Thread: 'sigh' underwhelmed by MY12 TDV8

Originally Posted by Laurie

My horror story was with a Td5 ECU when it left me with a suddenly dead motor in traffic coming up out of Kangeroo Valley, I nearly had the rear tyre for a head rest ! On the side of the road for 2 hrs, it initally felt like the fuel cutoff had activated. Engine wasn't hot so I checked all fuel lines, filter, pump and relays and couldn't find anything. After the engine had cooled it started first pop and off it went. No faults displayed and the car was good for a few weeks and then it would just cut out I was able to restart on go so back to have faults read nothing !! This happened over a few months again so finally after exhausting all other ideas eg. PCV valve etc I sent the ECU away. When they rang they said they had found one of the rubber mounting grommets had fallen off the mainboard, and so a combination of heat and vehicle angle would get the board close enough to the ECU body it would arc out !!
They fixed it gratis, and I paid the freight so good that way, but it has left me very wary of total engine control systems. My story is very similar to a Doctors L322 Td6 which he refused to take back after it stopped again after LR fixed it !

Laurie

Yeah OK but I see that as a mechanical issue (grommet falling out and allowing a short) and not an electronic issue. I still maintain that electronics is far more reliable than mechanics could ever hope to be.

A good example of that is the modern replacement of mechanical lamps with electronic lamps. Mechanical lamps (as invented by Edison with filaments) have a very limited life span especially on a truck like the L322.
Electronic lamps (LEDs) are for all intents and purposes everlasting.

There is a long list of mechanical to electronic component changes within motor cars that has helped make modern motor cars more reliable.

Very flash