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V8 Vouge

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #1

Just popped to the shops. Went to start it up and nothing.
Gearbox fault is coming up on the dash and I can here a clicking sound coming from somewhere under the bonnet. Called the AA. So walked home. Just waiting for the AA to call me back.
Any surgestions?

 

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gavbriggs

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #2

wait for call???

sounds like the battery is flat!!

 

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Beast o Bodmin

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #3

another remote prehaps?

 

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V8 Vouge

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #4

It started fine when I went to the shops. But saying that, I only went about half a mile down the road. The gearbox fault message is worring me.

 

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gavbriggs

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #5

have a look at the battery earth lead, mine just popped off one day, had to get the eka code and it took 4 hours to get me going again, i learnt alot that day about the p38 security system!!!

look here: Security and Alarm System Operation & Diagnosis on Range Rover 4.0/4.6/P38A

hth

 

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V8 Vouge

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #6

Flat battery. How stupid do I feel!

 

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gavbriggs

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #7

you gotta ask WHY is the battery flat?????

 

al-one-arm

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #8

mine used to break down whilst driving, turned out to be wrong battery supplied(069 instead of 072)

 

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V8 Vouge

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #9

gavbriggs said:

you gotta ask WHY is the battery flat?????

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Good question. The battery is about a year old. My missis got it, I told her to get a high ampage one. The cars not been used much this week. Maybe its beacause I jumped in the car with heated seat on heated front and rear window on and the blower going, and did't drive it that far.
But still, The car did not even turn over when it would not start again. With a 120amp alternater I woulld of thought it would cope with this.

 

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gavbriggs

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #10

V8 Vouge said:

Good question. The battery is about a year old. My missis got it, I told her to get a high ampage one. The cars not been used much this week. Maybe its beacause I jumped in the car with heated seat on heated front and rear window on and the blower going, and did't drive it that far.
But still, The car did not even turn over when it would not start again. With a 120amp alternater I woulld of thought it would cope with this.

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battries( so i am told) are only meant to last 2years(design life).

also, have you checked the battery leads? on the p38(at least on mine) the clamp is a circular type and is tapered to fit on the tapered post of the battery. as i said before mine popped off, it had also flashed up some errors and beep beforehand but i did not associate this with the battery lead bieng loose. there were no other 'obvious' signs of it bieng loose!!

check that the clamp is fully down on the battery post and tight!!!

 

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V8 Vouge

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• Dec 13, 2008

• #11

gavbriggs said:

battries( so i am told) are only meant to last 2years(design life).

also, have you checked the battery leads? on the p38(at least on mine) the clamp is a circular type and is tapered to fit on the tapered post of the battery. as i said before mine popped off, it had also flashed up some errors and beep beforehand but i did not associate this with the battery lead bieng loose. there were no other 'obvious' signs of it bieng loose!!

check that the clamp is fully down on the battery post and tight!!!

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A good point, I will check it out in the morning.