I'm not sure if you got to the bottom of this cold start problem, but I had the same thing happen this morning.

I had absent mindedly left my finger on the start button and once the cold start was over the engine started, I took my finger off the button, ran for a second or 2, then cut out. I realised what I had done, so started as I usually do, which is depress the start button for about a second, then wait for the cold start procedure to do it's thning and it then starts up. The problem is when you leave your finger on the start button, it should be released as soon as the start process commences.

Not sure if you hold your finger on the button and this is causing this issue?

bradtarga34 wrote:

I'm not sure if you got to the bottom of this cold start problem, but I had the same thing happen this morning.

I had absent mindedly left my finger on the start button and once the cold start was over the engine started, I took my finger off the button, ran for a second or 2, then cut out. I realised what I had done, so started as I usually do, which is depress the start button for about a second, then wait for the cold start procedure to do it's thning and it then starts up. The problem is when you leave your finger on the start button, it should be released as soon as the start process commences.

Not sure if you hold your finger on the button and this is causing this issue?

Aahh, I see, proper shagged then!

Good luck on Thursday, mine is back in the shop getting the front suspension knock sorted, got a poxy FL2 as a loaner, can't wait to get mine back!

Just got the car back this afternoon.The alternator was replaced together with thie diesel filter.Seems to have been the problem.Fairly common problems i was told.Hope this is the end of it.

I apologise in advance - this is going to be a rant
Collected the car yesterday morning at 8am as instructed by the service receptionist (because the loan car was booked out to someone else for the day). Temp was about -2; went to start car and guess what - exactly the same problem. The only person at the dealership at that time knew nothing about the job but said someone would call me at 8.30 so I have no choice but to to keep trying until it eventually started as I was late for a meeting and there was no other loan car.

Needless to say, no one phoned me at 8.30, so I called them only to be be told there had been some -up at their end and the workshop thought they had the car for 2 days. No work had been done the first day, despite a written report from LR Assist telling them to check the glow pugs and glow plug relays: "oh no sir, we won't do that - it's half a days work and we don't take any notice of what LR Assist tell us - we have to make our own diagnosis. We don't have any loan cars now until after Christmas so our best advice is to call LR Assist if it happens again..."

Basically, I'm back to square one. Has anyone seen the film Groundhog Day?

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What a mare i would call land Rover customer care with that info and report the dealer !!

Is your car mapped or standard ? 2014 5.0SC AB

Gone 5.0 SC

Tboner wrote:

What a mare i would call land Rover customer care with that info and report the dealer !!

Is your car mapped or standard ?

Did call customer care. It went something like this: "We don't own the dealerships sir...it's up to them how they diagnose problems...and LR Assist technicians are not LR trained staff; they're only from the AA. Is there anything else I can help you with today sir? Have a nice day sir".

It's standard at the moment, although shortly it may have modified bodywork as a I'm going to give it a damn good thrashing shortly. That should do it.  14.5MY SDV6 HSE Dynamic Indus silver/lunar/ebony 20" wheels, InControl, full-size spare, electric tow bar, adaptive xenons, adaptive cruise control, auto main beam assist. Gone: TDV8 HSE; Zermatt silver/ebony, 19" off road alloys, active diff, particle filter, tow pack (it was fun) BMW 730D SE (great car, sadly missed). Ford Focus RS mk2, Ultimate green, lux pack 2, bluetooth. The start of my mid-life crisis.
IN THE GARAGE: BMW i8 - the mid-life crisis continues and it's great fun.

Just collected the morning papers and on way back ,airbag warning light came on.Turned off car tried to restart and dash lit up like Xmas tree and failed to restart .Waiting for LR Assist to call back !!
Any suggestions what it could be now ?

greg wrote:

Just collected the morning papers and on way back ,airbag warning light came on.Turned off car tried to restart and dash lit up like Xmas tree and failed to restart .Waiting for LR Assist to call back !!
Any suggestions what it could be now ?

Oh yeah it's only -9 here and -12 during the night ! You will be right enough

greg wrote:

Oh yeah it's only -9 here and -12 during the night ! You will be right enough

Now now boys...

...getting this thread back on track , I've had a further development with my cold starting problem. Basically, it has started first time for the last two mornings, temps -2 and -9 respectively . This is a massive step forward and here's what I've done differently: instead of following the instructions in the handbook, I have turned the ignition on without pressing the brake, waited for the glowplug light to go out, then pressed the brake & the start button. It starts first time, with almost no delay for a "cold start procedure". I repeat, this is NOT how the handbook tells you to start the car (but it's how I've started every other diesel I've ever had)

My question to other MY10 TDV8 owners is: what cold start procedure do you follow  14.5MY SDV6 HSE Dynamic Indus silver/lunar/ebony 20" wheels, InControl, full-size spare, electric tow bar, adaptive xenons, adaptive cruise control, auto main beam assist. Gone: TDV8 HSE; Zermatt silver/ebony, 19" off road alloys, active diff, particle filter, tow pack (it was fun) BMW 730D SE (great car, sadly missed). Ford Focus RS mk2, Ultimate green, lux pack 2, bluetooth. The start of my mid-life crisis.
IN THE GARAGE: BMW i8 - the mid-life crisis continues and it's great fun.

For me it's foot on the brake, press and hold the start button. Cold start message will appear followed by a fair wait but then the engine fires into action. It never fails to start (since I had the new starter motor). WINNER - 2009 ‘Just Doing What It’s Designed To Do’ Award

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Old Stager wrote:

Now now boys...

...getting this thread back on track , I've had a further development with my cold starting problem. Basically, it has started first time for the last two mornings, temps -2 and -9 respectively . This is a massive step forward and here's what I've done differently: instead of following the instructions in the handbook, I have turned the ignition on without pressing the brake, waited for the glowplug light to go out, then pressed the brake & the start button. It starts first time, with almost no delay for a "cold start procedure". I repeat, this is NOT how the handbook tells you to start the car (but it's how I've started every other diesel I've ever had)

My question to other MY10 TDV8 owners is: what cold start procedure do you follow

Old Stager wrote:

Well, it actually failed to start at all today. Tried 10 or 12 times; it would fire up for a couple of seconds, then cut out. It wasn't even cold ('only' -3). Was late for a meeting so I used my wife's BMW 1 Series diesel which had been sat on the drive unused for a week. Needless to say, it started first time. When I got back home I tried the RRS again and eventually coaxed it in to life after about another 10 attempts.

Anyone got any ideas as to what may be the problem