Thread: New Battery in a Discovery 4

Originally Posted by RobMichelle

Wow
Can we have today’s comfort with yesteryear simplicity ?

You mean the simplicity of more often than not - flat batteries, busted alternators, failed electrics?

Lots of yesteryear simplicity came with the ability to fix. It was the irony of the constant fixing that seems to be lost on people now.

If it wasn’t for me doing checks every couple of weeks out of habit, I wouldn’t even need to know where the bonnet release was until the washer bottle needed filling.

Yet those older and simpler vehicles back 20-30 years ago had me spinning spanners, replacing points, plugs, leads, alternators, wiring in relays.....

Originally Posted by Arapiles

You know, I just took the old battery out and put the new one in.

I checked the Land Rover manual and there’s nothing about having to reset the battery management system.

There’s nothing in the OWNERS handbook.
And nothing about replacing a battery either

That’s in the WORKSHOP manual....

Originally Posted by Tombie

You mean the simplicity of more often than not - flat batteries, busted alternators, failed electrics

For a minute there I thought you were talking about D3 / D4's..... but then you didn't continue with things such as :
control arm bushes
split intake manifolds
failing coolant outlets
brake switch failures
failed door and tailgate actuators , switches , wiring
suspension faults
park brake faults including shoe material failing
blocked heater cores ( on cars with regular correct coolant changes )
egr faults
turbo related faults
failed and leaking oil level sensors
Instrument cluster faults
Spun crank bearings
.......................so I guess you weren't

Never had any of those

Ok, Control arm bushes - mine copped a flogging offroad but they’re a service item.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Never had any of those

Ok, Control arm bushes - mine copped a flogging offroad but they’re a service item.

The life of a 2.7L owner. If only I’d known ....