I have a 2008 LR3 that I bought used about a year ago. I recently crossed the 100,000 mile mark, and the other day my dash lit up like a Christmas Tree with Suspension Fault, HDC Fault, Transmission Fault, Brake, and HDC options unavailable messages. It also says it is lowering my suspension, but it typically doesn't lower but instead stays in Standard height.
After doing some reading on this forum (which is great by the way, and I appreciate all of you), I decided the first step before paying any money, was to check my brake switch. I removed the brake switch, but I found no black residue around it like many said I would find if it was the problem. However, I DID see that the wires coming off of the brake switch had a piece of electrical tape around them that didn't look like it was part of the initial setup, so I'm assuming the brake switch has been tinkered with before.
So, I'm wondering what I should do next. My local LR dealer is super expensive, but I have a good mechanic shop close by that has been around for years and does work on Land Rovers. They are planning to charge me $100 just to look at it. I'm ok with that, but was wondering if you guys recommend that I change out the brake switch first to see if that resolves the issue? Should I also go ahead and change out the battery? I saw several posts about a battery fixing the issue. I thought since I could do both of those things for under $200, it may be a good idea to do that before forking out any money to a mechanic, in case those 2 things solve it.
I would love some input and advice if possible. I am not having any instances where one side, or one corner, is in a lower or higher suspension than the others....but I am having the entire suspension lower at times. And it comes and goes...For instance, I got in the car this morning and as soon as I cranked it I got all of the lights and error codes, but the car stayed in the Standard height (despite saying "lowering"), and it drove fine. But then this afternoon, I cranked it up and had no messages or error codes, no lights, nothing. So it appears that something is in the process of going out, or is shorted, I just don't know enough to know how to fix it.
If I end up having to go to the shop, that's fine...but we have a lot of sketchy mechanics in the area, so I'd like to have enough of a general knowledge that I don't get taken to the cleaners if I end up going that route.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide.
Thanks again,
MT
After doing some reading on this forum (which is great by the way, and I appreciate all of you), I decided the first step before paying any money, was to check my brake switch. I removed the brake switch, but I found no black residue around it like many said I would find if it was the problem. However, I DID see that the wires coming off of the brake switch had a piece of electrical tape around them that didn't look like it was part of the initial setup, so I'm assuming the brake switch has been tinkered with before.
So, I'm wondering what I should do next. My local LR dealer is super expensive, but I have a good mechanic shop close by that has been around for years and does work on Land Rovers. They are planning to charge me $100 just to look at it. I'm ok with that, but was wondering if you guys recommend that I change out the brake switch first to see if that resolves the issue? Should I also go ahead and change out the battery? I saw several posts about a battery fixing the issue. I thought since I could do both of those things for under $200, it may be a good idea to do that before forking out any money to a mechanic, in case those 2 things solve it.
I would love some input and advice if possible. I am not having any instances where one side, or one corner, is in a lower or higher suspension than the others....but I am having the entire suspension lower at times. And it comes and goes...For instance, I got in the car this morning and as soon as I cranked it I got all of the lights and error codes, but the car stayed in the Standard height (despite saying "lowering"), and it drove fine. But then this afternoon, I cranked it up and had no messages or error codes, no lights, nothing. So it appears that something is in the process of going out, or is shorted, I just don't know enough to know how to fix it.
If I end up having to go to the shop, that's fine...but we have a lot of sketchy mechanics in the area, so I'd like to have enough of a general knowledge that I don't get taken to the cleaners if I end up going that route.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide.
Thanks again,
MT
