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cornwallboy
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: cornwall
Posts: 29
  
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Wellying it up the M5 on a quiet Sunday moring in a very strong cross-wind, when........
BANG!
The offside plastic cover on the side of the front windscreen broke away and started whacking the side of the car. Scary.
Stopped and managed to press the strip back in, as a couple of the nylon screws still held it on.
Didn't want to hang around on the hard shoulder but looked as if some of the rubber gromits on the holes in which the screws on the strip locate were missing. Assembly fault or did they disappear when strip blew off?
Anyone done a post on this problem? And worth taking to LR for checking as this a disconserting occurence, to say the least? Mechanically, obviously not a radical fault but potentially dangerous at high speed, with 2 ft rigid plastic strips flying around.
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 22nd Jan 2007 9:18 am |
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Tommyknocker
Member Since: 14 Feb 2006
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 68
 
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Have you had your windscreen replaced recently? Happened to me a while back after having the screen replaced - apparantly LR recommend new side strips each time the screen is replaced - if you put the old ones back on they tend to fly off. Take it back to the windscreen place if this is the case. 06 Bonatti Grey HSE, Ebony Interior with Privacy Glass & Rubbing Strips.
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| 22nd Jan 2007 9:53 am |
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cornwallboy
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: cornwall
Posts: 29
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Good advice. No, haven't had windscreen replaced but in view of yr comments plus apparently missing rubber gromets, will ask LR to replace strip.
thanks
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| 22nd Jan 2007 10:05 am |
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aitchy
Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130
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had exactly the same problem on the A14 trm now loose in places, is this really a windscreen repair fix as i have had a new one last year which seems a bit cheeky re warranty claim, is this not a LR dealer issue?? TDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
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| 22nd Jan 2007 11:07 am |
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Calcul@tor
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Middle England!
Posts: 810
 
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I'd completely forgotten about this happening to my D3 about 18 months ago - so many other "issues" since  !
Funnily enough, I was wellying down the M5 at the time which, added to the strong winds, suddenly resulted in madly flapping and banging trim!
I'd not had any work to the screen, so dealer reckoned it had just not been properly fitted in the factory and that it hadn't been pressed quite hard enough to click onto one or two of the tabs.
The plastic trim was damaged. But a new trim was sent to me (at my request) and I fitted it and haven't had a problem since. D4 XS MY12 Galway
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| 22nd Jan 2007 12:32 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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The bottom (I think) clip is 'designed' to break when the trim is removed and has to be replaced with a new one (clip) when re-fitting.
Maybe so that it holds firm and is not able to easily un-clip. Assuming its been fitted correctly in the first place of course.
Worth remembering if you do have a windscreen replaced by anyone other than LR or a fitter who knows and brings new clips.
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| 22nd Jan 2007 1:57 pm |
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DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2572
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Yep, Mine had a broken clip, but the trim stayed in place (perhaps my wellies aren't as heavy  )
But the trim did rub against the corner of the wing, making an intermittent "squeaky noise" at about 50mph. Took AGES to find & was getting really annoying!
But all put right under warranty once found, full marks again to Riders Landrover! Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
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| 23rd Jan 2007 12:49 am |
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DrtyBlvd
Member Since: 08 Dec 2006
Location: Europe
Posts: 36
  
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This happened to me too - it is linked to water ingress in the roof and footwell as well - there is an official LR fix document thingy on it.
I took it in and got it fixed at Taggarts in Glasgow, on the side that was a problem, and away I went. Three weeks later, the other side went!
Airing my irritation at this at a different dealer in Gibraltar, I was shown the LR document that clearly says BOTH sides should be done if there is a problem with either, something the first LR dealer didn't do...
The new clips have a rubber gromet around them that stops water ingress and they also used sealent on the bottom of the strip...
The water ingress shows along the side the strip is loose on in the roof lining - first indication (pre strip popping off at speed) was a wet drivers seat - subsequently, the *rear* roof lining above the boot side-pocket was dripping(!) The strips being fixed cured this. There is also a cross-over with sun roof drainer blockage or somesuch causing internal 'dampness'
The faster you go, the further back the water gets... 
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| 25th Jan 2007 10:40 am |
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