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PaulD3
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Location: Herts
Posts: 19
 
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Picked up my second Discovery 3 today. So far so good!
The drive is so much better than the last. Has anyone with suspension problems had the dealer check the calibration. The first dealer I went to changed the compressor then one of the height sensor but the car still failed. It was after it went back to the dealer I purchased the car from they found the rear RHS suspension was higher than the rest and caused handling problems and suspension failure. This did seem to rectify the problems.
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Marky
Joined: 29 Mar 2006
Location: Somewhere west of the Central Belt
Posts: 37
 
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My TD SE has just spent two weeks in the dealership trying to resolve the suspension issues - looks like they have patched it. I reckon the car has been off-raod a total of 30 days since I have had it due to this issue. Fingers x'd fixed this time or the car goes back... 
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| Wed Mar 29 2006 2:14pm |
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Hanzo
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Location: Ca
Posts: 1
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how can I get results of the survey, without filling one out? I'm currently not an owner but would love to get an LR3/D3, but I'm just doing research and don't want to taint the survey in anyway. I just need to see numbers on the different issue about the suspension. help? Thanks very much.
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| Fri Mar 31 2006 11:41pm |
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orangutan
Joined: 22 Dec 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 8
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After 3 weeks off the road (in the garage) the car came back with its suspension problems fixed by fitting new loom. 8 weeks later, bing, bong and down on the bump stops again. Car back in dealers with a long letter requesting complete change of vehicle to another manufacturer (luckily a big motor Group owns the LR dealer) or a refund.
So disappointed as the car is fantastic when working but I notice that in the general press it is now just starting to get a panning for poor reliability - just like every other LR before it!
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| Wed Apr 19 2006 6:33pm |
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BCP
Joined: 25 May 2005
Location: East Scotland
Posts: 763
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Has the suspension system been changed? We had our first D3 replaced after 6000 miles because of a series of problems and less than exemplary dealer service. I have been very impressed with our second D3 until this weekend when I had it off-road for the first time. Nothing severe ( a Ford Escort would probably have managed) but in and out of a field in off road height and dropping to access to load and unload. 2 cycles of access to high and back again and I got the ominous boing of suspension fault. I was almost expecting it. My service manager tells me that the D3 no longer has an air tank and the compressor now does all the work and overheats. I await T4 diagnosis. This car's reliability concerns me; I cannot imagine taking it into Western Australian deserts when Scottish Tesco car parks keep humbling it. Fault cleared by the usual restart routine, but.......
BCP expo rack, xenons, knackered ball joints and a crumpled seat.
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| Wed Apr 19 2006 6:52pm |
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Mike
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Doncaster UK
Posts: 184
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DONE '06 D3 HSE
Zambezi with Alpaca, F & R light guards, side steps, privacy glass, MTR's, rear access ladder, roof bars, RAI, walnut trim and a few other little bits and bobs
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| Thu Apr 20 2006 12:59pm |
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dazadd
Joined: 12 Apr 2006
Location: Wiltshire / Gloucestershire Border
Posts: 100
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Done. Compressor failed today and replaced by wooburn green land rover the same day!!!. I think i am one of the lucky ones - well apart from happening in the first place.
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| Fri Apr 28 2006 8:01pm |
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Ray_of_Sunshine
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
Location: Fife
Posts: 37
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BCP wrote:Fault cleared by the usual restart routine, but.......
BCP
Can I ask what is the usual restart routine is this something the owner can do or does this need to be done at the dealership.
Thought I would ask so I know what needs done if we get unlucky. 1998 Isuzu Trooper 3.1DTi SWB Commercial *Fir Green (Mica)*
It's my parents not me who have a D3 TDV6 S 
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| Fri Apr 28 2006 11:36pm |
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Gareth
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Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bob the Builders 'ere
Posts: 9641
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Close all open windows, switch off, then count to ten and switch back on again.  Silver TDV6 HSE
Pepper White Cooper S Convertible
Old English White MGB GT
Ex Military 109 Series 2a Soft Top
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| Fri Apr 28 2006 11:41pm |
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lee ashman
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: leicester
Posts: 45
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got in the disco the other day and the darn thing would not rise,then i stopped at the shops and when i got back in and started it up it was fine???
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Bolton
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Harrogate
Posts: 1
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My Disco3 has been listing on the nearside since I bought it new in March and has been back to the dealer three times in unsuccessful attempts to level it. I have just been told that Land Rover do know of this problem and are working on a fix. In the meantime I am picking it up again, still down approx 6cm on the nearside. I wondered if anyone else had had this problem and if so that they knew a fix is supposedly on the way.
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| Wed May 24 2006 8:55pm |
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Gareth
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Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bob the Builders 'ere
Posts: 9641
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I had this problem, but it was a long time ago when the car was new, and it was about 2 cms down on the left. This coincided with the three occurences of suspension errors that I had.
The lean could be confirmed by looking at the 4x4 display on the sat nav, it clearly showed the left side down at all heights except access.
I don't know what they did to fix it but it is level and error free now. Guy Salmon in Stockport fixed it over a year ago. Silver TDV6 HSE
Pepper White Cooper S Convertible
Old English White MGB GT
Ex Military 109 Series 2a Soft Top
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| Wed May 24 2006 9:54pm |
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Red Dragon
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
Location: Perth
Posts: 6
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Hi Martin,
Joined the Growing list
Cheers Mike  Still Smiling, No Promblems
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| Fri May 26 2006 7:10am |
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Pelyma
Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Clymping, Sussex
Posts: 4468
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But have any of the latest versions of compressor failed? DS3 TDV6 HSE
Silver with Alpacca (old one)
DS3 TDV6 HSE
Silver with Alpacca (new one)
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