Classic Intermittent starting on Range Rover Vogue

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Superhoops

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I have a 2015 Range Rover Vogue 4.4, I have an intermittent fault. When I depress the brake and push the start button the engine turns once, then shuts down, it feels like an electrical fault.
I then lock/unlock the car (I don't know why) then after several attempts it starts and runs normally for several days, then the fault appears again. It has happened on four occasions now, so when I get in the car I wonder if it is going to start.
Has anyone come across this problem before?
It's not the battery as eventually it starts as normal - could it be the back up battery that controls the alarm/immobiliser?
 
@Superhoops I will try summoning the the gurus in a moment . However before I do, please take a moment to learn which vehicle you own. It helps to know when asking for help. You do not have a Classic or a Range Rover Vogue. You have a Range Rover L405, with the Vogue trim.
That sorted, I also suggest , when asking strangers for help , you add a please or even a thank you. It's only a small thing but it makes a massive difference, when depending on the kindness of strangers.

@Saint.V8 , @Tigger Eeyore & Roo , @holidaychicken
 
Datatek said:
Diagnostics needed.
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gold rover said:
@Superhoops I will try summoning the the gurus in a moment . However before I do, please take a moment to learn which vehicle you own. It helps to know when asking for help. You do not have a Classic or a Range Rover Vogue. You have a Range Rover L405, with the Vogue trim.
That sorted, I also suggest , when asking strangers for help , you add a please or even a thank you. It's only a small thing but it makes a massive difference, when depending on the kindness of strangers.

@Saint.V8 , @Tigger Eeyore & Roo , @holidaychicken
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Thank you very much for the tips, I will bear your advice in mind, in the future.
Also I have learned something L405 eh!
 
Superhoops said:
Thank you very much for the tips, I will bear your advice in mind, in the future.
Also I have learned something L405 eh!
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You're welcome. Every day is a school day ;)
As there is no L405 sub forum yet ( bone of contention), I suggest, if you are able, to change your classic to 'other' and Vogue to L405. It all goes to drawing the right people to your thread.
 
If it's anything like the other RR's I wouldn't dismiss the battery so quickly, it is probably getting on a bit. I had similar issues with mine until I changed the battery, then a week later it started playing up again. This turned out to be a loose battery terminal where Halfrauds hadn't tightened it properly. Then the SRS light started coming on intermittently, again a dodgy battery connection (I think). Not sure the difference between the L405 and the L322 though.
 
Not a fault I’ve had yet in 42,500 miles. However, I’d echo that batteries that are starting to die do tend to come up with all sorts of electrical oddities and if your battery is the original
Also, software updates on these cars come thick and fast and if it’s been out of the dealer network for a while, it might be worth paying for a software update (cue laughter from the Trattorists!)
Sorry that I can’t give you any other specific pointers...
 
Tigger Eeyore & Roo said:
Not a fault I’ve had yet in 42,500 miles. However, I’d echo that batteries that are starting to die do tend to come up with all sorts of electrical oddities and if your battery is the original
Also, software updates on these cars come thick and fast and if it’s been out of the dealer network for a while, it might be worth paying for a software update (cue laughter from the Trattorists!)
Sorry that I can’t give you any other specific pointers...
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Thank you both for your replies, I must admit I was getting nervous about getting stranded, so I took it into the dealers, the car has done 26k miles. They put it on the diagnostic and checked my battery and said my main battery was fine, but the 'back up' battery was dying.
They replaced the faulty battery and hopefully everything will now be ok, however, the bottom line with the diagnostics and battery etc it came to £414.79p.
Let's hope that cures the problem, time will tell, thanks once again.
 
Superhoops said:
Thank you both for your replies, I must admit I was getting nervous about getting stranded, so I took it into the dealers, the car has done 26k miles. They put it on the diagnostic and checked my battery and said my main battery was fine, but the 'back up' battery was dying.
They replaced the faulty battery and hopefully everything will now be ok, however, the bottom line with the diagnostics and battery etc it came to £414.79p.
Let's hope that cures the problem, time will tell, thanks once again.
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If you're nervous about being stranded, keep her a year then trade, trade, trade. These are the halcyon days. Seriously. We have all models of Range Rover on here. Even had someone with an ejoke show up. They all, no exceptions are not reliable. Some are a little more reliable than others but most of us have a second car, because we own a Range Rover.
I love mine and have kept her longer than any other veh I have had, but I am under no illusions about the 'reliability' of green oval.
 
Superhoops said:
Thanks for the tip, I will have a look on the internet, is there one you would recommend?
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We have the GAP IID tool. Black box solutions, as datatek suggests, also Bearmach if they cover your year. There are a couple more but these are at the top of the list.

Best thing to do is research. They have varying levels of what you can do, settings you can twiddle, live readings. All can fault read and clear faults.

An example:
Ours paid for itself after the aircon went wonky and after being told glibly that it was a knackered compressor, we naturally believed the experts, shoved the GAP on, ran the live values, worked out it was a sensor issue, went back and insisted that was the offending item, they changed it and lo, a fully functioning air con system again.

Recently we changed the battery and shoved the GAP on to tell the car it had a new battery, saving a trip to the dealer and whatever the fee would have been to get them to do it.

Check that a tool covers your year and read the function lists carefully. It’s often the little things you can do with it that saves the time and money.
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