Got stuck in a traffic jam this morning where I was moving a metre or so every 5 min for about 45 minutes!! I got to a traffic island when i heard a beeping then noticed that the temperature gauge was in the red!!! Panicking I pulled out of the queue and headed down a side street to no where and the guage quickly dropped to mid level again! Is this right???? I have never had a car overheat before and I have been in longer traffic jams than this!! Only got 6000 miles on her so fluids etc should be fine.

Anyone got any ideas? Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
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Panicking I pulled out of the queue and headed down a side street to no where and the guage quickly dropped to mid level again!

I would say no its not right and you need to get it checked ASAP

When i was at Tong last year, me and AlexG was out of our cars whatching some of the D3 & the RRS going up suicide hill. We parked up for a quick look and left our engines runnning for at least 40 minutes in 32c heat and I had no flucuation in the temperature gauge. I looked to see if it had moved when i relised we hadn't turn the cars off.

I have recently knoticed that the fan on my FL2 is kicking in more often, but the dealer said its just doing its job  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Definitely not right, especially for a diesel and would agree it's worth getting to a dealer.

My i6 never fluctuates even when I've been hammering it and then get stuck in traffic in 45-50C, which I think just proves the testing that LR put the Fl2 through before release. Once you've tasted GREY you'll never go back!

Booked her in with dealer but have got to wait 2.5weeks as they are busy!! Lets hope the temp guage doesnt go into the red again (might have to call out Landrover Assistance if it does)

Also asked them to investigate the loose drivers seat and annoying knock from the rear. Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
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npinks wrote:

............When i was at Tong last year, me and AlexG ........ left our engines runnning for at least 40 minutes in 32c heat and I had no flucuation ............ .

32 .... at Tong ..... ..... get away !!!!

I think this weeks sunshine has gone to your head....

Have spent a couple of days this week working at Leeds Bradford airport, weather was terrific  Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
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Been to the dealer today. They ran the FL2 for an hour and it never occured and run diagnostics and couldnt find any fault, touch wood it has been fine since, perhaps a gremlin in the system??

Had something similar in a Rover once, temp guage went right round to the red for no reason. Stopped, switched off, back on, and all was fine. Never happened again and I put it down to maybe water or something on an electrical connection. It was a company car so I just carried on driving it anyway...as you do  58 HSE, auto, lago grey, tints. Mine and my dogs Storm and Sky
TT Quattro, black. Ers.
AC Cobra rep in build. Ars.

Mine did the same thing, I took it straight to the dealer who could not duplicate the problem in 2 days, on colection of the vehicle the aircon was blowing hot air even if it was set to it's lowest temprature and on auto, I hadn't driven a km yet when the guage jumped into the red again, I drove straight back to the dealer, they reloaded all the software and it seemed fine, when they took it to the wash bay to get it ready for colection the guage jumped to past the red again, it is now still at the dealer.

Very frustrating!

Turns out that the fan temprature control module had packed up, they replaced it and the vehicle has been fine since, my mothers FL2 did exactly the same thing last night, either there is a bad batch of fan temprature control modules or we got the two faulty ones!

My mothers vehicle has less than 2000km on the clock.

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Turns out that the fan temprature control module had packed up, they replaced it and the vehicle has been fine since, my mothers FL2 did exactly the same thing last night, either there is a bad batch of fan temprature control modules or we got the two faulty ones!

My mothers vehicle has less than 2000km on the clock.

Waiting on LRA to pop out to me as my temp gauge took a turn for the worse on my way home, jumping to the red, (but no warning light) and back down to 3/4 and the up then to 1/2 way

I was also noticing at the same time that my aircon on max cold was coming out slightly warmer than it should

All this after my dealer found no fault a week or two ago

To top it off the power steering was really heavy at slow speeds  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Not had any overheating problems but saw a message on the info display recently that coolant level was low. Took a look in the header tank, there was fluid there (although it was low) so added water to midway level and no warning since then. Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
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LRA chap came out, checked it out and confirmed it wasn't overheating with a laser thermometer and has said it is either a faulty sensor or a faulty dashboard

noticed the battery had leaked too so i need to ask that to be replaced too Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

just got my car back

dealer said software upgrade..... for temp gauge, faulty PDC, ignition staying on and couldn't find fault with power steering a slow speeds.

and they need to speak to LR about my worn b pillars again as i have had them replaced already

see how long it is before i back at the dealers, I know it won't be for another FL2 I had enough now  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

see how long it is before i back at the dealers, I know it won't be for another FL2 I had enough now

Know how you feel... 9 months to sort out problems with mine and not even a sorry from Landrover for their customer service and technical support. Another 18 months to go before im up for a change and doubt it will be a Landrover - hopefully there will be some suitable alternatives by then!