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Vehicle & Technical => Freelander => Topic started by: mud knight on September 04, 2007, 22:35:26

Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 04, 2007, 22:35:26: the traction control & hill decent (amber light) comes on intermitantly :shock: any one got ideas why :wink:
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: roscoe on September 05, 2007, 14:00:26: Same thing happens to ours. At the last service, asked the garage to check it, said they couldn't find a fault.

Doesn't happen very often.
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 05, 2007, 21:45:32: i wonder if its a common thing then :? it doesnt seem to effect then running of it so i guess its not harming anything :?
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: JC on September 16, 2007, 12:26:31: only just seen your posting .... are you still having problems with it ??
is it petrol ???
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: roscoe on September 17, 2007, 14:05:52: It's a 2002, TD4. Not had them come on again since it went in for a service 2 weeks ago
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 17, 2007, 21:23:08: still having trouble only sometimes :? its td4 2002. i did put it down to the wifes heavy foot but it happened to me once so i couldnt blame her to much :o
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: roscoe on September 19, 2007, 14:08:21: That's strange, it was happening with my wife too, again I thought it was her heavy right boot!!

Happened once with me before going in for the service, touch wood, nothing since.
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 20, 2007, 22:28:44: I still say she broke it first :lol:
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: Steve ray on September 21, 2007, 23:54:45: We had (until this week) a 2002 Td4 Freebie that experienced a similar problem - we had the HDC switch replaced - but under warranty, so don't ask me where it is!
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: freelanderpx54 on September 22, 2007, 21:05:09: Check the front brakes. HDC, TC and ABS are all interlinked. If the pads are a bit worn then that could be causing the problem. Other bits to check are the wiring to the switch.
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: scotifreelander on September 23, 2007, 00:36:38: i have the same prob to, ive changed my front pads and it still comes on :( !!!! i have 2002 Td4
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: JC on September 24, 2007, 14:42:28: Sorry about the late reply ... beeen away !!
Well I cant speak for the Td4 but ..... on the 1.8 you must have 12mm of slack in the throttle cable else the HDC light will come on and go off again as you mentioned earlier. You can adjust it easily at the bracket on the throttle body, just slide the outer cable out of the notch in the bracket give give the square plastic bit half a turn or enough to get some slack at the pedal then slide it back in.... no tools reqd.
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 25, 2007, 22:15:46: Iwill give that a go but in the mean time my good lady has now said it seems to happen more when she is low on fuel :? the mystery deepens someone tell me when i should give scooby doo a call :lol:
Title: hill decent & traction control
Post by: mud knight on September 26, 2007, 21:44:41: no no no today there is more than half a tank of fuel and it happens again so that theroy is out of the window :(
Title: HDC and TC
Post by: oily on November 11, 2007, 14:58:37: Had similar problem on my 2000 1.8 turned out to be fauty brake light switch. Told it is quite common that, they stick on and confuse the ECU.

Oily
Title: Re: hill decent & traction control
Post by: pondy653 on January 10, 2008, 12:19:53: I have had a similar problem since I changed my rear wheel bearings. Put it on Test Book, no fault codes logged. Have now given both rear ABS wheel senors a tap inwards, Problem gone. To get proper access you'll need to remove the road wheels. Hope this helps

Tony