Member Since: 18 Sep 2007
Location: Magrathea
Posts: 357
Right. All solved.
The original dealer solution was to replace the entire suspension wiring loom - approx £150 parts and £1700 labour
Got the technician out of the workshop with the wiring diagrams to try to find a fix which didn't involve 10% of the value of the car!
Turned out to be a relatively simple procedure of running a fresh wire from the blue connector in the wheel arch to the compressor. It's heavy gauge wire which had to be ordered in specially and it's not available seperately from the entire loom from LR
Fix worked a treat and cost a helluva lot less that the original proposal. Sail Fast - Live Slow...
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72986
And the dealers' children will be eating gruel!!! To you it is a car, to the stealer a combination of income plan and pension fund!!!
24th Jun 2009 7:08 pm
sand
Member Since: 11 Aug 2007
Location: BEDS
Posts: 6
After some advice on this
Guys, I've just moved out to Cyprus from UK with my Disco (2004 D3) and within a week of arriving also developed a suspension fault. The car starts up, you can hear the compressor trying to kick in (real whirring noise never had before) it tries to raise but doesn't get anywhere then flashes up suspension fault. Local Cypriot dealer claims the compressor has gone (from a cursory glance!!!). However, where I am is really humid at moment and I'm wondering if it may be the wiring loom. Is there any way I can tell whether is the connectors or the compressor??
Thanks
Sand
26th Jun 2009 8:13 am
redjelly5000
Member Since: 18 Jul 2008
Location: Rugby
Posts: 473
Found this on the RRS forum:
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...ension.pdfD3 TDV6 HSE 2008 Buckingham Blue (current)
D3 TDV6 HSE 2009 Zermatt Silver (previous)
D3 TDV6 HSE 2005 Maya Gold (previous)
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