Hi all,

When driving above 30/40 Mph a very low ''rumbling''( something like rrrhhhh) sound can be heard from the engine bay, my feeling is that it comes from the lower part, as soon as I release the gas pedal.

That sound stops as soon as the car speed goes below 30 . As I speed up again the sound vanish.

anyone has experienced this problem?

Come on, you RRS wizards. No one has experienced the same problem? or maybe my explanation in English is unclear?

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Very Annoyed wrote:

Check that the door trim is not loose.

Thanks but it's a mechanical noise no doubt about that

It could the reasonably well reported "transmission noise", which often results in the transfer case being replaced. If you search for "tranmission noise" - you can read all about it  

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shmoogle wrote:

It could the reasonably well reported "transmission noise", which often results in the transfer case being replaced. If you search for "tranmission noise" - you can read all about it

Yep, unfortunate.... but at least the car is still under warranty  

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Thanks anyway, I'll go to my dealer tomorrow and let you the outcome

Might be worth taking along a couple of threads from here just so the dealer is clear on what he needs to investigate?  

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Might be worth taking along a couple of threads from here just so the dealer is clear on what he needs to investigate?

Forget about a LR dealer in France having ANYONE in the technical dpt. speaking or even understanding English.

on my FL2 i have been getting a noice, that sounds like what your describing when the aircon is on

I found it disapears if i turn the aircon on to econ mode (turning if off) so it maybe a noisy roller or something

npinks wrote:

on my FL2 i have been getting a noice, that sounds like what your describing when the aircon is on

I found it disapears if i turn the aircon on to econ mode (turning if off) so it maybe a noisy roller or something

If that's the case, I don't then understand why the sound is not ALWAYS there with the aircon on
But you're actually right, it might sound like a faulty compressor.
let see what my (very bright, very good and very expensive) dealer shall diagnose tomorrow

i've not had mine in to the dealer yet, but plan to soon

I am extremely depressed since I just found out that I was a flaming idiot!!

I'm just coming back from my dealer who took the car for a test drive, his comments when he came back were:

''No noise whatsoever, everything its just fine. Since its your first diesel engine you're still not used to some specific noises and rumbles made by these engines''

all this said with a nice grinning face......


I sure hope that I AM the idiot and NOT him!!!

Time will tell, since I will be driving to Denmark mid October

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