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    I think mold got on my seats

    I had been sleeping in the back of my LR4 over the winter and it looks like mold grew on my leather seats. I was surprised, but I guess it makes sense even though none of the other seats have the problem. The seats were tucked down so the cargo space was flat. Any ideas on how to remove mold? I...
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    Tech inspection failed

    I did a tech inspection the other day on my LR4 and one of my new control arms has a tear in the ball joint boot. The other side boot is fine. I wonder if there was flex in the joint that caused a tear that or if it was left like that during install? It seems like there should be a ring or...
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    Can't get into Extended mode

    Yesterday I put the suspension into extended mode to jack up the vehicle and do the rear brakes. All was fine and then today I tried to put it in extended mode and the button press doesn't register or it isn't accepted. There are no indicator lights on, the suspension goes into off-road mode but...
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    Engine goes into reduced power mode

    Driving on the freeway the other day the engine fell on its face for the first time ever and the yellow check engine light started flashing. I pull off and it seems like its running on 4 cylinders so I'm cruising to find a good spot to park and the yellow light shuts off. Then I park, pull the...
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    Low tire pressure indicator light didn't shut off

    I woke to beautiful snow and then a flat tire this morning and thought no problemo, I've got the plug kit, tire compressor and a spare. What happened was the screw hole was too small for the plug kit and it would have been better to either simply air up the tire keeping the screw in there an an...
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    front drivetrain noise

    I think the frequent offroad usage is exposing some problems in my rig. I drove in 4low the other day for 1/8 mile in the desert going through gears 1-3. It was a lot of fun hitting second with regular throttle because the shifts are firm. But now I'm hearing some new noises a few days later...
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    Battery rundown protection?

    Is there a voltage where the LR4 brain will stop turning on the door lights and booting up the dash to conserve power to start the engine? I don't have a battery issue, but I'm camping around it and opening the door seems like it costs a lot of battery drain. I bought a Battery Tender Jr...
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    Anyone know what this plastic thing is?

    I finally got my license plates today and I received the LR4 in July lol. I had been driving around with expired paper plates and cops didn't seem to notice or care. When I first got my LR4 first thing I did was pull the front plate and set it on a shelf. Now I'm re-visting the plate holder so...
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    Vacuum pump leak

    I took my LR4 in to get some things fixed that were missed while in service last time and I asked them about the oil smell when flogging it. They wouldn't do a test drive over 3k RPM so I told them to forget about it. They did the service work and said the vacuum pump was leaking onto the...
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    Bleeding brakes and brake reservoir

    I had a bunch of work done to my LR4 and one ask was to flush the brake fluid. It seems like they did flush the brakes, but in the pic below doesn't it look suspect where the front compartment looks like it has fresh fluid, the middle is fair enough and then the back looks pretty dirty? I called...
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    Opening the rear hatch

    I'm looking to open the rear hatch from inside. I saw a YT video where a lady had an LR3 and while sitting inside she hit the fob button and the glass hatch opened. She said you could program that button at the bottom of the fob to do various things like turn on the lights and such. I didn't see...
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    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    I've been looking all over Vegas for a mechanic to do the chain work. I found a shop that I liked and gave them a call back yesterday to make an appointment. Now he wants a deposit for the parts because he says he can't return them. I can return parts why can't he lol. It seems pretty suspect...
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    Blinking headlight

    My 2012 drivers side headlight is blinking on/off at 100k mi. The replacement process looks well thought out and doesn't require tools. Pretty nice, although I haven't replaced the bulbs yet lol. Search results were showing people with bad bulbs. I was going with the Sylvania D3S linked here and...
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    Replacing sprockets for the cam timing

    I'm looking at a shop to maybe do my timing chain work. They quoted $8k and said they also replace the sprockets for the actuators on the cam timing. They sounded like a decent shop, but I need to scope them out and see if they even have any Land Rovers around the shop. Does it make sense to...
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    Your Content

    I'm looking through my profile on this site and I want to find threads that I created. It looks like my only option to find them is to look through all my posts to every thread I responded to for all time. Is there a way to just see what new threads I made?
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    Engine smell when flogging it

    I'm getting more confident in the 5.0 V8 dependability, regardless of all the trash talk about reliability. I found that 4th gear is my favorite because of the speed and acceleration on the freeway. The powerband is pretty wide and it will hold gear nicely all the way to redline. But regardless...
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    Front-end suspension rattle and banging is gone!

    I found a shop to do my suspension work and now I can slam on the brakes for a red light and drive over speed bumps quickly. Not having the rattle is pretty nice. There is a little loose feeling in the steering in some cases though. Maybe that is from worn tie rods? The shop put that on the...
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    Cleaned the seats in my still new (to me) truck

    The LR4 is growing on me with the body-on-frame design, independent air suspension, a V8, 6 speed, 4 LO, 4 HI, AWD and off-the-line acceleration. I was cleaning my seats with special leather cleaner the other day, but not not with just any cleaner and treatment that you can buy off the shelf...
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    Removing rear seat headrests?

    I'm looking to stow a lithium battery pack and the perfect spot would be right under the headrest illustrated below. Its a pack of 4 of the cells pictured EVE LF280K 3.2V LiFePO4. I pulled on the headrest and it has a stop in there. On my last car they came out. On the LR4, can they be removed?
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    Tried to get my suspension fixed

    There is a mechanic within walking distance and he was supposed to be a Land Rover expert. They did have land rovers there and I dropped my LR4 off this morning, but they wouldn't align the car after replacing the A-Arms. He said I didn't need to and I didn't believe him. The oil change cost is...
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    Removing rear seats?

    I'd like to take this space here: and expand it by removing all the seats and the mechanisms. Its hard to tell depth from the pic below, but that space on the floor is pretty deep. With all the seats out there would be more room to put heavy stuff down low and below the center of gravity...
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    Suspension dropped while in traffic

    While stopped in traffic, the front end on my 2012 dropped down. I pulled over as soon as I could, got out to inspect the ride height and found it to be level/slight rake. I'm 100% certain it dropped in the front. No codes or messages on the DIC. Any ideas on what happened that caused the front...
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    Alternative sound system

    The factory 17 speaker 825W harmon/kardon is fine, but I picked up a portable speaker to try out. It has USB and Bluetooth connections so I've been using my phone to send music to it. Its surprisingly strong, much deeper bass than factory. It vibrates the chest and entire body when the bass...
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    Dual engine air intake channels

    I didn't realize until flipping through the service manual while planning for the rear crossover replacement, those cool looking vents on the side of the LR4 are functional and they are for the engine air intake. Very unique. There are two air filters too. I haven't seen that before now. It is...
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    Does my engine sound normal?

    I'm concerned about engine noise at idle and I'd like to hear your thoughts about it so I created a video clip and put it on YT. Reving the engine sounds fine but in the video after the engine idles down after startup a clunky/clatter noise becomes apparent and when the camera is in the back of...

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