Took the Disco in for a new centre section exhaust this morning, should have been routine. However, the car stalled at some traffic lights in the town centre and would not re-start, after several attempts it finally turned over and started but the handbrake then went wrong, the lever sprang up and wouldn't lock down. Limped into the garage assuming I had jammed it etc.
They did the exhaust and replaced the battery which I assumed to be the cause as it has been struggling to turn the engine over in recent days. Then they stripped the handbrake thinking the cable had gone. Just got a call from them saying the starter motor was knackered hence it not starting, I was surprised and asked them to double check. Then they called back to say that the problem was actually a bad earth and the car was earthing via the handbrake cable which had melted!
They are not LR specialists and the bill is rising (exhaust, battery, handbrake cable lots of labour and maybe a new starter). Does this earth issue sound plausible??
Andy