Why don't you pull 'em all out and replace one-by-one? Ignition on and off in between replacements and it might let you identify the dodgy circuit? Jock

Interesting one on my 1999 4.6HSE. Intermittently, the tailgate button stops working. Either it has no effect whatsoever, or occasionally (and this is the interesting bit) when I press it, the central locking operates and locks the vehicle! I unlock it with the fob, press the tailgate release...

Hey Discool, can I just check: the CTEK chargers can be connected to the battery in-vehicle and left to charge without disconnecting anything else?

Thanks for the advice and links guys. I'll bite the bullet and upgrade the RF unit, and think about the alternator as well. In the meantime, I'll disconnect the RF unit and do without the remote locking! I was wondering how long it takes to recover the charge lost on a start-up; it's a time...

Sorry burtonboy - what's the BECM (something control module I guess?) I've got a WiFi hub in the study, through the wall from where the rangey is parked, so yes this could be a reason. Could try disabling my WiFi but there's a few others active anyway, so that wouldn't sort it. Will try the...

I think you're a bit nuts to drive it mate! Carbon monoxide poisoning can be very quick, and there's no smell. You could also have fuel or some other solven somehow entering the cabin space - through a drain hole or a hole in the vents. Get it checked asap before you nod off for a second and...

I have a 4.6HSE which I use at weekends only. It is occasionally sluggish to start (doesn't turn particularly fast) but usually fires fine. I didn't use it at all the last 2 weekends, and the battery is completely flat. I got in the charger straight away and I'm sure it'll be fine. The car is...

Just chasing down the EAS fault on my '99 P38 that made me limp back down the M6 on bump stops a week or two ago.... I thought I'd save time and get a local mech to run a test book on it and it diagnosed the EAS fault as the rear offside valve in the block stuck open. This emptied the system...

If you rip out all the EAS stuff, and just pump up the air springs, how long does it last? Does it deflate slowly over months, or just a couple of days? Is it a visit to the gas station every week to check ride height? BTW - why lorry valves?

Thanks - I think a compressor strip is coming up. Will get busy on it this week and report back. Thing is, from reading the workshop book, there are a huge number of obvious things to check first: door switches not closing, bad sensor, and one guy has told me that his exhaust was blowing and...

M6... just north of Birmingham, 126 miles from home. Rangie thought she was in access mode, light flashed for about 10 minutes trying to get into motorway mode, then christmas tree, beep and "EAS FAULT". Suspension had a bit of air left, so ignored the "35MPH MAX" light and shot into a service...

It's a 4.6hse, 1999, 76k with a full LR service, and 2 previous. I looked at 5 before her, and she was the first immaculate example I saw, so haggled the deal there and then. I fully expect problems, but you're talking to someone here who has been under a 738i beamer (on the side of the A82), a...

One other thing geezer - doing 200 miles per week around town will pretty much set you back about £60-70 a week. Mine needs a service I'm sure, but a full tank sets me back £72 and I will get about 240mls from that if I don't drive like Jack Regan.

Teddy, a bit of sane, boring advice here. You are falling in love with this vehicle man! Relax and be cool. If it's sold, then it really wasn't supposed to be yours was it? I have owned so many second hand motors I really have learned that there is always another one round the corner. And you...

Okay, did tests and there seems to be only one problem. Sitting in the driveway, I changed the ride height to highest. It lifted up in about 4-5 seconds, followed by a minor adjustment and everthing was fine. I selected the lowest, and it lowered in about the same time, maybe a couple of...

Cheers Wills, will try the inhibit test you suggested. The light comes on, but it switched down to motorway mode at about 60 all the same. The other things you suggest could explain alot as I typically climb in and out fixing to child seats while it's idling, and it does rock about quite a bit...

Yes, completely agree with that. Think about it: "Please send your keyfob to my gaff in Mosside so I can copy it. Oh, and please also send your credit card details, and the address where I can pick up a nice Rangey in a few weeks' time. Thanks." Wouldn't bother myself.

Well, thanks for the comments. What you say about the soft fault makes sense. It works fine otherwise, it goes into motorway mode automatically, and it comes back out okay. If I leave the doors open for a period (I tend to start it, then load in all the crap I'm taking) it goes into low mode as...

I have to say, I just climbed in, shut the doors and then realised the light was flashing. Whether it started flashing before this, I can't tell. Trying to remember, I think it was once I closed the doors and got ready to move off. It clearly doesn't sound like something common or obvious to...

The first time (on the bumpy road) it just switched. High mode started flashing and after it didn't cancel, I cancelled in manually. But today, I had started the rangey and it was in normal mode initially. It was idling while I fitted the car seat (doors open) and then when I got in, the high...