Possibly just an electrical glitch, Dirty connection or maybe even just not a good connection t the time.
Have you towed gain? & has it been all ok?
Cheers
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Possibly just an electrical glitch, Dirty connection or maybe even just not a good connection t the time.
Have you towed gain? & has it been all ok?
Cheers
No not yet but I hope you are right, cheers
Not sure what the professionals use, but when I originally put my controller in and used those blue crimp things that attach a second wire to the existing wire 2 of the three failed intermittently as they did not bite into the wire properly. I then got rid of them and soldered the joins and no more issues. So check where the join for the pick up of the brake light happens.
Regards
Gerry
Thanks for the ideas, have not been able to find the fault myself, so car goes back to dealer this week. Will post an update as things progress.
Will be buying a Disco 4 in the next month after missing our Disco 3 for the last 4 years. I have a Tekonsha Prodigy P3 brake controller which I want to transfer from the Pajero to the Disco.
Any (polite) suggestions where I should locate it to minimise holes in dash etc while retaining ease of access. I saw one clever installation in the thread...but are there any other recommendations?
Cheers,
Scott
"scotchloks" auto electricians worst nightmare. Made some one rich initially & keeps auto sparkys in business.Quote:
Originally Posted by disco4now
Just a quick note - the problem with my loss of trailer brakes turned out to be a faulty relay in the Disco - quick to fix, but here's hoping it doesn't fail again.....
Hi swordfish,
Which relay failed?
No idea which relay it was. Mrs Swordfish took the disco back to the dealer and brought it home without bothering to enquire where the fault was.....
I had a new Tekonsha P3* fitted to the D4 Thursday last week.
Towed the trailer, with 4 electric braked wheels, without recognising any problems on Friday.
Saturday morning, no trailer, received many more than the 3 Amigos, (ABS, Stability control, decent control, gearbox etc error messages). Switched off, re-start no errors.
Saturday evening, connected the trailer to return home and noticed the brake lamps on when the engine running. Pulled out of the driveway feeling a drag on the car, brake lamps still on and the P3 reading braking current. Stopped, switched off and everything returned to normal. Drove 10 Km down the road, other motorists flashing lamps, smoke billowing from the trailer wheels and at the same time error messages this time including, park brake and suspension fault. P3 reading brake effort, zero'ed the P3 and pulled off the road and disconnected the P3 harness. All errors disappeared and drove home with over-ride brakes connected on the trailer.
Returned the car to the mechanic, no fault found with the installation but previous experience with the earlier model controllers had brake signal feedback from controller to car.
The controller now has a diode installed on the brake switch wire.
Will report results when I tow the trailer again tomorrow.
Diana
* Tekonsha do not call the P3 controller "Prodigy" anywhere in their literature or specifications while at the same time they use the "Prodigy" name for the "Prodigy 2" and "Prodigy RF". It may be a small difference but I wonder if the P3 is actually an upgrade for the Voyager rather than the Prodigy 2?