After about 3 cycles the warning will appear on a younger battery. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Not had message yet, battery is now 18 months old !

Lo and behold all locks working perfectly now. Must be that extra 5aH.

Now on to the next problem.
A noise at tick over from alternator area. Disappears when revs increase. Pulley?
Coincidentally had service and MoT just less than 2 weeks ago.
Could high revving for emissions have caused this?
Oh the joys of LR ownership
Just realised this probably shouldn’t be in this thread. Sorry.

Kage ^^^ if it’s a whistle/ whine type of noise, try lubricating the cam belt with a machine belt lubricant stick, cured mine before I was thinking water pump. The Peugeot engine is prone to this noise .

Thanks CED but it’s more of a clatter really. Inside the car it sounds as if there is a shroud or something loose which is vibrating.

Been getting the message 'start engine or system will shut down in 3 minutes' or something similar whenever doors open in last few days. Is this a sign that battery is on way out? I'd say its still the original at 6 1/2 years old. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

That's the message I was getting before my battery started to pack up.  FL2 SD4 XS 2013 Orkney Grey

Personally, I like the Costco Energizer H7 AGM...............price increased by $10 Cdn recently but it's a really good 60 month warranty then beyond.

Just done my one 2014 SE with Varta F21. Recomended MY14
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Powered Tailgate

Replaced my battery today with a Varta F19 today, upon the recommendation of this useful thread. Turns out I was still on the original Land Rover Exide battery which was coming to the end of it's life, as the car kept saying shutting down in 1 minute.

What I noticed though with the new Varta battery was it had two bungs, one at each end and a sticky label saying to remove them immediately after transportation, which I did. Now I know the one hole at the positive end is for the breather pipe, which I fitted but I wasn't show about the negative end, as my old battery doesn't appear to have a hole there, so I plugged that up again with a bung that was attached to the new batteries terminal protector caps. Is this the correct thing to of done please? Freelander 2 XS 2013
Freelander SE 2004 (Gone)
Freelander GS 2002 (Gone)

Could the clattering noise be the AC compressor. They get noisy when the refrigerant starts to get low, does the noise go away with the AC off? If not maybe the tensioner is on it's way out.

Dom wrote:

Replaced my battery today with a Varta F19 today, upon the recommendation of this useful thread. Turns out I was still on the original Land Rover Exide battery which was coming to the end of it's life, as the car kept saying shutting down in 1 minute.

What I noticed though with the new Varta battery was it had two bungs, one at each end and a sticky label saying to remove them immediately after transportation, which I did. Now I know the one hole at the positive end is for the breather pipe, which I fitted but I wasn't show about the negative end, as my old battery doesn't appear to have a hole there, so I plugged that up again with a bung that was attached to the new batteries terminal protector caps. Is this the correct thing to of done please?

Yes that's the correct thing to do  FL2 SD4 XS 2013 Orkney Grey

Perfect, thank you for confirming Lakelander  Freelander 2 XS 2013
Freelander SE 2004 (Gone)
Freelander GS 2002 (Gone)

F19 Varta Silver Dynamic Car Battery 85Ah

Bought and fitted January 2019 so just two years old - not impressed right now.

Even making allowance for reduced usage of the car I wouldn’t expect to be getting the low battery / 3 minutes to armageddon followed by transmission fault / reduced traction messages. Took the car out today, everything switched of (lights, wipers, infotainment, heater fan) for a short run, get home, park, switch off, ignition on - low battery / reduced traction again.

Today, where I live at the top of a never gritted dead end hill, the snow programme would have been nice.