9/28/2023 0 Comments Landrover discovery 3 height![]() These are expensive and needy vehicles, and when things go wrong, they go wrong big time. ![]() ![]() Once I took ownership of it, I continued to maintain it correctly, which consumed another £3,500 of my own money in 3 years, and I did the spanner work. In the first 8 years of it's life, before my ownership, it had spent on it almost £23,000 on normal maintenance and repairs. It came with a massive file of paperwork to prove just how much it cost the previous owner. ![]() My D3 was a 1 owner, full dealer history, with 130k on the clock. Maintaining them is far from cheap, even if a good quantity of second hand parts are used.Īn example of this is from my own experience. Yes they are nice to drive, and appear good value second hand, but they're cheap for a reason. They are about the least reliable and most expensive vehicle to own. If you don't have the budget to drop at least a Grand or more on repairs per year, then a D3 isn't the vehicle for you. Generally HDC codes are related to a failing battery, where the voltage drops just a bit low on cranking (the D3 needs a battery capable of putting out at least cranking 800 Amps), if codes are to be avoided on a cold morning. However it's also coming up with other codes related to the suspension system, so the fault might not be where indicated by the codes. Looking at the codes, it would appear that the Rear LH height sensor on the blink. If anyone can make any recommendations for a good alternative manufacturer or part that will be very, very helpful thank you! I must be honest I just don't have the budget as much as I would wish I could buy new from the original manufacturer. I must be clear however that while he is genuinely an extraordinary mechanic (27 years) who knows his stuff, he has not done anything like this on a LR.so any explanations will need to be simple please?Ĭan anyone suggest what we start with first? My aim is to just buy second hand on eBay or similar, at 140,000 miles I don't see the added value in spending on original parts new, by way of a quick example a second hand genuine compressor pump on eBay is listed for just over £100, with the same thing brand new from the local LR for nearly £800. He pulled a face and muttered something unflattering about Land Rovers, but then agreed for a small payment in beers we could treat it as a personal project for me and we would spend a few evenings getting this stuff sorted out. In terms of a solution, I spoke yesterday with Paul, my friend who runs the garage. However, there were these additional codes under new categories, different codes but all with a similar message: Each was under a different group including ABS, SRS, Ride level control module and All terrain control module.ġ/2: U0132 Lost communication with ride level control moduleĢ/2: U0421 Invalid data received from ride level control moduleġ/1: U0132 Lost communication with ride level control moduleġ/1: U0421 Invalid data received from ride level control moduleĪs one can see, the invalid data error was reported by 4 different systems, but all using the same code. So I cleared all the DTCs, took the car for a drive, no warnings or lights and the suspension worked a charm.ġ/5: C1A74 (Again) Rear left height sensor mechanismĢ/5: C1A05 (Again) Rear left height sensor Part 1 Codes: (First plug in, as I found the car)Įrror 1/5: C1A74 Rear left height sensor mechanism - status - currentĮrror 2/5: C1A05 Rear left height sensor - status - currentĮrror 3/5: C1A07 Cross articulation - status - currentĮrror 4/5: C112F Air spring valve - status - currentĮrror 5/5: C1130 Air spring air supply - status - current However, the second set all mentioned one component which I thought was interesting. A little worried that when I did the first reading there were only 4 codes, yet on the second where were about 10. To a novice like myself I was pleased to note the errors all appear to be coming from a single source. Then part 2, I cleared the original codes, took the car for a 10 minute drive, put the suspension up and down and up and down and did a lot of braking and swerving and then took another set of code readings. I took photos of each and I shall go through these in a moment. The first where I read the codes as they presented the first time. A few odd errors on systems like the speakers (?) but I am happy to ignore those for now. Just this minute I went out to the car and did a full scan. I got the iCarsoft i930 as it seemed to have most of the functions I needed. On the advice of I went out and bought a second hand code reader on eBay. I made a quick post to outline the problems I was seeing, including the suspension bottoming out and hopping, then working just fine! Then going ping and disappearing. Picked up a 140,000m Disco 3 late last week and I love it.
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