Thread: D1 Starting problems

It's possible the problem is related to the immobiliser but I'd be doing some tests before diving in & bypassing that.

Is there power getting to the starter motor solenoid ?
Are the engine earths clean & tight ?

If everything checks out OK, then you can bypass the immobiliser (alarm spider). Land Rover actually make a bypass that plugs straight in & isn't all that expensive. The spider is in a tight spot though so it's not a 5 min job.

We had the same prob....I just took starter motor off, had our local Auto sparky clean it up.....he found the Solenoid was full of crap, now no issues at all now.

Im was mainly happening when very hot, I would turn off and even after about 1/2 hr still wouldent start, but all good now, it now even gives out that whirl sound after start up

Mines been it since i took it for a swim at stockton. Only does it some times, you turn the key and nothing happens, wiat a few seconds and try again and away she goes, and mine doesnt have an immobiliser, well it doesnt have an alarm or key less entry. Matt

Is it an automatic? They have the cut out which may be the problem, jiggle the wires on top of the transmission.
Russ

Very interesting,
mines an auto with factory alarm and remote
I thought mine was possessed by demons, because it does the same , intermittently, well actually only twice, the last time was a few weeks ago when i was in bendigo,
a very cold night, i had unlocked it, (remote) and had been opening and closing the doors(seems to have something to do with it.) took 6 goes,that included arming and disarming a few times, to get the thing to finally click in, although i could hear a clicking sound like a relay, when i turned the key, but the starter never engaged.

seems to me that cool weather is the culprit, but what it affects, i wouldn;t have a clue,I found the article on the alarm spider, i think the bogmaster wrote it. But its too much fiddling for my liking.

john