Mine was definitely a rattle but turned out to be the seal causing the glass to rattle. It was worse in warmer temperatures (ie above above 10-12C and in sunlight). The headliner and the windscreen had to come out several times before I got it fixed - the car was off the road for a total of 3 months in the first year, the vast majority of that for the pano roof. It’s a known issue and Taggarts in Glasgow had a few others in with mine to fix. They should know how to fix it eventually, so maybe your AD could get in touch and shortcut the learning experience

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Hi guys. Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. Car is booked in approx 1 weeks time and I will hopefully provide an update following the findings / repairs.

Further update on the pano roof rattle. Local dealership ( Stirling ) had the car for 1 week. Dropped the headlining, aligned the blind runners and reinstated everything. They then went for a run and rattle still there. Next step is to remove the pano glass by which they can’t get any company local to carry out so it’s being sent to Perth LR Bodyshop for further investigation. Spoke to their Bodyshop manager and they need the car for 1 week as it’s a “ big job “

Will update findings / repairs etc…..

Sounds awfully familiar….

My dealer (Taggarts in Glasgow) did this several times in early 2019, all to no avail, and even took it to their specialist body shop for them to have a go. All failed. Only when a JLR technician came from Coventry to look at it in August 2019 did he finally diagnose and fix the creak/rattle which has been fine ever since - something to do with the seal between the pano roof and the body not being lubricated or something. Get Perth LR to speak to Taggarts in Glasgow. It’ll save you and them a lot of time (and JLR a lot of money) on wasted efforts to fix it!

I refer to my earlier post...check the rear lip at the leading edge of the pano roof.... the mushroom weld rivets holding the three layers of outer skin and strengthening spars fail.... which is why the panel creaks when the temperature rises!

Update :- Perth LR body-shop had the car for 5 days and initially couldn’t detect the rattle from the roof area. On day 3 they took the sport out on a different road and could hear the noise. Upon investigation they noticed a clip was loose between the headlining and pano roof which they reattached but they couldn’t state for defo this was the issue. The dealership sent the info to LR HQ and in turn the instructed the dealership to lubricate the pano roof seal with an anti-static paste / grease. I was asked to take the sport and run it for a time to see if the noise re-appears. If it does then they will reopen the case and progress to the next step ( pano- roof removal ! ). At the moment all is good . Time will tell ……….,

Spoke to the super tech from my dealership spookily by chance this week…he stated he has had three other L494’s in with the same issue..all had popped their mushroom rivets…

It only made the squeaking on days when the temp was above 15 degrees or so…

Hopefully they have cured it but if not refer them to the mushroom rivets !

Glad to hear you seem to have had yours sorted - fingers crossed. It does seem to be a known issue as Taggarts Glasgow had a few in when I had my problems. Given the model has been around for about 8 years and fixed panos are now standard on the HSE Silver, HSE Dynamic Black and HST you’d have thought they’d have worked out how to nail them together properly by now, but apparently not…!!

Hi thanks. On a side issue, has anyone noticed a foam filled small black bag stuffed into the underside of the bonnet vents ?