JoyB24
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Hi Everyone! Newbie on LandyZone and just finding my way around it Think I posted this query in the wrong forum yesterday so am going to try again. We desperately need advice on what to do about the ongoing problem with our beloved 99 Reg TD5 D2 Auto otherwise known as 'Big Red'. I don't know anything about the technical side of Land Rovers but my husband Rod does and he is stumped. As he doesn't do computers etc but I do you will have to put up with our double act where Rod tells me what to write about Big Red's problem and I put it on the Forum and hopefully if anyone can help he can then read the responses and act on them.
THE PROBLEM: The regular activation of LIMP-HOME Mode with the two green Manual and Sport Mode lights flashing simultaneously! This problem has plagued us for years(we have had 'himself' for 10 years now)
A fault code is always stored on the auto transmission ECU each time the limp home mode is activated. These fault codes have subsequently been cleared by the various people including a main dealer who reckoned that they were going to cure the problem. The D2 then behaved normally for a while until the fault recurred. If we switch off the engine the lights will mostly have gone when we switch back on again.
Most recently we visited a specialist gearbox repairer who confirmed that there are no active faults within the gearbox itself. The specialist suggested that they replace the starter inhibitor switch which is situated on the n/s of the gearbox and is connected to the central console gearbox selector knob. We agreed to this and a reconditioned one was fitted last October 2015. For a time all was well and we were lulled into a sense of false security(Do Discos do this to their owners on purpose?) Then just after Christmas the dreaded lights appeared again. Just now and again to begin with and always disappearing when the engine was switched off and on again. But this am we tried, unsuccessfully, to clear the lights three times. Seems to happen mostly when starting from cold.
Since 2013 we have installed a new heavy duty battery, had a replacement BCM(water ingress problem), replaced the injector wiring harness(in case any oil leakage could have affected any electronic components)
We hope that someone out there on the Forum recognises this problem and has a solution - short of scrapping Please help if you can.
THE PROBLEM: The regular activation of LIMP-HOME Mode with the two green Manual and Sport Mode lights flashing simultaneously! This problem has plagued us for years(we have had 'himself' for 10 years now)
A fault code is always stored on the auto transmission ECU each time the limp home mode is activated. These fault codes have subsequently been cleared by the various people including a main dealer who reckoned that they were going to cure the problem. The D2 then behaved normally for a while until the fault recurred. If we switch off the engine the lights will mostly have gone when we switch back on again.
Most recently we visited a specialist gearbox repairer who confirmed that there are no active faults within the gearbox itself. The specialist suggested that they replace the starter inhibitor switch which is situated on the n/s of the gearbox and is connected to the central console gearbox selector knob. We agreed to this and a reconditioned one was fitted last October 2015. For a time all was well and we were lulled into a sense of false security(Do Discos do this to their owners on purpose?) Then just after Christmas the dreaded lights appeared again. Just now and again to begin with and always disappearing when the engine was switched off and on again. But this am we tried, unsuccessfully, to clear the lights three times. Seems to happen mostly when starting from cold.
Since 2013 we have installed a new heavy duty battery, had a replacement BCM(water ingress problem), replaced the injector wiring harness(in case any oil leakage could have affected any electronic components)
We hope that someone out there on the Forum recognises this problem and has a solution - short of scrapping Please help if you can.