drjon
Member Since: 29 Jun 2005
Location: Kent
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Had mine for about 2 months now it has rattle from steering over rough surfaces. Dealership tells me several others affected but Land Rover has not issued fix yet. They have found excess play in universal joint in steering column. Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix? It might only be a minor problem to the dealership but it is very annoying as any off road running and it just rattles continually  Incidentally the steering wheel is also slightly out of alignment.
On seperate issue anyone know any way to have aux power outlet in boot permanently on (i.e not only with ignition on)?
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 29th Jun 2005 8:12 pm |
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Gareth
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Location: Bramhall
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I have had both of these! The steering is a bit rattly on rough ground, but not excessively so, I have never thought of it as a problem. The wheel on mine was off-set to the right a few degrees when I got it. I took it back and they corrected it.
I have often thought the car gave the impression of pulling left slightly, this could have resulted in the steering wheel appearing to be off-set to the right. Now that my dealer has fixed the leaning suspension, it does not appear to pull left anymore, and the wheel is now off-set to the left!
So it looks like I will have to take it back to get the initial steering adjustment reversed.
Is your suspension level when driving? Mine was left hand down 1 inch.
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| 29th Jun 2005 9:38 pm |
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jumblemo
Member Since: 19 Jun 2005
Location: Sarf London
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what? you take your LR3 off road? Isnt that dangerous? D3 Bonatti Grey TDV6
1942 Crusader Mk III with 6lbr
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| 30th Jun 2005 9:56 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Is it designed to go off road ?
I thought it was just a big estate car that was a pain to get into multi-storey car parks and such. Like the one on Harley Street !
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| 30th Jun 2005 10:52 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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For those of you in the colonies  , Estate = Station Wagon The End
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| 30th Jun 2005 10:55 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Actually it means :
Loads of land and a posh accent
Oh and lots and lots of 
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| 30th Jun 2005 10:56 pm |
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KL
Member Since: 16 Jun 2005
Location: Gilling, nr York
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Slimer wrote:For those of you in the colonies , Estate = Station Wagon
Round here it means slum housing area and urban guerilla warfare.
Just the place for a LR then!
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| 30th Jun 2005 10:59 pm |
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Slimer
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Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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That'll be yer Country Estate unlike the run down place next door to me which is in Astate The End
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| 30th Jun 2005 10:59 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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And that'll be a Council Estate The End
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| 30th Jun 2005 11:00 pm |
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KL
Member Since: 16 Jun 2005
Location: Gilling, nr York
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Slimer wrote:And that'll be a Council Estate
They used to do a 'Ford Council' - but it got mis-spelled at the factory and came out as 'Ford Consul
[For hitch hikers guide to the galaxy fans- that's mr. Prefect's brother]
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| 30th Jun 2005 11:02 pm |
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discocam
Member Since: 04 Jun 2005
Location: portsmouth
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hey, theres nothing wrong in living in a council estate,  leigh parks a fine area to live in  lots of burnt out cars to manouver around in your disco bodies lying in the road and so forth  great fun realy but its hard to blend in with everyone else with the disco3, must see if i can disguise it as a mark 111 escort or the like  disco1 and disco3 who could ask for more?
ONE LIFE LIVE IT
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| 1st Jul 2005 9:19 am |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Yeah but at least in Leigh Park you can lock all the doors as you go along, I heard that Wessex were selling it as the Leigh Park mode DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
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| 1st Jul 2005 10:57 am |
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discocam
Member Since: 04 Jun 2005
Location: portsmouth
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yeh and they still try and nick your wheels when your moving leigh park mode indeed disco1 and disco3 who could ask for more?
ONE LIFE LIVE IT
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| 2nd Jul 2005 1:01 pm |
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jumblemo
Member Since: 19 Jun 2005
Location: Sarf London
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Quote:On seperate issue anyone know any way to have aux power outlet in boot permanently on (i.e not only with ignition on)?
this Q got lost in the urban jungle debate. I'd be interested to know too if anyone has an answer. D3 Bonatti Grey TDV6
1942 Crusader Mk III with 6lbr
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| 3rd Jul 2005 8:02 am |
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simon.foster
Member Since: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Wakefield
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I have had the steering rattle for the past couple of months and LR are to replace the entire steering column next week! Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
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| 18th Jul 2005 3:08 pm |
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