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Thread: Well it finally happened, my 2015 D4 stuck me up!

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    Well it finally happened, my 2015 D4 stuck me up!

    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!

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    Not a good feeling, but hopefully nothing too serious - with a bit of luck, it might be as simple as a faulty brake pedal switch, but also could be a shift lock solenoid fault (although this usually comes with a fault light...):
    8 speed shift lock solenoid problems

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    Oops, my mistake, I just re-read the shift lock solenoid posts - with that issue there is no fault light on the instrument cluster, but there is a fault logged in the background that can be read with a suitable tool.

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    You should familiarise yourself with the steps to get it out of park so that at least it can be moved without dragging tyres.
    MY12 RRV 4.4 TDV8 AB, +LLAMS, +e-diff, +ACC stop/go. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graeme View Post
    You should familiarise yourself with the steps to get it out of park so that at least it can be moved without dragging tyres.
    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!

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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!
    Agreed. Road side assistance is often no more than access to a tilt tray IME
    Not sure what we pay for other than a double delay if it’s more than a flat tyre or empty fuel tank
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    If the shift lock motor won't operate then I doubt that the emergency park release will work anyway.
    MY12 RRV 4.4 TDV8 AB, +LLAMS, +e-diff, +ACC stop/go. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
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    To finish the story, faulty transmission selector unit being replaced by the local dealer - $1,200 - jobs done!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barraman View Post
    To finish the story, faulty transmission selector unit being replaced by the local dealer - $1,200 - jobs done!
    OK, so I was a bit premature with the "jobs done"!

    More to follow when I have the facts.

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    So I have my Disco back!

    My wallet is $1,800 lighter - $1,200 for the new gear selector unit, and $600 to repair the damage done by the subcontractor who attended the vehicle to get it into neutral. The latter will be the subject of further discussion!

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