Have broken down in friends range rover. Land rover assist will take an hour to come. Car was juddering and smoke coming out of n/s rear wheel. Any ideas to the cause? I was thinking brakes. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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Just a thought but handbrake applied / not released properly whilst driving???

I thought that but my friend says its an automatic hand brake. Car was fine for the first half hour. Chilly on the hard shoulder! Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

could be a seized piston in rear brakes, as they don't do a lot of work.

Iain

Hard shoulder - not good!!!

Your not waiting IN the car are you? Better to be chilly and out of harms way outside the car than the alternative.....Sure LR assist wont be far away.

Let us know the prognosis - when its safe obviously.

We have been stood under a bridge for an hour! AA are here now. 2 degrees outside. AA man says it sounds like something has seized. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

Might be the EPB stuck on, think there's an emergency release

But guess its on a low loader and your stuck in a nice warm AA Cab Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Yup, on the back of an AA lorry. Land rover assist coming to the hotel in the morning. We shall see what happens then. At least not too far from home. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

LR assist has been today, they said hand brake had stuck on, common problem, once the brake cools down it releases itself. Fella was there a total of 12 minutes! Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

So I guess it was stuck on last night but free by this morning? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Sounds like it. My friend is taking it too the dealers tomorrow to have it checked out. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

Dave007 wrote:

Hard shoulder - not good!!!

Your not waiting IN the car are you? .

Mona Geeza wrote:

I think Id rather stay in the car and take the risk than stand outside for an hour or more in a minus 10 blizzard and die of hypothermia.

We broke down near a bridge, had a dog blanket in the back that we used to keep warm with and stayed under the bridge about 50 yards away from the car. Quite chilly but lived to tell the tale! Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

As mentioned above, please don't stay in your vehicle on the hard shoulder. I've seen the consequences too many times.

BE PREPARED. Make sure you've got warm, waterproof, high visibility clothing in your vehicle all year round, including hat and gloves. In the summer, make sure you've got water!

Follow these top five tips and SURVIVE
http://www.survivegroup.org/pages/safety-i...d-shoulder

Oh and on the handbrake, isn't everything that goes wrong with a Land Rover a "common fault" lol. So tired of hearing that!