My new (to me) 2010 VSE arrived yesterday. All ok apart from two 'issues' as per the title.

Easy one first, the leather door pull part of the door card looks used and abused, do these come in sections or do I have to replace the whole thing?

Next problem is the side steps. They both deploy and retract on unlock and lock, but if they're retracted when the car is unlocked, the passenger side one doesn't deploy on door opening. It comes half out then retreats. Is this a known fault and/or an easy fix?

Cheers

Greg

door card is the whole thing and the steps probably need a good lubrication. ... - .- -.




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Cheers, Stan.

I wondered whether it was that or some grit in the mechanism confusing the car a bit. Should I just spray lube the joints/hinges?

Just make sure you are sitting down when you ask the price of a door card... they are thousands of pounds...

It should be repairable by a decent trimmers or leather repairers...  Pete
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Gregr

Just ensure you lubricate the hinges every month with good quality oil - not WD40 (water displacement 40 days ).

The Hinges can dry and make movement difficult.

I will have a read and see what I can come up with to help sort your problem out

see below - if they are useful to you in the mean time

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Gregr

Just found this - might be onto something here:

If the voltage supplied to the sidesteps opening control module drops below 9.5 V, any one-touch operation currently in
progress will be terminated and no new opening panel movement will be initiated.

worth you checking the voltage on each side - module.

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also The Roof Module backs up this with:

Sleep Modes
To reduce the current consumption of the vehicle, the roof opening panel control module switches to a power saving mode
after receiving a message from the CJB via the LIN bus. In this condition manual operation of the roof opening panel will
result in the loss of its absolute position. If this occurs, the roof opening panel will require re-initializing.
The power saving mode is exited on receipt of a message from the CJB via the LIN bus.

Shutdown
During the engine cranking process, the CJB requests the roof opening panel control module to inhibit roof opening panel
operation via the LIN bus. Any requested movement is halted until the ignition is returned to ignition on (mode 6).
If the voltage supplied to the roof opening panel control module drops below 9.5 V, any one-touch operation currently in
progress will be terminated and no new roof opening panel movement will be initiated.
Initialization
Initializing the roof opening panel allows the control module to learn the end positions of the motors travel. Hall sensors in
the motor provide pulses for motor spindle rotation. The control module counts the pulses and determines where the panel
is by memorizing the stored pulses.
If the system is not initialized, the roof opening panel will only operate in the tilt up and slide closed positions.
The roof opening panel initialization procedure is as follows:
Start the engine
Ensure the blind is fully closed
Press and hold the roof opening panel tilt switch, when the roof is in the tilt position release the switch
Press the tilt switch again and hold for 20 seconds
The roof and blind will then open, ensure the switch is kept pressed until the roof has completed its opening and
closing cycle.
Once the roof opening and closing cycle is complete the roof opening panel has been initialized.

Diagnostics
The roof opening panel control module has a built in test function to allow self-checking and self-diagnosis.
Exchange of data with the Land Rover approved diagnostic system takes place via the CJB and the LIN bus.

It can be used to identify 3 possible faults:

Mechanical stiffness (fault in the roof opening panel unit)
Implausible input signals







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Cheers guys.

Scary thought re. The door card. It's just the leather round the handle in the armrest that's looking tired and it looked as though it might pop out for replacement.