Awful noises.. any ideas?

Only had her a few days, but noticed yesterday she is making some awful noises..

They are coming from the left side, and more towards the front wheel underneath..

The closest I can desrcibe the noise it makes is a wire coathanger dragging, getting caught up in something metal. It makes a kind of scraping/squeeking noise.

Mainly in first gear, and the time it was at its worst, was after I had done a left turn, so bad it made me stop, get out and look underneath to check there was nothing stuck/trapped anywhere.

I had a good look last night, and can't see anything...

Anyone got any ideas what it might be?

One thing to check (although you may have already) is the aux belt/pulley for the a/c. Mine did this but only when the a/c was on - it was the underbody panel that had lifted up on an edge and was getting caught in the belt mechanism.
Worth a look.

Norbet said:

One thing to check (although you may have already) is the aux belt/pulley for the a/c. Mine did this but only when the a/c was on - it was the underbody panel that had lifted up on an edge and was getting caught in the belt mechanism.
Worth a look.

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Thanks Norbet, but sadly (in this weather) my freelander doesn't have aircon..

Hi,
Sounds very much like a stone is trapped between front left brake disk and its splash guard (do you drive over gravel a lot?) it can usually be sorted by putting something like a long screwdriver through the holes in the alloy wheel and gently pushing the splashguard ( a circular piece of thin metal slightly larger than the brake disk) at the bottom which usually allows sufficient gap for the stone to drop out.D..

Hi Suz - just noted your previous posts re prop shafts - these haven't been refitted now have they? If so and you get this sort of noise be prepared for some bad news.

Hi,

I haven't driven on any gravel yet.. only had her a few days. She had new pads put on 2 days ago from the guy I bought it off.. so there shouldn't be anything like a stone trapped in there, but will do as you described just in case. It only happens in 1st gear though, surely if there were a stone in there, the sound would be apparent more when breaking? which it isn't..

Norbet said:

Hi Suz - just noted your previous posts re prop shafts - these haven't been refitted now have they? If so and you get this sort of noise be prepared for some bad news.

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Hi Norbet... no, propshaft hasn't been fitted yet.. hopefully getting it on this weekend... and yes, have prepared myself for some bad news! hehe

On mine I had an anti squeal shim move slightly and start rubbing on brake disc may be worth checking if pads have been done recently.

Dann said:

Hi,
Sounds very much like a stone is trapped between front left brake disk and its splash guard (do you drive over gravel a lot?) it can usually be sorted by putting something like a long screwdriver through the holes in the alloy wheel and gently pushing the splashguard ( a circular piece of thin metal slightly larger than the brake disk) at the bottom which usually allows sufficient gap for the stone to drop out.D..

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I have had this aswell, I could only hear it scraping at low speeds.

Suz said:

Hi Norbet... no, propshaft hasn't been fitted yet.. hopefully getting it on this weekend... and yes, have prepared myself for some bad news! hehe

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It looks really smart in the photo, fingers crossed its ok when the props are on it.

howardo said:

It looks really smart in the photo, fingers crossed its ok when the props are on it.

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Thanks - it was the nicest one I had viewed, just happened to be the only one on 2wd!

some pad manufacturers adhere a emery type surface to the pad to clean up old disc, if one of your pads is sticking these noises can occur, check the pads are free moving