My recently acquired 2012 FL2 was showing hesitation and slight 'misfire' etc when hot at low speed, after waiting at junction etc.

It also has the funny gratey squawk from the gearbox solenoid area as heard in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMVtjQG0igc&feature=youtu.be as the car pulls away.

So, as I've only had it a few weeks I went back to supplier who of course could not find anything but said they would update the ECU firmware - which they did.

The end result is that the original problem is now if anything a bit worse - and they deleted the clock from the central display under the speedo, basic TD4 S so nothing fancy. All I've got now is .. ..|.. .. where it used to be. Tried altering clock on radio to see if it would pick it up but no go.

After several phone calls with a 'we'll call you back' reply I've had no response so I'm just wondering if in fact there is any solution and they're just hoping I'll go away. OK it's hardly the end of the world, but if I try to sell car and it looks like I've got a dodgy dashboard I can see it causing problems as no-one will believe it was done by dealer.

So, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and if so how was it resolved - presumably they cannot just flash the original firmware back - or is it more complicated.

They just need to flash back the original files which can be found in the as build files for the IPC

BUT I’ve just looked at your video and time is where it should be????

Are you sure your not confusing clock with trip computer?

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I've got that squawky noise but it's only appeared since Haldex replacement????  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Stuartc wrote:

They just need to flash back the original files which can be found in the as build files for the IPC
BUT I’ve just looked at your video and time is where it should be????
Are you sure your not confusing clock with trip computer?

JulesK wrote:

I've got that squawky noise but it's only appeared since Haldex replacement????

Finally sorted clock - only updates the dash display if it is set when the ignition is on - DOH!

JulesK wrote:

I've got that squawky noise but it's only appeared since Haldex replacement????

Car spent a couple of hours at our local LR Indie with all the diagnostic tools yesterday.
Having listened to video noise, and also reproduced on test, the initial reaction is turbo related.
Definitely puzzled as they hadn't come across this before but willing to find out - which is great.

They're having it back next week to spend a day with data recorder which was in use on my quick visit yesterday - only thing that marred the day was white van man clipping and breaking my door mirror shell!

still at least it didn't break the glass or motor.........

JulesK wrote:

I've got that squawky noise but it's only appeared since Haldex replacement????

Just had the noise fixed - long story short - throttle body problem. The butterfly valve caused back pressure from turbo that then blows back through the air intake.

They did a quick test before replacing the throttle body by just disconnecting the butterfly and noise went away.....

I wish the credit card bill would do the same

Thanks for the update bin. I think this may well be the source of my turbo flutter issue too as there has been some intermittent noise on shutdown from the throttle body.