Hi Land Rover Community,

Just got the LR2 a couple of days ago (tand the ride is great!). I have two observations, that I wonder if anyone else has experienced?

First, when driving I seem to hear some kind of metallic "tap" or "click" noises to my left and slightly behind me. It is almost akin to the noises an enging may make while cooling after after driving on a hot day, but I don't believe it's emanating from the front. I wonder if the metal body is somehow "stiff" or something?

It rained a lot and took me a few minutes to get the wipers going (too many directions lol)...but I heard a noise when the front right wiper completes a wipe cycle...the right tip of the wiper blade seems to touch the a plastic bit at bottom right of front window...it makes a noise each time and I hear it above the regular wiper swish.

Any ideas, especially about the first point I made? I think I heard it also when doing a test drive on the dealer's vehicle, but didn't pay it much heed.

Cheers,
Brendan

Last edited by snowbren on 6th Apr 2007 3:53 pm. Edited 1 time in total

I think the wrong length of wiper blade has been fitted it's easy to fix get your desler to fit the correct hand of wiper blade which should be slightly shorter in lenghth may be it was a european oversight in the build process where the wipers swing the other way

Thanks for the tip. The dealer called to ask how it was going and I tried to recount as best as I can about this "metallicy" sort of clicking sound coming from side of car while driving. I guess you had the LR2/Freelander 2 for some months before they made it over stateside! Hence, you have a good perspective on any potential issues!

snowbren wrote:

Hi Land Rover Community,

Just got the LR2 a couple of days ago (tand the ride is great!). I have two observations, that I wonder if anyone else has experienced?

First, when driving I seem to hear some kind of metallic "tap" or "click" noises to my left and slightly behind me. It is almost akin to the noises an enging may make while cooling after after driving on a hot day, but I don't believe it's emanating from the front. I wonder if the metal body is somehow "stiff" or something?

It rained a lot and took me a few minutes to get the wipers going (too many directions lol)...but I heard a noise when the front right wiper completes a wipe cycle...the right tip of the wiper blade seems to touch the a plastic bit at bottom right of front window...it makes a noise each time and I hear it above the regular wiper swish.

Any ideas, especially about the first point I made? I think I heard it also when doing a test drive on the dealer's vehicle, but didn't pay it much heed.

Cheers,
Brendan

Hi David,

Thanks for the opinion. I will go to dealer and drop off car...mud flaps cost about 200 bucks here...they are definitely more expensive than the price I saw somewhere in UK on this forum. What does a Freelander 2 cost there (comparible to the LR2 SE, with the options, offered here for about $40,000)?

The noise sounds randomly while driving...a tiny, but noticable metallic "ping" or "click"...just not sure what it is, if anything that might be bad or unadjusted.

snowbren wrote:

Hi David,

Thanks for the opinion. I will go to dealer and drop off car...mud flaps cost about 200 bucks here...they are definitely more expensive than the price I saw somewhere in UK on this forum. What does a Freelander 2 cost there (comparible to the LR2 SE, with the options, offered here for about $40,000)?

The noise sounds randomly while driving...a tiny, but noticable metallic "ping" or "click"...just not sure what it is, if anything that might be bad or unadjusted.

David Lindop wrote:

snowbren wrote:

Hi David,

Thanks for the opinion. I will go to dealer and drop off car...mud flaps cost about 200 bucks here...they are definitely more expensive than the price I saw somewhere in UK on this forum. What does a Freelander 2 cost there (comparible to the LR2 SE, with the options, offered here for about $40,000)?

The noise sounds randomly while driving...a tiny, but noticable metallic "ping" or "click"...just not sure what it is, if anything that might be bad or unadjusted.

Price of LR2 SE in the UK is £28450
David

Hi....I see two other people (including ledzep) have commented on creaky sounds or something from back...did your service folks resolve the issue? It seems to come after turning a bit or moving wheel...but I can hear the noise above radio sometimes.

I hope this car is reliable!!!

snowbren wrote:

Hi Land Rover Community,

Just got the LR2 a couple of days ago (tand the ride is great!). I have two observations, that I wonder if anyone else has experienced?

First, when driving I seem to hear some kind of metallic "tap" or "click" noises to my left and slightly behind me. It is almost akin to the noises an enging may make while cooling after after driving on a hot day, but I don't believe it's emanating from the front. I wonder if the metal body is somehow "stiff" or something?

Hello,

The creaking sounds in the back are still there. The car already was with the dealer for two days but he could not find the source. They put some grease on the subframe but that did not help.

Meanwhile they have gotten worse especially on bad roads with bumps and at low speed or when making curves . I don't believe these are sounds of a cooling system, more of the car body that comes under pressure. When I looked closely, the doors on the right (when sitting in the car) are more inside the body than those on the left side.

The car is going back to the dealer next week for a second review. Lying under the car I noticed two things:
- in the suspension bars there is one screw on the right side but none on the left side
- on the right side there is a foam block attached under the rear door which seems to be missing on the left side

Don't know if this is important, perhaps you guys can also have a look and let me know if this is standard.

Hi Ledzep
Might be a good thing to take the man from your garage on a run wth you.he will then hear what you are hearing
David David

hi snowbren on the question of pricing your se is equivalent to uk spec hse big difference our price for a hse i6 is more like £34000 which is about $68 000 so you guys get a pretty good deal over there and we have to pay through the nose hmmm well I am still enjoying my TD4 HSE no problems to report yet

I took it in for a quick service visit and altho they test drove it a bit, they didn't hear any sounds. They checked if anything was loose tho. Oh well, it's a very minor point. Maybe will totally go away over time?

Snowbren , you guys only get the i6 which in SE form here costs £31500 on the road, that is $63000 You get them at bargain price I can assure you How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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snowbren,
I have the same type of noise from the left rear of my new LR2. I located Technical Bulletin LTB00048 which addresses "Rear Suspension Noise". It specifies installation of "LR006493 Spring and isolator Kit Gry Qty 2". It sounds like this might be the solution to the problem. I plan to take my vehicle in next week for the fix. I'll post the results.