54 RR Vogue, collapsed steering column.

[MaxAndRuby]

Driving my RR the other day, all of a sudden the steering column sank about four inches to my knees and couldn't prop itself up any more. Apparently this is a known fault, and needs a complete new steering column. £650!

Anyone had any experience of this?

[grand-one]

Yep, happened to me once. I tried turning the car off and back on again but didnt fix it. In the end, I just held the electric steering column adjustment lever in the up position for 5 minutes or so and it went back up. Not happened again since.

There is some more info on this on fullfatRR.com

[MaxAndRuby]

grand-one said:

Yep, happened to me once. I tried turning the car off and back on again but didnt fix it. In the end, I just held the electric steering column adjustment lever in the up position for 5 minutes or so and it went back up. Not happened again since.

There is some more info on this on fullfatRR.com

That's really helpful, thanks I'll try it.

[MaxAndRuby]

grand-one, I can't thank you enough. Having looked at that website, I've just called LR UK and they were amazingly helpful. Essentially they're going to "help me with it" as soon as the car gets to the dealer.

Thanks again, owe you a

[F458]

Max, have you got anywhere with this? Ours does exactly the same, only occasionally but it drops down on to your knees and makes steering virtually impossible. Of course when it went in to the dealer when it was under warranty it was all ok. I have noticed that when you turn the ignition off if it makes the noise like its trying to adjust the steering coloumn for 30 seconds then then next time you start it up it ALWAYS drops steering wheel/coloumn on to your knees. I really think Land Rover need to look in to how common this is as its very dangerous and makes it impossible to drive. I wonder how common it is? Any help appreciated. Our vehicle is now out of warranty.

[jdw1234]

As a precaution is it worth winding the steering column all the way in and then adjusting the seat to suit so the column has no where to move?

[Texpis]

Had the same proble with mine there are 2 tabs on the adjusting mechanism they are very small and on mine they had snapped off. I fixed the steering column in one possition so no adjustment now but I can live with that.

Mick