With ref to above,the really interesting one is the headlight washers.How many testing stations are aware of the(let's say odd way in which they seem to have been designed by Lr.)
Has anyone so far(I know it's early days)had their fl2 failed due to the ignorance of the testing station,and,how did they sort it out? To get a pass ticket? gone
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Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

I had a problem with a Disco 1 that failed because the ABS light did not go out when the engine was started. On the D1 it is supposed to go out when your reach 5mph and then stay out. I showed the tester the handbook which explained this and he agreed that he had got it wrong. As it also failed on a steering joint it had to be re-tested for that after repair so it passed. That suited me at the time but as now there is a permanent record of MOTs giving full details that is accessible to anyone it could cause problems. Ideally I should have appealed the failure on the ABS light but that would have been a lot of aggro.

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rnlisg wrote:

With ref to above,the really interesting one is the headlight washers.How many testing stations are aware of the(let's say odd way in which they seem to have been designed by Lr.)
Has anyone so far(I know it's early days)had their fl2 failed due to the ignorance of the testing station,and,how did they sort it out? To get a pass ticket?

I think he means that FL2 headlight washers do not work every time the windscreen washer spray works, it is every 5th(?) time and that may make a tester think that they are not working and thus a fail.

Yes to the above.
Steve no disrespect aimed at mot testers,it's just that the land rover has an odd system,and if it's initially
failed on this point,then this is going to show on the printout as mentioned above.i doubt very much that testers are going to have the time to check all the quirks of different makes.no doubt in time they will say,"ah"it's a land rover with the strange washer system.
Cheers
Sandy
Perhaps anyone having a problem with this can add it to this post. gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

For what it's worth - my 2007 Jaguar XK has headlamp washers which work exactly the same as the Freelander ones. Could it be that the 'every 5th squirt' pattern is common to other cars - especially Fords of the period?? Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe

That could be a possibility gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

rnlisg wrote:

Yes to the above.
Steve no disrespect aimed at mot testers,it's just that the land rover has an odd system,and if it's initially
failed on this point,then this is going to show on the printout as mentioned above.i doubt very much that testers are going to have the time to check all the quirks of different makes.no doubt in time they will say,"ah"it's a land rover with the strange washer system.
Cheers
Sandy
Perhaps anyone having a problem with this can add it to this post.

Hi Steve
Thanks for the info,it would be handy if they actually get round to supplying that sort of info.
Cheers
Sandy  gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

I don’t think the testers will get a helper specifically to see if the headlamp washers work in conjunction with every screen wash. More likely they will get out to see if the bumper is wet and more importantly the floor once the excess water has drained off.

No point worrying over trival things

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Another quirk is the daylight running light going out when the indicator is deployed

So other road users can see the signal better

Yes, there are a number of cars around nowadays with the same problem at the back - if the brake lights are on, the indicator is not clear. I was behind one this week where the brake light was a ring of LEDs round the indicator and when he slowed on the A road it really wasn’t clear what he was up to until he took his foot off the brake and suddenly turned right. In daylight you just couldn’t see the indicator if the brakes lights were on. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

It is a legal requirement that the DRL's dim if they are within a certain distance from the indicator ( 40mm I think but can't be bothered to look it up again ) it may well be that there could be similar legislation introduced due to LED lighting being so bright compared to the old tungsten 21w lamps. Manufacturers do seem to be including the brake light inside the indicator light or vice versa instead of the old split of brake, reflector, indicator, again vice versa. Design rules, the old 7" headlight would be brilliant with todays lighting technology, you could see for F ing miles but they have to be squeezed into nacelles with 31/2 inch projectors set back with all sorts of scatter as they become older. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

No problems at all on Tuesday when my 11 year old FL2 passed its MOT with no advisories and a fast pass emissions result of 0.35. Surely most Land Rover independents and franchises will have an MOT tester nearby who they use that would be used to the green ovals odd behaviour.