Learning to drive a car is not always convenient, and often it may seem like a good solution to choose an automatic Land Rover Discovery Sport, whether it’s for simple convenience or ease of use, this kind of transmission is becoming more and more common. However, while they may seem like an excellent solution, there may also be problems with the automatic gearboxes of your Land Rover Discovery Sport . This is precisely the theme of our article. First, we’ll briefly explain the different types of automatic gearboxes, then, in a second step, which problems you may face with the gearbox of your Land Rover Discovery Sport , and, finally, how to resolve them.
The different sort of automatic gearbox of a Land Rover Discovery Sport
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Gearboxes have the benefit of being reputed to be trustworthy, as you don’t need to use your clutch pedal and every thing is electronically and mechanically controlled there will be no early wear of your clutch or other parts that could be put to the test by misuse on your component.
However, depending on the kind of automatic transmission your Land Rover Discovery Sport is equipped with you will have more or less reliability, we will introduce them to you now:
- Classic automatic gearbox: It will use a torque converter, which will manage the gear changes, it’s the oldest technology, it has evolved a lot in the last decades (more gears and a better management of the gear changes).
- Robotized automatic gearbox: This is a manual gearbox with a robotized mechanism that will change the driver’s action. This kind of gearbox is less and less common because they are viewed as very slow. We also quite often feel a coupling during deceleration.
- Dual-clutch automatic transmission: This is the ultimate automatic transmission, it functions on similar principle as the robotic transmission, but thanks to its dual clutch, you won’t have any more problems with slow speeds or elevated fuel consumption. They are often equipped on luxury models.
- Continuously variable automatic box: It is similar concept as on a scooter, a variator will come to control the differences between acceleration and motor speed, they are especially slow and tend to be unresponsive during the acceleration phases of your Land Rover Discovery Sport.
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I’m having problems with the automatic transmission on my Land Rover Discovery Sport
We now start the component that absolutely attracts you the most in this post, what are the problems you may come across with the automatic transmission of your Land Rover Discovery Sport? As outlined above, in general they are more reliable than manual transmissions, nevertheless, here are the most important problems you may face:
- As mentioned over, no matter what kind of automatic gearbox, they are quite often known to be slow and have inertia when accelerating. However, this phenomenon is supposed to appear only when the car is started, not when it is launched. If it feels like it happens all the time, the clutch or converter is most likely dead.
- I have the impression that a gear in the automatic transmission of my Land Rover Discovery Sport no longer shifts or jumps: If you have the impression that your gears no longer shift or tend to jump on your Land Rover Discovery Sport, there is a component that is most likely to blame for this failure. In actual fact, the solenoid that works as a “switch” to engage the gears must not be working properly, second option, a speed or engine speed sensor may be defective and send the wrong information to your gearbox.
- If you feel drops originating from the automatic gearbox of your Land Rover Discovery Sport: If you feel a clutch when you go up or when you slow down, it is either your oil which is too old and which does not lubricate any more adequately all the mechanisms of your gearbox, or else a sensor which gives bad information
- My Land Rover Discovery Sport’s automatic transmission is leaking: At last, if your Land Rover Discovery Sport’s automatic transmission is leaking, it’s most probably one of your spy seals is too worn.
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How do I fix automatic transmission problems on a Land Rover Discovery Sport?
And finally, we’re going to try to give you the solutions to correct the automatic transmission problems on your Land Rover Discovery Sport . Find them just below:
- Oil leak on the automatic gearbox of a Land Rover Discovery Sport: Locate the source of the leak, and change the concerned gasket, get it done by a specialist, opening a gearbox is not easy. It will cost you a few hundred euros, specifically for the labour. Do not hesitate to read our article on gearbox oil leaks on Land Rover Discovery Sport.
- Sensor problem: No matter which sensor is concerned, a replacement is the only solution, sensors do not repair themselves, you should count from 100 to a few hundred euros according to the difficulty of access to the one that worries you.
- Couplings: If you have problems with the couplings on your Land Rover Discovery Sport, you will only need to do a whole gearbox change to gain comfort and preserve your gears.
- The automatic gearbox of my Land Rover Discovery Sport slips: In this case, you clearly have a dead clutch disc, you will have to change the clutch, and on some models you won’t be able to change it without doing a standard exchange of the gearbox, be prepared to spend more than a thousand euros.
There are other automatic transmission problems on Land Rover Discovery Sport, such as electronic problems or pressure problems, but this list lists the most important ones, in any case, for such complex mechanisms. Once you feel a problem on this level, we suggest you to go quickly to your mechanic.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Land Rover Discovery Sport, do not hesitate to consult our Land Rover Discovery Sport category.
