Tipping Over

[di_LR3_co]

So.. Did a little four wheeling today and got a bit freaked out the LR3 was going to tip over. My wife wasn't as concerned as me.. but she was up hill and I was looking down the side of a mountain..

Anyway.. on the way home (she was right.. we didn't tip) we got to talking about:
1) tip over angel
2) inclometers and why in the the world the LR3 doesnt have one standard (not to mention the lack of compass)

i think i read tip over was 30 degrees.. is that correct?

any one has any suggestions on an inclometer and where to mount to get an accurate reading?

thx

 

[geoaustin]

Pretty sure the LR3 will yell at you when you approach that angle. A 30 degree bank is pretty serious, and even 20 degrees will feel odd the first few times.

 

[Houm_WA]

I agree that 30 degrees is real serious and you most likely won't see it unless you're a hard-core wheeler. I almost figure that unless you're on a rock face, you'll slide down the bank before you'd tip. Just don't turn uphill!

I'm not so sure the LR3 will "yell at you" though. What do you mean by that geo?

 

[geoaustin]

On the dash there is a light that looks like the LR3 from behind with an arrow pointing out on each side. I am assuming that is a bank angle warning, but of course this assumption is without looking at the manual.

 

[duckdive]

I would have to do a manual check as well, but I think that light is for a suspension
fault. Also check this out.

 

[angasreid]

I've had it light up before while off-roading. I couldn't tell you the angle I was at, but I do know there is a 'warning' light and a 'critical' light. The one I saw showed a green car with arrows pointing left and right. Apparently if I tilted more I would have seen a red one.

 

[Houm_WA]

This icon is not a "tip-over light." It is a fault light for the suspension and perhaps some other systems as well. I'm sure that if there was such an indicator someone would've told me/us about it by now. I've been to the LR Experience Driving School a few times and they never mentioned it. There are some serious side-tilts at those locations too and that icon never illuminated.

 

[grommet]

There is no tip warning light on LR3, and (in my opinion) it would be totally pointless in reality.

 

[angasreid]

Well Grommet, maybe my car's better than yours... But really, here's a link referring to someone who has seen the icon before in the LR3 forum section:
http://www.landroverworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3008&highlight=tippy+icon

 

[Houm_WA]

angas....nobody is arguing that there is an icon that looks like that, just that it has nothing to do with the LR3 tipping or not tipping and that there is no icon for imminent rollover.