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flatpackmatt said:

Hi all, I'm Matt (from Ashford Kent). I'm hoping my Range Rover Sport TD6 (09 plate) will not be frowned upon (too much) among you Landy owners and mud-pluggers? It's true, the farthest mine goes off-road is the occasional (very occasional) bump up the kerb.

Is it too soon to pick a brain or two regarding a dashboard warning light (it bongs and flashes intermittently) The handbook suggests its something to do with the 'anti-tilt' or levelling? Other than the bulb being lit nothing seems to happen when driving. However, when it does flash I turn OFF the ignition and turn it ON again and the warning light disappears. (see the warning bulb at bottom of pic). On a trip at the weekend from Kent to London it flashed just once. It usually happens if I'm in a tight(ish) turn to the left or right, seldom, if ever, on the straight and flat. Any suggestions of help or advice would be kindly received.
Regards to all

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flatpackmatt said:

Cheers gstuart - yes, on idle we have all 4 white lines as you said (exact screen as you posted). What i did was to sharply turn the car left (to make the warning light show) and then checked my screen. Again all 4 white lines indicate all's well!?!? Again I had to turn off ignition and start up again to clear warning light. Checked all our lights, and confirm all working. Do not know how to check the voltage though even if I had the meter .
However, you are right and I've taken your advice, it needs a professional diagnostic and we've booked in for tomorrow a.m. Will advise you to the engineers comments. Thanks for your advice. Matt

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flatpackmatt said:

UPDATE: Garage in Swanley Kent (not main dealer but authorised or 'recognised' by Land Rover) ran dyno, found a raft of old undeleted 'fault-codes' and cleared - then drained and replaced fluid and hey-presto, FIXED. Kindly they did not charge me anything on the day but I've booked car in with them for auto-gearbox flush+; and that'll be £700+ so perhaps that charge is in that? Thanks for your interest.
Regards
Matt

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gstuart said:

hi matt @flatpackmatt

hope u don't mind me saying but paying £700 for a gearbox flush is outrageous and ur paying nearly twice ove rthe odds

if u go onto the disco 3 forum and look for geoff , has a dot on the end of his name is a fantastic mechanic in edenbridge and certainally won't charge u that

was the garage Dakar by the way u used , i used them before and blimey they know how to charge

if u can't find geoff on the disco forum please let me know and can send u his details

what he doesn't know about discos isn't worth knowing , he won't rip u off as £700 is a real rip

once again hope u didn't mind me saying but when i saw ur post i was flabbergasted with the cost

i intend to do mine, but just going to drop the atf fluid out and refill it a few times with a few hundred miles in between

hope that's useful to u and plse feel free to pm me if u need the details

gary

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flatpackmatt said:

Hi Gary, and thanks.
Yes my wife and me were a bit shocked when the garage in Swanley (it was Dakar, as you suspected) sent us the email quote. We did think it was odd when they didn't give us a quote for the gearbox flush+ there and then but courteously suggested they'd send it by email. When we arrived home we opened it. Like you, we felt 'flabbergasted.'

However, as we've only recently acquired the car and studied the service history we could not find anything suggesting that the g/b had been flushed - and being an '09 feel it must now be in dire need. So YES PLEASE if you would kindly let me have Geoff's details I will contact him with the intention of offering him the work, and future work. If you dont want to give out too much of Geoff's info here my email is, [email protected]

Thanks in advance for your help

Kind regards

Matt

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The Mad Hat Man said:

@flatpackmatt please remove your email and send it to @gstuart by pm

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gstuart said:

Hi matt

here u go

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/member-geoff.html

u will have to register for the forum , he is extremely good

dakar also tried to rip me off with some work in the past , they really know how to charge some outrageous fees

send geoff a pm and he will send u his mobile number , only based in edenbridge and will guide u what's required

just hate to see someone getting ripped off, as that's clearly what dakar are doing , plse feel free to pm me anytime u wish if i can help

ps ,hope u don't mind me saying plse remove ur email , u don't want an email onto a public forum

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flatpackmatt said:

Hi again Gary - thanks for your assistance, patience, and past advice. I have now been able to PM directly to Geoff and at this time eagerly await his contact.
Regards
Matt

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