Dan Meulebrouck
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My 2001 Discovery V8 ES has utterly disgraced itself once again!
I noticed yesterday morning that it felt low on power, it was driving with a big bungi rope attached to the back! When I returned home, parked up and switched off the ignition, the car locked itself, superlocked in fact and would not let me out. The key would not respond to the remote control, the interior lock switch was dead, the windows and sunroof also! I had no way to get out. After sitting inside like a lemon for 45 minutes the cars alarm sounded and it unlocked itself, drivers door only. I was free! I fiddled with spare keys, new fob batteries but nothing would make the car recognise its plipper. More worrying the car could not be locked with its key manually. None of the door lock taps would press down either! I called out the RAC who were perplexed. By the time they arrived the car would start, but the LCD mileage display was reading zero and the gear selector indicator had a symbol unknown, flashing....... a figure 8 with an X through the middle. The car would start with its alarm blasting but would not engage any gear. The RAC left unable to assist. Today the car is starting and the gearbox engaging but making the most horrid screaming noise. The engine is racing at 5000rpm! The instrument display is flashing, the fuel and water guages reading maximum and the rev counter and speedo at their maximum too. The heater panel is dead, the seats are dead........... everything is dead. Land Rover have no idea what is going on..........???? No surprise there!
I have now having had years of pleasure and an awful lot of pain from the car given up the ghost and have arranged for it to be disposed of, I still have a Range Rover for the time being but have ordered a new car. I have switched allegance and bought myself a Mercedes Benz!
I noticed yesterday morning that it felt low on power, it was driving with a big bungi rope attached to the back! When I returned home, parked up and switched off the ignition, the car locked itself, superlocked in fact and would not let me out. The key would not respond to the remote control, the interior lock switch was dead, the windows and sunroof also! I had no way to get out. After sitting inside like a lemon for 45 minutes the cars alarm sounded and it unlocked itself, drivers door only. I was free! I fiddled with spare keys, new fob batteries but nothing would make the car recognise its plipper. More worrying the car could not be locked with its key manually. None of the door lock taps would press down either! I called out the RAC who were perplexed. By the time they arrived the car would start, but the LCD mileage display was reading zero and the gear selector indicator had a symbol unknown, flashing....... a figure 8 with an X through the middle. The car would start with its alarm blasting but would not engage any gear. The RAC left unable to assist. Today the car is starting and the gearbox engaging but making the most horrid screaming noise. The engine is racing at 5000rpm! The instrument display is flashing, the fuel and water guages reading maximum and the rev counter and speedo at their maximum too. The heater panel is dead, the seats are dead........... everything is dead. Land Rover have no idea what is going on..........???? No surprise there!
I have now having had years of pleasure and an awful lot of pain from the car given up the ghost and have arranged for it to be disposed of, I still have a Range Rover for the time being but have ordered a new car. I have switched allegance and bought myself a Mercedes Benz!
