Transmission Range Change Not Available

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mblack16

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I have a 2005 lr3 with 53000 miles on it. Today my wife was driving it and the low range light began blinking. Owners manual indicates that it is changing from high to low. No light on low to high changer. It will continue to drive but when you turn the vehicle off and then back on the message "transmission range change not available" appears. Checked the fuse for the high to low shifter and it seems to be fine. Any ideas?

Apparently the vehicle did this on its own. Anyone else ever experience this?
 

Houm_WA

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Never heard of this one. ...are you sure your wife didn't accidentally bump the hi/lo toggle?
 

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I was thinking the same, that she bumped the toggle but I think it would have reset when he turned it off and restarted it. Not sure though.
 

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Took it to Land Rover and they said it needed a new battery. Originally they thought it was the power pack that operates the toggle or a solenoid in the transfer case. After they ran a system check they noticed it had something to do with a relay in the fuse box apparently caused by some moisture. The battery was also causing it not to reset?? Anyhow...low estimate was $500 high was $2000 and I'm getting out for about $400.
 

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a weak battery will cause all kinds of things
 

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Similar issue? I just had an issue arise that may be similar. While driving I moved the shifter into command shift (manual) mode but the tranmission would not change with the + or - selected. After repeated (maybe 4 or 5) I finally received a message on the LED - "Transmission Fault" with the owner's manual icon. No other warning lights or information. The LR3 drove and shifted perfectly fine in automatic mode at this point. About 5 or 6 miles later I was able to stop and look into the issue.
When I opened my lower glovebox I notice the coutesy light did not come one. Same thing for the visors vanity lights, map lights and all electrical that uses Fuse 1 in the passenger cabin fuse block. I turned off the vehicle and restarted to see if the issue would resolve as a ghost or if it came back. As long as I kept the LR3 in automatic mode it was fine and the fault did not reproduce. Since Iam traveling I did not test the command shift.
I did attempt to replace the fuse and it burnt almost instantly.
Not sure if they are related or independent issue. I did have the LR3 in a couple days ago for what the dealer called height sensor replacement. This was in response to my complaint about inexplicable height adjustments and intermittant 'Suspension Faults".

I am wondering if this could all be the phanton weak battery symptoms. Any experience with this out there?
Thansks in advance!

2006 LR3 HSE
 

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