2014 FL2

Ive just noticed that the tailgate high mounted stop lamp can be very easily slid up and down (2-3mm) whilst still seemingly fully located in place by its clips. Never noticed this before. I cant imagine its very watertight in its current state.

Is it the same on other FL2 s ?

Im thinking I might take it off and improve the seal with silicone.


Any thoughts ? Jules

Very common. Look up water leak in Search function and you'll get lots of info. Silicone grease on the seal helped with mine

Well worth checking to see if still under warranty. Mine was leaking and I had a whole new light fitted foc. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

Old problem

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic26716.html?highlight=silicone FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Yorky - which LR couldnt be arsed to correct. Jules

Deano64 wrote:

Very common. Look up water leak in Search function and you'll get lots of info. Silicone grease on the seal helped with mine

Thanks - Yes I suppose having 1 of the 5 Freelanders that Ive owned with a loose stoplamp would be considered common. Just not come across it before.

I didnt search under "water leak" because I dont have a water leak, yet

Its all about the getting the right search terms. Jules

Yorky Bob wrote:

Old problem

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic26716.html?highlight=silicone

jules wrote:

Deano64 wrote:

Very common. Look up water leak in Search function and you'll get lots of info. Silicone grease on the seal helped with mine

Thanks - Yes I suppose having 1 of the 5 Freelanders that Ive owned with a loose stoplamp would be considered common. Just not come across it before.

I didnt search under "water leak" because I dont have a water leak, yet

Its all about the getting the right search terms.

What I did when the seal started leaking was cut two small pieces out of the wife's credit card & place them between the clips & the body just to make the seal fit tighter. Has not leaked again for years & saved me a fortune


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Deano64 wrote:

jules wrote:

Deano64 wrote:

Very common. Look up water leak in Search function and you'll get lots of info. Silicone grease on the seal helped with mine

Thanks - Yes I suppose having 1 of the 5 Freelanders that Ive owned with a loose stoplamp would be considered common. Just not come across it before.

I didnt search under "water leak" because I dont have a water leak, yet

Its all about the getting the right search terms.

Well its well documented on here!

Jack frost wrote:

What I did when the seal started leaking was cut two small pieces out of an old credit card & place them between the clips & the body just make the seal fit tighter. Has not leaked again for years

Yep, at this time of the year its best to cut up the wife's credit card.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

jules wrote:

Deano64 wrote:

jules wrote:

Deano64 wrote:

Very common. Look up water leak in Search function and you'll get lots of info. Silicone grease on the seal helped with mine

Thanks - Yes I suppose having 1 of the 5 Freelanders that Ive owned with a loose stoplamp would be considered common. Just not come across it before.

I didnt search under "water leak" because I dont have a water leak, yet

Its all about the getting the right search terms.

Well its well documented on here!

Maybe, Deano, within discussions but when I searched using "tailgate stop lamp" I got only 8 results, none of which were relevant to my query about it being loose. So you can see why I thought it not common.

ah ah You're probably right about the correct search term. This leaky stop light thing was very familiar to me and is the only thing that niggled in 4 years.of ownership. Still put on the grease now and again

Thats pretty good - to have only one niggle in 4 years of ownership.
Like you I've not had major issues with my Freelanders either. Jules

Still worried about rear diff and haldex though after reading endlessly about them.. Might be ok on a 2014 one
Have moved from main dealer servicing to Indy now so less of the doctors surgery -'we've found this issue' now.