Hi all,
First time posting on here so hello.
I've had an aged defender for some time now but I noticed a very good deal on a discovery td5 on Facebook (51 plate) so I picked it up. The thing hasn't been off road and is in immaculate condition I've driven it 50 miles today and all is ok however I'm wondering if these a bit of a traction control fault. When doing a many point turn on a muddy single road the abs light and traction control light came on along with a single chim (not hill decent or the handbrake) i immediately switched the car off and when I turned it back on the lights had gone. I tried putting it in a patch of mud and floored it and the traction control light came on so it must be working. I also tried an emergency brake and the abs light didnt show. Could just be one of those things or do you think there is a problem somewhere?

Many thanks

Might be worth checking the sensor cables are seated in their clips by the wheel hubs. That's the limit of my knowledge any pics of her?

This is the only one I have so far. I'm amazed such a car can be purchased for £1200. Makes me cringe at what I paid for the defender!

The TD5 Discovery is huge value, as capable as a Defender, but more comfortable, better road manners and amazingly cheap. I paid £900 for mine

There might be some logged fault codes in the SLABS ECU which could point to the cause. You're going to need a compatible code reader to check.

Nigel the Disco said:

The TD5 Discovery is huge value, as capable as a Defender, but more comfortable, better road manners and amazingly cheap. I paid £900 for mine

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I went from a disco 2 to a defender and couldn't agree more. Still love my tratter though