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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
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A small "knock" has started on the steering of my D3 it can be felt through the steering wheel when negotiating bends but there is no looseness anywhere else & there is n noise when going over bumps or a roughish road.
Strangely the problem or noise goes away say after 15 mins of driving & doesn't come back till the car is "cold" again
My disco is 4 years old & at the last service had suspension bushes changed & passed the Northern Irish MOT (which has the rigorous test bench system)
the car has ben trashed over rough roads & is other than that not "raced or rallied"
any ideas ?
the other issue is that the parking sensors have gone very weird - when reverse or first gear selected (auto box) the system just gives one long bleep & has the switch flashing on the dash...no functional sounding when manoeuvring the vehicle meets an obstruction...none of the sensors has ben bumped & the wiring that I can get to seems OK...
is this a module based system & a module has to be swapped out or is it software controlled & needs a date with destiny & test-book
is this a common fault...most of all is module changing a costly affair ?
any help appreciated
car has done 40k miles BREXIT - done properly.
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 13th Dec 2010 7:19 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
Posts: 6222
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replying to my own questions
....but needs must & am to take D3 to dealers tomorrow for a safety check in search of the steering knock BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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| 14th Dec 2010 8:25 pm |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
Posts: 709
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Sensors - the bleep is the PDC's way of telling you it isn't working. It could be any one of the sensors, the wiring or the module.
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| 15th Dec 2010 10:30 am |
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The Large One
Member Since: 20 Apr 2007
Location: Down the polytunnel
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could be the lower steering column uj seizing up
maybe getting looser when engine heat warms the joint a bit  TLO has left the building.......
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| 15th Dec 2010 10:36 am |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
Posts: 6222
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the local dealers checked my D3 out...
a minute amount of play on the steering rod ends...not the cause attributed
the fault was a brake disc score on the off side these are about 2/3 done - so new discs & pads required
as the brakes warm up the problem diminishes
thanks for the advice on the sesors - am to further examine these & give them a scrub up BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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| 15th Dec 2010 12:20 pm |
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Andrew Hebron
Member Since: 16 Jan 2009
Location: Teddington
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Can also be a break in one of the wires to a sensor - they are quite fragile. Dealers will try and charge you a fortune to remove the bumper before even starting to find the fault. Worth doing a search on here - there are plenty of similar threads. Andrew
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| 15th Dec 2010 2:24 pm |
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steve the magpie
Member Since: 23 Jan 2009
Location: pontefract west yorkshire
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if you are doing your own brakes its not a big job to do. just take care with the pad warning wire "be ready to replace it tho" most common cause for the parking sensors is a duff sensor but you need to put car on diagnostic to check which one is at fault  always up to somert usualy no good acording to swmbo
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| 15th Dec 2010 4:55 pm |
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