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fred flintstone

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ive just bought a freelander td4 having put my disco out to pasture. i was told it had a new gear box so wasnt too worried but today when warm after a few stop start journeys it lost gear change and the HDC amber light flashed i lost gears a F flashed. i switched off the engine and restarted but it kept happening. i crawled home. i am but a women doe this mean the gear box is gone
ive not had it a week yet
 
fred flintstone said:
ive just bought a freelander td4 having put my disco out to pasture. i was told it had a new gear box so wasnt too worried but today when warm after a few stop start journeys it lost gear change and the HDC amber light flashed i lost gears a F flashed. i switched off the engine and restarted but it kept happening. i crawled home. i am but a women doe this mean the gear box is gone
ive not had it a week yet
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did you buy privately or through a garage?
if you got it from a garage get them to sort it out. it's under warranty.
 
you will have to take it back ,they are resonably easy to repair ,can vary between £100 and £500 in parts plus labour and remove/refit box,they have oil cooler that dosent let oil flow through till upto running temp ,so sometimes if new box has been fitted they work perfect till cooler opens filling box with debris from pevious fault jamming valves etc may be cured by oil changes
 
Thanks, i had a mechanic check it over so didnt get a warranty. i will ask the mechanic to check the fluids/oil etc tommorrow then and hope the gearbox is new.What oil changes do you mean? engine oil
 
either your box needs repair or just possible debris out of cooler has jammed valves on yours if story true oil change would help it ,(it does happen ive come across it a few times)
 
ive just been on another link and a common fault for the 2001 year is the selector cable needs resetting, im hoping they didnt do that when fitting the ne gear box and its that simple.Will try that then the oil change. Thanks for all the help
 
if selector cable needed rsetting it would have been like that from the start,and gears would be attained in between notches,but hope your lucky
 
Ok did cable, took for a dianostic test which showed solenoids need changing, they did that and are now saying it hasnt worked!!! what next
 
Well its at Top Gear in Leicester who are apparently gearbox specialists, hes just rung to say he is now looking at the clutch plate as that may be cracked. Thanks for your help it is definately helping by sounding like i know what im talking about becuase im scared they will rip me off someone told me they could! If he says the gearbox has to come out ill go fetch it back and try somewhere else. He said he had 7 landrovers in there with faulty gearboxes and knows them inside out so i hope he knows what colour the liquid should be! ill keep you posted
 
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