russellc
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Perthshire
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We did manage to get it into Neutral so she's off on the low loader and I wait with baited breath to find out how badly broken she is. Still no sign of a hire car yet......
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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Hope she doesn't do the usual LR trick, it gets to the dealer and starts perfectly resuming in the favourite "no fault found" diagnosis. They like messing with your head. 
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| Wed May 04 2011 10:20am |
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DaveC
Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
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ISTR a thread on here to do with the high power starter motor lead wearing through and causing a problem with starting? something to do with bad routing of cable.
did they check that? D4 XS
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| Wed May 04 2011 11:12am |
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stick
Member Since: 13 Jan 2010
Location: hants
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mine did exactly the same once about 6 months ago, brake pedal solid. Locked it, left it for 5 mins, went back and everythins worked fine. 
Let us know what they decide the problem is.  d4 HSE
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| Wed May 04 2011 12:19pm |
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Supercharged
Member Since: 07 Oct 2006
Location: Northants
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My experience is the same (twice). If the brake is solid and the car won't start, get out and fully lock the vehicle for a minute. Then unlock and it should start immediately. I did read on another thread that you can achieve the same by pressing the brake very hard but I haven't tried that as so far the fault has not recurred again. Paul
D4 HSE Zermatt Silver / Ebony
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| Wed May 04 2011 3:47pm |
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russellc
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Perthshire
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Supercharged wrote:My experience is the same (twice). If the brake is solid and the car won't start, get out and fully lock the vehicle for a minute. Then unlock and it should start immediately. I did read on another thread that you can achieve the same by pressing the brake very hard but I haven't tried that as so far the fault has not recurred again.
I dam near had the break pedal through the floor this morning and tried the whole 5 - 10 minute wait thing to no avail. The car is with the Stealers now and I'll post pnce they come back with their collectve wisdom.
Enterprise have "sourced" a car in Edinburgh that should be with me shortly as a hire car, allegedly its a landy of some sort.....
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| Wed May 04 2011 4:25pm |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: London
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Series III?  VIN: A175A328*** Bought at 43k Now on 56k
New rear PDC sensor 43k miles
New 950amp battery 45k miles
Recall master brake servo 47k miles
Tailgate latch cable 56k miles
Pads and discs 61k miles
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| Wed May 04 2011 4:50pm |
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russellc
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Perthshire
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A Black D4 HSE has arrived from Enterprise so really cant complain too much. Bizzarly it seems an odd spec, has reversing camera's but no bluetooth?? Still it has one major advantage over mine, bloddy thing actually starts.....
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| Wed May 04 2011 5:58pm |
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russellc
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Perthshire
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So she's back, open circuit to the starter caused by a blown master fuse. Sadly no explanation as to why the fuse blew, so I'm now on tender hooks in case this is a recurring theme. Hopefully we can chalk this up to its just being a landy....
Have to say can't really complain about the service from either LRA or Morrisons in Strirling, whole thing resolved with minimal drama....
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| Thu May 05 2011 6:02pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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Could you carry a spare fuse, if it blows swap out & get it to a stealer at your leisure? Alternatively swap it back where convenient for you to be recovered from, if you take it to the stealer no LRA car.
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| Thu May 05 2011 6:06pm |
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
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A few months ago, when I was on the road, I lost the Nav and Radio etc. Thinking that it was a duff fuse, I managed (after a struggle) to get the old fuse out. It showed no sign of fusing but I replaced it with one of the in vehicle spares and it worked. At this point, the vehicle wouldn't start and I though that I had screwed it up. I went back to the fuse panel and pressed them all home firmly and the vehicle started. I can only think that I must have dislodged a fuse and that the Nav fuse wasn't blown but had just worked loose. Maybe that was what had happened in your case. Wiggs will be along to confound my theory as he's the Sparky (  ) but it's a maybe.
Whoever designed the fuse panel to be located where it is must have kids to do the fuse changing. 
Bill Wright D4 TDV6 XS Firenze Red MY12
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| Thu May 05 2011 7:19pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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They put it in totally inaccessible place coz you're not supposed to need to change them as nothing goes wrong to make them blow.
At least that's the theory, yeh right! 
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| Thu May 05 2011 7:23pm |
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rnlisg
Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: kent
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had a prob earlier this year with my 08 d/3 called assistance and was offered rac in 30 min s or lra man with his box of tricks in 2 hours(he turned up in just over an hour,)i was able to get the car to a main dealer with lr man riding shotgun,he took me home and 20mins later enterprise called to say they would be dropping a f/lander 2 hse off(nice but!)i said i had a discovery,he said they could get one but it would take a couple of hours(no probs)ended up with a d4 hse(veeery nice  )which i had for 4 days.(nice to get mine back though)
i cant complain at all and thought the service was great.only thing was i dont know why they bother to send rac man when the d3/4 wont talk to him 
s/steel side tubes,door trims with bright inlay,front and rear light guards,half chrome mirror caps,mud flaps,chrome finishers on boot and rear bumper step,chrome finishers round gear shift and cup holders,chrome door handle covers.d/4 grille conversion,chrome foglamp bezzells,parrot bluetooth.***sadly missed**********
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| Sat May 28 2011 12:09pm |
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addicted to nurburgring
Member Since: 30 Sep 2009
Location: Yorkshire
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DSL wrote:Hope she doesn't do the usual LR trick, it gets to the dealer and starts perfectly resuming in the favourite "no fault found" diagnosis. They like messing with your head.
This "trick" is not restricted to LR. A friend had a similar issue with his Audi. After many visits to the dealer over the course of a year, he decided to get rid. Current:
D4 HSE 3.0 TDV6 Auto
Stornoway Grey with Ebony - 20" Wheels - Heated Steering Wheel - Adaptive Lights - Full Size Spare - Privacy Glass - Side Tubes
Porsche 996 C4S
BMW E38 740I Sport
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