Thread: Discovery 3 petrol auto

From your last statement it certainly seems like the starter motor is drawing too many amps and lowering the voltage too much but I guess it could be something else causing low voltage and the starter is just tipping it over the edge.

My starter had an internal short at about 65,000km after a trip to Cape York, so it is not unheard of. However, mine couldn't turn the engine over and resulted in smoke and very bad smells when you tried to start it!

EDIT: They should be able to measure voltage and current draw on the extra battery to confirm that the starter motor is drawing excessive current before removing the starter.

Did you use genuine bulbs? I've seen posts where cheap bulbs still caused errors and ridiculously, replacing with genuine bulbs or quality LED resolved similar issues.

Thanks for the replies. I don't think it's bulbs as I have tried disconnecting all the lights and it still faults.
I have doubts about the starter motor as sometimes it faults just after the car has started and you have released the key. Really I'm praying it's not the starter as it looks to be a real pain to remove

Sounds like the same symptoms our D3 petrol had a few years ago. Starter motor fixed it.

Wasn't a cheap fix, but nowhere near $2k

Have you load tested your start battery. ? My car started to fault and my battery was only 6 months old and showed good voltage on the multi meter . In the end after much searching I got the battery load tested and it was stuffed .

New battery under warrenty and no more faults. . Worth a try .

Cheers Ean