hiltonbe
Member Since: 27 May 2007
Location: Cape Town
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| Faulty relay - advice needed |
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Hi Guys - took the Disco into the local dealer this morning to get some faults seen to. Every morning when I start the car or anytime where it has stood for a while you get fault messages up on the display - faults seen so far are EPB, HDC, Tranmission and Air suspension & compressor overheating - The dealer has informed me that these are ALL caused by 1 faulty relay - has anybody come accross this before and can anybody confirm that all these controls actually do run off one relay?
I don't have any or the cars books here so I don't know if the dealer is feeding me BS or not? They also inform me that they have used the rear demisters relay as a stand in as there is a 2 week lead time from the uk for these relays and they don't carry spares - are they so "special" and non standard?
Hilton
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 3rd Jun 2008 12:48 pm |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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My first thought would be check the battery voltage before starting the car and also as soon as it starts . You'll be amazed at what faults show because of low voltage
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| 3rd Jun 2008 1:20 pm |
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hiltonbe
Member Since: 27 May 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 29
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I asked them to check it as that was my first thought as well but they reported that all was ok? Will swap the batt out with another to see if it makes a difference if the problem persists?
HB
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| 3rd Jun 2008 1:23 pm |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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It seems that the D3 is very suseptible (sp?) to any type of electrical funny . I bought the wrong led replacements for my brakelights ,and had just about every type of light and warning going off the moment I used the brakes with the lights on (including the suspension lowering) . Put the old bulbs back and everything was OK
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| 3rd Jun 2008 1:27 pm |
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hiltonbe
Member Since: 27 May 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 29
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Heine - looks like the battery was also a problem - they are replacing it under warranty excepting they don't have stock!
HB
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| 4th Jun 2008 8:40 am |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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Tell them you will accept an Optima yellow top 
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| 4th Jun 2008 9:09 am |
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8754WX
Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Billingham
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which relay was supposed to be the problem as then i can check to see if thay are all controlled by the same relay
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| 4th Jun 2008 1:15 pm |
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