Digger 360
Member Since: 27 Apr 2011
Location: united kingdom
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Gave the new car back and got full refund. Now i am back in my disco 3 waiting for a new disco 4 with the eight speed box. Stick to your guns if you have got the same problem. And it is a problem...
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 3rd Jun 2011 2:20 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Nice  But what is the problem exactly? Did they tell you ? 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 3rd Jun 2011 2:43 pm |
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t7mbo
Member Since: 19 Apr 2007
Location: West Midlands
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With mine, the problem seems to be that the car goes into top gear far too easily. And when its in top gear, it is difficult to get it to change down. For example when you slow down to go onto a roundabout and enter the roundabout, the car sticks in top gear and labours until you floor the throttle and force it to kickdown to a lower gear.
Have just returned from a week away with the caravan in Germany and the car really has to be forced to change down from top gear. Even if you are only doing 10/15 mph on entering an island, the car just sticks in top gear and gives no power when trying to accelerate round the island. In our old D3 the car would change down when slowing down, and would always be in a high enough gear to pull away from low speed--the D4 simply isn't unless you force it to downchange!
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| 6th Jun 2011 9:23 am |
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Digger 360
Member Since: 27 Apr 2011
Location: united kingdom
Posts: 5
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That is the same feeling i experienced. Land rover sent a tech guy down to see mee. When i explained the problem to the tech man he said he knew what the problem was , THIS WAS BEFORE WE LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. He accompanied me on a test drive which lasted approximately 3-5 minutes within which the problem reared its ugley head. I said it feels like its in the wrong gear. I was told due to a recent upgrade to the vehicle there was now a new 'CHARACTARISTIC'. Please note it actually herts me to use the c word as i have been bombarded with it so much. The dealership was not the problem it was land rover themselves with a 'JUST SAY NO! ' policy seeming to echo throughout the company. The dealership took the car back and i took my old car from them. Deal done!! As i said i am waiting on the new eight speed. Please note the discovery 4 i test drove was a 2010 model and the discovery 4 i was sold was a 2011 model. I was never informed of any upgrades to the vehicle upon purchase.
(please excuse my spelling)
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| 7th Jun 2011 8:43 am |
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t7mbo
Member Since: 19 Apr 2007
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 242
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I'm at the stage now where I've spent 50k on a car, and just wish I'd kept our old D3 because it was so much nicer to drive!
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| 7th Jun 2011 11:27 am |
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Voug
Member Since: 03 Dec 2010
Location: Somewhere between East and West
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I don't think this is a MY2011 related problem. Having also MY2011 i tested for this problem several times today and didn't found any problem. Gearbox goes in lower gear just at slight acceleration.
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| 7th Jun 2011 11:49 am |
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