I've had an update on the car from the specialist (world wide Land Rover in southport).
Apparently it's the steering lock module releasing the steering lock but not telling the car. New one 186 plus vat .bolts.fitting etc.
He's got it working again but not sure how or what's causing it to...
By ignition switch do you mean the dock for the key or push button start? Got a local specialist coming out this afternoon to plug it in and take a look.
It's something to do with the ignition side. My understanding is the most immobiliser stays on if it thinks the steering lock is still engaged as its a solenoid due to the push button start. I read a couple of posts saying sometimes the steering lock didn't engage when turning the car off and...
Sorry, have done now. Not really used forums before wasn't aware of a forum etiquette!
Yes tried both keys and still no joy, looking like a trip to a specialist or dealer tomorrow:-( was hoping I could go armed with knowledge on a way this has been fixed before as a lot of my research on it has...
Hi, I am Craig. Had a few land rovers over the years including a defender, 3 discoverys, a Range Rover and now my mrs has Freelander 1 td4 and a Freelander 2 td4.
Hopefully soon the Freelander 2 will be going for a new Disco :-)
Hi all, my dad has a Freelander 2 TD4 auto. Went to start this morning and after putting key in and pressing start it just made a clicking sound from passenger footwell and displayed "steering column locked" on the display and would attempt to start.
I've been googling this for a while and...