Hi folks,
Just thought I'd let you know about my experiences with the dreaded 3 amigos!
After doing all the checks, brake light sensor, reluctor rings etc the only thing I could see wrong was the HD wires had been broken off, but despite soldering them back on, the warning lights remained on.
I thought I'd be smart and removed the bulbs from the dash and popped it in for an mot but inspector failed it for not having the tell tale warning lamp illuminated prior to starting engine....grrrrr!
The only garage which could read the fault codes were going to charge me around £40 and after many hours of 'should I, or shouldn't I', I took the plunge and ordered icarsoft i930 for £90.
Arrived today and eagerly plugged it in. Took me a few attempts after playing around with it but I'm happy to say it cleared all the lights. Yeehaw!!! The ABS light stay on until I moved the landy a couple of feet and at first I thought the fault was still there. On reading about it though, this would appear normal and the car need to move so the sensor car tell it's rotating. I have a 1999 1.8K series Freelander by the way.
So, if your like me and tried all the suggestions on the forums and nothing works and your still unsure about whether to pay the £90 for the diagnostics, then in my opinion it's worth it. At the very most if you don't use it again I'm sure you could sell it on again for £70 or something.
I think in my case the faults were hard stored in the ECU and needed cleared, but it also reads Discos, Range Rovers and the new Evoque. For me anyway, it's been worth it so far.
Plus if anybody in the Dundee area needs their codes read, then give us a shout.
Cheers.
Just thought I'd let you know about my experiences with the dreaded 3 amigos!
After doing all the checks, brake light sensor, reluctor rings etc the only thing I could see wrong was the HD wires had been broken off, but despite soldering them back on, the warning lights remained on.
I thought I'd be smart and removed the bulbs from the dash and popped it in for an mot but inspector failed it for not having the tell tale warning lamp illuminated prior to starting engine....grrrrr!
The only garage which could read the fault codes were going to charge me around £40 and after many hours of 'should I, or shouldn't I', I took the plunge and ordered icarsoft i930 for £90.
Arrived today and eagerly plugged it in. Took me a few attempts after playing around with it but I'm happy to say it cleared all the lights. Yeehaw!!! The ABS light stay on until I moved the landy a couple of feet and at first I thought the fault was still there. On reading about it though, this would appear normal and the car need to move so the sensor car tell it's rotating. I have a 1999 1.8K series Freelander by the way.
So, if your like me and tried all the suggestions on the forums and nothing works and your still unsure about whether to pay the £90 for the diagnostics, then in my opinion it's worth it. At the very most if you don't use it again I'm sure you could sell it on again for £70 or something.
I think in my case the faults were hard stored in the ECU and needed cleared, but it also reads Discos, Range Rovers and the new Evoque. For me anyway, it's been worth it so far.
Plus if anybody in the Dundee area needs their codes read, then give us a shout.
Cheers.
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