Land Rover Discovery 3 loss of power when towing caravan

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 03, 2022 at 18:20
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Towards the end of long inclines the Disco has a tendency from time to time, when towing a 21 foot caravan, to go into a form of a sluggish "limp home" mode. You can feel the power drop off, kick down transmission change not responsive. The good news is that it continues to pull the van holding reasonably steady revs and once over the top of the incline, returns to normal operation. The problem is exacerbated on hotter days. The vehicle is serviced in accordance with service intervals, initially with Land Rover dealer then by two Land Rover specialist service centres here in Melbourne, AMV and Rover Range. Nothing shows up on engine diagnostics to help the service guys understand the cause. LR initial solution was to change transmission oil to no avail, other efforts including remapping the engine have not resolved the problem.

I am hoping there may be some better advice amongst Explore Oz members

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