Druim
Well-Known Member
was that about?
was that about?
Last month i bought a new 85 AH Bosch battery for my TD5 Discovery from a car spares unit in Leamington Spa,Cost me about £85,But before i removed the old battery i put a 12 volt supply onto the battery leads,Wife held the crocodile clips on the red and black leads under the bonnet with no complaint lol.That way i kept the radio codes etc,
pumpkinboy1991
Member
Right, had the battery on charge all night, approx 15 hours. Stuck the multimeter on it today, first read 13.6V, then dropped quickly at first to 13.1, then as i was holding the multimeter on it just slowed but still steadily decreased at 0.1V every 10 seconds or so, the battery clearly has an issue. I tried it one more time in the car anyway to be sure and it lit up the dash and sluggishly pushed out the steering wheel but turn the key to start and everything dies. Hopefully it's a fluke. I'll take it back just now and get them to test the replacement they give me before I take it away.
pumpkinboy1991
Member
When you disconnect the battery it resets the steering wheel angle sensor, which is required for either the DSC/ABS or both, so doing a full lock to lock tells the system where the end points are and therefore the position of the steering wheel
Druim
Well-Known Member
When you disconnect the battery it resets the steering wheel angle sensor, which is required for either the DSC/ABS or both, so doing a full lock to lock tells the system where the end points are and therefore the position of the steering wheel
Thanks, never done that, will try and see if it makes any difference (batt. was changed recently.)
It will make no difference on a P38
pumpkinboy1991
Member
SUCCESS!! Took battery back to halfords, they checked it and found that one of the cells in it was dead, so gave me a replacement which they checked before I took it away. Put it in the car and it fired up straight away No HDC inactive light on start, no other unusual errors and no sound problems seems just about any fault on a range rover can be caused by the battery! Thanks for your help everyone, panic over!
No HDC inactive light on start, no other unusual errors and no sound problems seems just about any fault on a range rover can be caused by the battery! Thanks for your help everyone, panic over!
