Both front electric window mechanisms on my hippo have finally broke, heard a horrible crack/click yesterday and the glass decided to go up on a 45° angle; drove back home on the motorway with the glass flapping in the wind! Dismantled the door card and managed to push the glass gradually up...

Thanks Arctic2!

Cheers! Might give it a go myself!

My starter motor has finally seized after 2 weeks of tapping it with a socket extension to get it going. Does anyone roughly know on average how much it is to get one supplied and fitted by a garage? Cheers

Freelander MK1 GS TD4 198K

I've got a rabbit's foot hanging on the rear view mirror, I'll take that off and see if it happens again, thanks.

Just had another bizarre occurrence happen with my hippo's alarm, first time woke up at around 1pm sounded like a taxi, people getting out etc; alarm went off, jumped/fell out of hammock, checked car, fine no dints. Second time it happened I a saw the taxi drive past and set the alarm off, and...

Yup, unfortunately the pangs of the TD4, not sure if it balances out the Head Gasket problems of the K-series engine ( which I had with with Rover MG-ZT = £800) but the clutch is much cheaper the on Freelander petrol to replace.

Just following up on this: The release bearing was disintegrated, so everything was replaced new including DMF, by the looks of it, the previous owner had the last clutch job done as a half arse one; which is a bit mental considering the work involved. But it's all done now with a 12k warranty...

Thanks guys, seems to be pointing that way, I got the feeling that this is going to be a gear box off job + DMF and all the trimmings. At a 196k miles now so I think a new clutch is well in order! And thanks GrumpyGel for the new owners link.

On the TD4 I have to bang my handbrake down phisically with my hand to get the light to go off, it's a common sensor problem; I've stopped using my handbrake :)

Hi all, new here, been reading these forums for a while now and finally joined! I bought my Hippo a few year ago after deciding my Rover MG wasn't up to the task of frequent green-laning and possibly beyond that so I sold her to a canny bloke from Chester-le-Street. It's a 2002 GS TD4, and the...