Morning!

Land Rover assistance on the way !

Car wouldn't start this morning... Low/no baterry which surprise me as the car is just over 2 years old and I've done a long run (3,000 miles) over Xmas and New year....

Hope it's just the battery and not the alternator! Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

Notice on MY12 they feature:

"An Intelligent Power Management System includes Smart Regenerative Charging, so whenever possible the alternator charges the battery when it is most economical to do so, such as when the car is coasting rather than accelerating".

So long constant speed runs will not charge the system.

I also recall reading something (but can't find the reference) that stated as a fuel economy measure the system would only charge to 80% not 100%.

Thanks...



but it seems the answer is much more simple... Battery test ok. Alternator all good.

The problem seems to be a "bug" in the bluetooth system..

According to the technicien, my car system could have stayed on because I stop the engine, continue my phone conversation over the handsfree system and then left the car... It seems that this can keep the system awake and eventually run the baterry dead...

Will keep bluetooth off for a few weeks to test this idea... Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

same thing has happened with my FL2 and others, pulled up whilst on call, turned engine off and continued the call on my phone, which resulted in flat battery in the morning.

The very same happened to me in my disco 3, turned car off and continued call returned to the car some 4 hours later, land rover logo on sat nav screen and not enough power to start engine, land rover assistance plugged in computer and updated system, problem never came back  Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8 MY2010
Discovery 3 HSE 2007
Discovery 2 TD5 (gone)
Discovery 300 tdi
Range Rover Bobtail (gone)
90 hybrid (gone)

Cool!


So rule is finish your call before turning off the engine!


 Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

And get the upgrade/download i had off the assistance guy incase it happens in the future

 Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8 MY2010
Discovery 3 HSE 2007
Discovery 2 TD5 (gone)
Discovery 300 tdi
Range Rover Bobtail (gone)
90 hybrid (gone)

Jimmy_75000 wrote:

Cool!


So rule is finish your call before turning off the engine!

Well the low battery/No battery happen again last night despite not using the Bluetooth on my phone since the last time it happen.. (see earlier posts)

Land Rover assistance came this morning and I am the lucky owner of a brand new battery as this time, it has been diagnose as faulty.


Hopefully, no more problem from now on! Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

i parked my car lastnight and went into the house, just as i got in, the mobile rang, i couldnt hear my mate untill i looked at the phone and saw "Rangerover" on the handset, it seemed that the bluetooth hadnt shut down, ( i know the car takes 10 minutes to go to sleep) , and was interecepting the call. i remembered this post this morning when i went to the car and thought "oh no ", but it started first time, so mine must have been back to the dealer sometime to have the software update done  07,TDV8,Black, Black Heated leather all round, Rear Entertainment with Headpones & Remote, TV, DVD, Pure Dab Digital Radio, Sidesteps, Adaptive Headlights, sunroof, now working fuel burning heater )))