Computerised suspension on Range Rover
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 01:36
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Brian
My son recently purchased a late model s/hand Range Rover , went on trip to
Exmouth , got somewhere between
Geraldton & Canarvon and
suspension was a bit jolted going over a
cattle grid and any speed over 70kph caused the vehicle to bounce all over the road , rang mechanic in Canarvon , no can do , rang dealer in
Geraldton , not able to help , so rang original seller of vehicle in
Perth who arranged to meet my son somewhere tween
Perth &
Geraldton , mechanic pugged his computer into computerised
suspension , was fixed in 10 minutes !!!
Now not saying the R/R is a crap vehicle but just imagine this happening way out woop woop . Guess this could happen to any modern 4WD with their electronic fuel injection etc
Scary isn't it ?!
Reply By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 06:16
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 06:16
We had a range rover away with us a few years ago.
The battery went flat and the thing started shutting down and
the doors locked and wouldnt open because they were on remote.
We rang range rover on the sat phone and they said they would send a service technition asap wich was very good of them.
Only problem we were on our private property on the east coast of the cape about 200 k south east of
coen and they were in
melbourne.
All the best
Eric
Take it easy and keep it open for our kids
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Follow Up By: Member - George (WA) - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 13:42
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 13:42
Welllll what happened??
cheers
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Follow Up By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 19:15
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 19:15
Well we were able to get the bonnet open and trickle charge the battery.
It was amazing the thing came back to life.
all the best
Eric
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Reply By: Peter 2 - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:08
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:08
Reminds me of the one I fitted a Codan HF into a while back. It was brand new, delivered to me from the dealer, the air
suspension constantly levelled the vehicle even when it was parked, locked with the keys out so the battery was soon flat, obviously a fault. To stop it I disconnected the battery, bad move took three days to get it all to sort of work again, new computer and I won't go into what happened when you tried to use (transmit) the Codan while on the move. The RF interference caused havoc!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - George (WA) - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 13:45
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 13:45
Moral of the story - Don't ever buy a Range Rover for trips to remote areas
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 14:24
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 14:24
I remember when the Nissan Pintara came on to the market the Dept of Aviation Radio Tech's in
Darwin bought 10 station wagons from the dealer.
Then they installed HF Radios in each one. When using a certain frequency the HF transmitter used to cause something to blow in the cars' computer bringing forward motion to a grinding halt.
I do believe that in the end the vehicles were traded in again as there was no solution to the problem.
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Reply By: Sky Pilot - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 15:39
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 15:39
We saw one in
Kununurra in 1996 which had been driven very slowly for a few hundred kms with its air
suspension sitting on the bump stops. The local Land Rover man had the computer for it, but said it looked like it was going to have to be trucked to
Darwin. It was almost brand new.
We were in the same workshop with an 83 RR that had stripped the starter pinion and the flywheel as
well as stuffed various other parts in the process. Cost us about $3k and 10 days.
I agree, there are better outback vehicles, but now, they all have computerised injections and such - probably not the wise way to go.
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Reply By: snailbait (Blue mntns) - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 22:29
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 at 22:29
hi all
if you think 30 year old land rovers are new and can be at there best and beat toys just look at 30 year old toys and tell me about the problems
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