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Faults and Fixes • RE: Heavy steering

JBFUK — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:08:44 GMT

Author: JBFUK
Posted: 9th May 2026 11:08 pm (GMT 1.00)

Could be. I might just disconnect the battery completely for a day to ensure every module has had a proper reboot.

In my case, it could be that I've primarily been driving the Defender so perhaps my personal calibration as to what's 'normal' has been thrown off a bit. But today it did hit me that the steering felt heavy and it's the first time I've driven it since the windscreen was replaced. My wife drove it home from Autoglass and she's not that familiar with it so...

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Faults and Fixes • RE: Heavy steering

TomThumb — Sat, 09 May 2026 21:58:04 GMT

Author: TomThumb
Posted: 9th May 2026 10:58 pm (GMT 1.00)

Reading this thread, the first thing that sprung to mind was lane assist.

Something mechanically wrong it could be,
but the way you guys describe the symptoms, who knows!

Speed sensitive steering! or lane assist,! now that would tie in with software / ads gremlins

Tom…

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Faults and Fixes • RE: Heavy steering

JBFUK — Sat, 09 May 2026 18:46:44 GMT

Author: JBFUK
Posted: 9th May 2026 7:46 pm (GMT 1.00)

Did you get anywhere with this? My steering feels a bit heavy and I’m not sure whether it’s actually a problem or that I’m driving the Defender day to day and the Discovery far less. It felt very heavy today.

I did have the windscreen replaced on Monday and they recalibrated ADAS etc as part of that. A few days later I went to get something out of the car and got a battery low warning. This is something that’s happened before, after having an MOT somewhere other...

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