Thread: Disco 4 MY16 - unbearable creaking noises... CONSTANTLY

I’ve had a rattle in my drivers’ speaker grill when using the mobile hands free only. Despite several trips to the Brisbane dealer and a new door card the problem persists, was basically told there’s no more they can do.

If I put my thumb on the speaker grill it stops. For someone who spends a fair amount of time in the car on the phone this is very annoying.

Do the Sunshine Coast team do services on weekends?

I had a similar creaking sound in my D4 also,
Worked out it was coming from the seat belt connector rubbing against the leather,
I Simply cleaned the leather and treated it with leather protection and the sounds went away,
Alternatively try putting a rag between the seat belt connector and seat leather, let us know if your sounds go away after that?

Originally Posted by TheCannyMan

I’ve had a rattle in my drivers’ speaker grill when using the mobile hands free only. Despite several trips to the Brisbane dealer and a new door card the problem persists, was basically told there’s no more they can do.

If I put my thumb on the speaker grill it stops. For someone who spends a fair amount of time in the car on the phone this is very annoying.

Do the Sunshine Coast team do services on weekends?

this !

my wifes voice is the perfect frequency to resonate the **** out of this. Im considering dynamatting the doors and inside trims. maybe some hot glue on th edges of the metallic grills might help>??

I've had a few creaking issues in my MY14.

One set of creaks came from when I retrofitted my reversing camera - so caused by me. Fixed eventually by pulling the upper/side parts of the console out again and putting them back in in the right order - after the lower centre console. I'd had the lower console in and out a couple of times without removing the upper/side console parts. This made a huge difference. I do note though that others have had the lower part of the console out for various reasons and have put it back in with no reports of creaking... I tried to seat mine properly so it wouldn't creak, just wouldn't 'go' but once I put them in in the right order the creaking went away. It felt properly seated and all looked to be in the correct position but obviously wasn't.

Seat belt driver's side I wrapped the lower section below the buckle which was touching the seat with this fabric wrap (Fabric Cloth Adhesive Tape Cable Wiring Harness Wrap Automotive Accessories | eBay) - creaking gone.

Hope you can get it sorted.

David

Originally Posted by TheCannyMan

I’ve had a rattle in my drivers’ speaker grill when using the mobile hands free only. Despite several trips to the Brisbane dealer and a new door card the problem persists, was basically told there’s no more they can do.

If I put my thumb on the speaker grill it stops. For someone who spends a fair amount of time in the car on the phone this is very annoying.

Do the Sunshine Coast team do services on weekends?

Hey I have this exact same problem! (as well as the creaking dash . mine only does it when Im speaking on the mobile, OR listening moderately loudly to AM radio.

The guys at LR Brisbane City, told me it was a feature of the car that cannot be resolved. They claimed to have tried a new speaker which made no difference.

Im gonna go see the guys @ sunny coast, I think.

Thanks All for your input and advice.

I have resolved to go see the guys at Sunny Coast. I bought my car from there, so will be nice to go see them. on that note, the reason I bought the car from Sunny Coast instead of Brisbane (dealership which is 10 min walk from my house instead of 1.5hr drive) was not price related at all! price was within $100. It was the fact that the sales guy in BNE, although a nice guy full of ambition, had clearly never driven off road.... and was trying to sell me a Disco, with very limited knowledge other than whats in the brochures.

Originally Posted by cvarak

Hi all, Im sure many have experienced some minor creaking from the console in Disco 4 considering the amount of plastic... however this is unbearable.
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the creaking is coming from the centre console or the cup holder area and is triggered simply by motion. Accelerate... it creaks. Deceleration causes the same.. turning... you get the point.

Please, if anybody has suggestions on the best process to escalate this (to whom and how) then let me know. The last time it was at LR service to have this fixed they had it for 4 days and it was managed by the Service Manager.... so whats the next step.

Appreciate the help and apologies for the rant.

BR. Marko

What build month is your D4
I had a Jan 2015 D4 with the same problem - LR (Adelaide) new exactly what it was and told me that it was faulty seat belt anchors/connectors and replaced them under warranty - the problem was fixed. Apparently they had a bad batch - they were safe but just moved and squeaked.
I now have a Jan 2016 D4 which doesn't have any 'squeaky' problems so I assume that the problem was sorted.
Cheers and good luck

sorry but i did smile when reading this.... i have an My13 D4 HSE and had an annoying plastic clicking noise somewhere in the dash which developed in the 2nd year i had it. 2 different LR dealers and a lot of frustration and it finally got fixed. something was loose in there somewhere and boy was it frustrating. Happily it's never come back...

Make sure you persevere and as others have said if you can narrow down the location and take as many LR guys for a drive in it to demonstrate it and hopefully you'll get a good result soon.