Freelander 2 (LR2) 2013 SD4 auto rev drop

Yampy · Friday at 08:47

Possible Causes for My Issue?

After running for 30+ minutes from a cold start, my 2013 FL2 SD4 automatic has an issue when stopped in "drive" — the revs begin to drop, and it almost stalls at traffic lights or in heavy traffic. I’ve also noticed that the revs flutter occasionally when the gearbox shifts up during acceleration.

Interestingly, the problem stops when I select neutral, but it does still happen in reverse and has even caused the car to stall while reversing. I've tried switching to manual gear selection, but the issue persists.

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Uploaded a video of the issue if this helps:

Nodge68 · Friday at 11:01

I can tell you there's something wrong with the sound of that engine. It sounds like a bearing on an idler or tensioner is failing. It shouldn't sound rough and grinding like that at all.

Arctic2 · Friday at 11:54

Nodge68 said:
I can tell you there's something wrong with the sound of that engine. It sounds like a bearing on an idler or tensioner is failing. It shouldn't sound rough and grinding like that at all.

Hi John.
Hope you are good, yes i can hear that too, do you think the stalling maybe the crank sensor or it's wiring.

Yampy · Friday at 12:34

Nodge68 said:
I can tell you there's something wrong with the sound of that engine. It sounds like a bearing on an idler or tensioner is failing. It shouldn't sound rough and grinding like that at all.

Thanks for the advice I will check the belt/bearings and post an update. It might also be sounding worse because the revs are dropping and it's nearly stalling although I think you're right something doesn't sound quite right.

Annoying I've only just bought this Freelander after wanting one for ages so I can't compare how it sounded before.

Yampy · Friday at 12:36

Arctic2 said:
Hi John.
Hope you are good, yes i can hear that too, do you think the stalling maybe the crank sensor or it's wiring.

Do you know if a failing crank sensor would show up on a odb reader or is there any other way of checking if it's failed?

I know a friend who has a reader so can get that checked.

Akroni · Friday at 12:46

I would take a look at the transmission, if the problem occurs only on drive and reverse. With sounds like that you should be getting some error codes so you should definitely check them out.

Nodge68 · Friday at 13:56

Arctic2 said:
Hi John.
Hope you are good, yes i can hear that too, do you think the stalling maybe the crank sensor or it's wiring.

I'm thinking it's more likely to be EGR control.

Nodge68 · Friday at 13:58

Yampy said:
Thanks for the advice I will check the belt/bearings and post an update. It might also be sounding worse because the revs are dropping and it's nearly stalling although I think you're right something doesn't sound quite right.

Annoying I've only just bought this Freelander after wanting one for ages so I can't compare how it sounded before.

It definitely shouldn't sound like. The engine is almost inaudible from inside, or should be.

Yampy · Friday at 14:14

Nodge68 said:
I'm thinking it's more likely to be EGR control.

I'll have a look at this too. Planning on having a look with the scanner this evening and will see what error codes show

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