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Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Santorini Black

NSR Light strangeness

Hello,
A bit of an odd one - got to work the other morning and a colleague told me that my near side rear light was out.
This didn't worry me.
When i got back to my car 12 hrs later I checked behind and ALL lights worked. 'Great' I thought 'I love it when things fix themselves....'.
I rechecked when I got home (8 miles later) and the bloody light was out again

It's been like this for days now - i don't know at what point in my journey the light goes out as no warnings on dashboard.
There does seem to be a quiet, high pitched 'warbling' sound coming from somewhere in the area of the light clusters that you can only hear with your head close - or that could just be my blood boiling.....

Any thoughts gratefully received.

Cheers, Dave. 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

24th Nov 2021 3:06 pm

SYFL2

Member Since: 16 Jun 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2550

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

I’ve had a dodgy filament before it was on and off all the time.

24th Nov 2021 3:24 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

That's a good shout - it's always better to start with the simple stuff first.

It's just typical of modern cars with ECUs for everything.....

Cheers, Dave 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

24th Nov 2021 3:48 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

Another thought - surely i should get a warning on my dash that a bulb is out..?? 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

24th Nov 2021 3:50 pm

I Like Chips

Member Since: 25 Jun 2017
Location: Ascott Under Wychwood
Posts: 1439

2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Indus Silver

On my freeloader I have never had a warning telling me a light failed, but strangely have had a fault code on my reader.

24th Nov 2021 4:29 pm

Dave47

Member Since: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Margate Kent
Posts: 1291

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Izmir Blue

swap the bulbs over and see if that makes a difference,
Could also be damp, but then your in Cumbria,
check all the connectors making sure they are clean and dry,
also check the ground connection as our vehicles are now getting
older and electrical connections will be a problem if they are not kept on top of. DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

24th Nov 2021 5:44 pm

Sidthecat

Member Since: 10 Sep 2017
Location: Sarf-East London-sur-Mer
Posts: 1632

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Orkney Grey

Evil Elsie wrote:
Another thought - surely i should get a warning on my dash that a bulb is out..??

For whatever reason I don't think they have a light out warning

24th Nov 2021 6:48 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

Nice one - thanks gents...

On the subject of 'Code Readers' (and wandering off topic slightly) Landy won't talk to mine....

Everybody else's car will happily chat away (Alfa and two VW's) but when I connect it to mine it says 'waiting for vehicle to respond...' and that's as far as i get.

Any thoughts..??

Cheers, Dave 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

25th Nov 2021 3:56 pm

jenks1950

Member Since: 20 Apr 2013
Location: Stevenage
Posts: 254

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Santorini Black

Quote:
Another thought - surely i should get a warning on my dash that a bulb is out..??

I am afraid that the Freelander will tell you all sorts of useful things such as when your windscreen washer level is low!! But unfortunately nothing about whether any bulbs have blown. I had a situation a while ago where I drove for over 100 miles on the M4........ daytime but heavy rain and low visibility in the belief that my headlights were on. In fact both bulbs had blown which meant that there were no lights showing on the front as the DRL's are bypassed when headlights are on!!

25th Nov 2021 6:50 pm

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 2773

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Fuji White

Evil Elsie wrote:
Nice one - thanks gents...

On the subject of 'Code Readers' (and wandering off topic slightly) Landy won't talk to mine....

Everybody else's car will happily chat away (Alfa and two VW's) but when I connect it to mine it says 'waiting for vehicle to respond...' and that's as far as i get.

Any thoughts..??

Cheers, Dave

Have a look at this thread - Earthing of OBDC (Signalling Errors)

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic31427-30.html

FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

25th Nov 2021 9:01 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

Ian,
That's an excellent link - thank you.

I've gotta admit - it's disconcerting to read the whole post and learn that an electrical gremlin can 'write off' an otherwise good vehicle...

Cheers, Dave 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

27th Nov 2021 6:45 pm

SYFL2

Member Since: 16 Jun 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2550

I had that on a Rav 4

27th Nov 2021 7:29 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

** UPDATE **
I'm really stumped now - When I set off both tail lights work but when I get to my destination the NSR is out.
If I then kill the ignition and 'un-dock' the key then immediately turn the ignition back on BOTH tail lights illuminate...

Anyone had this before..??

Cheers, Dave. 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

4th Dec 2021 4:29 pm

Evil Elsie

Member Since: 24 Sep 2021
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 20

I've just watched a Youtube vid on how to reset the Lighting ECU.

Tried it - didn't work....

Any ideas..??

Cheers, Dave 1974 Series 3 Lightweight
1980 Yamaha RD350LC
1990 Suzuki GSXR1100L
2006 FL2 HSE

5th Dec 2021 10:40 am

ReggiePerrin

Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 1244

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Firenze Red

Evil Elsie wrote:
** UPDATE **
I'm really stumped now - When I set off both tail lights work but when I get to my destination the NSR is out.
If I then kill the ignition and 'un-dock' the key then immediately turn the ignition back on BOTH tail lights illuminate...

Anyone had this before..??

Cheers, Dave.

Probably nothing to do with anything but did your car ever have tow bar electrics fitted? When I took mine (OEM) off my earlier pre plug and play FL2 it demonstrated some oddness until the dealership plugged the car in and told it that it no longer had the towing electrics.

5th Dec 2021 12:04 pm

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