just born discovery owner need some advice please..

i just bought a 1999 discovery td5 xs. the abs, tc and descent warning light is staying on constantly.. whats this mean and how would i fix the problem without just turning the lights out..? many thanks,

could be a faulty Abs sensor test them all for resistance and see if there all about the same i no freelanders are 950-1100 ish

discos also suffer from the shuttle valves and sometimes needs a mod doing to the wiring

or get the codes read on a Land rover compatible diagnostic machine

WELCOME!

I've got a 2001 TD5 XS.

Do a search for the 3 amigos. Incidentally a wobbly wheel bearing can also throw up the ABS light I believe. Sadly, if a wheel bearing has begun to wear out then Land Rover, in their infinite wisdom decreed that Disco 2s have to have complete new hubs which contain the bearing. (I'm sure there's an actual repair out there on the t'interweb, but I for one will no doubt buy a new hub when the time comes).

The reason all three lights come on is that hill descent uses the ABS sensors to detect wheel locking (it doesn't want locked wheels!), traction control uses abs sensors to detect wheelspin and brakes the wheel to enable power transfer to other wheels. There's no centre diff lock on the earlier series 2 Discos like yours and mine, so once a wheel spins up we're going nowhere without TC. However, the spigot should still be in the transfer box and you can or could get a kit to modify the transfer box lever so it was as the series 1 Discos.

Diff.

When you say just bought was it private or from a garage?