My brothers VW Caddy started up for 5 secs and then stalled when he lost the little chip in the key.

1. Take off seal, put back on and smear vasoline around the edge. Used to work well with my old MR2

Immobiliser problem perhaps?

Ok, thanks for your help The car came with a few small niggling faults. The interior light didn't work, only worked when door opened. I managed to fix this. Circuit board metal strips for the connectors were dry. I just rubbed them down with some fine sandpaper,sprayed a bit of WD40 and...

Thanks for your input Hippo. Already done the homework about changing the tranismission oil. Those Jatco boxes dont seem to be very user friendly when it comes to changing oil. barmatt, i'd expect all of the slack :), I did a lot of research on the Freelander before I bought one, the...

My previous 4x4 was a Hilux Surf, a good solid vehicle but a bit big and fuel consumption was a bit crap, sold it back in March. Bought this Freelander just before Christmas. Dark blue 2003 TD4 Auto ES, so far so good after 350 miles. It doesn't have much service history paperwork, I took...

Funny that because I get that 'rur rur' sound in the back when in full lock. Im only going slow in full lock at the moment while i'll try and investigate.

Thanks for that Singvogel. Much appreciated . I have taken off the braided hose and stuck a screw in it for now. :)

I have done a search for the oil in EGR but just need convincing on something: I have just cleaned my EGR Valve TD4 110,000 miles Freelander, whilst cleaning the EGR I discovered quite a bit of thick oil around the valve, also on the bottom of the plastic manifold there is thick oil. My...

Looks like it maybe either a coolant leak from pipes or radiator or thermostat or the head gasket or and cylinder head. The symptoms are very similar to the old 2.4 Hilux Surfs. They cracked heads easily

I have had my 110,000 miles 2003 Td4 for about a week not. I've done 300 miles so far and it has performed faultless. I have just done a 37 mile journey and thought I would check the temps of the VCU and Diff. I found the VCU was only slightly warm and diff warmer than the VCU. I'm just...

Many thanks for your answers guys. I'll have another crack at soon. Took me a but of time to get the door cards off. A few hidden screws and lots of pulling on the clips. I was a bit scared of breaking and bending the door cards. Took a bit of effort to get off. Build quality is not what I...

I have a 2003 Freelander that I have bought recently, i've tried installing a pair of JBL 6.5" speakers in the front but found that the original speakers have their screw holes at different lengths across around the outside, it seems two of the holes are closer together than the bottom ones...