ALAN BLACK · Mar 4, 2017

I have the above disco, have been having an intermittent gear box fault, auto gear box, no errors on display.

When in drive it some times looses gears, if I wiggle the gear leaver it will drive, today I lost all forward gears, reverse was ok, called AA, but before they arrived I selected drive and it went.

I did leave the sun roof open last year and we had the biggest down pour for years, when I opened the door in the morning to go to work I had about 4 inches of water in the car, front and back, have dried it out now but wondered if the water has affected any thing in the gear lever housing, I did loose satnav but that is ok now but my radio has no display and wont switch off due to water getting in, thought this may be my gear box problem as well?????????????? Any sugestions before I take it to garage?

Micheal Adamson · Mar 4, 2017

Does the lever feel stiff when you select drive?

freelance · Mar 4, 2017

I seem to remember crawling underneath and lubricating cable/ gearbox end, it made a big difference to gear selection on our d3

Micheal Adamson · Mar 4, 2017

The pivot point seizes up underneath making it jump out of gear

biggeeeee · Mar 4, 2017

Welcome - Have you had the motor scanned for fault codes?

ALAN BLACK · Mar 5, 2017

Micheal Adamson said:
Does the lever feel stiff when you select drive?

Not normaly, but when I loose the gears it is difficult to select drive and button on the left of hazard lights flashes.

ALAN BLACK · Mar 5, 2017

biggeeeee said:
Welcome - Have you had the motor scanned for fault codes?

ALAN BLACK · Mar 5, 2017

Never had it scanned for fault codes, never had the need to put in to a garage as yet,

sierrafery · Mar 5, 2017

Might be some corrosion in the attached plug unless the water ingress didnt ruin the electronic autobox control module ... give it some contact spray

gstuart · Mar 5, 2017

ALAN BLACK said:
I have the above disco, have been having an intermittent gear box fault, auto gear box, no errors on display.

When in drive it some times looses gears, if I wiggle the gear leaver it will drive, today I lost all forward gears, reverse was ok, called AA, but before they arrived I selected drive and it went.

I did leave the sun roof open last year and we had the biggest down pour for years, when I opened the door in the morning to go to work I had about 4 inches of water in the car, front and back, have dried it out now but wondered if the water has affected any thing in the gear lever housing, I did loose satnav but that is ok now but my radio has no display and wont switch off due to water getting in, thought this may be my gear box problem as well?????????????? Any sugestions before I take it to garage?

welcome

as @sierrafery has said , give the contacts a good spray

also , have u pulled off the centre instrument panel off, to see if there's any dampness in there

also with behind the passenger side fuse box, is that all dry

both sides on the door sills, lift the carpets and u will see channels where the wires sit in , make sure the water hasn't collected there , remove the sill covers and can peel back the edge

hope u get on ok

also as @biggeeeee has suggested , well worth to get the faults read,

good investment to buy a iid diagnostic, they are £420 and worth every penny , pay for them selves very quickly

sierrafery · Mar 5, 2017

gstuart said:
....good investment to buy a iid diagnostic, they are £420 and worth every penny....

i agree it's a good investment ... though if you buy it from the direct dealer it's cheaper: https://secure.bellautoservices.co.uk/store/iid-gap-diagnostics-tool/

gstuart · Mar 5, 2017

sierrafery said:
i agree it's a good investment ... though if you buy it from the direct dealer it's cheaper: https://secure.bellautoservices.co.uk/store/iid-gap-diagnostics-tool/

cheers mate, i should have put the link there shouldn't i

great for the suspension set up

biggeeeee · Mar 5, 2017

sierrafery said:
i agree it's a good investment ... though if you buy it from the direct dealer it's cheaper: https://secure.bellautoservices.co.uk/store/iid-gap-diagnostics-tool/

Thats the non Bluetooth version. You need to connect that to a laptop. With the bluetooth version you can use your phone or tablet.
In my opinion the BT version is worth it, when it comes time to sell it on, you get most of your money back

sierrafery · Mar 5, 2017

why would you need a laptop while everything is doable with the vehicle's LCD screen?

biggeeeee · Mar 5, 2017

sierrafery said:
why would you need a laptop while everything is doable with the vehicle's LCD screen?

Not all models are fitted with the SAT NAV screens just SE's and above and there is no way to tie into it.
The small lcd panel in the speedo is very limited in characters.
You can see the capability of the tool above in garys post with screenshots taken from his phone
The consensus of opinion is to go with the BT version.

gstuart · Mar 5, 2017

sierrafery said:
why would you need a laptop while everything is doable with the vehicle's LCD screen?

imagine it would be very difficult to do everything via the lcd screen , i.e. trying to set up the suspension ??

this bit is from the web site , so i assume the bt version does more

In addition to using the regular integrated interface, the IIDTool Pro and IIDTool BT fitted with a Bluetooth Smart module can be connected to a mobile device. This interface allows for more in-depth diagnostic capabilities and added functionality. Currently supported devices are:

iPad Mini, all
iPad 3rd generation onward
iPhone 4S onward
iPod Touch 5 onward
Android devices fitted with a Bluetooth V4.0 transceiver and running on Android 4.3 or higher. Low cost generic devices rarely work.

biggeeeee · Mar 5, 2017

gstuart said:
imagine it would be very difficult to do everything via the lcd screen , i.e. trying to set up the suspension ??

this bit is from the web site , so i assume the bt version does more

In addition to using the regular integrated interface, the IIDTool Pro and IIDTool BT fitted with a Bluetooth Smart module can be connected to a mobile device. This interface allows for more in-depth diagnostic capabilities and added functionality. Currently supported devices are:

iPad Mini, all

iPad 3rd generation onward

iPhone 4S onward

iPod Touch 5 onward

Android devices fitted with a Bluetooth V4.0 transceiver and running on Android 4.3 or higher. Low cost generic devices rarely work.

Would be a nightmare to try and read the fault codes on the small screen especially if there were more than one.
For the sake of £70 more I would always recommend the BT version.
Saw a few on the 3 forum who bought the non BT but wanted to sell it and buy the BT version

gstuart · Mar 5, 2017

biggeeeee said:
Not all models are fitted with the SAT NAV screens just SE's and above and there is no way to tie into it.
The small lcd panel in the speedo is very limited in characters.
You can see the capability of the tool above in garys post with screenshots taken from his phone
The consensus of opinion is to go with the BT version.

also thinking about it, u have to get out of the vehicle to set up the. suspension so imagine it would be very difficult to set up with a non bt version

think virtually everyone goes with the bt version for that reason

totally agree in what ur saying the bt version is the one to go for

biggeeeee · Mar 5, 2017

gstuart said:
didn't realise u could do it through the centre satnav screen

assumed it was only the small dashboard screen or external devices like a phone , i use my ipad which i find perfect

large enough screen

also thinking about it, u have to get out of the vehicle to set up the. suspension so imagine it would be very difficult to set up with a non bt version

think virtually everyone goes with the bt version for that reason

totally agree in what ur saying the bt version is the one to go for

I read it wrong in the first instance, you cant use the SAT NAV screen its just the 'Info Centre' between the Speedo and the Rev counter that gets used

gstuart · Mar 5, 2017

biggeeeee said:
Would be a nightmare to try and read the fault codes on the small screen especially if there were more than one.
For the sake of £70 more I would always recommend the BT version.
Saw a few on the 3 forum who bought the non BT but wanted to sell it and buy the BT version

totally agree , didn't give the non bt version a second thought

see also the non bt doesn't cover all the land rover models ,

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