I've noticed creaking from the front driver's side suspension.

It only happens when its stone cold and going over something of decent size like a speed hump. Once its been driven for a little but and all has warmed up its totally fine. Takes bumps fine, rebound etc is all ok.

It sounds like, its got some stiction / dried up a little bit.

Would adding some grease / lube help ? If so, what to use?

I have the same problem when it's cold.
"Warms" up pretty fast. FL2, TD4 HSE
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Hi did you manage to sort this problems out? we have just picked up a 2010 FL2 and have just noticed it does the same over speedhumps. Just wondering whether to take it back to the dealer?

Re:Creaky Suspension

If rubber bushings are creaking then they are past their sell by date, they need replacing. Nevertheless if you want to quieten down any rubber bushing, do not use ordinary oil/lubricant as it will perish the rubber even more, use a silicon lubricant.

Just booked the car into Guy Salmon for them to have a look at. I would expect it on an older car if the bushes had perished but the car is only 12 months old unless the bushes are faulty. VULCAN XH558 - Cold war warrior lives on !

is the noise you are on about like a chirp if it is all the freelanders do this i noticed this when i go over speed humps after having a few loan cas as of late all freelanders i ask the dealer he said this was normal is just the shockers doing there job  rainy-city
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thanks for the reply , not quite sure how to describe it, perhaps a squeak or creak? after i drove the car last night i pushed the rear offside qtr of the car down by hand and it made the same noise. Seems odd thar a car costing £20k plus should have squeaky suspension! VULCAN XH558 - Cold war warrior lives on !

Nearly all rubber squeaks disappear in wet weather, get a spray bottle filled with water and douse each bushing one at a time and push offending corner down until it disappears. At least you should end up knowing which one is causing it.

I've taken my 10 plate FL2 back to the dealers about my suspension squeaking when going over speed bumps, all they did was re-grease the suspension.

Noise is still there especially in cool/cold weather.

As was stated in this thread: I do not expect a car costing as much as this to have noisy suspension.

I will wait for the weather to get a little colder, then take it back to them to (try) and sort it out.

Car has now been back twice the problem is by the time it gets there its warm and stops doing it guess ill have to leave it with them overnight VULCAN XH558 - Cold war warrior lives on !

Mine 'chirps' over bumps - as someone else said, this is normal as it is the shockers doing their job...

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same here, 8 weeks old and makes noises over bumps or on lock, McP mentioned it may have been a steering issue and something about a mushroom in the fluid resevoir?
Can't see any mushrooms and it does sound like the suspension bushes creaking.

The sales lad I had to get rid of has got a job at a car bush manufacturer, I will ask about some nice plastic (or whatever) ones

taztastic wrote:

......McP mentioned it may have been a steering issue and something about a mushroom in the fluid resevoir? Can't see any mushrooms and it does sound like the suspension bushes creaking.

She's out in her car so can't look - But I'm sure someone said that if you remove the top cap of the power steering reservoir, the fluid should be seen flowing around in the shape of a mushroom. If it's not, it could be that there's a blockage somewhere and this can lead to noise.

It's be OK Taz, just a bit of old machining swarf in the system

Hmmm.... I looked in the top of the resevoir, the fluid is there but not flowing, it is on the max mark and there is a black disc in the resevoir that the fluid seems to sit just below, even when steering is moved from lock to lock it doesn't move, only tried at idle speed though?

Will check ours (Hers) later