Going onto the motorway this morning, I floored the accelerator and kept my foot down hoping to reach the traffic at a reasonable speed. Just as I was joining the inside lane.........the car went into limp mode, gearbox fault, suspension lowered indications, pretty dash lights everywhere and the letter ‘F’ (I assume fault, rather than the more obvious meaning) replaced ‘D’.

What fun! ''

Stopped on the hard shoulder, re-started the car and it was fine, until the same thing happened again.

Anybody suffered the same indignity or know what the fault is.........? .

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Hello RAD ,

it needs plugging in for sure , there are lots of thing that will cause the limp mode.

How much were you thrashing it?
ISTR there was an issue with blocked fuel filters causing similar symptoms when "under load"

if so a quick filter chhange will sort it.
it needs booking in really , but i would call LR response and tell them it wont drive , get somebody out to you and plug it in.

Isnt it about time you sold that car to me ???
remember ive got first refusal

Good luck

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Exactly that happened to me a few years ago, driving the 2002 Freelander TD4 (with the BMW motor), and it turned out to be the fuel injectors.

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Rad,
Similar happened to me and it was a faulty height sensor,just be careful if you drive it for any length of time as I got billed for a shredded rear driveshaft gaiter when I drove home with in at access height.
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The simple answer was............mucky fuel filter, every time I floored the throttle, the necessary amount of fuel didn't get through and the management system decided it would be best to go into limp mode!

Isn't there are joke about sh*t in the carb somewhere in history? ''

And just before somebody writes it up, yes I know.......it doesn't have a carb! .

There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.


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Do you buy your fuel from the same place all the time - might be worth taking it up with them if you do. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Yea i've been having this problem for the past month or so too!!

I had LR assistance out a few weeks back and he told me that it was because the fuel filter needed changing and it was probably as a result of using 'cheap' Asda fuel. So I booked it in for a full service and guess what, same problem happened! So i called my nearest dealership (James Edwards @ Brock) and they told me it would be atleast a week and a half till they could do anything.

It actually goes in Monday and i get no courtesy car either so have to get a friend to make the 60 mile round trip to give me a lift back then another 60 mile round trip to pick it up when they've finished tinkering. Not really what I expect for a expensive vehicle thats under warranty.

It was the guy at the service centre who said he'd had his laptop connected up to it and it had 5 faults showing and it was probably something to do with the ECG. Eitherway, everyday this happens to me when i use it to get to work etc and it is very very dangerous especially if you're in heavy traffic and in the fast lane of a four lane carraigeway. Not just that, its bloody embarassing too!

I had similar once on the last RRS - was a throttle sensor on the accelerator pedal

Just like I said , Bob

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This happened to me, on the day I picked up the car 17th Dec 2005, nearly kiiled my whole family as we lost power on a round -a bout, we had stopped twice on this wholly moterway journey as we had the full dash full of lights....the car was returned to LR on the 19th when we return home, it did the same on the return journey, fail..then drive ok then you would loose power again without notice, LD took the car back and I did not seemy new moter until the 24th Dec....

When I took a sneak look into the workshop the whole engine bay was out....they claimed this was all down to a faulty turbo....

Currently having supension nightmares.....

So finally the snow came and I was looking forward to some fun in the RRS.
Unfortunately the RRS had different ideas. At 2 minutes from home under acceleration it went in to “limp” mode.
ransmission Fault Limited Gear Available and the dreaded F.
So a quick call to LRA, and 25 mins later when they answered the phone they agreed to pick the car up
(in fairness it was their worst day of the year with the weather and all).

After 6 hours they picked the car up and then we started the process of a replacement vehicle. No 4x4 available as they had had many LR breakdowns, but I was entitled to a Jaguar. At 5ish the said jaguar arrived…a less than thrilling X type diesel but better than nothing.

So right now , four days in , the car is still at the LR dealer. The faults have been downloaded and sent to LR HQ for analysis. No sign of a fix yet …

I took mine in on the 5th of February for this very same fault. They said it was the gas valves so replaced them, finally got it back on Friday 13th (after problems with the Courtesy car too ) and as soon as I get on the motorway, bang, the problem is still there!!

Waiting to hear back from them today but its seriously doing my head in as they seemingly have no idea what it is as the fault codes that it initially showed have been rectified.

i need my car as i use it everyday and Im giving family a lift to the airport thursday and need it for luggage transportation etc The courtesy cars offered are crap; second rate deisel jag or a dodgy Nissan Quashqai is no good to me

i have already lost 2 days work over this (problems with the courtesy car from enterprise) plus the 70 mile round trip Ive had to make 3 times, not to mention the time aspect

How patient should i be and what are my options if they cant sort it?!