A visit to terrain at Bexhill proved enlightening shall we say. the Autologic Quick Test Repot came up with 3 pages of defects, the most significant was in the transmission control model: U0128-87 lost communication with parking brake control module ( a recurring theme) P0730-00-Incorrect gear...

6 speed, 3600cc I think...the facelift version.

The ongoing saga of this car, since I bought it in mid September there's been an occasion; clonk when changing up/down at about 50mph. Today going up Detling Hill in busy traffic going up at about 50, it kicked down,clonk, changed op again, revs increased, then changed down again. It done this a...

The other problem is that a lot of the modules are hidden somewhere in the abyss! I'll see wha the man at Bexhill finds. there's another problem cropped up today, separate thread for gearbox!!

I didn't realise when I got the wires online there were only 2 in the packet and they took 2 weeks to come from China! Would blanking off 2 items make it work as one item is the radio/tv unit. I've got a feeling this is going to be a return trip to the dealer.

No, there's not enough wires to do that, just one male to male and one female to female.

Tried the by-pass cable on the phone module above the radio, no luck, then by-pass the radio/tv module, no luck. That's the only 2 accessible places I can see for the fibre optic cables, then thy vanish under the floor.

Yes, quite likely! The new MoT wasn't worth the paper it's written on. The 2010 Sport I px'd was in a worse state in a lot of ways, stiff steering, DAB radio not working, cracked wheels, trim falling off...But onward and upwards. The by-pass optic cable thingys have just arrived so I'll do a...

It's usually best to change the gearbox oil filter, the ZF boxes develop a lot of fine dust which clogs the valve blocks and causes the failure. I was told that the box wasn't designed to take the torque of the Range Rover engines with the weight of the car.

Still no luck with my infotainment! One bonus is that the clock is now only 2hr50 min out of time instead of 3hr 50! I spoke to the dealer I got the car from and asked about the replacement radio he was going to send. He said he'd send it today. Likewise with the left side mirror that was...

What is the car not doing?

Try a mega-flush, you might be lucky. On mine it went at about that mileage and the rebuild went at about 140,000 in Belgium, in the middle of winter! The torque converter burnt itself out.

No idea, I let the garage do mine! I know it's expensive oil according to them. some have to have the oil sucked out.

Wasting shed loads of money on Range Rovers since 1998. Wasting more money restoring old buses since 1969. Living near Ashford Kent and the Ardennes in Belgium.

Sealed for life gearboxes. Hmmmm. Change oil regularly was the answer one source gave me after my 3rd gearbox.

Basically trans failsafe means rebuild the gearbox properly, change the valve block as well.

I had a 52 reg from new, the gearbox failed at about the same mileage despite having had the oil changed. I got the box rebuilt, cost about £3k, that lasted a yer and the torque converter failed in a snow-clad Belgium in the middle of winter. Got it trailered back to England and the gearbox...

Some after-market alloys are prone to cracking, that's why I moved my 2010 sport on a bit sharpish!

You need a magnet on a string to tow behind. :) It sounds a bit like the 10 reg Sport I just traded in, that was literally falling apart. I think it must have been owned by a circus clown at one time.

Maybe whatever was rattling has fallen off?