I'm about to set fire to a Range Rover Sport...

[Sterillium]

I'm about to set fie to a Range Rover Sport and push it into the sea...

Can anyone with more technical savvy than me (the bar is not set very high to be honest) tell me if the following part code (for a electric parking brake module) will fit a 2008 RRS TDV8?

>>>SNF500026 <<<

There seems to be five hundred different part codes and I am losing the will to live.

[Fore Left]

I'm not from these parts but according to 5 minutes random googling;

This product supercedes to: SNF500027
This product supercedes to: SNF500120
This product supercedes to: SNF500150
This product supercedes to: LR019223

Parking brake module LR019223 for the Discovery 3 and Range Rover Sport. To fit you will also need to buy two clips SPV500030

RR Sport 1 - All models to (VIN) 9A999999

[Sterillium]

So, are we thinking “supersedes to” means it’s the same (compatible) part?

I found those pages but wasn’t sure if the LR019223 was essentially the same item. Plus, I can’t seem to get clarification on whether or not it’s a part “coded to” the vehicle...

Thank you though!

[A.J.M]

Basically a revised version of the older one.

What’s up with the parking brake?
Is it broken or just screeching and flashing lights on dash?

[Sterillium]

It was screeching and flashing lights, but once in the garage, it apparently seized in the “on” position and the emergency release was jammed.

They were considering cutting the cables but managed to free it up. They think the module is shot.

[A.J.M]

That’s unfortunate. Having had to pull the release cable on a 09 sport. It takes a fair pull to get it to work, you feel like you are going to break it then it gives a clunk and it’s freed off.

If it’s in the garage, shouldn’t they be sorting the part out or are you trying to find it cheaper for them?

[Sterillium]

A.J.M said:

That’s unfortunate. Having had to pull the release cable on a 09 sport. It takes a fair pull to get it to work, you feel like you are going to break it then it gives a clunk and it’s freed off.

If it’s in the garage, shouldn’t they be sorting the part out or are you trying to find it cheaper for them?

I've got the car back now the brake is off, and the fuse is pulled to stop me mindlessly using it... but they can't fit it in until next week, and the part they could get was £750. So yes, I'm exploring a better price, or even sending away for fixing, which is apparently a thing.

[Steviesam]

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Incredibly good knowledge and good prices. Next day delivery most of the time.

[SS2.]

Sterillium said:

I've got the car back now the brake is off, and the fuse is pulled to stop me mindlessly using it... but they can't fit it in until next week, and the part they could get was £750. So yes, I'm exploring a better price, or even sending away for fixing, which is apparently a thing.

We thought ours was shot (on a 2009 RRS) and we found a company in Manchester who repair them for about £200. I should be able to dig out their details, if you're interested.

As it was, our problem was actually a short section of loom which hadn't been clipped back on after the body had been off. This resulted in some wiring (rear of the headlight) dropping and melting on the pre-heater - an hour's labour, a bit of cable and it was sorted, with no need to remove the parking brake bits.

[A.J.M]

Also. When it is fixed.

Use the hand brake. All the time.

They generally st themselves through lack of use and then not being serviced. But not always, sometimes you get unlucky and it strips a gear or such.

My module is over 14 years old. It’s used at nearly every set of lights.

[bakerstreet]

A.J.M said:

Also. When it is fixed.

Use the hand brake. All the time.

This is and this. In the early days people used to dish out the advice of not using it at all, which is pretty bad really as if you are on a hill, you can end up resting a 2.6T vehicle on the parking brake pin and that isn't big at all!

However, I used to use my EPB loads and it still went wrong three times in the 2 1/2 years I owned it. Got pretty fed up with it really.

[numtumfutunch]

Sterillium said:

A.J.M said:

That’s unfortunate. Having had to pull the release cable on a 09 sport. It takes a fair pull to get it to work, you feel like you are going to break it then it gives a clunk and it’s freed off.

If it’s in the garage, shouldn’t they be sorting the part out or are you trying to find it cheaper for them?

I've got the car back now the brake is off, and the fuse is pulled to stop me mindlessly using it... but they can't fit it in until next week, and the part they could get was £750. So yes, I'm exploring a better price, or even sending away for fixing, which is apparently a thing.

You need a decent local indie
Mine was fantastic and the reason I kept the car as long as I did, its still the best car Ive ever had

I ran my TDV8 from new and the EPB threw in the towel at 7y outside my local curry house, so it could have been worse

After trying everything I went for the cable release of doom which has been said is a last resort and a major triumph of muscle power over friction. The fact that my legitimate parking space that night became a clearway the next morning had a major part to play in this strategy

Indie helpfully told me pulling the wire wasnt exactly clever although in my opinion was better than leaving the car stranded overnight then having it towed.

They said a new module was an outside chance and usually get a win by stripping the original unit down and giving it a good clean for a fraction of the cost.

Which is what they actually did. Bless 'em.

Cheers