Hi Newbie,s first post.

I recently (2 months) bought a 02 4.4 from a main dealer with 75k on it, I have had 2 classic RR and 2 Discoverys but none with an auto box and I am now driving about listening for noises or waiting for a bang from the autobox, the box changes so smoothly in normal driving that it is difficult to tell when it changes apart from watching the tacho. So my question is,do you get any warning if a box is getting tired, do the changes get rougher. I ask these questions as we are due to go to France shortly and the thought of a major breakdown away from home is not on.

Thanks

Welcome to the forum, hope you find it useful and fun.

The auto box on the L322 is sealed for life, meaning that LR don't anticipate any maintenance or servicing being required.

I know one of our members did their own transmission service and you can find the thread under Maintenance & Mods section. As I am such a good egg here is the link.

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic250.html .

If it's changing smoothly and quietly I'd sit back and enjoy the cruise control on those french motorways. There's no better car to do it in. I did a round-Europe trip in the summer and had an awesome time in the car. I managed to do 226 miles non stop without switching off the cruise. Awesome, you can't do 2 miles in the UK. As I'm such a good egg, here's the link to that thread too!

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic875.html Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Thanks for the reply RRUK, I have been looking on the forum since before I bought the motor and had seen the first link you sent but I have not seen or read anything about pre transmission fail other than overheating.

Your trip looked great, The one we are due to do will be of a more modest sorte

hi just had the gearbox go in mine, first you'll get the feel of the car going over a cattle grid at slow speeds (30-35 mph as the clutch tries to lock up but can't, due to lack of lining material) then the problem occurs at most speeds before total loss of drive, apparently its not the box that is at fault its the torque converter that breaks up inside and the bits that travel into the box via the fluid and therefore destroy the clutch packs and all the valves ect, so if it does go then make sure you get the t.c replaced also. Total cost for complete rebuild and fitting is £2000 ,The guy that did mine replces t.c with a kevlar lined unit complete with lifetime guarentee and the box gets 12mths.

Who's that then Shaun?

the guy is in leigh, nr wigan Automatic gearboxes and is name is fred, he defo knows is stuff and he knows it .......lol, but does a good job. he even gave me a car to use for a couple of day while he had mine