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Skep
Member Since: 04 Dec 2007
Location: between Sheffield, Chesterfield, Worksop and Mansfield
Posts: 651
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Came to my D4 this morning and the battery is dead, possibly my fault for spending 3 hours cleaning it yesterday with the smart key in my pocket! So I fetched my dad in his as he puts it "trusty Land Cruiser" put the jump leads on and pushed the start button and won't start as the bonnet is up! Is there a way round this or do I just have to wait for it to charge then shut the bonnet?
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 7th Mar 2011 9:22 am |
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GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: NSW
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Mine starts with the bonnet up on its own battery power and I can't imagine why it shouldn't do so when jumpering. I understand that the negative cable has to go to the chassis, not the battery -ve terminal but don't know if it would cause a bonnet up problem. Home of LLAMS, for LRs and Jeep GCs
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| 7th Mar 2011 9:32 am |
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RichardB
Member Since: 03 May 2010
Location: Hants
Posts: 485
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I was looking at the D4 user manual on this a week or so back. Instructions are explicit that -ve cable should be on chassis point not the -ve terminal. Then there is a diagram which, to me, looked just like the -ve cable was on the -ve terminal.
Go figure 
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| 7th Mar 2011 9:36 pm |
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luvbus
Member Since: 04 Mar 2007
Location: Foot of Rudland Rigg
Posts: 829
 
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You might have to give it a few minutes for the charge to build up enough to overcome the high current drain on the disco.
Had the same issue jumping a 2011 FFRR earlier in the year. Give it 5 min with the disco ignition off then try again.  Club N.E.R.D.s
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| 7th Mar 2011 10:13 pm |
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BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3646
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My Disco4 developed a battery fault last week at just 6 months old. Landrover Assistance came to check out a faulty suspension pump and left me with a flat battery!
Found it almost impossible to get a jump lead on to the battery due to the location of the terminal and unusual shape of the clamps.
Battery now replaced due to faulty cell, along with new pump!
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| 8th Mar 2011 12:12 am |
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drivesafe
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Posts: 867
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RichardB wrote:I was looking at the D4 user manual on this a week or so back. Instructions are explicit that -ve cable should be on chassis point not the -ve terminal. Then there is a diagram which, to me, looked just like the -ve cable was on the -ve terminal.
Go figure
Hi Richard and spot on the money.
It’s imperative that you do not connect ANYTHING to the cranking battery’s negative terminal on a D4.
There is some electronics connected to the neg lead and you need to do as stated in the hand book, connect the positive to the battery’s positive terminal and the negative to a solid earth point away from the battery.
BTW, this should be done with all vehicle, to avoid sparks occurring near the battery. 2008 TDV8 RR Lux + 2009 D4 2.7
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| 25th Mar 2011 2:08 pm |
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