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Quagmire Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: 63 |
So I'm getting an intermittent "transmission fault traction reduced" warning on my MY 2008 . I did a search and it looks like it's not an uncommon issue. I brought my vehicle in for the dealer to look at. They said there was no fault code stored and didn't do anything. That was last week. Since then I got the error another 5+ times. I called back and they said they'll look but unless there's a fault code they're not going to do anything.
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25th Feb 2011 3:56 pm |
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Quagmire Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: 63 |
I could give that a try. I probably have a few errors in the system as I'm running my winter tires and I get the TPMS error every startup.
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25th Feb 2011 5:04 pm |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
Your winter tyres do have the same rolling circumference as LR's tyre specs |
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25th Feb 2011 5:13 pm |
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Quagmire Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: 63 |
My summers are 235 60 r18. My winters are 235 65 r17. The circumference is different by a few mm but the dealer told me to use that size (in fact, they sold me the rims), so I never thought that would be the issue. I've been running them for 4 years without issue. |
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25th Feb 2011 5:21 pm |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
It was a wild guess that perhaps the axle had different rolling circumference and it was winding up the diff confusing the sensor. Obviously not and I've no more guesses left
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25th Feb 2011 5:31 pm |
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Andy131 Member Since: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2175 |
Just got mine back from the dealers.
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26th Feb 2011 12:25 pm |
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Chris H Member Since: 26 May 2009 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 81 |
Mine is in for exactly the same today. It has intermittantly done it since about September, I just hadn't got round to taking it in. I wondered if it may be somehting to do with the tyres all having slightly different wear, but a brand new set of tyres didn't solve the problem either.
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7th Mar 2011 10:31 am |
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Oldie Member Since: 27 Apr 2010 Location: Loch Fyne Posts: 44 |
I had the same symptoms. The Dealer said nothing wrong with the car.
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7th Mar 2011 7:50 pm |
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Quagmire Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: 63 |
After I got the error another 5 or 6 times, I took the vehicle in again. The dealer said no faults were recorded. They continue to be suspicious of the battery despite the battery testing fine. They said the issue has been noted so if I have problems out of warranty, I should be covered. I got the warning again this weekend.
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7th Mar 2011 8:59 pm |
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Oldie Member Since: 27 Apr 2010 Location: Loch Fyne Posts: 44 |
I think that I did a more comprehensive report some time ago which might be worth having a look at although, from memory, the story went like this... I first noticed the warning one day when coming to a set of lights and stopping. No change in vehicle performance and I just ignored it. It started to happen a little more frequently and so I reported it to the dealer. They took the car in but could find nothing wrong. I then suggested that it could be a faulty Haldex sensor and they took the car in again. Still nothing wrong, they said. I suggested that they look at some of the posts on this site which pointed towards a Haldex issue but they denied that this could be the problem. When I started to get uppity with them, they said that the head engineer was visiting their workshop and would I bring the car in again and he would look at it. Soon after, I received a call telling me that they had identified the problem and that it was a Haldex issue, and that they might need the car for 5 days! Turned out that I got the car back after 3 days but with no explanation of what was done to it, so I just took the paperwork off the receptionists desk and saw that they had replaced the haldex (part price was around £1,500 alone) and have not used the dealer since. |
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8th Mar 2011 7:12 am |
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AndyC Member Since: 30 Nov 2007 Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining! Posts: 4165 |
Its a message which can appear on cold starting, but I would only worry if you get it while driving 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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8th Mar 2011 9:23 am |
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Chris H Member Since: 26 May 2009 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 81 |
Well, I collected it last night and was told they couldn't find anything wrong, but had updated the software on the computer which included various transmission updates. They said it should sort it and to book it in if I have any more problems.
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8th Mar 2011 9:25 am |
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Oldie Member Since: 27 Apr 2010 Location: Loch Fyne Posts: 44 |
Seems like a similar story to my own. Hope that you get it sorted soon. My biggest bugbear was the number of times I had to re-visit the garage, as it aint all that handy for me.
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8th Mar 2011 10:38 am |
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Chris H Member Since: 26 May 2009 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 81 |
Well it's booked in again for next week.
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8th Mar 2011 2:06 pm |
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