1. J

    Strange alarm issue on turning over - advice needed please

    Cool thanks folks. I'll test the battery first then and see how it looks. If it does need replacing, are there any 'quirks' I should be ready for when changing it (immobiliser/alarm related)?
  2. J

    Strange alarm issue on turning over - advice needed please

    I have a 2014 Defender, and have recently started having a strange alarm problem. If I don't run it for a few days, when I try and start it, the alarm sounds for a second or so when it turns over. Is this battery related? If I then go for a quick run, park up, and restart say 20mins later...
  3. J

    Fan damage to boost hose in new Defender 90 - anyone else had this?

    Thanks folks. I got the impression from talking with the dealer that they all failed within a couple of days of each other which isn't good. From what I can see they've now fited a bracket to keep the pipe from moving against the cowlng again, but I'll be keeping a close eye on it. Not...
  4. J

    Fan damage to boost hose in new Defender 90 - anyone else had this?

    Well I'm guessing then that no one else has had this problem. I got mine back from my dealer today - on speaking with them, they said they had 2 others fail in the same way all within a week of each other. They replaced the hose, and put a bracket around it to stop it flexing towards the...
  5. J

    Fan damage to boost hose in new Defender 90 - anyone else had this?

    Well my love affair with my new Defender 90 has received a bit of a setback. After having it for all of a week, and with it having done a total of 236 miles from being built, it broke down on me yesterday. Going down the motorway, engine warning light came on, power dipped and there was a...
  6. J

    Newbie with Defender 90

    Thanks for the welcome. Looking forward to having a good look through what's on here.
  7. J

    Newbie with Defender 90

    I'll try not to make this sound too much like an AA introduction, but I'm Jon and I've just bought a Defender 90. Looking forward very much to tinkering with it, and generally enjoying it. Absolutely no experience with off road driving, but will be rectifying that soon. Completely different...