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    Quote Originally Posted by Barraman View Post
    I’ ve read it - well above my pay grade!
    I would argue RACQ tech should have been able to do it - with help from LR help line!
    You're probably right but best to know these things.
    It's pretty simple to release park brake and/or get gearbox into neutral.
    Described in the "Problems" section of the FAQs here in the forum:
    The AULRO Discovery 3/4 & RRS FAQ
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    I keep a print out in the vehicle (just of the brake and gearbox release procedures).

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    Quote Originally Posted by LRD414 View Post
    You're probably right but best to know these things.
    It's pretty simple to release park brake and/or get gearbox into neutral.
    Described in the "Problems" section of the FAQs here in the forum:
    The AULRO Discovery 3/4 & RRS FAQ
    DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - How is the vehicle moved when broken down?
    I keep a print out in the vehicle (just of the brake and gearbox release procedures).
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    Now you tell me!

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    It’s in the bloody manual Well it finally happened, my 2015 D4 stuck me up!

    2 min reading, 30 seconds to execute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    It’s in the bloody manual
    Not in facelift models from either ‘13 or ‘14 onwards for either brake release or gearbox neutral. Says consult dealer to release from Park or release EPB!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    It’s in the bloody manual Well it finally happened, my 2015 D4 stuck me up!

    2 min reading, 30 seconds to execute.
    Pardon my ignorance!

    Can’t say I have ever owned a vehicle who’s manual covers (a) what to do when the vehicle won’t come out of park, or (b) what to do when the park brake jams!

    If it so simple I would have expected the roadside assist tech should have been able to do it without inflicting a further $600 worth of damage to the vehicle!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barraman View Post
    Pardon my ignorance!
    It’s not your ignorance we need to pardon
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    Well it finally happened, my 2015 D4 stuck me up!

    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster View Post
    It’s not your ignorance we need to pardon
    Exactly.

    Almost all modern vehicles have this info in their manual. The Auto bloke should have either been aware of what to do, or taken the time to look in the book.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barraman View Post
    I left home last Thursday a week ago, heading for King Ash Bay with a 6.7M in tow. Overnighted in Isa, got up next morning and to my horror found that the Disco would not come out of park. I rang Landrover Assist, who subcontracted the job to the RACQ.

    I am left with the view that the RACQ technicians who attended were well out of their depth - unable to get it out of park. I don't think they rang the LR technical help number, which I advised them existed, for help. Soon defaulted to "it will have to be towed". They were also unable to get the vehicle into neutral to allow it to be easily loaded into a tilt truck.

    Mt Isa is not a good place to have a broken down Disco!

    I have to say that the LR Assist people were extremely helpful. They organised for my Disco to be trucked to Townsville and paid for five days rental of a suitable 4x4 to allow us to continue our fishing adventure.

    After a horror start, we had a great week's fishing, boating 102 barra in 5 days.

    Fortunately, through my work, I have friends on the Barkly Tableland and was able to drop the boat off on the way back to Isa to return the rental, and I fly out in the morning.

    Will be interesting to find out the cause of the problem and I look forward to getting my Disco back - less so to the 2600 km drive to retrieve my boat!
    On the occasions you stopped the car and switched off the engine, was it your habit to move the gearchange selector/rotator into "PARK" yourself or did you allow the servo/solenoid/actuator or whatever it is called, on the rotator, to do it?
    I am trying to determine/just a thought, if by chance this problem could be accentuated by allowing it to do the task?
    What are others thoughts about this please, am I barking completely up the wrong tree?
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    No, I always put it in park, set the park brake, and then turn it off. I think its just one of those things that happens the tech manager says they have replaced a few only - not a regular occurance.

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    It’s the lock solenoid that fails anyway not the main rotary selector one. And the solenoid is fine it’s actually in the PCB.
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