Classic 2003 Range Rover HSE fault

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Snoringcat

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My partner has had this car for 2 weeks - he isnt good with IT, so I get to post for him!

There seems to be a battery drain as it goes flat and car will not start if the car hasn’t been on a good 30-minute run i.e. if 2 consecutive days short 5 minutes trips with stopping and starting the third day the car will not start.
Also, and may be connected some warning lights have appeared on the instrument panel and they all come on together not always but regularly being the 3 amber lights which are the DSC/ABS/EBA.
Also, below in the pixel’s information the messages Air Susp. Inactive and HDC. Inactive alternate and are on at the same time as the amber warning lights.
Also the back brake light stays on when the warning lights are on.
I would be very grateful If there are any views or suggested solutions.
 
Snoringcat said:
My partner has had this car for 2 weeks - he isnt good with IT, so I get to post for him!

There seems to be a battery drain as it goes flat and car will not start if the car hasn’t been on a good 30-minute run i.e. if 2 consecutive days short 5 minutes trips with stopping and starting the third day the car will not start.
Also, and may be connected some warning lights have appeared on the instrument panel and they all come on together not always but regularly being the 3 amber lights which are the DSC/ABS/EBA.
Also, below in the pixel’s information the messages Air Susp. Inactive and HDC. Inactive alternate and are on at the same time as the amber warning lights.
Also the back brake light stays on when the warning lights are on.
I would be very grateful If there are any views or suggested solutions.
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I take it it's not a Classic as its a 2003.L322 by any chance?
 
Snoringcat said:
There seems to be a battery drain as it goes flat and car will not start if the car hasn’t been on a good 30-minute run i.e. if 2 consecutive days short 5 minutes trips with stopping and starting the third day the car will not start.
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You very likely have a dying battery. A 30 minute run will do very little to charge a battery.
Either fully charge the battery with a battery charger or fit a replacement fully charged battery.
Until you've done that there's not a lot of point doing anything else as the state of your battery is probably the cause of the other issues.
Worth a read (disregard the advertising for their battery range): https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-...nators-are-not-designed-charge-dead-batteries
 
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As mentioned battery first and go for an MF31 120ah 1000cca they fit only just its the biggest battery that will go in there and well recommended by L322 owners on here, and charge it over night before fitting and you will probably find all the faults are gone, try either batterymegastore or tanya batterys, next day delivery and cheaper than everywhere else.
 
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