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• Help!!! Knocking/Clunking Noise

• The E-Diff is an option. If you have it, you'll see it on the 4x4 info screen that shows the wheels and central diff locking/unlocking. There will be a second locking / unlocking diff shown on that di ...
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 224 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 27th Jan 2025 12:49 pm Subject: Help!!! Knocking/Clunking Noise

• Help!!! Knocking/Clunking Noise

• Does your car have the rear electronic locking differential?
  They can clunk when pulling away, particularly when turning slightly.
  I've heard multiple reports of them doing it. My previous D5 did it ...
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 224 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 26th Jan 2025 10:52 pm Subject: Help!!! Knocking/Clunking Noise

• Changing to higher profile Tyres/wheels

• Assuming you plan to change wheels, 255/55R20 General Grabber AT3 are a good choice and a standard size for the D5.
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 312 Forum:Off Road Posted: 14th Jan 2025 10:54 pm Subject: Changing to higher profile Tyres/wheels

• Hello! 1st post and a question

• A set on General Grabber AT3's 255/55R20 on my D5 pulled all the stuck vehicles (including the milk tanker wagon) up this hill last week.
  
  https://disco5.co.uk/gallery/10071/normal_20241123_081348.j ...
JonM Replies: 8 Views: 882 Forum:General Posted: 3rd Dec 2024 5:55 pm Subject: Hello! 1st post and a question

• Advice

• You're probably right that they won't cover anywhere near the full cost for an out of warranty vehicle but for the amount of money involved, even a 20% contribution is worth having if you can get it. ...
JonM Replies: 8 Views: 837 Forum:General Posted: 14th Nov 2024 7:53 pm Subject: Advice

• Advice

• It won't hurt to ask, you'd have a better chance of a "goodwill" payment if all the services had been done by a main dealer but some people seem to get some sort of percentage offer.
  
  The ...
JonM Replies: 8 Views: 837 Forum:General Posted: 14th Nov 2024 7:15 pm Subject: Advice

• Interior changes coming for next refresh?

• That's the shifter that the UK ones have had since the MY21 refresh with the D300 engine.
JonM Replies: 5 Views: 670 Forum:General Posted: 7th Nov 2024 12:42 pm Subject: Interior changes coming for next refresh?

• Whine in low range

• Definitely louder than the D4, but not noticable on most green lanes. It seems to be road speed related not engine speed related. I'd guess that I start to be aware of it at about 15mph.
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 658 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 31st Oct 2024 1:19 pm Subject: Whine in low range

• Whine in low range

• The transfer box whines if you're going quickly in low range. I only notice it when I'm being lazy and don't change back to hi range e.g. for a short section of tarmac road before going off-road again ...
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 658 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 31st Oct 2024 1:06 pm Subject: Whine in low range

• Mystery part

• It keeps the flap secure on the base of the row 2 seat backs where the cover is for the isofix points to attach a child seat.
JonM Replies: 2 Views: 404 Forum:My Discovery 5 Posted: 30th Oct 2024 5:24 pm Subject: Mystery part

• Airfilter

• The TD6 up to MY18 (18 Plate) has 1 filter behind one headlamp. The SD6 from MY19 (68 plate) has two (one behind each headlamp)
JonM Replies: 1 Views: 426 Forum:General Posted: 6th Oct 2024 6:36 pm Subject: Airfilter

• Effectiveness of Spare Wheel Winch With Anti-Theft Design

• LR made theft more difficult, but never stopped it.
  
  The RLD plate is the only proven solution. Like Trevorb1, I bought mine for my D4 and it's now on my second D5. I took the LR supplied plate off ...
JonM Replies: 6 Views: 926 Forum:General Posted: 28th Sep 2024 2:23 pm Subject: Effectiveness of Spare Wheel Winch With Anti-Theft Design

• Activate Hotspot on cars that have esim

• There isn't a SIM slot on the Pivi Pro vehicles. There was on the Pre-MY21 InControl system.
JonM Replies: 12 Views: 3060 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 14th Aug 2024 3:16 pm Subject: Activate Hotspot on cars that have esim

• Activate Hotspot on cars that have esim

• You can't use your own SIM in the Pivi Pro vehicles. Only the built in SIMS are supported, they're not removable.
  
  There was a very detailed post on one of the facebook groups from Damien Dimming (I ...
JonM Replies: 12 Views: 3060 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 14th Aug 2024 3:08 pm Subject: Activate Hotspot on cars that have esim

• WiFi, wireless charging and terrain progression MY2022

• And only the newest IID tools can do CCF tweaks on the D5. Your existing one will only do basic fault code reading.
JonM Replies: 2 Views: 618 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 14th Aug 2024 2:53 pm Subject: WiFi, wireless charging and terrain progression MY2022