Thread: Shudder after major service on D3

Originally Posted by waccampbell

Sorry for the late reply. Been on a wine tour haha.

I haven't seen any lights or messages come up yet, but there was a definite loss of power coming up the hill. It was revving in between 1000rpm and 2000rpm back and forth constantly. It just didn't want to go up the hill.

On the way down from Perth my partners sister was driving the vehicle and said that she noticed it shuddering when coming in around 3rd gear.

The service was done with a LR dealership and don't get me wrong, I'm not implying they've done something wrong. I would just think that after a service, everything should be working nicely haha. How long would it take usually for a major service? I dropped it off at 8am and it was ready by 12pm.

Either way, when I'm passing through Perth on Thursday/Friday I will be taking to transmission specialist in Myaree. Rang them this morning and they said just to bring it in and they'd get someone to take it out and see what they could find. Hopefully it does play up whilst they have it and they can find the problem.

And sorry for not introducing myself anywhere. My name is Will and I'm currently living in Karratha. I'm 26yrs old and work for a oil and gas company. (not the place to introduce, but its weird when mentions my avatar name when this is such a friendly forum)

Generally speaking if you do not have the EML on or a fault message on the message display then you do not have an engine problem. You may have had a glitch that fixed itself so no display but a fault code will be recorded in the system so you will need to get these read.

Based on the experience of others on this forum I can almost guarantee that your transmission person will tell you it needs a new transmission and or torque converter without any more diagnosis - I hope I am wrong and of course the technician may be right but they tend to repair by replacement these days with little diagnosis.

The cost for the above will be around $7k or more - why not try a full flush and maybe Dr Tranny first for around $1200. For sure - if this does not fix it you do the $1200 but it is a risk assessment decision.

The 192,000km service is a B service so is replace the usuals such as engine oil, filters etc and a whole lot of checking - nothing on transmission, diffs etc. I would have thought what you were charged is a bit excessive but then the basic oil change service can be over $800. A B service can certainly be done in a morning as there is nothing special in it.

There service schedule for your D3 is attached - have a look at the 192,000 entry and don't forget to take into account the time limits as well. This what they should have serviced the car to unless you asked for additional work or they advised additional work.

Opps added the RRS sched not the D3 one and I cannot edit it - see next post of mine

Garry

EDIT; This file attached is for the Range Rover Sport, D3 service schedule File is the next post.

Have you done any research on Dr Tranny?? Have a look at the last few posts in the FAQ thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...ml#post1919022

Might be a good stop gap until you get the box serviced (which I really wouldn't delay).

Is there anyone up in the sticks who can do the wheel alignment properly - there are different views on whether the suspension needs to be put in Tight Tolerance Mode first but that is what the book says - and unless you have the equipment it will need to be done at a dealer or a good independent with all the computer stuff.

Garry