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Hi Guys
I have recently bought a Land rover Discovery 3 to pull a largish caravan. I think I may have bought one with a load of problems so could do with some help please
I have had the car since the summer and used it regularly for holidays and towing with no problems. There was sometimes a bit of a jerk/delay changing gear, but not always so wasn't too concerned.
We had a brake error message come up on the dash so checked the brakes and changed them, but discovered that the ABS sensor had been disconnected and taped up. We reconnected it, then every light on the dash came on. Suspension wouldn't work etc. Took it to a local garage,he cleaned the lead to sensor cleared all the faults and the lights went out, all good ( or so we thought)
Always started ok, then in November we had to be in the car parked up for an hour or so. The interior lights were on although not the ignition, and the battery failed. Manage to get a jump start and drove it home, started fine the next day. Then we got Covid, so the car sat unmoved for a couple of weeks. when our isolation was over drove to the local market and when I had done my shopping tried to start the car, all. the dash lights came on again , alerts that suspension lowered, park brake fault, special programmes off etc.Took it to my local garage, he turned off the codes which were mostly invalid data, and the codes did not reappear. He tested the battery which showed 67%, so we put a new battery on it. Next day the lights were back on and in limp mode again. This time not all the codes cleared and its gone back in for further investigation. The guy has just rung and says he feels it may be pointing to the ABS module, but as he does not have full diagnostic equipment its hard to pinpoint exactly. Landover cannot look at it for at least 2 months. Any thoughts would be welcome
I have recently bought a Land rover Discovery 3 to pull a largish caravan. I think I may have bought one with a load of problems so could do with some help please
I have had the car since the summer and used it regularly for holidays and towing with no problems. There was sometimes a bit of a jerk/delay changing gear, but not always so wasn't too concerned.
We had a brake error message come up on the dash so checked the brakes and changed them, but discovered that the ABS sensor had been disconnected and taped up. We reconnected it, then every light on the dash came on. Suspension wouldn't work etc. Took it to a local garage,he cleaned the lead to sensor cleared all the faults and the lights went out, all good ( or so we thought)
Always started ok, then in November we had to be in the car parked up for an hour or so. The interior lights were on although not the ignition, and the battery failed. Manage to get a jump start and drove it home, started fine the next day. Then we got Covid, so the car sat unmoved for a couple of weeks. when our isolation was over drove to the local market and when I had done my shopping tried to start the car, all. the dash lights came on again , alerts that suspension lowered, park brake fault, special programmes off etc.Took it to my local garage, he turned off the codes which were mostly invalid data, and the codes did not reappear. He tested the battery which showed 67%, so we put a new battery on it. Next day the lights were back on and in limp mode again. This time not all the codes cleared and its gone back in for further investigation. The guy has just rung and says he feels it may be pointing to the ABS module, but as he does not have full diagnostic equipment its hard to pinpoint exactly. Landover cannot look at it for at least 2 months. Any thoughts would be welcome
