Mine was built in January 2015 so one of the first off the line - No rattles or squeaks here and my car VIN is within those numbers
Excuse me, I am not a native english speaker : what is B post cover ? ( I have the same problems with my brand new disco)RogerT said:I picked my DS td4 se tech up mid October and drove round for a week with a rattle from the passengers side. I thought I had introduced it by transferring all the rubbish from my previous car such as umbrellas and box of screwdriver bits so moved bits around the car. Decided that it was not the rubbish so started with rear seat belts, seats, door cards etc. The thing that fixed it was the B post cover that I pushed and prodded to make a bit more secure (taking care as there is an airbag in there). Now rattle free but I do drive with the rear seat belts done up as the buckles do end up lying on hard plastic.
Correct Hillwalker, apologies Powerdoc, as Hillwalker says the B pillars are in between the front and rear doors.Hillwalker said:Philn, sorry, but if I am not mistaken you described the 'A' pillar, surely the 'B' pillar is by the driver's (or passenger's) ear, between front and back doors? Then the 'C' pillar is the wide one behind the second row of seats.
No?
philn is correct, pulling down on grab handle stops the B-pillar rattle or makes the rattle less.philn said:Sounds a bit odd to me Chippy, I thought pulling down on grab handle stopped the B pillar rattle but it had to be welded to fix it, hope he's right for your sake.
Chippy911 - the B-pillar issue affects mostly MY15 models, however some of the early MY16 DS' are affected as well. According to LR's own welding fix bulletin, if your VIN falls between 501001-550001, then there is a chance the rattle could happen. If your VIN is outside the range, then it could be something else.Chippy911 said:I hope he's right too philn.
He was well aware that welding was necesary for MY15 B Pillar rattle. However he said the noise I have was nothing to do with the B pillar but is solely associated with the grab handle.
I'll soon know anyway.
Thanks for this dshseus. My VIN is 560... so I'm hoping it's not the B pillar. Time will tell.dshseus said:Chippy911 - the B-pillar issue affects mostly MY15 models, however some of the early MY16 DS' are affected as well. According to LR's own welding fix bulletin, if your VIN falls between 501001-550001, then there is a chance the rattle could happen. If your VIN is outside the range, then it could be something else.Chippy911 said:I hope he's right too philn.
He was well aware that welding was necesary for MY15 B Pillar rattle. However he said the noise I have was nothing to do with the B pillar but is solely associated with the grab handle.
I'll soon know anyway.
Hope this helps.
Dshseus do you have access to the workshop manual?dshseus said:The red circle is the metal that the handle screws on. The "T" shape B-pillar metal is on the left, which requires the welding fix.
No, I don't. If you google the bulletin number, you will find the file in Russian.nino said:Dshseus do you have access to the workshop manual?dshseus said:The red circle is the metal that the handle screws on. The "T" shape B-pillar metal is on the left, which requires the welding fix.
Exactly right, I went and saw my car, apparently 48h effort to build one but a bit longer total elapsed time. No stack of 'body shells' lying around that would be money tied up for LR and they're custom built anyway to order e.g. 5/7 seats changes rear panels etc.philn said:From what owners who went to the factory to see their cars have posted on here the car is put together very quickly and surely it gets its vin number when produced, to say the body was made prior to the changes sounds utter rubbish to me.
I must say I tend to agree with both of you even though I know of enough cases involving other manufacturers where there can well be a stock of bodies, complete engines and the like.wardie said:Exactly right, I went and saw my car, apparently 48h effort to build one but a bit longer total elapsed time. No stack of 'body shells' lying around that would be money tied up for LR and they're custom built anyway to order e.g. 5/7 seats changes rear panels etc.philn said:From what owners who went to the factory to see their cars have posted on here the car is put together very quickly and surely it gets its vin number when produced, to say the body was made prior to the changes sounds utter rubbish to me.
I had the vehicle at the dealership for three days last week during which time they were apparently finally able to locate the problem with the "ticking" noise from the B-pillar and have hopefully been able to eliminate it. I can't be a 100% sure because I've previously noticed that at below about 7 deg.C it can't be heard anyway and since then we've had only minus temperatures.Chippy911 said:Well, it looks like I've definitely got the dreaded B-pillar rattle. I was at the dealership on Monday and they replaced the drivers side grab handle (LHD) but, as expected, it hasn't made any difference.
Since mine is the first MY16 they have supplied and they had just a couple of MY15 vehicles to sell the problem is new to them.
It's well outside the published VIN Range mine being 560... (nearly 561...). They suspect that the body may have been made before any production changes were made for the MY16 version. Maybe right, maybe wrong we'll never know.
They have spoken at length to JLR Germany and been told - yes there is a problem (what a surprise that is) and that are apparently 2 possible solutions.
The first is what they call a "small fix" and involves removing the B-pillar cladding and doing some relatively non-invasive work on the B-pillar itself.
If that doesn't work then it's going to be the big fix which we all know about.