Happy driving at 60...then all hell breaks loose..bong bong bong...engine malfunction...limited gears...suspension drops on its arse and there is no lights on the suspension panel..no throttle slowing down..ohhhhh s#it..stop turn it off start up again all mint...set off again. .then bong bong bong...arrrgghhh 3 times in a 10 mile run..

Having had a route about on ffrr has anyonegot a definitive answer to this problem...

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Y. O. L. O.
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Make sure you're battery is in top condition.
How old is the battery?

Nothing quite like the smell of when the dreaded 'bong' goes off whilst driving along, I hated the outside temperature sensor in the winter time

-yep... and the 'range less than 50 miles'... fuel 'bong'

she says...'oh! what now!'

they should have a 'bong' for 'danger', and mobile text type 'ping' for 'aware' moments

Never saw the yellow light on in my 5 years of owning a FFRR, when I bought the car the yellow light was on during the test drive and showing 25 miles to go before running out and ever since then it was filled up when the gauge reached 1/4 tank. My wife has a knack of handing me the keys of her car when the yellow light is on

stan wrote:

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The behaviour sounds like voltage issues which would lead me to think, alternator on its way out. There have been quite a few alternators dying on forum cars if I remember correctly so have a look at the voltage with running engine etc. Check battery voltage and age as well of course and check for connections being loose would be my first guess. MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

johnboyairey wrote:

-yep... and the 'range less than 50 miles'... fuel 'bong'

she says...'oh! what now!'

they should have a 'bong' for 'danger', and mobile text type 'ping' for 'aware' moments

saucyboar5 - if you are near to Stafford then I have the IID Tool and should be able to read any fault codes for you, if needed Regards
Mark

2012 Westminster
GONE - 2007 Java Black FF Vogue, with Ivory interior

saucyboar5 wrote:

stan wrote:

fill in your car profile so we know what you have..it helps with advice.....

on my profile the details are filled in Stan. ..but don't show when I click the profile bar on my post?

It's a 2007 vogue 3.6 tdv8
Cheers

Have you got the colour filled in?  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto HSE Zambezi Silver

saucyboar5 wrote:

stan wrote:

fill in your car profile so we know what you have..it helps with advice.....

on my profile the details are filled in Stan. ..but don't show when I click the profile bar on my post?

You need to pick the colour to get the icon to appear

proser wrote:

saucyboar5 - if you are near to Stafford then I have the IID Tool and should be able to read any fault codes for you, if needed

Martin wrote:

saucyboar5 wrote:

stan wrote:

fill in your car profile so we know what you have..it helps with advice.....

on my profile the details are filled in Stan. ..but don't show when I click the profile bar on my post?

You need to pick the colour to get the icon to appear

it won't let me pick one. ..

I think you need to start over again - select Model (wait for the form to refresh), then Year, then.... etc. Happened to me as well when I tried to change to the correct color.