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- Gareth
- Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
- Location: Bramhall
- Posts: 69
It’s the automatic stabiliser. My Elddis does the same. Bumpy roads usually cause it. It senses movement between the caravan and car, and applies the caravan brakes briefly to help stabiise a snake.
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- Sodbury D5
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Bath
- Posts: 17
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Hi Gareth,
Thanks for this - has this been resolved on your Elddis ? And when you say automatic stabiliser do you mean it’s the AlKO stabiliser causing the ALKO ATC to brake the van? Sorry if stupid question am new to caravan and don’t quite understand all the additions or terms!
James
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- Gareth
- Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
- Location: Bramhall
- Posts: 69
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Mine only does it on bumpy roads. On a normal smooth road ( a rare event these days) it does not cut in. Occasionally I hit a pothole and will feel the caravan retarding the car for a couple of seconds.
I towed the caravan out to Islay a couple of years ago, and on the bumpy roads of Arran and Islay, it was cutting in all the time, the caravan brakes were quite hot.
Mine is a BPW chassis with IDC stability, but I think the principle is the same.
To be honest, it’s never really bothered me, I thought it was normal behaviour.,
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- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
- Location: Lydd
- Posts: 1094
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As Gareth says this also happens to my Swift with Alko stabiliser, but only on rough roads.
Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
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- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
- Location: Lydd
- Posts: 1094
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Craigp wrote:
There has been two reports on another D5 forum of the electric deployable tow bar snapping off. Quite worrying to say the least.
That has been reported on this forum as well from memory
Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
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- Sodbury D5
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Bath
- Posts: 17
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Thanks Gareth/Russell,
Mine is happening on vaguely bumpy roads - basically any small undulation sets it off, even on the motorway.
Will call the van shop tomorrow.
James
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- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
- Location: Lydd
- Posts: 1094
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How old is the van, has it been properley serviced
Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
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- Sodbury D5
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Bath
- Posts: 17
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Brand new Russell and only a month old now, this was first time towing.
Seems like the ATC needs adjusting.
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- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
- Location: Lydd
- Posts: 1094
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Yes try towing with another vehicle and then take back and get them to re-adjust
Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
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- Craigp
- Member Since: 10 Nov 2016
- Location: Hull
- Posts: 690
Ive had both chassis so IDC & ATC and cant recall it coming into operation at all whilst driving normally. So unless you have a loose tow bracket but i think that was a problem with the electrically deployable tow bars. Then a return to your caravan dealer is on the cards.
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- Sodbury D5
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Bath
- Posts: 17
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Tried with Defender 110 and exactly the same, so booked in to caravan dealer where bought it for next week.
Glad doesn’t seem to be an issue with Disco!
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- piggy36
- Member Since: 11 Apr 2018
- Location: west yorkshire
- Posts: 5
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Hi all, what tow bar are you towing with? We had the D4 previously and as stated it towed like a dream but we had a fixed tow bar. We previously towed with a D3 and the swan neck detachable tow bar which wasn't as sturdy or stable. When we purchased the D5 recently we asked for the fixed tow bar for stability however we have found that the D5 is lighter than the D4 and does have more movement while towing., but still a great tow car.
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- RB
- Member Since: 07 May 2018
- Location: Exeter
- Posts: 56
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Hi chaps, towed with the d5 for the first time yesterday and was scarred sh!t!ess, really really unhappy and disappointed.
I have the deployable towbar and tow a twin axle INOS (bpw chassis), towed fine with a v6 amarok (you could feel the van push you around but never felt out of control at speed up to about 70) but the disco snakes like a pig at anything over 55 with the slightest of steering inputs!
Checking the winterhoff manual it says any paint on the towball must be cleaned off before use, I did not know that and disappointed it was not done by JLR/dealer as this is a safety issue! So off to do that and inflate the tyres as stated in earlier posts
Also just to throw this out could these problems be at least partially due air suspension lowering at certain speeds to improve efficiency (cannot remember or find what speed though) and changing the dynamics???
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- Dpetchey
- Member Since: 30 Mar 2017
- Location: Thaxted
- Posts: 32
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We tow a nearly 2 ton twin axle with our 3l HSE using the detachable tow bar and the alko hitch. No problems at all- equally as good as the D4 was. Hope you get it sorted.
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- rogersmj
- Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
- Location: Hampshire
- Posts: 213
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Wow, that sounds strange!
I have an identical model and year to yours RB, and use the deployable tow bar many times to tow a horse trailer with 2, 17h horses.
Each horse weights around 1000kg, so we are looking at over 3000kg (3 tonnes). I've never had any kind of experience you are describing, so theres got to be something wrong here. On the other side of the spectrum, I also tow a small, single axle trailer, once again no problems.
I must admit when I had my D4, the towing seemed somewhat better, but I certainly have no issues with the D5 towing.
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