I was darn sooth for a couple of days, been driving for 10miles on minor "A" roads when "restricted performance" came up on the dash, no bong at all but there was no power, was coming to a slight incline so managed to pull off the road.

Went to turn it off, pressed the button and the engine started to die but instantly the ignition came back on quick enough to keep the engine running so basically I couldn't turn it off, I tried about 10 times and the same thing happened, switch off then back on before the revs dropped.....

Weird thinks I (I'm quick like that) I then thought what happens if I press and hold the on/off button? this worked and the engine switched off and the gear knob disappeared... then.... "bong" "Not in Park" came up on the dash, did about 3-4 bongs then disappeared then did it again, just kept cycling between blank dash and "Not in Park" obviously no way to put it in park and it now wouldn't turn back on... nothing on the button...

I reach for the big guns, out comes the IID and a short time later it's reading faults.... Just one

HVAC-Ventilation

B13C2-49 (6C) Windshield misting sensor - System internal failure - internal electronic failure

An old fault which one day I will replace...

I cleared the faults anyway and the IID shoved up lots of failure messages but was cycling through the ECU's

Then the bonging and the Not in Park messaged disappeared, I hit the start button, it started fine, with restricted performance now gone, drove on fine...

Drove around Londinium for another day, then 200 miles home, been out in it several times since and it's behaving impeccably.

I wondered about voltage but the main battery is brand new, just a week old and the second battery is at 12.6v at rest so I don't think voltage had anything to do with it...

Anyone come across this, is it a precursor to imminent failure, will it live till Christmas, should I sell it... Answers on a postcard

Pretty picture because we all like a photo...!!


 Pete

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new battery , maybe loose connection? ... - .- -.




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Checked and double checked Stan, I instantly thought voltage but both batteries are perfect and correctly fitted...

It's probably one of those fatty idiosyncrasies....  Pete

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you're probably right Pete but its frustrating not knowing the cause..

only other things i can think of is the earth strap [under wheel arch?] and the stop/start switch.

i reckon you'll wake up at 3 am and know what it is...  ... - .- -.




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Thanks Stan,

I did the earth straps when I did the ACE pipes so they are all good....

Stop/start button was changed when I bought it and I don't think that would chuck up the restricted performance, might do the turn off issue but it is just a switch that connects two wires so I doubt it...

It seemed a very specific issue so just wondered if anyone else had succumbed to it.... Pete

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It almost reads like there wasn’t enough power to go round, and that you were getting brown-outs of the systems in their electrical supply. ( like when you say the engine started to die, but the dash came back up as there was power now available the engine wasn’t using it)

Wonder if something like one of the main power relays were switching and so you were losing power partially. But on further startups they were holding ? V8 or else ...

Thanks for the thoughts, you could be right, I put it on here to see if someone had had similar but it appears not. I don't think I'm going to be able to search for it unless it does it again and stays like it..!!

If something is dying I suppose I will be the first to find out...

If not it's because it says "Range Rover" on the front and back  Pete

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