Head off to cairns tomorrow, currently in Airlie Beach at the house enjoying some down time

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Z Good luck with the trip. Hope you have a great time and post a few piccies. H Now :3.0 TDV6, Stornoway grey, Premium Almond leather,Dynamic Pack , Paddle shifters, Rear Electronic Diff, Surround Camera System, Park Distance Control - Front, Tow Pack, 19 x 9" 5 V-Spoke wheels, Memory Pack, Cold Climate Pack, Carpet Mat Set, Roof rails, general Grabber ATs,

Ordered, due May 17 SDV6 Dynamic Loire Blue, Ivory, Drive Pro pack, Sliding roof, Heated seats and steering wheel, Surround cameras, Tow pack with Advanced Tow Assist, Meridian 825w sound,

Have fun Zilch and post pics and trip report when you can. Regards, Marty

Now: 2008 RRS TDV8; 1975 Rangie ute

Then: 2010 Defender Puma TdCi 110; 1996 Defender 300Tdi; 1997 Disco V8 on vsi gas; 1976 Rangie 4.4l; 20 yrs of back breaking Tojos

Best of luck Zilch!

Have a great trip Zilch..Make sure you have aloof at Lakefield National Park on the way up or way back. Look forward to reports and pics. RRS P460e
1983 2 door Range Rover ARB Bar X9000 winch ARB Rear Bar now semi retired.
Many big trips done in this one.
1982 Rangerover nearly restored.
22 Defender D250 with lots of stuff for outback touring
Nice 2013 Freelander TD4 manual (for daughter to learn on) with much better stereo compared with previous SD4 SE with Meridian which sounded bad!
2013 Land Rover Defender ute.

Don't ruin the RRS Zilchy!

I drove the Broome to Cape Leveque road on Sunday (and return) in a rental Pajero. The corrugations were very bad and deep sand in places. They ain't pretty but the Mitsubishi Pajero (Shogun for the Bighty folks) is one tough 4wd and is actually a good car if you don't want anything special. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Have a good trip Zilch - and don't worry, you won't ruin the RRS!

We're getting ours ready for our trip through the Gawler/Simpson/Birdsville later this month.

Cheers,

Gordon 2015 RRS SDV6 SE, Santorini Black, GOE 2-way HS rods, Traxide dual battery, 275/55R20 Nitto TerraGraplers

2015 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE - GOE 3-way HS rods, GOE underbody plates and sliders, 275/65R18 Courgia MT

well trip ended prematurely. Stopped at Musgrave Roadhouse overnight, started the vehicle in the morning
and got Restriced Performance light followed by the Engine Management light (amber), off or what, vehicle recovered to Trinity Land Rover in Cairns at vast expense to myself (LR assist paid about 37% of the 2,6K bill) , i now have to also pay for flights back to Sydney as they cannot start looking at it until next week.. ask me how much i am really off

Looking at some of the similar tales (i was towing a 900KG Camper trailer), apparently its not an uncommon
fault and there was a software and ECU upgrade ... does anyone know if there is a tech bulletin out for this

Had a major service and full clean bill of health 2 days before leaving sydney.. Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

Did you do a hard reset and read the codes to find out what the issue is?

What did you do to resolve the issue before calling the tow truck? The car should still have been drivable if you had an amber EML rather than a red one.


Normally those sort of codes can be cleared and the issue sorted by doing the reset. Often caused by the ECU getting an unexpected Manifold Air Pressure reading, particularly when towing.

The other obvious one is failed EGRs - car can drive like a dog but will still drive.

It is a bummer when this happens and I am sorry this has mucked up your trip.

I hope it is all OK.

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
Arctic Frost
Aspen Interior

I'm sure there was a software update a couple of years ago. Had something to do with restricted performance after towing for a certain time. Be very surprised if your dealer hadn't uploaded it quite a while ago. Anyway let us know the outcome.
The other thing it could be is a holed intercooler pipe, had that with my D4 and gave the same alerts. RRS P460e
1983 2 door Range Rover ARB Bar X9000 winch ARB Rear Bar now semi retired.
Many big trips done in this one.
1982 Rangerover nearly restored.
22 Defender D250 with lots of stuff for outback touring
Nice 2013 Freelander TD4 manual (for daughter to learn on) with much better stereo compared with previous SD4 SE with Meridian which sounded bad!
2013 Land Rover Defender ute.

could not see any visible splits jools, but that is not to say they were not present.. had my bro in law in his old GQ wagon tow our camper back.. what a laugh he had at my expense. Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

garrycol wrote:

Did you do a hard reset and read the codes to find out what the issue is?

What did you do to resolve the issue before calling the tow truck? The car should still have been drivable if you had an amber EML rather than a red one.

garrycol wrote:

Normally those sort of codes can be cleared and the issue sorted by doing the reset. Often caused by the ECU getting an unexpected Manifold Air Pressure reading, particularly when towing.

I take it from your discussion that you did not have a code reader with you - I carry a Faultmate FCR with me which allows code reading and clearing - unfortunately doesn't do much else but doesn't cost nearly as much as a full Faultmate.

I hope it all works out quickly for you - in the ideal world the dealer will read the codes and fix things immediately.

Good luck with it.

Cheers

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
Arctic Frost
Aspen Interior

They are doing a smoke test on the vehicle, suspect turbo or intercooler hose problems.. but they did not get back to
me for over 3 hours after going to do that so expecting the worst Do Turbo's just go or is it a gradual process? Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

The 3.0s do have a bit of history of blowing one of the turbos but usually happens early so usually covered by warranty. More likely on an older vehicle is a split turbo/intercooler hose.

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
Arctic Frost
Aspen Interior