Hello everyone,

I need some advice on my Freelander 2 td4e xs nav.
I bought this as a 1yr old car from Hunters in Southampton 19K covered by Landrover. I now live in Scotland and travel 35k miles per year.

Everything went well for the last 12 months until November with 53K covered.
Dual Mass flywheel started slipping. local dealer warranty replaced.
Then 2 months later rear diff bearing went (2 attempts to sort)
Then 2 months later Steering rack went – new reservoir, pump and rack
Now my A/C compressor / condenser has failed. (3 attempts to sort)

My car has had 9 warranty visits in 7 months – on the plus side I have driven lots of different green oval products now.

Warranty ends 29th Sept 2012 – Are there any more faults any of you have had that I am likely to receive as I am getting sick of the car being in the dealership.

I wrote a polite letter asking Land rover to sort out a replacement vehicle deal as it is the most unreliable of the 3 freelanders (2003 3dr hardback FL1, 2006 5door Facelift FL1) – no joy from LR head office. They said speak to dealer who I purchased from.
He is not interested and offered a rubbish deal.

Options
1. I keep it and hope nothing else goes wrong as 20% of the engine bay is new
2. Take the £750 / year landrover extended warranty
3. Flog it and leave the green oval at pace for something reliable

My tip for anyone else looking at FL2’s is get the dealer to show you the warranty work for the vehicle – oh and don’t buy this one second hand....

Option 4 - bin it and get a proper landy and stop crying about buying an lemon of a gaylander.

paulbes said:

Hello everyone,

I need some advice on my Freelander 2 td4e xs nav.
I bought this as a 1yr old car from Hunters in Southampton 19K covered by Landrover. I now live in Scotland and travel 35k miles per year.

Everything went well for the last 12 months until November with 53K covered.
Dual Mass flywheel started slipping. local dealer warranty replaced.
Then 2 months later rear diff bearing went (2 attempts to sort)
Then 2 months later Steering rack went – new reservoir, pump and rack
Now my A/C compressor / condenser has failed. (3 attempts to sort)

My car has had 9 warranty visits in 7 months – on the plus side I have driven lots of different green oval products now.

Warranty ends 29th Sept 2012 – Are there any more faults any of you have had that I am likely to receive as I am getting sick of the car being in the dealership.

I wrote a polite letter asking Land rover to sort out a replacement vehicle deal as it is the most unreliable of the 3 freelanders (2003 3dr hardback FL1, 2006 5door Facelift FL1) – no joy from LR head office. They said speak to dealer who I purchased from.
He is not interested and offered a rubbish deal.

Options
1. I keep it and hope nothing else goes wrong as 20% of the engine bay is new
2. Take the £750 / year landrover extended warranty
3. Flog it and leave the green oval at pace for something reliable

My tip for anyone else looking at FL2’s is get the dealer to show you the warranty work for the vehicle – oh and don’t buy this one second hand....

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My thoughts
Option 1, wishful thinking, something else will chuck it

Option 2, if you can afford it and there are no mileage restrictions ( based on 35k per year miles) then I would go with this.

Option 3, you could buy something more reliable made by a sensible German but where's the fun in that???

All land rovers need plenty of love irrespective of the model