Hello everyone. Brand new member... However, I have been enjoying your posts for a few years now. I bought an '07 LR3 in 2017 as a daily driver for my wife. I bought private by owner but they had every service receipt they ever had and 90% were from the dealership. Test drive was smooth as can be. Getting a great deal I figured I would pull the trigger. 6 months in and ask her broke loose. One thing after another. Fault after fault... Suspension, special programs, parking break. After 3 years and $5000 later it is now sitting in my barn as we got my wife a new car instead. Last time I took it in to have AC looked at they offered my $500. I kindly told them that I would let it sit in my barn before I sold it for $500. So now it is like most other Land Rovers I have ever come across... It is a "project car." My first order of business is deciding whether or not to swap suspension? I know I need a new compressor (at the very least). But I can get rid of all of the headaches once and for all of i switch to do springs? What say you fellow disco 3 drivers. I don't have intensions on taking off road, but I love the looks of the more rugged LR3.

 

None of those faults you mentioned are terminal and i assume you took it to a workshop to repair ? I would never convert to springs unless i lived in the middle of no where and it was the only option, most issues can be fixed by a methodical approach. Compressor can be rebuilt or replaced if that is your only suspension issue.

 

....and certainly should not have cost $5000. Is that an RC car in the picture? Pretty cool as a replica...not sure what I think of those monster tires but running boards. That's silly.

 

The $5000 was what I have paid in total repairs... Rear diff, rack and pinion, upper and lower control arms. I just liked the tires, I don't want the rest.

update.....
I replaced the compressor, put all new spark plugs, fuel injectors in... Runs great! No more suspension faults.
Issue now is that I continue to get "parking brake fault" but the brake is not engaged. The front passenger caliper was seized at this time I had parking brake fault and the word BRAKE was lit up red on the dash. I tried to manually release the parking brake but it wasn't engaged. Replaced the front caliper and bled the brake. Works fine. I cannot get the red "BRAKE" light off of the dash and am also still getting the park brake fault.
Any ideas?

 

So was not so bad after all. Now you need the codes read. The light could be a wear sensor broken or not replaced when you did the callipers

 

Check the parking brake fuse.

Also, read this PDF:

 

Personal view based on little more than listening to folks and without any empirical evidence whatsoever, but it seems that many Americans don't apply the parking brake, instead trusting to PARK to hold the car in place. I bought my LR3 off someone who never used it. I always use it every time I park the vehicle. Imagine my surprise when, the first time I applied the brake, I got a fault and the grinding noise signifying that the motor was activated but the shoes seized. Bodsy's brake bible is just that. My view is always use the parking brake and service it every year - ideally when tires are rotated if that's your thing. Servicing it is a quick and easy job and Bodsy's bible explains it really clearly. Tempting fate now, obviously, but a well-maintained, oft-used brake shouldn't present problems at all.