Discovery 4 help!

I know this is an Evoque forum and so I apologise about this, but there are quite a few of you that have Discovery's also and wanted to ask a question.
My wife took in our D4 for it's service today(2nd service just over £600 so quite lumpy IMO). I say our, but it's really my wife's car. I have to say that in case she tries to steal the Evoque later when it arrives.
Prob is, someone had gone under the car with bolt cutters and cut through the spare wheel clamp, and nicked the spare wheel. When we bought the car we specified full size spare with alloy, so having a brand new tyre and ally taken is a tad upsetting. We only realised when the service dept. phoned to tell us.
What I wanted to know is if this is a common occurrence with disco's where the spare tyre is held under the car but on the outside, rather than under the rear boot floor in most cars.
I'm going to have to replace it of course but to get a new clamp is £140, no idea yet on cost of new alloy and wheel, but if this is something that happends often, thinking of just getting some of that foam stuff that'll get me to a garage or home, and keeping the spare safely locked up in my garage.
So, anyone heard of this happening before at all?
Secondly, we've always had squeaky brakes. We complained about it soon after taking delivery, and when we had the rear camera swapped after a few months under warranty when it stopped working. We complained after it's first service too, but during this one when we complained they agreed, but said it's not covered under warranty. They said they could take the wheels off and lubricate something or other, but that they 'd charge £120 for it, even though that may not solve the problem. Anyone had this problem also.

Sorry once again for asking a non evoque question, but not a member of any other forum, and thought there seems to be a wealth of Land Rover knowledge here so wanted to see if anyone had any experience with the above.

Thxs

Craig

The same thing happened to our Lexus rx300. Some b*****d nicked the wheel. And we discovered way later. Reckon it happened at the airport carpark. Cost us bucks to repair.

Wheels get whipped from cradles all the time. It's not until you have it happen to you do you realise how common a problem it is! On my Peugeot 306 GTi they didn't even snip the cage, they just levered the retaining hook!

(09-02-2012 01:11am)vinda Wrote:  The same thing happened to our Lexus rx300. Some b*****d nicked the wheel. And we discovered way later. Reckon it happened at the airport carpark. Cost us bucks to repair.

Funny your should mention that, just took my wife to new york for her ##th birthday(never polite to ask a lady her age) and we left car in business parking at heathrow airport ( there were 2 Evoques there too, first time I'd seen any in my area). Hoping it was somewhere like that, don't like the idea someone's been in our driveway at night snd done it. We don't have gates or anything so all open at the front. My wife now wants to get gates put up which is costly.
All in all been a v expensive day and a bit p**sed off with it all. I hate thieves

http://www.disco4.com

Squeeky brakes is a common problem for all manufacturers these days, and is actually as a result of the removal of asbestos from the manufacture of brake pads. Unfortunately there is not an easy solution, they can use some copper grease but the effects do not last (this sounds like what you were offered), so unfortunately you may just have to accept it untill new brake pad time, and hopefully you get a set which are not as noisy.

Unfortunately i cannot remember which pad manufacturers were better for this.

RRS also suffers from stolen spare wheels and one member of Disco3.co.uk manufactures a special spare wheel antitheft device that also fits RRS

thxs for help. Memer of disco4 now too. I see Martin you look after them all(disco3 as well) Just bought set of alloy of ebay for less than a new one

Craig

Not sure it helps bu my FFRR had squeaky brakes too, I just lived with it.