Member Since: 04 Jun 2020
Location: Ankara
Posts: 8
Please encourage me that Disco3 is great 4x4 vehicle
Hi from Turkey, my name is Memi,
I dont know why but I am British car enthusiast. I owned two MGf (1996 and 2000), 1989 Defender 90, 2013 Mini Cooper S, 2002 Disco2 SE and last Thursday’s 2008 Disco HSE.
I had some minor problems with my previous cars. However, it is not the case for Disco3. After I paid for it, I just drove 15km and stop to buy something. I used Electronic hand brake and then hmm all the curse has begun. Of course, it didn’t realize when I use the switch. I googled it figure out how to realize it. But the warning light was still there on the dashboard. I just drove another 2 km to my home And nothing happened. Next day, while I was going to my work, I heard this ugly warning signal. And my dashboard turned to Xmas tree. I stoped the car and called my mechanic. He said that just wait for couple of minute and came here. While I was going to his shop, I stoped one more time (whole journey is about 10 km). We connected the car to computer and see the all error code. Almost everything were there. The most horrified was High pressure pump. I left the car over there and start to google it what happened to me. And I found this forum and have started reading. I think, I have never been reading that much even during my PhD. We first checked bulb, battery, alternator and a switch under the wheel (might be brake light switch. In deed, left parking bulb was not worked. Any way, when we reset the car and checked the errors, we got high pressure fuel pump error. I kept my calm and backed to home and started the reading again. Tomorrow, I will tell them to check the filter first. I hope the problem is just coming from the filter. Btw, I got suspension error which says something like it is too slow to lift the car. I will check and read it tomorrow.
Thus, please tell me, I made a good decision to buy Disco3.
Memi
10th Jun 2020 8:18 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
Of course you made a good decision.
Maybe not a sensible decision though.
What’s life without challenges?
10th Jun 2020 8:21 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6573
It was an excellent decision
You won’t need to spend money on anything else
Seriously, every vehicle being sold does have its own history. Problem is that buyers usually discover (har har) it too late.
10th Jun 2020 9:09 pm
autobiorob
Member Since: 11 Jun 2014
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 158
They are like a woman in your life......they irritate you, they cost you loads of money. they answer back with strange noises like spitting and farting but you love them
11th Jun 2020 6:56 am
nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1344
And of course you have to bear in mind that you’re dealing with an 11/12 year old complex vehicle. We have a 9 year old Mini that we’ve had from being 3 months old. It’s been nurtured and driven sensibly, and yet we’ve still had things go wrong in the past couple of years. It’s how it is I’m afraid.
11th Jun 2020 8:36 am
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
d4 better
12th Jun 2020 12:03 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
Really love driving mine, best car i have ever owned.
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