Brand new Range Rover Sport - major gearbox/drivetrain fault?
 

I did join a Land Rover forum a long time ago with a problem but have since forgotten my login details so thought I'd ask this here, plus everybody on here is a lot friendlier than the LR forum from what I remember! Also from what I've read there are maybe a couple of RR Sport owners on here.

We've not long picked up a brand new Sport Autobiography at work. I was in it all day yesterday, parked in Tesco and while walking back up to the car I noticed a warning triangle button on the key fob:

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Out of curiosity I pressed it thinking it would just flash the hazards to make finding your car easier, but instead it flashed the lights and sounded 2 alarms and made everybody look, so it's obviously a panic button

I got in, started the car fine and in the driver's display around half a dozen fault messages appeared including "Gearbox fault" and "Hill Descent Control fault" along with others. The car then wouldn't let me shift out of Park, so the car was completely stuck. I turned it off and on... same thing. Off and on again... same faults again. On the next start, I pleaded with the car and lo and behold everything was back to normal again.

The display then comes up with a log of the exact time the button was pressed.

The last one we had was returned after a suspension fault message appeared and the O/S rear of the car sat right down on the tyre for no reason. They don't seem to be the most reliable cars!

Are these numerous fault messages (that haven't appeared since) a cause for concern and is it in any way linked to the panic alarm? Or is it just coincidence? Might have to RTFM :o

I couldnt help but laugh at your post and I am sorry but I cannot help here either ( :o) but it was the statements "Out of curiosity, I pressed it....." :p and "might have to RTFM".

Been there! Done that! with lots of things. Usually with a cry of "I am not a technophobe! I embrace technology! It will help me in my life!" I usually then end up spending hours trying to fix something that was perfectly ok in the first place. :-(

Might be best if you sign up to the RRSport forum

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/