(15-12-2015 02:52pm)Shenley Wrote:  Hope Pete @Land Rover sees this one.
This is our second Evoque. The first one was rejected by the dealer!

The replacement was given to us in April 2013.
Initial faults were:-
The near side door had not been put on properly (it's a coupe)
Centre vents not fitted properly and now bent.
Rear seat marked where something had been resting on it.
Overspray by both bonnet hinges.....

After the first car debacle we didn't care anymore. Vents replaced and door fitted properly by a Land Rover technician who attended the dealership. He said off the record the door hinges were out so therefore everything else was, hence the bonnet realignment and overspray?

Usual rattles and creaks, but one kept reoccurring on the rear trim behind the driver.

At this point I should point out this is my wife's car, we are retired so the mileage is low.
10,000 miles in almost three years.

In Jan 2014 I noticed a strange noise from the rear offside (drivers) wheel, it was a random clunking noise, like the wheel was on crunchy snow.
Took it to the dealer where we bought it. No fault found.

We moved house later that year, and it happened again. So I took it into my local dealership and the mechanic heard it. Took it into the workshop put it on the ramp and did what I would do check all the joints. Nothing. On this occasion the fault had gone.

I became aware that this fault only materialises on a long run. We only do a few miles in it most of the time. But on a long run the rumbling noise comes back.

So this year we took it on a long run, and for the first time ever the car had four people inside. My wife was sitting in the rear offside seat and felt a terrible vibration at motorway speeds, and the trim next to her was vibrating.

Took it into the dealer the next day and the fault was still there. Noted by the service department, but when booked in for repair, it of course had gone again. Even after a long test run it was not replicated.

Then again after a run of over a hundred miles on a trip, there it was again. Took it straight into the dealer and it was heard/felt by the staff. It was diagnosed as the haldex unit. In it went a couple of weeks later, no part had been ordered..... and after consultations with Land Rover....... a new software patch was downloaded.

Of course after the first long run a month later..... the noise/knocking was stil there.

In it went again for a haldex unit. Waited for approval by Land Rover and it was replaced.

And then after we went on a long run..... yes you've guessed it, the same knocking/ clonking noise was still there.

Our vehicle has now been at the dealership for the best part of three weeks to have the rear differential replaced. The dealer is brilliant, it's Land Rover that is putting the red tape up.

Sorry about the "Jackanory" but I can't find a similar problem anywhere.

Today we hope to pick our car up. The three year warranty runs out in April next year, so I hope it's resolved by then. We haven't gone abroad in this car because my wife doesn't trust it.

We have had a fair few Land Rover products over the years, but I doubt her next one will be.
At least we don't have to program our phones into the courtesy cars, as they are in most of them.....

(16-04-2016 07:17am)Steve D Wrote:  Sounds like you have lane departure switched off?

(16-04-2016 09:51am)Brammo Wrote:  I didn't know I could switch it off. I will put it back on if I can find out how to, not that I need it, but it started worrying me, with this noise. Thank you.

(16-04-2016 03:18pm)michail1 Wrote:  Lane Departure Warning info <~~~ Youtube link

(29-12-2015 01:22pm)Stevemac1 Wrote:  Interesting one Shenley. I too have had an intermittent grumbling/crunching coming from rear quarter, usually after I leave my drive or work car park. Goes away after 5 or so minutes and when mentioned to dealer nothing ever found. Due in soon for a VERY annoying rattle just in the roof lining behind drivers head so I'll mention your issue to them. Thanks. (BTW my car is also a 2013 coupe....)