Rain Water Leak

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I had a major leak and now my console with GPS--- radio --- and information system is not working anymore. I did a check for the fuses and they are ok. So what are my options? Does it means that the water got into my monitor and now its KAPUT?
 

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That's a tough one. Was the leak in the interior of the vehicle and is there evidence that it got into the monitor? (Visible moisture in the display?) The radio is actually the "brains" of the whole info-tainment system. It's possible that only the radio is damaged but it controls the display of GPS, phone, music, etc. You could try the easiest fix which is to do a hard reset of the system. Disconnect the battery for 15 minutes or so. Then reconnect and start the vehicle. You will have to reset settings like clock, language , etc. from the front display for speed and RPM and if successful, the settings that you had for radio.

If that doesn't work then you're probably going to have to take it to a shop for diagnose/repair. The radio is a separate item in the info-tainment package and will be about $1,000 to replace. Good luck.
 

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water will start pooling in the drivers footwell causing shorts in the Electrical wires which run along the bottom of drivers door well.

So what kind of shorts did you have? My leak is on the passenger side and I never sit there so I have no idea how long the leak was there. Truck is currently immobilized at the dealer.
 
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That's a tough one. Was the leak in the interior of the vehicle and is there evidence that it got into the monitor? (Visible moisture in the display?) The radio is actually the "brains" of the whole info-tainment system. It's possible that only the radio is damaged but it controls the display of GPS, phone, music, etc. You could try the easiest fix which is to do a hard reset of the system. Disconnect the battery for 15 minutes or so. Then reconnect and start the vehicle. You will have to reset settings like clock, language , etc. from the front display for speed and RPM and if successful, the settings that you had for radio.

If that doesn't work then you're probably going to have to take it to a shop for diagnose/repair. The radio is a separate item in the info-tainment package and will be about $1,000 to replace. Good luck.
 
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Sorry for the delay... Many thanks to you. We did disconnect the battery for 15 minutes... we reconnected the battery and the console reapears and was working very good... i just had to take 15 minutes to re-apply my settings
 

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Hey there, all this just happened to me. NAV, Stereo, back up camera all stopped working. I tried hard reset, and nothing. Took it to dealer and apparently my 2012 LR4 has been leaking, and there is a puddle under the passenger side floor. (Now I see it’s a common issue). This caused the amplifier wire under the carpet to short out. They ran a new wire to power it up. The bill was $1150 Canadian for that. Then I’m scheduled to go back to find the leak, and they want $600-$1600 to do that.....
 

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I had this problem when I bought my 2015 LR4, luckily it was under warranty and my local dealership took the headliner out and the roof apart and found that all the drain tubes were bent. So much that they were not allowing hardly any water to escape when it rained heavily. As we drove we would end up with water in very odd places. They replaced all the drain tubes and the problem has cleared up. Fingers crossed.


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