Thread: over it

Originally Posted by scarry

X2 ^^^^^^^^^^ what he said

VERY good advice!

probably not many in his area judging by location.

I ran into a mate on the weekend that is a lover of the brand and is on his 3rd RRS. He was telling me about his 2010 RRS HSE having a hissy fit on the way to the Airport. He had to leave it at 7 Eleven and get a cab.

It turns out that the engine went into limp mode- Why?

It was low on oil. While my mate loves the brand, mechanically minded he is not. It had not had a single service and had 45,000 km's and no service. Because he hadn't bothered to learn how to use the service menu, he hadn't checked the oil and didn't know how many KM's he had done. He runs a very busy business so I guess it just wasn't front of mind. The upside is he can afford to update any time he likes. The downs side is that some unsuspecting mug buys his second hand abused RR.

He has had trouble with his two previous RR's and now I know why. I feel sorry for the person that "inherits" when he updates.

Is it the 07 update that didn't have the light bulb fault issue?

I just replaced all 4 rear globes and they were causing any issues anywhere else in the vehicle.
$7 for 4 globes from Supercheap, SCA globes.

Originally Posted by lpj

I ran into a mate on the weekend that is a lover of the brand and is on his 3rd RRS. He was telling me about his 2010 RRS HSE having a hissy fit on the way to the Airport. He had to leave it at 7 Eleven and get a cab.

It turns out that the engine went into limp mode- Why?

It was low on oil. While my mate loves the brand, mechanically minded he is not. It had not had a single service and had 45,000 km's and no service. Because he hadn't bothered to learn how to use the service menu, he hadn't checked the oil and didn't know how many KM's he had done. He runs a very busy business so I guess it just wasn't front of mind. The upside is he can afford to update any time he likes. The downs side is that some unsuspecting mug buys his second hand abused RR.

He has had trouble with his two previous RR's and now I know why. I feel sorry for the person that "inherits" when he updates.

i know a guy who has had two late model RR burn,no fault of his.He loves the vehicles and has another two at the moment.
And no i don't know the full story why they burnt.

Thankyou everyone for your help. Turns ot that the original info recieved on this site is correct (brake light switch) This had been replaced by the dealer but not installed correctly!!!! This was the cause of the front brakes activating themselves. By simply giving it a slight twist it made quite a loud sound like a spring being released . Disconnected the negative for twenty minutes Thus resetting the computer all problems solved. Contacted the dealer they where sorry but could only offer a discount on future work. To sum it up a $23.45c Part cost me just over $3500 given the purchase of another car $2000 towing labour ect our beloved landy has to go. Hopefully one day somebody on the central tablelands is able to service these vehicles. I spoke to landrover australia they could not believe that our closest dealer did not even want to look at the car and our second option two and a half hours away could not install the part correctly. We still have our 98 defender (no computer) so still happy days ahead. Thankyou all again

Originally Posted by Rabrover

Living in the bush does have its advantages,but owning a Disco 3 is not one of them.Purchased an 06 disco 3 hse one owner job, low kms,never seen dirt ect . Definatley the best vehicle ive ever had the plessure owning until some warning lights appeared on the dash.Long story short have tried many times to have the vehicle repaired by licensed dearlerships in neighbouring towns only to have a vehicle which lowers itself whilst driving (very handy in the bush) aplies the front abs brakes by itself and deactivates special programes all whilst in transit. One month on no closer to a result, i have spoken to landrover australia who where as helpful as they could be over the phone.Thousands of dollars spent on what our neighbours call the giant letterbox , totally deflated. Last advice was it could have been the brake light bulbs (Narva bulbs are not suited to late model landrovers??????) As it turned out this was not the case and if so how good would it be if you were of road and your car decided to lower itself due to a faulty bulb.Does have me wondering about the four star safety rating , half way across a river with your family in the car !!!!!!!!!! One saving grace is my 98 defender has now managed to tow the disco on several occasions (using a car trailer) but would be asking a bit much of her to cross the ranges to gain some assistance.Sighning of as deflated, broke and a little heart broken,But as we say in the bush there is an up side to a down side,,WE happen to have the flashest letter box in town . ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Hi

I had similar issues to yourself. Short story for me was it turned out to be faulty starter battery. Replaced it and not had the problem since until the alternator failed. Replaced it .. all good again.

Cheers

Another happy forumite, isn't it good to see a problem solved by the collective knowledge and the "willing to help" attitude of members of this great forum. This is the sort of thing that makes owning a landrover memorable.

Poor dealerships have a lot to answer for.
LR wanted to authorise other service centres but dealership contracts would not let them.