Hi,
(first post so be gentle guys) After leaving my 05 rr vogue parked up for 2 weeks for hols i returned to find the battery had died and wouldnt even open doors,anyways after a kind manchester cabby had given me a jump start (15 mins trickle charging) we got home and it started this morning no probs, but tonight after charging the battery i locked her up and found that the gear selector lights stay on after locking up, i have never noticed this before so dont know when this started to hapen. anyone any ideas. i have bought a new battery.

How old is the battery?

If you take the car to Halfords they will do a free test to check the state of the battery.

As Winter is fast approacjing I would be inclined to replace the battery if it is more than a couple of years old.

Euro Car Parts are doing 15% off batteries at the moment.

The gear selector lights will remain lit until the car goes to sleep........all normal stuff so no probs. Stolen / Gone: 2006MY Supercharged LPG Autobiography - Zambezi Silver with Sand/Jet/Jet Oxford Leather.....

hi charmer
i think battery is original only had the rr since june, did get new one from europarts with discount of £33.00 thanks to this site , will give halfords a go if problem persists.

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just been back out to check car and lights have gone out thanks CG-SC, how long does it take to (go to sleep) shut down ?

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The gear selector light should go out after about 15 mins - if it doesn't, check that the cap is closed on the OBDC port.

Just bought a 2003 4.4 V8 Vogue myself with a Land Rover-original battery. I came from a Disco II via an X5 to the ffrr.

I noted the typical problems of a weak battery: not even being able to start the engine. As with the X5 earlier this year, I immediately replaced the battery by a Varta H03 (100 Ahrs) model. No more problems since.

Indeed, as said earlier, if your battery plays up, better replace it, as the costs are in no relation to the potential trouble and reduced dependability of the car.

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my LR enigineer says they are programed go to sleep 18mins after lock

also pro tip make sure the last door shut is the drivers door, boot door keeps the sat nav on (LR says its a feature me thinks its a bug )

I'm using my RR for a long trip next week and the car will be parked up for a week or so as I travel offshore for work. As such I didn't want to get stranded with a flat battery so decided to check for parasitic drains today. It's pretty straight forward to do, in a nutshell here's how to go about it :-

Using a multi meter rated and fused to measure DC Ampers, remove battery's earth and connect the meter leads in series (one end of the meter on the battery terminal, the other on the - lead)

NB ignition should be off or at least on the very first turn, failure to do this will allow too much current to pass through the multi meter resulting in at best a blown fuse.

I then managed to leave my multi meter on the windscreen and close the bonnet.

With the ignition on the first turn and nothing major being used the car was using 8.56 Amps

With the ignition off and car locked the car was using 0.54 Amps (enough to drain a battery over time)

However my ECU was still running and my P indicator was illuminated

20 mins later, P was no longer illuminated and car was using 0.073 Amps = perfect no parasitic drain.


Interestingly enough though if I attempted to open the boot by pressing the handle, my ECU & P light kick back into life, must be the imobiliser kicking in.

Hope this makes sense?