To be honest has got a fair bit of driving lately with pre Christmas shopping trips and with the wife’s car out of action there for a fortnight.
regarding the diagnostic tool. I hit the link earlier in the thread. This one is pricey. Any cheaper alternatives??
hi
alas with the later JLR models u won’t get away with some of the £50 diagnostic readers so unfortunately will need to spend more , otherwise ur get the wrong codes, plus the most important thing is to ensure it’s suitable otherwise u can brick u motor which would then involve the intervention of a dealer and be into serious money
U can get the gap iid for around £440 or if u look onto the discovery 3/4/5 forums they come up for sale around £300
the after sales service is also second to none , there based in Canada and can always email them and will answer normally within 24 hours, there plenty of us including myself who own one and there exceptionally good
hope u didn’t mind me adding this as a note of caution with regards in plugging in some of the cheaper scanners
lastly an old or drained battery will cause havoc on the system, using a multimeter and engine off u need to see a minimum of 12.6 Vdc on the battery , u can also do a hard reset which involved disconnecting both battery leads and touching them for around 5 x minutes , ensure they don’t touch the battery posts , this resets everything, plse check to see if there are any radio codes etc as this is like a computer reset which will clear all radio presets etc
here’s also a link to the discovery 5 forum
https://disco5.co.uk/forum/
So with the addition of the above advice also hope that helps