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rich
 


Member Since: 02 Jul 2005
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Posts: 199

New Zealand 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Auto Indus SilverDiscovery 4
URGENT BATTERY HELP

Hi all... Disco 4 2014... NZ new 1 month out of warranty...

Friday night 4pm......Auckland motorway NZ...heading to home 4 hrs away.... every warning light started flashing so pulled over and turned off engine. Would not start again. Showing LOW BATTERY, START ENGINE warning. Could not start. Have had 4 new Discos since 2005... so am largely familiar and suspect stuffed battery.

I am only near basic assistance not Land Rover agents.

Questions:

Can basic auto electrician test for stuffed AGM battery?

Can basic auto electrician test for alternator fault on intelligent vehicle?

Can I limp home (on quite remote roads) by grabbing a standard lead acid battery replacement if alternator is OK?

Many thanks for any help.. Near enough 40 degrees South!!!  
Post #182967423rd Jun 2017 9:21 am
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Nikki
 


Member Since: 10 Mar 2015
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 140

Australia 

I would say yes to all your ideas  
Post #182969023rd Jun 2017 10:32 am
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Pedros
 


Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454

United Kingdom 2010 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS Auto Santorini BlackDiscovery 4

I'd say yes as well. Important to get home to a telly to watch the All Blacks get stuffed by the Lions. Or will that be when I fall asleep in front of mine and dream that. Very Happy

Seriously, I'd say you are right in that it's a knackered battery and hopefully any auto battery you could fit, so long as it's powerful enough to crank the engine and start it would get you home.  
Post #182986623rd Jun 2017 10:02 pm
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M3DPO
 


Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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England 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Corris GreyDiscovery 4

Yes he can do the tests providing he has the equipment, if the alternator has failed and is shorting to earth it will kill the new battery in minutes, if the alternator is not charging or disconnected a new fully charged battery will last for about 1/2 an hour or 30 miles if you are lucky.
How many cars have failed to start after being cleaned because the radio has been playing Whistle It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.  
Post #182988023rd Jun 2017 10:27 pm
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