land rover free lander!

vixen2005

Hi all,
just wondered have any of you got one and how you found it was looking at a 2004 one passanger high spec! all help welcome

thanks

Supercell

Could be wrong, but don't these have poor reliabilty in general ?

hmmm

Friend of mine has one and spends a great deal of her time waiting for the AA to arrive. Avoid.

Car Mad

the gearbox is **** no more to be said

Wishbone Ash

Yup, I've never heard anything positive about them yet. Most people who get one seem to mysteriously change again fairly soon. I wonder why?

Do-more

Spoke to one girl who bought one new and had 9 (yes nine) clutches in the first 12 Months.....

Car Mad

Do-more wrote:

Spoke to one girl who bought one new and had 9 (yes nine) clutches in the first 12 Months.....

lol can she drive:rolleyes: iv never heard of anyone getin 9 clutches in 12 months:eek: maybe a rally driver:D

Squirrel

The 1.8 eats head gaskets as far as I know unless kept with coolant (is his a K-Series engine?) and there's better cars like it around. Something like a Nissan X-Trail

Supercell

Do-more wrote:

Spoke to one girl who bought one new and had 9 (yes nine) clutches in the first 12 Months.....

In my line of work we call people like her unreasonably unlucky..once more and in car terms your off the road.

Panda Moanium

Certainly the earlier models had lots of reliability concerns, but as far as I know, the newer ones post the minor facelift in 2004 have a much better track record. The best bet is a facelifted version with the new TD4 engine, avoid the older 1.8 petrol at all costs as it was prone to head gasket failure.

Do-more

Car was in Garage more days than on the road during the first year and she still couldn't get Land Rover Dealer to give her, her money back or even a replacement! That was about 6 months ago, probably on No. 15 or 16 by now! So if you really want a Freelander don't buy it from the dealer in Liverpool wher she got her's....

sk8board

Avoid.
Also, The FreeLander has a famously bad/unbelievable record in the EuroNCAP crash tests (especially for a fake 4x4, driven only in cities). The Driver door pillars folded in like a broken deckchair in every test. Was 2-3 stars out of 5.

The new one is supposed to be more of a mini Range Rover Sport/Discovery. lets see if thats true.

Seth Brundle

Didn't Top Gear do a crash test review on these and found that they were as strong as a wet tissue!
The Euro NCAP results ain't great either...
http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/ratings.php?id1=10
http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/details.php?id1=10&id2=142

The honest John review isn't encouraging either (mush already said here)
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/index.php?url=/carbycar/index.htm

Another interesting link
http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/default.html?apc=311

Rabies

My mother bought a '00 diesel model in Feb this year.
She thought it was ok. I hated it, uncomfortable on long trips and has very little space in the back for baggage. Didn't feel safe when I was talking it across fields, was waiting for it to get stuck.
Dad hated it, last week he changed it for a '00 Nissan patrol.

cjt156

Mate in work has a 04 1.8. Head gasket went after 20k miles. On repair an oil seal leaked repeatedly for months, eventually dealer replaced upper engine casing. Now he's got a cracked exhaust manifold. Still loves it though...?

Horses for courses.

Gatster

My sister has a facelifted TD4, some sort of special edition, and loves it. Had it just under a year and it's given no trouble.