2014 Discovery

Hi,
I finally got my MY14 disco connected to my van today.

It tows very well bout as I have found with setting this vehicle up there are issues.

1) Even though my indicators etc do work I believe the car is not recognising that I have a van attached. As has been mentioned before I believe this is because I have LED lights. A real pain as I was going to hit the road tomorrow.

2) I was trying to tune the Tekonsha P3. If you follow their guideline you are supposed to drive about 30kph, apply the manual know until the brakes lock up then back off a bit. I could not achieve that even at the highest setting (14). I have settled on 6.4 at the moment with a boost of B1
I also found the car was a bit jerky when slowing down to a stop. Not sure if I need to increase the setting or reduce. I guess testing required.

What setting are other people typically using? I know it will differ between van and vehicle but will give me an idea. On my previous car I had it set to about 6.4 - with the same van?

Richard

it seams they may have fixed the high-beam on the 2014 model - it looks different to mine (2011). Do they point into the trees like the old ones?

cheers
lucas

I had the same with the fl2 & the van with the p3 - dialed it up & up & no lock up. Around 6.4v seems happy - van tips the scales at 1.6 t

Ps it has huge off-road tyres on van - I 'm wondering if it's the tyre size that is preventing lock up

Did some more testing towing the van (about 1600kg )

The only way I can get the van to.car to stop without being jerky is to drop the Tekonsha P3 to 4.0v and no boost.

I am starting to suspect the brakes on my van.

Also my van has LED lighting and at this point I do not have the LED module installed. Trying to find out if this would have any impact.

Richard

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Originally Posted by wbowner

Did some more testing towing the van (about 1600kg )

The only way I can get the van to.car to stop without being jerky is to drop the Tekonsha P3 to 4.0v and no boost.

I am starting to suspect the brakes on my van.

Also my van has LED lighting and at this point I do not have the LED module installed. Trying to find out if this would have any impact.

Richard

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Only thing the LEDs are doing is not kicking the vehicle into knowing the trailer is there...

The lights are still working, the brake system still activates the module..

You could tow like that without any drama.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Only thing the LEDs are doing is not kicking the vehicle into knowing the trailer is there...

The lights are still working, the brake system still activates the module..

You could tow like that without any drama.

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Tombie,
Thanks for that. You have answered my next question. Sniegy also just confirmed it (I have been harassing him with emails :).

At the moment I have it set to 3.6 with no boost and it is working OK. I may have to do some minor changes as I go and possibly use the boost in the city if required.
I had ordered one of the LED modules as well but it has not arrived yet (my fault as I had my mail on hold :)).

So nearly time to hit the road and see the grandkids.

Richard

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Originally Posted by wbowner

At the moment I have it set to 3.6 with no boost and it is working OK.

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I'd be surprised if the van's brakes are doing much on this setting.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

I'd be surprised if the van's brakes are doing much on this setting.

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They seem to be when I use the manual override knob.

I also don't feel like I am being pushed when I am stopping.


BUT.. it does seem low to me as well and I will monitor it.

Richard

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Originally Posted by Graeme

I'd be surprised if the van's brakes are doing much on this setting.

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Our van is about 1.6t loaded and I run the p3 a bit over 6v and it's pretty smooth ( no push or pull) (we have a freelander 2) remember 6v setting is the max the p3 will put through so you'd be doing some pretty hard braking to see 6v. Our display shows around 3-4v on normal city braking.