I am having the A pillar rattle. I also have vibration on the sound system (really low tones) seemingly from the rear right speaker. None of these is annoying enough to take the car to the dealer for it (also, not crazy about the idea of the dealer starting to take things apart and make them worse ). I might try to check the sound system one myself as it could be loose bolts.

 

I have the same issue with driver's side grab handle, did you ever get it fixed?

 

I traced my squeaking noise to the leather covered trim piece to the right of the driver side grab handle. When you hear the squeaking sound, try pushing on that piece and see if the noise stops. I posted above how to take it off...remove the 4 grab handle torx bolts and grab handle, then remove one small black torx screw that is attached to the side of the trim piece. Then just pull it off. There are 4 spring clips that attach it. I lined all the outer edges with black adhesive felt and snapped it back on. All quiet...so far.

 

I don’t know how you found this but you’re freakn’ brilliant. This squeak has been bugging me for months. I owe you a beer.

 

I was reading this thread with a bemused expression. Now paying $100K for a vehicle and having noises is annoying and I mean no disrespect to the previous writers. However, if any had owned original Defenders or Series vehicles this thread would cause uncontrolled laughter, life threatening laughter. If you had taken a Defender or Series to the dealer and complained about the noises your answer would have been, "its a Land Rover Mate." Oh, and it leaks a bit from here and there, "its a Land Rover Mate." In fact, if the noises really bothered you, Land Rover Engineering, in fact the legendary Special Vehicles Unit designed these two flaps just below the windshield. If the noises bothered you, you simply opened them to let in overwhelming noises from the engine and road. Violá, no more noise from the cabin. Of course you gradually went deaf and the flaps where no longer needed to drown out the noises. Now some people mistakenly think the flaps where there for air. Well yes, they did let in some air, usually superheated air. Land Rover did realize there was a flaw in the noise flaps. It also allowed man eating insects to enter the cabin at highway speeds, they didn't even need to sting you, the impact was enough. So they offered small "optional" screens to let the insects smash into them and spray you with a nice even coating of insect innards. It is where I discovered I really don't like the taste of insects. I finally invested in a Fairy Overdrive for my Series III diesel. It was kind of a slow, moving guardrail slow. Now the overdrive allowed me to get to minimum Autostrada speeds while I lived in Italy. Of course it was a gradual acceleration and one needed patience. However the addition of yet one more gearbox and another rattling shift leaver made the sum of the noise at lets say 115 KPH, was astounding. So one wore earplugs. I always have earplugs, pilots have to, especially if you ever work off a carrier, that's noise.

 

This happened to me too.... Seems like my front left speaker was blown from the factory. Not so obvious when listening to music but on a phone call or podcast it was very obvious. Of course I took it in and they werent able to reproduce it.

 

DOGPILOT: Great post. Yes for those who ever owned another version of "The Beast" or even a pre-war vehicle of any make, noise, rattles, smells, and all you note were common. I remember opening the vents on an old American car and having so much dust and dirt enter the vehicle it should have been fitted with a WW1 gas mask for driving. Cars were drafty even when closed, heaters inadequate, choice of gearing when ordered either allowed a relatively hasty 1 minute sprint to 30, or a doggedly slow run-up so you could get over 60 with tall gearing, that then would not go up a hill except in reverse.

Yeah things are tough and not only with our beloved Land Rovers. Everything has evolved, no extra charge for small annoyances still.

 

did you have someone call you while you and a technician are in the car together listening? I think we tend to assume technicians do the obvious things during their diagnoses. I don’t know that’s always the case when they are troubleshooting stuff like this.

 

Ya I was on the road and dropped it at a random dealer for a few days so didn't take too much time to address. Now that I am home I plan to go back in and do something more in-depth like you mention.

 

this squeak is very high pitched correct? I push on the plastic surround on the screen behind the steering wheel on lower left corner and it goes away. I push on the padded trim to the left of that above the dash cubby hole and it goes away. Wondering where best to jam in some felt padding