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Stop that Sinking Feeling
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Gareth
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Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bob the Builders 'ere
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Doubt it very much. More likely a service bulletin to be actioned "Upon Customer Complaint" Silver TDV6 HSE
Pepper White Cooper S Convertible
Old English White MGB GT
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 Thu Feb 23 2006 10:25am |
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simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
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Posts: 15014
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A good dealer will let you know as soon as they believe it fixes the problem too  
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| Thu Feb 23 2006 10:26am |
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JaggedEdge
Joined: 02 Mar 2006
Location: Essex
Posts: 2
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I am a New User to the website even though I have had my first Disco 3 now since October 18TH and what a great car it is. My off raod course is due this sunday in Kent, anyone been on it and is it any good?
Just to follow the thread really. I have the same Sinking Seat problem, but Land Rover have replaced my seat base for me, no questions, although they seemed to imply that they had not heard of the problem before?. The rate of sinking has slowed but it is still happening. TBH it just seems like they have tightened the mechanism up!!!
Anyway the car goes back in this saturday to replace all the things they damaged when getting the new seat base in  just my luck, damaged centre console, damaged door tread..... They even left greasy fingerprints on my Alpaca cloth! I knew I should have gone with black!
Here's to them getting it right this time  Bonatti Grey TDV6 S
Roof Rails
Bluetooth System
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| Thu Mar 02 2006 10:32pm |
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10forcash
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Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Location: In the naughty corner.... eligible for parole 2025
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| TSB LA501-021 Manual seat adjustment 15th March 2006 |
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"Vehicles with manually adjustable seats Vin range: 5A300167 Onwards
Markets: All except NAS and Japan
Summary:
A customer may report a concern that over long journeys, the seat requires re-adjustment to maintain the desired height, or that when left unattended for long periods the seat height adjustment requires lowering.
Cause: A tolerance issue within the height adjustment mechanism can lead to height adjustment slippage.
Action: Should a customer express concern regarding the above, refer to the Service Procedure detailed in this bulletin.
NOTE: The height adjustment lever is close to the edge of the seat cushion and is prone to accidental operation during driver ingress and egress. A customer may perceive that the seat is self-lowering when this is not the case. The seat cannot lower itself when unattended due to the presence of two assistor springs under the seat base. In order to avoid unnecessary component replacement, ensure that the driver is not accidently operating the adjustment lever. This can be established by placing a solid object between the lever and the seat trim to immobilize it during ingress/egress to confirm if the symptoms persist." TorqTune for Freelander 2 Diesel, Discovery 3 / RR Sport TDV6 & RR Sport TDV8, Defender (TD5 & Puma) - available Now!
Vehicle modifications, preparation, training and equipment also available
Autologic Diagnostics equipped!
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| Tue Mar 21 2006 11:50am |
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simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
Location: ...
Posts: 15014
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At last an admission of a problem... another visit is due to Shukers for this and WDS CD 13 Patch 2 for the lazy revs and low speed stalling issue on steep hills.
Note to self... should have checked GTR not yesterday but today
Thanks 10
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| Tue Mar 21 2006 7:00pm |
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ridgeback_moor
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
Location: Down 'ere
Posts: 615
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I found a solution to the manual front seat lowering itself. Under the seat there are 2 springs as in this picture:  | | Click image to enlarge |
With the seat in the fully raised position, the springs can be unclipped from their mountings. Then, with them off the vehicle, it's pretty easy to disassemble each spring from its plastic cover, and drop a suitable sized nut down inside so that when re-assembled the spring has more tension on it. Alternatively you could use a few coins as spacers - anything that compress the spring about 1/4 inch more than it would normally be. The spring is quite a bit shorter than the plastic housing anyway, so as long as you don't put something too big in there it's easy enough to get it all back together again. Likewise, clipping it back onto the seat base isn't too difficult as long as you've not tried to extend the spring by too much.
I've driven a 500 mile round trip during the last few days, with no seat lowering at all D3 TDV6 S 2005 - TorqTune, Privacy Glass, Remote FBH, 19" HSE Alloys, Boot liner, retrofit F&R PDC, RAI
Defender 90 Truck Cab TD5 2003 - Ifor Williams back, alloys (SWMBO's toy - well, one of them )
Toyota Yaris 2008 (SWMBO's company shopping trolley)
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