Hi EY,
Thanks, she is having major surgery but we are hopeful she will be totally cured. She was diagnosed very quickly and we've had excellent care from every single member of staff at The James Cook University Hospital. It is a shining example of how good NHS care can be.
Just about to leave work so I will check on the service indicator.
Cheers
MM

Sadly it does vary within the NHS, so lucky the care is good where she is and we wish her a speedy recovery.
Excellent to have the only 'lady' sign up for the shooting event, I would'nt mind handing my title over if it meant you came out 'Top Gun' though it would mean some faces from some of the other guys.

Yes, mine shows a momentary 'OIL SERVICE DUE VISIT DEALER' on start up and shut down in the centre display and a permanent 'OIL SERVICE' in the RH odometer display. I have been told one of them means I have reached the diesel dilution max in the oil due to DPF regeneration. But no-one is ever certain what they tell me from LR.
It would be interesting what yours displays also.

Hi EY,
Just checked my odometer- just says service due 28 days and there is a little clock picture. It goes away when we move off.
I usually win the golden hippo award whenever I'm competing because I'm pretty useless!!!
M M

Thanks for checking MM, it seems I do have an extra warning/reminder but as mine is booked in next Friday for its service, no worries.

Has anyone else managed to get their turbo whistle fixed. I tried at my 1st service with Stratsones but they still don't recognise the fault continuing to say it is a characteristic of the vehicle even after telling then about the steering column seal solution. Frustrating! And now to top it off my DOF sensor has started to play up.
All other aspects of the vehicle have been great in first year of ownership.

Mine has been in today for further investigation having previously had the steering column seal replaced with only a slight improvement. Dealer has been very helpful but land rover technical are now adamant that it is characteristic of the larger turbo of the sd4.

And i was hoping the steering column seal would be an end to it.
Let me know how you get on Jonl with the latest investigations.
Interesting how landrover are adamant its a characteristic of SD4 when intruding whistle is not present on all SD4s but is also present on some TD4s.
Currently driving around in new Disco 4 while mine is having DPF sensor checked.

Joshuag how u finding the disco 4? I currently have one myself will the rear diff is getting replaced. Don't want to give mine back  silver 59 xs privacy glass side steps sat nav

The steering wheel seal did help a bit, but not completely cured. The service centre I have been using has been very helpful (certainly compared to supplying dealer) and have done a lot of work to try and find a solution. The technician test drove my car back to back with an evoque and claims little difference. I'm not going to worry about it any more. Come to the conclusion that I'm maybe being a bit fussy. After all I have had cars in the past with much worse turbo whistle but actually liked the sound - these being sporty cars it suited them.

Really enjoying the disco 4 - biggest difference I notice is with the auto box. Silky smooth in the disco when compared to my SD4. More than happy to give the disco back providing all issues with mine are resolved.

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Read manual and re-set windows (so proud of my very small technical achievement).
Spoke to TVLR and LRCS who are going to arrange a technical manager to see the car and decide whether we are dealing with characteristics of the car (gearbox mountings should have stopped the twitching gear stick).
Turns out the twang is likely to be the ABS pump running a self check.

You need to ensure that LR part number LR030346 has been used for RHD cars. It's all in the latest parts catalouge. It might be though that the your garage has just used the part for the chaiis number but the latest version of microcat seems to correct it. Use the number above and it seems to cure the problem..........well it has in my dealership anyway.

The twang again is a well known issue and has been found to be the sill modifiction by the lower A post. Again a fix is in place. Talking to one of the gurus at JLR recently, one of their major complaints is dealers not reading service messages or alerting them to potential problems.

MC 51MUN, no I haven't yet got to the bottom of the twang. TVLR tried to fix it when Lloyd had the steering column seal replaced (for the second time as the first part ordered was unfortnately the same as the original one!)
My Mum has been really poorly so I just havent had the opportunity to pester TVLR into doing something about the twang. Its really quite loud and passengers often remark upon on it.
Have had Lloyd one year now, and while he has never brokendown on the side of the road, the shine of having a new car was certainly taken away. I'm beginning to think about a move away from the LR brand. However, if I didnt have my Freely then I would be sad....

If the twang you are referring to happens once only when you pull away for the first time, it is normal. Mine does it every time and a couple of the dealers cars also did it when I tried them. Wouldn't worry about it.

I too have the twang, each and every time the car is started and moved.
I am surprised the garage know not of its origin.

It is the ABS pump performing its self check, at a given speed, approx 10mph, it will turn on the pump for a fraction of a second, the twang you here are the brakes receiving a quick pulse and they "twang" as it happens.

On mine it is similiar to the twang you get with HDC activated.

A bit of light hearted information on twangs here , it should brighten your day at least MM