Hi Thanks for your input. I also posted this on another thread and a member suggested changing the fluids - the car's done just over 72K so maybe this will help. It has actually stopped doing what I had the issue with and I'm doing a bit of travelling at the mo. As for putting it into N when...

Thanks again for a superbly comprehensive reply. I now understand much more of the nature of what I'm dealing with. I've just got off the phone to the garage & am waiting for them to let me know what their mechanics say and to have a look at the service history. If, as you say, the service...

Thanks for all that info. I'll call the garage tomorrow and ask about the gearbox fluid. It's got 72k miles on the clock so I doubt you're wide of the mark. The only thing is that it's not really the engagement of the gear, it's just that second after I pull the OPB switch having stopped and I...

Hi folks. Wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction here. Got a 2.2 diesel automatic and so far it has behaved impeccably with one minor exception: With the gearbox in drive, stopped at traffic lights, I often put the EPB on, so that the brake lights don't dazzle those behind. It has...

Thanks for the pointer. I'll post it there. It's not the release that's the problem: it's engaging the thing in the first place and the jerk comes when I take my foot off the brake to wait for the lights to change. I will probably have a look under tomorrow. Appreciate your time.

Hi Folks. Just joined today - never knew just how much support & camaraderie there was out there... About me: been retired a few years and bought a Freelander 2 after my Jaguar XJ went to the big scrapyard in the sky with a dead engine. It wasn't the best for coping with Scottish winters and...