Poor Value and costly to fix.
Buyer Beware.
The Freelander takes twenty two minutes to heat the interior adequately and the distribution leaves one foot frozen and the other too hot.
If any warranty part needs replacement, you will have to wait at least two to three weeks. Land Rover in Montreal as well as most Canadian cities does not stock most parts other than bulbs and bumpers. They will not provide a courtesy vehicle for that period of time so good luck if your car needs the specific part to operate.
This car is a lemon. The best advice after learning my lesson is to stick with the Honda Sport utility vehicle.
The mileage is terrible at approximately 380 kilometers per tank.
There are a lot of noises coming from the rear driver side.
Do not waste your hard earned money.
The headlights have to be constantly cleaned as the plastic casing heats up and collects and drys all the road grime on the lens.
The window controls are poorly located.
The cup holder is not only useless, but could serve as a danger as it is too high on the dash and cups can easily fall on to the driver when the break is implemented.
The seats have poor adjustments.
The list is endless and there are other vehicles on the market that offer significantly better value.
It's official - for the second year running Landrover have come in bottom in the UK for reliability. (Source AOL UK). Out of 22 vehicle manufacturers Landrover came last. The Freelander was bottom with 47% reporting faults, the Range Rover was second from bottom, the Discovery third from bottom. I own a Japanese 4x4 and a GM 4x4 and here in the UK the smugness and arrogance of Landrover owners has even got me banned from posting this information on one website! I know that justice will prevail with Mr Jackson's site! Thank you - TonyG.
This is complete bogus! I own a 2002 Freelander and like it a lot. It's very robust has nice off-road properties, and looks just great. Sure the latter is not very objective, but who drinks hot coffee while going off-road? It's rather small engine feels superb, fuel consumption is justified, and the interior is extremely nicely isolated from street noise. Sure the window controller are a little awkward, but so what, I don't play with them anyway and one gets used to it, too. My conclusion is that the Freelander is a very close to perfect hybrid for off-road and every-day use. Have fun!
The Freelander is garbage. My parents own one and the trouble that we have with it is endless. The heating is so pathetic there is no point even trying to turn it on even when the engine is warm. We recently acquired a subaru forester. The Subaru is better in every way shape and form. It is more nimble, faster accelerating, more comfortable and better value for money than the freelander. Too bad Landrover you make crap cars.
The Freelander was the worse car I ever owned, in regards to build quality and reliability. In the first year of ownership it had no fewer than 27 trips to the shop for work, luckily carried out under warranty. I started to get very nervous and traded this piece of RUBBISH!! for a new Nissan Xtrail and took a pounding on the resale. I've done some 62000km on the Nissan without any problems.
I wouldn't recommend this car to my worse enemy.
My 2000 Landrover Freelander has cost me a fortune to keep on the road, I'm too scared to drive it more than an hour from home in case it breaks down. I've already replaced the head gaskett at 73000km's and from the looks of the disapearing water its due to go again at 96000kms. Thank goodness on Friday I take delivery of my new X-Trail and wave goodbye to my nightmare. Never, Never again would I buy a Landrover.
Have a 2002, freelander, was a great truck on and off road till it hit 4.5 years, at 73000kmh the engine blew! what kind of piece of crap has an engine blow at 73000 kmh??? everything that has gone wrong since 2002 has cost nearly 8000$ in repairs, be very leary of buying a used one or even a new one, landrovers like, bmw, mercedes, volvo, volkswagen and saabb are all unreliable cars that cost a lot to fix if they fall apart... so if you buy one be aware that you will spend a lot keeping it on the road.
What I find disturbing about my 2002 U.S. Freelander is the fact that problems with this car are ALL the same for almost ALL owners. Peruse the forums as you will see almost everyone complaining about disappearing dexcool coolant, cracked coolant reservoir, leaking heater core, failing JATCO transmissions and breaking sunroofs. The front brakes wear out in city driving every 8-10 month's and a host of other predictable and systematic problems make this the biggest lemon SUV to date in modern history. With such a poor track record and the horribly slow LR dealer service my advice..., if you own a Freelander get rid of it while it still runs. If you plan on buying one, get a second Freelander for parts, you will need it. Should you keep your Freelander, start to save at least $9000 for future repairs, you will surely need the money. This SUV will fail in very alarming ways.
Wish I had seen this info before. I would have sold mine since it looks so good, and I always got nice comments.
Well, I'm driving on cruise at 70mph, just getting out of the exit ramp, and I smell like everything is burning up...
That was my engine, now I'm looking for a used one to put in my great looking Freelander - So I can maybe sell it.
See - it looks so good...
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