20s on the front. Only doing about 60 but the puncture was a complete sidewall slash that was probably actually due to the side walls bagging out too much with the lower pressures. Real problem with the 19" tyres IMO. The other one was not a clear puncture that we could see but a funny bulge and then the tyre was flat by Borroloola.

We have put a set of hankooks on and have punctured another one today - a piece of 8G wire through the shoulder - and then the truck fell off the jack and generally **** me to bits :-( now looking for better jack recommendations.

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well... nearly 10 months after the first Restricted performance (with amber warning light) today I got the error message again... this time with a red warning light!.

Back in January 2016 after the dealer checked the fault code it turned out to be a faulty exhaust temp sensor. Been fine since that was replaced.

Today I'd been out and about for around 2 hours having been to a few different places, and being a beautiful day, I was enjoying the drive, and stuck my boot into it (MY13 D4 HSE) a number of times and all was fine until I left the local shops and was two streets from home ... then suddenly... up pops the restricted performance message on the screen with a red warning light. Stopped, turned off and on, error still there..... drove rest of the way home.. stopped, turned off, left it for 5 mins, turned on and it's cleared.

I've got a big drive coming up this weekend for Melb Cup, and I really just don't need the worry!!

Waiting on the dealer to call me about it.... and am seriously thinking about getting a fault code reader ... where in the car do they plug into??

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Originally Posted by dudette

Waiting on the dealer to call me about it.... and am seriously thinking about getting a fault code reader ... where in the car do they plug into??

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Good idea. OBDII port is just above the accelerator.
You can see my extension cable plugged into it in this photo:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/10/154.jpg

Cheers,
Scott

Thanks LRD414, I never would have found that!!! Can I ask which fault code reader you have?