Hi all,
I have a 52 plate jan 03 freelander 1.8 29,400mls, come September i will have paid approx 50% of the HP agreement and under said agreements we all have the legal right to return our (any) vehicles when at least 50% of the total balance has been paid.
Now the question is do i hand the Freelander back or take the chance on the head gaskets failure and/or complete engine failure ? there are so many horror stories on the net about the K-series engines having to be replaced because of hg failure and there is no way that i could afford £4500 for a new replacement engine, what would you do: keep the Freelander and take a chance or hand it back to the finance company ?

thats a decision you gotta make . if yer happy with it then keep it no one can decide for ya tho ....

lrb2 said:

thats a decision you gotta make . if yer happy with it then keep it no one can decide for ya tho ....

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yeh i know but would like to hear the thoughts of other Freelander owners who have or could have the choice

no question, hand it back!. HGF is not a question of if, but when!

HGF can be avoided with proper servicing and replacement uprated gaskets from land rover/bearmach

I have had 4 freelanders and every time i've sold one i've regretted it and ended up selling the next car i bought to replace it with another freelander.

Upto you, but if your a Land Rover person then you'll probably regret it and you'll have nothing to show for the last 50% of payments you've made!?

if you have a valid warrenty keep it, my HG went and I now have a new engine