| Author |
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 Auto box logic |
SpiderPig
 Mon Jul 21 2025 8:04am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 4 · Views: 191 · Subject: Auto box logic |
As far as I know, there's only the one reverse gear.
An option would be to reverse into your driveway, this would allow you to regulate your speed using the brake. |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Fri Jul 18 2025 12:21pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
Finally got it back.
* Investigate brake pedal feeling stiff. Plugged in vehicle to find fault codes. Found codes relating to power distribution box. PSDB powers secondary battery which powers ... |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Thu Jul 17 2025 11:19am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
| LR are trying it on a bit. Saying one of my brake discs is corroded and needs replacing. The car only had an MOT a couple of months ago and the brakes were fine then. |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Wed Jul 16 2025 3:54pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
| Well my aux battery is (as far as I know), ok. It was just the power control unit not sending it voltage. |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Wed Jul 16 2025 1:50pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
| Car finally being fixed today. Diagnosed as a power control unit failure resulting in not enough power going to the aux battery. |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Tue Jul 01 2025 4:04pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
The guy picking it up put a code scanner on it.
ABS Control unit failure, and about 30 other associated failures.
Lets see how LR deals with it.
I have LR Warranty, but not the Assistance add ... |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Tue Jul 01 2025 12:40pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
Ah, thanks.
I'll let Land Rover know. At least it's a first place for them to look. |
| Breakdown |
SpiderPig
Tue Jul 01 2025 11:43am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 12 · Views: 631 · Subject: Breakdown |
Got in the car this morning and started the engine.
Bongs from the display, Hill descent and Stability control not working, brake pedal also very heavy.
I turned it off and tried again 30 minute ... |
| Gesture Tailgate |
SpiderPig
Mon Jun 30 2025 7:39am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 9 · Views: 635 · Subject: Gesture Tailgate |
Thats funny.
After watching the video above, the gesture feature is working every single time. Just needs a gentle kick of the foot right behind the wheel arch. |
| Enabling Features |
SpiderPig
Thu Jun 26 2025 12:22pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 2 · Views: 323 · Subject: Enabling Features |
Here you go, this page will give you an idea of what's available for enable/retrofit
https://lr-retrofits.co.uk/l494-sport
Scroll down a bit for MY18 and onward cars.
Anything not on the page ... |
| Gesture Tailgate |
SpiderPig
Wed Jun 25 2025 2:19pm
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 9 · Views: 635 · Subject: Gesture Tailgate |
I've spent quite a while making a fool of myself in the driveway, waving my foot under the rear skirt.
I'm just thankful that jetwashing the rear of the car doesn't have any more luck than I do (Wo ... |
| Gesture Tailgate |
SpiderPig
Wed Jun 25 2025 10:43am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 9 · Views: 635 · Subject: Gesture Tailgate |
I've only occasionally got mine to work.
I ended up just ignoring the fact I've got the feature and just opening the tailgate the old-fashioned way. |
| L494 2017 map update |
SpiderPig
Mon Jun 09 2025 8:22am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 3 · Views: 425 · Subject: L494 2017 map update |
| Maps aren't downloaded OTA to the car - you have to download to a USB stick on a computer and then use the stick to update the maps. |
| New 2018 RRS autobiography owner |
SpiderPig
Wed Jun 04 2025 9:20pm
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Forum: My Range Rover Sport · Replies: 10 · Views: 766 · Subject: New 2018 RRS autobiography owner |
Don’t worry about repair bills until something breaks. Just keep it maintained according to the service schedule and you should hopefully be fine.
Lots of scare stories out there, but not all ca ... |
| New 2018 RRS autobiography owner |
SpiderPig
Wed Jun 04 2025 12:53pm
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Forum: My Range Rover Sport · Replies: 10 · Views: 766 · Subject: New 2018 RRS autobiography owner |
Looks fantastic.
Good to see it's an actual paint and not a wrap. Wraps are a good way of hiding a multitude of problems. |
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