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ASL1956 Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Newark Posts: 8 |
Following on from yesterday had the pleasure of a visit from Land Rover Assist to sort me out. On arrival found the battery down to 3.9V and a current drain (using his neat little clip on ammeter) of just over 1 Amp. Resulting in totally dead car. Tried jump starting first by connecting his jump leads from his 62 reg Disco4 (having first to disconnect the smart charing sensing lead from his battery to fool the Disco into putting the Alternator into circuit - too clever by half now) but not enough juice to turn my FL2 over. Out comes second power pack connected in parallel with the Disco leads, hey presto we have contact. Left to run for 10 mins and shut down again. Battery drain now 0.1A, normal. LRA guy puts his fancy battery test meter on my battery and battery comes back as GOOD with no problems. Car restarted and windows all reset as well as everything else and running normally. Question then is what was the problem. Official answer was a "Module Spike"??? I think that might be code for "I haven't really got any idea, but it's sorted now!". Interesting that at the end I had to complete a LR Battery Survey as LR are gathering as much info as they can on electrical issues especially battery drain. Anyway, happy bunny again for now and let's hope it's a bit like lightning and doesn't strike again. The LRA man was, as the AA advert says (which is who they are really), a very very nice man!
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25th Jan 2013 5:40 pm |
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horatio99 Member Since: 26 Jan 2013 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 2 |
My Freelander 2011 has failed to start on two occasions. The first time Land Rover had the car for two weeks and could find nothing wrong. They downloaded some new software and said that would fix the problem. It didn't. 6 months later it failed to start again. This time LR told me it was due to lack of usage. I believed them and bought a PowerPack to start me up next time the battery is flat. But now having read all the comments in this Forum I can only conclude that there is a fault in the Freelander that LR do not know how to solve.
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27th Jan 2013 5:39 pm |
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Swales Member Since: 03 Jun 2011 Location: uk Posts: 20 |
Just another one to add to the post. Same problem with flat battery on 2011 FL2, been back to LR 3 times but couldn't find fault, last time LR assist came out, the technician suggested it could be the Bluetooth/telephone system. He had experienced similar issues on the Disco3. Since then I have always finished the call before switching off the engine and no problem. Interested if there is a software fix yet (3 years on).
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30th Jan 2013 9:11 pm |
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Oceantreader Member Since: 03 Feb 2013 Location: Gaydon Posts: 26 |
My 2007MY HSE has had flat battery incidents on about 10 occasions over the last 5 years. I could not ever find a fault. One day fine, then totally dead in the morning. a quick charge or a jump start and then it works fine for months. The only thing I can put it down to is continuing to use the Bluetooth phone connection after shutting down the engine. |
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8th Feb 2013 6:53 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
The bluetooth problem has been mentioned here before. Only once happened to me and I THINK it was because I used the tailgate unlock switch and didn't double lock afterwards. Lots of discussion on here and multiple suggested causes. Can only suggest you search well and try to cover all eventualities. |
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8th Feb 2013 11:13 pm |
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Deckchair Member Since: 10 Feb 2013 Location: Adderbury Posts: 2 |
Read with interest the issues on battery draining. I have a FL TD4 which has been fine up until two months ago, since then a complete nightmare due to battery draining. Have put in new battery to no avail, drained again the next day, jump started and drained again the following day. I think the issue is due to bad close down, if wipers are left on intermittent accidentaly then this can cause a drain down, however I have been carefully turning everything off and now find that there is still a drain down problem - time to change car methinks as I don't like the feeling of total unreliability that this is giving me, shame as I like the car, but I want to feel I can get home! |
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10th Feb 2013 6:36 pm |
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defenderben Member Since: 17 Aug 2012 Location: Tavistock Posts: 171 |
Hi all
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1st Mar 2013 7:16 pm |
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rchrdleigh Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere in the East of England Posts: 1601 |
Did you double lock or single lock when you left it. If single lock the systems do not shut down and that may have led to a drain on the battery. Double lock will force everything to shutdown and full arm the alarm. |
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1st Mar 2013 7:33 pm |
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michal969 Member Since: 01 Sep 2012 Location: Semily Posts: 185 |
Depends on how they tested your old battery - you should remove the surface voltage before the test to obtain reliable results.Some test machines can do it by their self otherwise you have to sit the battery for few hours or at least switch on the headlights for 3 - 5 mins and perform the test.If they didn't did this even the bad battery can be diagnosed as OK. |
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1st Mar 2013 7:53 pm |
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defenderben Member Since: 17 Aug 2012 Location: Tavistock Posts: 171 |
Interesting...I think I only locked it once last night as I was in a rush. That may well answer my mystery. In fact I'm out to double lock it now as I did not do it again tonight
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1st Mar 2013 8:04 pm |
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wizking Member Since: 18 Mar 2010 Location: Around Posts: 1848 |
I thought someone on here looked into the single or double locking, and in both cases the car shuts down, just does it quicker with double licking. |
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1st Mar 2013 10:55 pm |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2006 |
Yes, there's a table of all the relevant times from the Topix manual somewhere on here. It even shuts down if left unlocked, just takes a bit longer. |
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2nd Mar 2013 8:22 am |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
I've posted this a few times, the manufacturer does not make a car that drains the battery if not double locked. As said, single locking takes a little longer to shut down, sorry the pics a bit small but it's 24 minutes longer.
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2nd Mar 2013 1:07 pm |
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wizking Member Since: 18 Mar 2010 Location: Around Posts: 1848 |
The someone was him. ^^^^^^^. |
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2nd Mar 2013 1:20 pm |
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