Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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 Almost certainly.
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 19th Jun 2023 5:43 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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During its MoT they had fun with the handbrake but it was after it had passed. They said it came on with a terrible noise and then wouldn't come off.
I managed to replicate this some time later. If you start the vehicle but before it really starts move the stick to drive and it stops running then it slams the handbrake on squeals like a pig and will not let the handbrake off until you put it back in park turn the ignition off ant run restart.
So it doesn't need a handbrake module but I was worried for a moment or ten. Is this some kind of weird safety protocol or just my machine being idiosyncratic?
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| 30th Jun 2023 8:39 pm |
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Bicycle repairman
Member Since: 18 Sep 2019
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 188
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No it just saying the handbrake needs adjusting D4 GS let the retro fit begin
Heated steering wheel
Aftermarket TPMS
Double Din head unit satnav and TV
Reverse Camera
Cubby fridge
Door panel upgrade
Mood lighting
Digital Dash personalised
Back lit sun visors
4.5 Facelift front, rear and memory mirrors
Stainless bumper tread plate
6 pot Brembo conversion
HSE heated memory seats
Retro fit auto lights and wipers
LR 663 Defender alloys
275 45 20 GG AT3s
quarter of a D3
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| 1st Jul 2023 4:30 pm |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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It could be that, indeed it could but why would it work normally except in that situation.
New excitement the hair trigger gear shifter. It suddenly took to having a hair like sensitivity to Drive and would jump out of drive. Park became a little touch and go as well. I suspect the linkage has become a little stiff or seizing. Banged it back and forth a few times and it definitely improved so I think the linkage is not moving as freely as it should.
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| 15th Jul 2023 2:10 pm |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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Applied silicone lubricant to gear shift linkage and it immediately improved and moved freely again. May need another dose at some point. Flushed the heater matrix again, heat restored to passenger side to Kim's satisfaction. Otherwise no issues at the moment drives as it should now, fingers crossed 🤞
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| 22nd Aug 2023 5:46 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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Oh dear. Thats done it. You've jinxed it.
The first rule of Discovery ownership. Never let it know you're happy with how's its running. It senses these things and will do something to let you know that you can't be complacent...... 
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 22nd Aug 2023 5:54 pm |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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I actually started to clean out my Terracan to sell it. I can hear the ice cracking under me, the Discovery has grown on me.
I have had the Terracan for 11 years. I bought it with 49,000 miles on the clock for £3000 I have driven it 130,000 miles and it has had a few issues but it has driven to Norway every year from 2012 to 2019 that's 3000 mile we flew post pandemic. It will be up for sale soon. Expecting the Discovery to sulk as a result.
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| 24th Aug 2023 5:59 pm |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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Read about radio stations moving to DAB+. Does Anyone know if a 2009 Discovery 4 has a DAB or a DAB+ receiver? If a DAB one, can you get a DAB+ one and from what year did they start putting those in?
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| 28th Nov 2023 7:34 am |
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SteveKK
Member Since: 11 Apr 2019
Location: North Herefordshire
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My 2010 D4 has lost DAB stations that I believe have moved to DAB+, therefore my conclusion is it only has DAB. To get DAB+ would likely require an after market head unit.
If I cannot find a good radio station I fall back to the 40+GB of MP3s I have on the USB plugged into the centre cubby lid.
Regards,
Steve
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| 28th Nov 2023 8:43 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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I rather think you are right but I have a feeling later model 4's have a DAB+ unit.
My USB in the centre console has never worked However I have a chinese device plugged into the auxillary input that lets me play all the music from the phone.
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| 28th Nov 2023 9:33 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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Went to Devon on Friday stayed at The Arundell Hotel to go Snipe shooting on Saturday so off road most of Saturday including one farm track that had astroturf from a football pitch on it. Everything else properly wet and muddy. Then drove back on Sunday. About an hour and a half into the journey home, I remembered I had the hotel's safe keys in my pocket so I turned round went back and then came home.
Kim, myself three dogs 700+ miles all completed in comfort and no major alarms. A first proper journey as opposed to a 200-mile day.
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| 28th Nov 2023 5:25 pm |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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I need a new set of tyres. I have a slow puncture in one but all are nearing the legal limit. Should I go for ultra budget tyres? In the past I have found little real difference between more expensive brands and cheaper ones. I think the cheapest I can find are 255/55/r19 111v at £70 plus fitting.
Any thoughts or experiences
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| 20th Dec 2023 5:15 am |
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RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
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personally I would always go for the best branded tyres you are willing to afford. They are the only 4 small points of contact with the road you have so just as important as brakes if not more so.
past experience and research has shown me that cheap budget tyres do not wear as well, grip as well (particularly on damp greasy autumn roads), perform as well or are as quiet as a decent mid range or better tyre. 2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
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| 20th Dec 2023 7:44 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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I tend to agree about wear cheaper tyres can wear more quickly.
Not sure I could actually notice much difference in terms of grip levels or noise.
On my Jaguar I always had the cheapest budget tyres available, and they would work well. On the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus I used to put Firestone's on but in that I could get rid of a set of tyres in about 5-8,000 miles whether they were cheap or expensive, the fronts would get too hot cornering and braking and the rears acceleration and LSD.
The Terracan I switched to a different sized tyre which were the same as Hilux and bought all sorts over the years never noticed much difference, in terms of wear, grip, fuel economy.
I am not sure but I think the budget tyres have got better they are hungry to get market share.
Conversely on bicycles the best tyres tend to be the expensive ones, lower rolling resistance from new compounds and better puncture protection, higher degree of specialisation. I suppose it is the same for car tyres just that I am not a good enough driver to feel the difference.
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| 23rd Dec 2023 9:24 am |
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itsaguything
Member Since: 20 Dec 2023
Location: Manotick, On
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What an enjoyable story line. I quite like your investigative skills and dedication to making it right.
We will need to agree, to disagree on the tires issue, though;)
Thanks and Cheers! 2015 LR4 HSE Lux Aintree Green
2013 LR2 HSE Radiance Red
2007 XKR Jaguar Racing Green
2005 XJR Jaguar Racing Green
2002 S-Type R British Racing Green
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