awillemsen
Active Member
Disco 3 TDV6, 2007, 90-something miles.
OK, I've had the dreaded transmission fault, HDC system fault, parking brake fault and suspension lowered messages. In addition, the engine cuts out. I can still drive the car as the faults clear after a restart or two (apart from one time when I had to replace one of the brake light bulbs to get them to clear).
So, I've replaced the brake switch, and both the brake light bulbs at the same time. I don't have an LR dealer close by, so I put in a Britpart (I know, don't go on at me) switch, and a couple of Ring bulbs from the local motor factors.
But the faults are still coming up. Yesterday, I managed a four hour round trip to Swansea, and they appeared three times. The same thing happens every time - at slow speed, the engine konks out, the messages appear, and a key out engine restart (or two) clears the messages and off I go again. However, one time it was different - first, the engine was very rough on restart (running at 600rpm), and when pulling away on the second restart there was a large grating sound. Also, occasionally, almost always at about 30mph, I can feel the engine start to falter, as if it would stall if the revs happened to be lower.
I am now in two minds what to do. I could either assume that the problem is still in the brake light circuit, and make the journey to an LR dealer to get a pukka switch and light bulbs. Or I could assume that there is another electrical problem and book it into my local friendly mechanic to sort it. Any suggestions, please?![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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OK, I've had the dreaded transmission fault, HDC system fault, parking brake fault and suspension lowered messages. In addition, the engine cuts out. I can still drive the car as the faults clear after a restart or two (apart from one time when I had to replace one of the brake light bulbs to get them to clear).
So, I've replaced the brake switch, and both the brake light bulbs at the same time. I don't have an LR dealer close by, so I put in a Britpart (I know, don't go on at me) switch, and a couple of Ring bulbs from the local motor factors.
But the faults are still coming up. Yesterday, I managed a four hour round trip to Swansea, and they appeared three times. The same thing happens every time - at slow speed, the engine konks out, the messages appear, and a key out engine restart (or two) clears the messages and off I go again. However, one time it was different - first, the engine was very rough on restart (running at 600rpm), and when pulling away on the second restart there was a large grating sound. Also, occasionally, almost always at about 30mph, I can feel the engine start to falter, as if it would stall if the revs happened to be lower.
I am now in two minds what to do. I could either assume that the problem is still in the brake light circuit, and make the journey to an LR dealer to get a pukka switch and light bulbs. Or I could assume that there is another electrical problem and book it into my local friendly mechanic to sort it. Any suggestions, please?
Thanks