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• Losing coolant, no sign of leak

• Fingers crossed it’s not that, but you never know.
Darras Replies: 23 Views: 2369 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 17th Jan 2025 10:17 am Subject: Losing coolant, no sign of leak

• Losing coolant, no sign of leak

• It can be a sign the engine is on the way out.
  
  I’ve had two engine go, the first one lost coolant first, then the oil level went down.
Darras Replies: 23 Views: 2369 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 15th Jan 2025 8:45 am Subject: Losing coolant, no sign of leak

• D5 damage

• It’s an intercooler radiator.
Darras Replies: 4 Views: 300 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 5th Jan 2025 9:35 am Subject: D5 damage

• Brake rotor corrosion

• I do not drive fast and furiously, but I’ve had all the rotors and pads changed twice on a 6 year old car that has done 50k. It seems like you get 3 years or 25k out of a set. Last time an independe ...
Darras Replies: 5 Views: 455 Forum:My Discovery 5 Posted: 20th Nov 2024 9:49 pm Subject: Brake rotor corrosion

• Advice

• There’s a LR Facebook group. It just doesn’t concentrate on the 2lt D5, but on other variants as there seems to be an increasing number of 3lt having engine problem as time wears.
  
  They have a ...
Darras Replies: 8 Views: 732 Forum:General Posted: 16th Nov 2024 5:47 am Subject: Advice

• Effectiveness of Spare Wheel Winch With Anti-Theft Design

• Fair point.
  
  The spare wheel protector my car came with was more than adequate and I ended up flogging my RLD plate that I had on a previous Disco. Truth be told, I couldn’t see any appreciable d ...
Darras Replies: 6 Views: 850 Forum:General Posted: 24th Oct 2024 8:24 am Subject: Effectiveness of Spare Wheel Winch With Anti-Theft Design

• Warranty

• Just had my Extended Warranty offer come in for my D5 HSE LUX. Last year premium was £1152 and that included roadside assistance. This year its gone up to £1524 which is a bit of a leap!
  
  The olde ...
Darras Replies: 8 Views: 1551 Forum:General Posted: 20th Sep 2024 8:18 am Subject: Warranty

• MPG

• I never had a problem when I took my youngest. They never questioned it and he sat in the back obviously. He’d had enough when he went round with me, he declined to go with his mother, maybe he knew ...
Darras Replies: 9 Views: 1696 Forum:General Posted: 23rd Jul 2024 10:18 pm Subject: MPG

• MPG

• You can phone LRE, give your details and they will see your account and what half day experiences you have.
  
  They never go out of date. You can combine them if you have more than one for a full day ...
Darras Replies: 9 Views: 1696 Forum:General Posted: 23rd Jul 2024 7:39 pm Subject: MPG

• MPG

• You can phone LRE, give your details and they will see your account and what half day experiences you have.
  
  They never go out of date. You can combine them if you have more than one for a full day ...
Darras Replies: 9 Views: 1696 Forum:General Posted: 23rd Jul 2024 7:37 pm Subject: MPG

• Earth wires for Headlights

• Update, the same fault reoccurred. Took the car in again and they discovered the earth point corroded. All done on the LR warranty.
  
  I did make a comment that maybe the new headlight wasn’t needed ...
Darras Replies: 7 Views: 1300 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 3rd Jul 2024 7:33 pm Subject: Earth wires for Headlights

• Dashcams... do you, or don't you? And would you recommend?

• Could have DIY. It’s an easy route for the wire. 😁
Darras Replies: 9 Views: 1823 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 26th Jun 2024 1:25 pm Subject: Dashcams... do you, or don't you? And would you recommend?

• Dashcams... do you, or don't you? And would you recommend?

• I know what you say about price, but …
  
  Anyway, I’ve got a BlackVue front and back. It’s compact, runs faultlessly and the images are good quality.
  
  You get what you pay for tbh.
Darras Replies: 9 Views: 1823 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 20th Jun 2024 3:48 pm Subject: Dashcams... do you, or don't you? And would you recommend?

• Earth wires for Headlights

• Just got the phone call from the dealers. A new headlight was required. The wiring was all okay apparently.
  
  Cost of new headlight was roughly £2k so I was told, then you have all the investigator ...
Darras Replies: 7 Views: 1300 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 13th Jun 2024 1:00 pm Subject: Earth wires for Headlights

• 2020 D5 Software updates

• Haven’t a clue as mine is in at the dealers yet again, but in all the updates I’ve had, none would make a difference that you’d notice.
Darras Replies: 6 Views: 1500 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 13th Jun 2024 7:21 am Subject: 2020 D5 Software updates