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Strange thing happened to my D3 today
This morning, at 0732am I started the engine, and proceeded in a South-westerly direction to Bristol. My ETA was 1045am and everything was going very well as I enjoyed Chris Evans show, whilst heading south on the M6.
At around J13, I glanced at the sat nav, and it said eta was 1100, not bad I thought, as I glanced at the clock in the instrument - which said 0732. That meant I had 3.5 hours to get to my destination, so time for breakfast en-route
Then it struck - 0732? that was my departure time Checked my watch, and the clock on the radio and it was showing 0855.
The LCD in the instrument panel was frozen, the time was fixed, and the temp was stuck at 1 degree (it was definitley warmer outside) If I pressed the end of the stalk, nothing happened with the LCD, no settings, no mpg, nothing!
So, after a shutdown to sleep, and restart, all is back to normal. Has anyone else ever seen this happen? this along with my instrument illumination failure the other day which fixed itself by flicking to main beam and back, leads me to suspect something wrong somewhere. Any ideas?
12th Jan 2010 8:19 pm
DiscoStu
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I had exactly the same stuck clock months ago, fixed after a restart and not repeated since. Just a glitch in the matrix.....The End
12th Jan 2010 9:44 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Thats ok then
Today, was the day, that time stood still 8)
12th Jan 2010 10:22 pm
POINTYED
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hi gareth
the display on mine froze a couple of months ago.cold morning ect.after i reached work the car went to sleep.on starting again everything back to normal.then a couple of days later i got a message park brake fault and an orange brake display.this again cleared after sleep then i got the air bag warning light on.so at this point i took it back to the stealers.they cleared all faults and all ok
then last thursday,very cold again and up comes the air bag light and park brake fault warning again
back to stealers again.lets see how long this time
you are not alone gareth
dunc life is tooooo short.enjoy the moment.dont worry be happy
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12th Jan 2010 10:56 pm
character
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could this be the "end of time as we know it Jim" or just a knackered battery
12th Jan 2010 11:03 pm
PaulP
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So did you get to have breakfast in the Little Chef or not?
God how I miss the Olympic Breakfast 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
12th Jan 2010 11:09 pm
GoatOfMendez
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new flux capacitor mod?
12th Jan 2010 11:10 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Errr no, no olympic breakfast
I too am partial to the occasional Olympic feast.
12th Jan 2010 11:14 pm
character
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Gareth, little known secret, Premier Inns are open for non residents for breakfast starting at 6.30 - 9.30am weekdays, £7.50 to include all yer can eat and fill up of thermos and insulated cup for free
12th Jan 2010 11:21 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Hows the diet going?
12th Jan 2010 11:29 pm
2DISCO3ORNOT
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I had the girl sitting out in minus 3 over in Belguim last week for 2-3 days I started a trip to Brugge and the Sat nav and sound system shut down, checked all the fuses all okay. Started her up after a substantial lunch in brugge and hey presto directions and noise.
Me thinks the battery must be a bit low?
Does the Disco have a sequential shut when power is low
12th Jan 2010 11:32 pm
character
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Gareth wrote:
Hows the diet going?
Well with that and Mckey Dee's double sausage and egg mcmuffin, great
12th Jan 2010 11:34 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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2DISCO3ORNOT wrote:
Started her up after a substantial lunch in brugge and hey presto directions and noise.
Nah, I reckon the Olympic breakfast fixed it
12th Jan 2010 11:38 pm
Roel
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I had some problems like that but not the same. I had the bluetooth system didn't want to disconnect my phone call. And a few others I can't recall and always a restart off the D3 cures the problem.Roel
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Checked my watch, and the clock on the radio and it was showing 0855.
