Thread: Dead Disco4

Well after the debacle on Saturday morning I received a call from the group GM who was most apologetic and promised to look into the matter.

Whilst speaking to him I mentioned the "wallowing effect" that was making people car sick
He informed me that he had just had a Disco4 for the weekend and would take ours for a run and see what he could feel.
About 1 hour later I received a call from him and he asked if the vehicle had ever had a wheel alignment. Not after only 26k I replied, he said that the vehicle was pulling to the left and the tyres needed rotation, he said that he would send it off for an alignment which had to be done at a specialist centre. He also mentioned that they had found a plug fron the steering column which plugs into a module under the dash was not entirely plugged in (pushed it and it clicked in)
The vehicle was returned to us on Monday night "washed and sparkling" and when my wife drove it to Gosford the next morning she commented that it felt like a completly different car and she was happy with that, I will have to wait and see how it is when she is the passenger on the weekend.

Apparently what happens is that the vehicle pulls to the left slightly and the driver subconciously corrects this then the stability control kicks in via the airbags making the vehicle "wallow" and your inner ear picks up on all of this movement making you "sea sick"

Will let yyou know how this all pans out on the weekend

Bob

Originally Posted by Bobc163

He also mentioned that they had found a plug fron the steering column which plugs into a module under the dash was not entirely plugged in (pushed it and it clicked in)

That's very encouraging - an electrical connector that could easily have been making or loosing contact intermittently.

Originally Posted by Bobc163

Well after receiving call from local dealer at 4:30 to say all was good to go,
arranged for loan car to be returned and pick up Disco this morning (Sat)
Arrived at dealership to find vehicle in lot unwashed , dissapointing but not an issue,
Salesman unlocks vehicle and drives it to pick up area. when he gets out he has this strange look and say's "did it arrive with all the panels off ?"
When we look inside the vehicle is still in a partially dismantled state from where they were trying to locate the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wife not happy to say the least

Makes you start to think a"did they do anything"

I think this is utterly deplorable and my wife is FAST LOSING CONFIDENCE in the marque to say the least

Watch out LRA on Monday AM

Well you are probably lucky it wasn't washed - sometimes care is not taken to use CLEAN and WELL RINSED wash mits; rather the easy path is often taken using a DIRTY BRUSH. When I used a local dealer for a service I forgot to tell the service writer not to wash the Santorini Black finish (2009 D3)- they scratched it to death then denied all knowledge.

I now take it to an independent shop who does the services for just a little over half the cost of dealer service...