Mines been great in the snow, even with the hanicap of 225/55/17 road tyres on.
 

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Well got mine well and truly stuck in the snow this afternoon... It was in deep snow drifts with the underside of the car resting on top of the drift and the wheels hanging in mid-snow!!!!
Still the digging out means I don't need to go to the gym for a while!!!!
Didn't get any picture - to busy digging...
Having said that it has been brilliant in inch deep snow, just doesn't like feet deep snow.

Chris.
 
Our 1.8 Kalahari is great in the snow too. But not at speed. I was travelling to Aviemore just after the new year and overtook someone on a dual carriage way at about 50 miles an hour. The outside lane had a lot of slush on it and the back end started to slide, as I corrected it the back it would slide the other direction, myself and the missus took a big gulp and thought we were goners and we were going to crash. Very scary moment.

Our Freelander certainly doesn't like the snow/slush at speed. The annoying thing was other 4x4's were flying past us in the slushy outside lane without any problems..

Lesson learned though, keep it slow.
 
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We're in Aberdeenshire (ie LOTS of snow!) and my freelanders been fab. Only thing that stopped it was my mums drive - vvvvvv steep and had approx 24, yes 24 inches of snow on it. Took two runs but made it!!
 
ming said:
Tractor boys always on about the Gaylander being ****e. . . .well i totally disagree , they is fantastic in the snow [better than a standard fender] as they are to heavy ,passed quite a few slippin un er sliding :) :) :) wiff a durty pig in the back. . . . .so how is your Gaylander doing ? :D:D:D exspect a deluge of Tratter responce ;)
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Mings right. Freelanders are good cars. My Freelanders doing ok in the snow and ice. See here: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/ice-road-94248.html

(hello to mrs ming too :))
 
Mynes Great too. I want it to snow just so i can go out and play in the freelander :p

I dont have to worry about work, i can make it in when it snows, just the boss in his van cant :p I come in handy at times with the hippo.

I aggree Gaylanders are great in the snow

long live the gaylander !

XDI, TDI and maybe not the 1.8i lool :D
 
Peco said:
Our 1.8 Kalahari is great in the snow too. But not at speed. I was travelling to Aviemore just after the new year and overtook someone on a dual carriage way at about 50 miles an hour. The outside lane had a lot of slush on it and the back end started to slide, as I corrected it the back it would slide the other direction, myself and the missus took a big gulp and thought we were goners and we were going to crash. Very scary moment.

Our Freelander certainly doesn't like the snow/slush at speed. The annoying thing was other 4x4's were flying past us in the slushy outside lane without any problems..

Lesson learned though, keep it slow.
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Maybe its your tyres.
 
I'm new to this landyzone thing but would appreciate comments the freelander.
My wife has a 2008 manual, diesel Freelander which is performing fairly averagely in the snow.
We live down a roughly surfaced track above Ripponden and the Freelander consistently struggles to get up the not too steep hill from our house.
She went on the Land Rover Experience course outside Skipton and the instructor was surprised at the lack of ability of the car when compared to the automatics used on the course - he was confident that she should be able to set off in 2nd on a snowy incline without any bother but had to admit that this wasn't happening - is this normal?
I drive a Subaru Outback which has been great in the snow and has no trouble getting up our lane but I assume that the Freelander should comfortably outperform mine.
I've driven both her car and mine and there is no competition between the ability of the two.
Any comments would be appreciated as she's ready to get shut of the thing.
 
Sorry about the duplicate post in another thread, but I though my question was more appropriate in this thread.

I am brand new on this board and just taken delivery of a 2006 Freelander TD4 2 weeks ago.

I have been reading all these issues with VCU's - My question is that during all the snow and ice I could not get the front wheels to spin at all. All 4 wheels just gripped and traction was great, but is my 2006 TD4 VCU stuck in permenant 4WD ?

I called the dealer to ask, and the guy I spoke to was very vague and suggested that only the Freelander2 would spin the front wheels before engaging the rear axle and that a 2006 Freelander1 has permenant 4WD.

I am not sure this is true from what I have read here. ???

Sorry for such a newbie question, but I just wanted to check that my new pride and joy is working as it should.

Very impressed with the vehicle so far. Its been fantastic in the smow and ice - not stopped me going anywhere I wanted to go.

Thanks to all who respond.

Ed.
FL 2006 TD4 Sport
 
You dhoulnt try to get the wheels to spin. If you can get moving then there is no need to apply more gas... doing so just increases the torgue and creates pointless wheelspin.

I suspect that trying to determine if your car is working properly in this way will not give definitive results... You are trying to "beat" both the fluid in the vcu changing in viscosity and the ETC which kicks in when you get wheelspin. It doesn't seem a very good way to check the function of your car.


Cheers

Blippie
 
Allnick said:
As I understand it, they are permanent 4 wheel drive...there is no "switch over". The VCU detects difference in speed rotaion of the front and rear prop shaft. If a front wheel spins the VCU transfers extra torque to the rear prop shaft to compensate.
But there is no 2 wheel drive mode, unless you remove the rear prop shaft.

I'm open to correction if wrong. I'm still new to freelanders but have done a lot of reading, lol.
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There is no two wheel drive option, but under normal driving conditions most of the power is sent to the front wheels. This allows Land Rover to say all their vehicles have permanent four wheel drive, as all four wheels are driven at all times it is just the split which changes.
 
I love my freelander, the snow has been real bad where I live, my munchkin and I have been out everyday just about. An to be honest with a 14wk old baby its great knowing i'm not stuck in case of emergency. he he we've even had to go rescue my sis who got stranded.
 
andy-p said:
I'm new to this landyzone thing but would appreciate comments the freelander.
My wife has a 2008 manual, diesel Freelander which is performing fairly averagely in the snow.
We live down a roughly surfaced track above Ripponden and the Freelander consistently struggles to get up the not too steep hill from our house.
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How do you mean 'struggles'? Is it a lack of grip from the tyres or a lack of torque from the engine? If it's the tyres, have you got summer/road tyres on? I see a lot of FLs and RRs around with quite frankly ludicrous rubber on them. Get a set of ATs on it if that's the case.

If it's a lack of torque at low revs, get your MAF checked, the turbo doesn't come in right down low and if your MAF is dirty the ECU will think there's less load on the engine than there really is, so it'll cut back on the fueling.
 
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