[How To]HDC (Hill Decent Control) Repair

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LandyXei

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Hi all I’m Very new here only registering yesterday
Having bought my Freelander last week I have since found out the HDC Does not work so here’s a quick ‘how to’ to repair the faulty plug that’s renowned for failing

Difficulty:
Time: 40 Mins
Tools: 2x Female Spade Terminal, Crimping tool, 6mm Wire, 7mm Socket
Car used: 1999 Freelander Xei

Firstly here’s a pic of the tools I used
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Start off removing the Gear knob and Gaiter
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As you can see from this picture the grey connector block as fallen apart and the pins have failed at the soldering point
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What I noticed is that a Female Spade Terminal fitted across both the pins inside the HDC Connector
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But as you can imagine a single connection would bridge the terminals and then the HDC would always be on so I cut two female terminals so they both angled the same thus still fitting but as two individual connections
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I then proceeded to add the 6mm wire perfect fit and kept the joints tight in the crimp
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Once I had done this I carefully fitted the new terminals into the connector block on the HDC unit
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Tested it on the car and refitted the HDC to the car
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All done and dusted and now my Freelander has fully functioning Hill Decent Control I hope this will help a few of you suffering with such problems
 
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