Morning All,
Recently bought a 2001 TD4 auto and have so far been very pleased with it.
Up until now it has driven perfectly and certainly performed brilliantly during the snow fest last week.
Didn't drive it over the weekend, but noticed something a little odd on my way into work yesterday.
The beast went well for about 5 miles or so, when I started to lose speed a bit, a slight vibration became noticible (which gradually increased,) and there was a distinct feeling that the brakes were being applied. In fact, if I lifted off the accelerator, the speed dropped off very quickly.
I carried on for the remaining 3 miles or so to work and decided to test it a little in the car park. I drove forward in a straight line relatively slowly and then put it in neutral. Rather than coast as I expected, it slowed very quickly and then stopped. I tried it in reverse and it did the same thing. When I say stopped, it isn't like a rolling stop, it's quite sudden just as if I had braked. I previously had a car which (despite the best efforts of the local garage) had a tendancy to occassionaly bind on the rear brakes and would stop in a similar fashion at low speeds. Could it be the brakes on the Freelander. I did wonder if the Hill Decent was turned on, but it isn't.
Needless to say, I haven't had an opportunity to test the VCU, but thought I'd ask here first, but issues such as this seem to relate to reversing with full lock.
I might add that I didn't notice the braking effect as much going home, but it was certainly there again this morning.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
Recently bought a 2001 TD4 auto and have so far been very pleased with it.
Up until now it has driven perfectly and certainly performed brilliantly during the snow fest last week.
Didn't drive it over the weekend, but noticed something a little odd on my way into work yesterday.
The beast went well for about 5 miles or so, when I started to lose speed a bit, a slight vibration became noticible (which gradually increased,) and there was a distinct feeling that the brakes were being applied. In fact, if I lifted off the accelerator, the speed dropped off very quickly.
I carried on for the remaining 3 miles or so to work and decided to test it a little in the car park. I drove forward in a straight line relatively slowly and then put it in neutral. Rather than coast as I expected, it slowed very quickly and then stopped. I tried it in reverse and it did the same thing. When I say stopped, it isn't like a rolling stop, it's quite sudden just as if I had braked. I previously had a car which (despite the best efforts of the local garage) had a tendancy to occassionaly bind on the rear brakes and would stop in a similar fashion at low speeds. Could it be the brakes on the Freelander. I did wonder if the Hill Decent was turned on, but it isn't.
Needless to say, I haven't had an opportunity to test the VCU, but thought I'd ask here first, but issues such as this seem to relate to reversing with full lock.
I might add that I didn't notice the braking effect as much going home, but it was certainly there again this morning.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
