Thanks for all of your responses - really appreciated and given me some great points for further investigation. Re Andrew McIntyre's post - I did exactly the same test yesterday by banging the bottom of the heater box which suggested that something inside was causing the rattle. Before...

Haven't had a chance to check out anything mechanical yet. Does it make sense if it say that the sound is a rattle (akin to a loose ancillary component) rather than a 'knocking', clonking or grinding (which I would normally associate with a suspension/drive fault)? Just hoping that...

Thanks Steely Dan! I know that rattles can appear to come from places which are completely different the actual cause. My experience of any suspension related problems on other 4WD vehicles (mainly Subarus and military Defenders) was totally different to this with more of a 'clonking'...

Newbie on the Forum having picked up a 03 plate Freelander Td4 with 49,000 on the clock last weekend. In the last few days it has developed an annoying 'rattle which seems to come from the passenger footwell/glove box area. I am fairly certain that there isn't a problem with the...