Has anyone else experienced this? Have noticed a slight rattling (sounds kinda like a dry gearbox?) when lifting of the accelerator under load, usually lower down the gears only lasts a second or so. Can sometimes hear the noise when coasting, when im just lightly pressed down on the accelerator pedal. Asked dealer to check when it was in for 4th service, but they said no issues??

Could be the rattle I have... sounds like similar circumstances although mine is clearly coming from somewhere in front of the driver, so I don't think its the gearbox..

My RRS has been in about 6 times with it and the dealer had to place small microphones into different areas to locate it. Current hypothesis is that it is something to do with a bracket or collar from the steering rack. Ther part is on back order and I'll report when it is eventually replaced.

The dealer is also hoping that this part will fix the RRS's other current problem of pulling to the left!

Hope that you get a result when the parts fitted. thanks for replying, give me a shout and let me know if it does the trick!

Booked in for next Tuesday - apparently they are going to replace the steering rack!

More I think about it, not sure if its the same thing. Mine comes on, and has similar sound, as a dump valve, when I lift of accelarator (only more metallic)? Does it sound the same as yours 2ndRower?

Not sure what a dump valve sounds like. Mine always soundded like it was coming from something to do with the the steering / wheels.

2nd Rower wrote:

Booked in for next Tuesday - apparently they are going to replace the steering rack!

I will keep an eye on this then Rower, i've hit a blank everywhere else

They replaced the steering rack a week or so ago to no avail, and having replaced pretty much every component around the steering the dealer called in Land Rover Australia.

I took the LRA rep for a test drive on friday and the 'rattle' issue immediately occured at ~60km/h as it had always been doing. He commented that "hadn't heard this noise before" and "if this was my car then it would annoy the hell out of me"

He has authorised for the dealer to pull out the entire dashboard... Not sure what they are looking for, but he is confident this is where the "rattle" is coming from... Apparently it's a big job so will be in for 3 days towards the end of the month..

Must say I'm looking forward to a poxy Volvo loan car

2nd Rower wrote:

Must say I'm looking forward to a poxy Volvo loan car

good luck 2nd, hope you get it back with less rattles.. Mines in tomorrow for the quarterly lets hunt the radio problem,

I have an annoying rattle that is becoming from behind the sunroof, if you push the roof lining up it stops, its taken 3 weeks and a lot of swearing to find it, current fix is a folded piece of cardboard shoved between the Sunroof internal sliding cover and the roof liner

The list when it went in today:

Brake Recall
Fuel Injector/pump/whatever Recall ?
Rattle in roof lining (behind sunroof)
Suspect Front Ball joints problem, have these been redesigned
Radio problem treasure hunt (cabin being stripped out)

They reckon they can crack it in 2 days Not a Volvo, Corolla or A3 in sight, the loaner is

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MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

Just wondering, did they fix the 'rattle' from the sunroof? it's just a blue oil burner

Zilch wrote:

good luck 2nd, hope you get it back with less rattles..

They had it for three days and the MLR mechanics, having driven around with the dashboard out of the car, claim the problem was with the 'crank angle sensor' and they are waiting for a new one to come from the UK.. In the meantime they've done a 'modification'... I think they are just guessing as the niose still happens now and again, although a lot less, but there is still a horrible reverboration you can sense in the steering wheel at ~60km/h

Oh and the car still pulls to the right..

So despite reporting all these problems back in Feb, and the car going in 2 to 3 times a month since then i'm still driving around in a 'defective' car. I'm now getting past this, after more than 6 months with these problems and am likely to escalate now... My good will and patience has been used up..

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