A Pillar Flapping / Crackling noise at speed
Mudding
Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 148
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From: Anacortes Wa
Tasman Blues
i do not have A pillar noise but very occasionally I had a crackling noise from dash area on rougher roads and at speed. I found if I gently pressed down on dash it quit. I then found if I wedged a soft firm spacer in seem to left of outboard driver air vent it stopped. Pressing in that location led me to try the spacer. Strange I know.
i do not have A pillar noise but very occasionally I had a crackling noise from dash area on rougher roads and at speed. I found if I gently pressed down on dash it quit. I then found if I wedged a soft firm spacer in seem to left of outboard driver air vent it stopped. Pressing in that location led me to try the spacer. Strange I know.
Mudding
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 180
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Can we assume these are INTERIOR pieces and not exterior trim pieces? If interior, the lubrication will no doubt solve for a good long while. If this is exterior trim they "lubricated" I would suspect that weather/washings will eventually remove/dilute the lubrication.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 29
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Did they install a rubber piece that fill up the gap between the windshield and a pillar? The wind noise on the freeway is super annoying and I am trying to see if sealing the door and filling that gap with some weather strip will help.
Mudding
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 119
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From: Texas
I have told my dealer that it sounds like sand hitting my windshield above the rear view mirror twice now and they say they can't replicate it. I also have the a-pillar flapping which is much louder and sounds like the part is going to fly off on the highway. The first time in for it the dealer said they couldn't replicate it of course so I took a video of it on the highway and sent it via text to my service advisor. This time they are fixing it. They were aware of the issue when I first took it in but this time they said there is a permanent fix for it and had to get in a new part and have it painted. I haven't picked it up yet but I hope this fixes it. The sand hitting the windshield will continue to annoy me and until I can figure that out.
Mudding
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 119
Likes: 97
From: Texas
Just got mine back this week, it was the second or third time it went in for the crackling noise from passenger side pillar (US variant). It’s completely fixed now and they resolved the rattle coming from the small thin window area above the back passenger seat (I forget what those little windows are called). The invoice just said they fixed the a pillar noise. There was no real detail. I’m thrilled it is fixed though.
When I dropped the car off the woman in the service department told me that LR was aware of the issue and working on a permanent fix but they did not have one yet though a technician would take a look and try to resolve it. I’m fairly sure they probably just added more of the tape fix they tried the first time. Again, I don’t really care so long as it works.
The only other “issues” I’ve had have been the growing pains with the software (resolved itself after updates) and I think the wipers are crap in blizzard like conditions (they cake up ice on the ends and push away from the windshield rendering themselves completely useless until I pull over and take the ice off) but thankfully the weather has begun to warm up here in Pennsylvania.
When I dropped the car off the woman in the service department told me that LR was aware of the issue and working on a permanent fix but they did not have one yet though a technician would take a look and try to resolve it. I’m fairly sure they probably just added more of the tape fix they tried the first time. Again, I don’t really care so long as it works.
The only other “issues” I’ve had have been the growing pains with the software (resolved itself after updates) and I think the wipers are crap in blizzard like conditions (they cake up ice on the ends and push away from the windshield rendering themselves completely useless until I pull over and take the ice off) but thankfully the weather has begun to warm up here in Pennsylvania.
