Created a Suspension Fault

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Originally Posted by Gravy

I spent the wee hours procrastinating on when this fault raised its head and it became apparent that it was all a process of connecting my caravan and testing that all the lights on the van were functional and the LR went into towing mode.

Came to the conclusion that the LR was stuck in "Towing Mode", disconnected all wiring controlling the LR entering this mode when the blinkers or hazard lights are used. (There was no indication on the dash that this was the case.) This resulted in the fault disappearing and all vehicle height and terrain selection switches becoming functional.

Further fault finding found the earth on the relay for switching the indicator ballast resistors had gone open circuit. Wiring repaired and all tested fully functional.

It is apparent there is some interaction between "Towing Mode" and the suspension and Terrain Mode selection switching functions.

A Happy Camper I can put on hold purchase of a Diagnostic Tester until the bank balance recovers from getting this vehicles servicing current.

I'm not sure what that interaction would be. I've towed trailers and a caravan in off-road modes (Lo-Range/Sand/Grass, Gravel, Snow) and also used the suspension as normal, for extra clearance in sand and dealing with erosion berms on steep slopes (with long) caravan.

Maybe you mean something else and I've grabbed the wrong end [bigrolf]

Well it won't go into off-road height automatically when trailer/van is hitched up and you then select Rock Crawl or Mud & Ruts (for example). However you can still select Off-Road height with the switch as normal. So in that sense there is interaction between towing mode & TR system.

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Originally Posted by woodsy

OBD2 Australia based in Perth sell a low lost Landrover / Jaguar code reader for under $200 delivered if your budget is limited . Bought one about 6 months ago and seems to do a good but basic job if all you need are codes to read or clear . Might be an option ?

Their $39 Bluetooth version does the same.