Thread: Discovery 4 stopped. Any opinions on reason please?

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

When my D4 had one of its turbo s replaced under warranty it was a body off job. I also have an ARB bar, plus Anderson plug, Tekonsha brake controller etc. They got the wiring for the bar lights right, but not the Anderson or brake controller. JLR were good enough to allow me to take it to my auto electrician that had fitted these items originally and covered the costs to redo it all correctly. I reckon that's pretty good. The JLR mechanics are not aftermarket accessory fitters.

I agree re their expertise. I assume they have a LR supplied manual which details a step-by-step process for doing an engine swap on a D4. They would have no such manual for the bullbar. However, the outcome of this mistake was very obvious, the orange light on always on one side, so either

1. Nobody looked at the front of the car when it was being moved around over 5 days after the engine change. I gave permission for one of the techs to take it overnight as a road test. Surely they should have noticed! I would be shocked if the body off/on process did not include a check on the correct operation of many functions on completion, like lights.

2. They spotted it but couldn't be bothered removing the protection plates under the bullbar to get at the wiring again.
Either way, not a sign of good attention.

Anyway, I will fix it this weekend.
Thanks for your reminder about brake controllers and rear Anderson's. I will have to check them too :-)

Originally Posted by Jeffoir

Hi Dave
2 years later how did all this finish up for you please?
is the D4 still with you?
going well?
any news pls?
thx and best wishes
jeff

Given his last log-in was Oct 2019, I’d be surprised if you get a response.