This time with the P38. Driving along in the rain near home, starts to lose power. Within 100 metres its cut out completely. All sorts of expensive looking warnings flashing up - Traction failure, Gearbox Failure, Engine Disabled, not good, deeply scary stuff and not a peep from the engine.......
Get a lift home, a worried man and look on tinternet. An American site has several folk saying that "Traction Failure" is usually associated with a flat battery ! Sure enough it sorta coughs when we try a jump-start and now after a few hours of charging and another jump-start it seems fine again, fired up on the second turn of the key. I've left it on charge, lets see what the morning brings !
What the hell were LR playing at with the P38 ? Great car but the electrics are just insane. What would be wrong with something as simple as a battery condition monitor instead of all this "gearbox failure" nonsense ?
