Hi

New to forum, and it is great reading, but not new to Rangeys. On my third one now in 11 years.
late 2006 TD6 , Oxford trim with Piano wood, 30000 miles Extended /extended warranty after the three year one ran out.! Believe it or not never used the warranty for anything apart from maybe claiming on the following.

Bought the RR at twelve months old. At the time didn't have a tow bar fitted, so had one fitted by Independant. Believe it or not ,never towed with the RR it for eighteen months. When I first plugged my trailer in , the trailer tell tale stayed on and glowed red. Trip to dealer. Not covered under warranty as non genuine, but in fairness they had a look .
"Diagnostics wont recognize the electrics, so we can't do anything. Maybe wiring incorrect so fit genuine relays , loom and sockets".
£200 ish later -red light cured now stuck on Green!!!
Everything works as it should, but I think it is law to have some visual /audible means of warning that indicators aren't working. Don't fancy assuming an artic has seen my indicator, just as I pull out !!

On going saga, and I haven't really pushed it, until now, as I'm towing into France, so thought it would be good to use the RR instead of my van.

Next suggestion from Land Rover -new Instrument pack - covered under warranty

Fitted this week - didn't work so now unfitted.

Latest suggestion from Land Rover- new BECM ( I think that's what they said ), but they are not sure if warranty people will accept this , so might have to pay, but they think I can escape the charges with proper wording on the claim form.

Through all this, I have to say the dealer has been really good, and they haven't charged me for diagnostics or anything else, apart from the loom etc

Any thoughts would be good as Land Rover can't seem to sort this one

Thanks for reading and sorry if it's a bit long winded

The green tell-tale is meant to be on all the time. It is to let you know the car has bulb monitoring going on for the trailer as well. Lesser cars without bulb failure warnings are the ones which flash with the indicators.

All good.

EDIT. The dealer really ought to have known this

Well me.
Witter who supplied the kit originally don't obviously know this either,

I said this as a joke about a year ago to the dealer. I am totally amazed that not even Land Rover could sort this.




Thank you very much

LOL, well I despair of the dealers sometimes. The Techs (mostly) don't know Jack Schitt about the cars they're working on. Instead they all rely on the diagnostic computers to tell them what's wrong. No thought process at all, just blindly believing the machine

You're in the right place to get correct information. This forum collectively knows more about Full-Fats than many dealers ever will. There are some good dealers but they do have issues retaining decent techs, a lot of whom end up at indie places or working for themselves cos the pay's better.

As for Witter, well they are good at welding large lumps of pig iron together but delicate electronics probably isn't their bag.

Dom

My trailer light doesnt come on all the time - and I do have genuine electrics... Just to throw a spanner in the works... 

+1 - mine only comes on when I use the indicator, as a check - I also have LR towing gear + electrics 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

Yes you're right.

We bought a new Volvo about six months ago for work. Week old Airbags packed up . They didn't know anything about the fault , because guess what " the computer says no faults" even though the car said don't drive.

Big arguments as they wanted us to drive with no guarantees as to whether the airbags would work !!

THREE WEEKS IT TOOK TO SORT. An electrical connector wasn't shoved together hard enough in the door .. if only we could see through these eyes ........

We did get exact same car foc to drive coutesy of Volvo- nowt else

Guess what now a major recall for this fault.

Live and learn

Sorry still learning.The Volvo moan was reply to Dom about lack of practical knowledge.

Okay who's right.

Help

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

My trailer light doesnt come on all the time - and I do have genuine electrics... Just to throw a spanner in the works...

I am a caravan dealer and have a 54 plate Vogue. Haven't had it long, and haven't towed with it much. But when I have a caravan connected I have nothing to indicate this, and no bleep, or separate light or anything else when I am indicating to confirm that the caravan is still atttached.

However, when I did have a problem with a side light bulb on the caravan not working, the display read "Check trailer bulb" or something very similar.

So, my limited experience of towing with my MY FFRR suggests to me that only if there is a fault do you get an indication of the fault via a readout on the dash.

Hope this helps.

mzplcg.............. mine is a 2010MY 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

yeah, sorry. read the TDV8 bit and saw 2008.

No matter though, point it it's later than the 2006 facelift which was only the infotainment system that really changed. The base electrics remained fairly constant.

So, got my trailerboard out (bike rack thingy) and tested it. When connected the green light is constant. Take out an indicator bulb and it flashes faster. Take out a sidelight bulb and message appears on the dash "Check trailer bulb". This is a 7 pin on a 13>>7 adapter.

This is what I used to get on my previous 2007 car. :confused now:

I would say this looks like correct behaviour. Bulb monitoring system for brake and side lights and double flash rate on indicators when a bulb blows.

Dom

my trailer light stays on all the time when the trailer is plugged in

Great, it at least looks as though it 's in favour of operating correctly. I was going to ring Cust Services at Land Rover at some time, and have a moan, but it looks like I'll politely ask a question.

Will let you know their answer.

Many, many thanks to you all