1999 Land Rover Freelander XEi stationwagon from UK and Ireland - Comments

1st Oct 2002, 05:36

"Poor design and reliability"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Throttle cable sticking fixed 3 times.

Front electric windows sticking fixed 2 times.

CD stopped working fixed 3 times.

Exhaust broken due to corrosion at 22,000 miles.

Replaced 4 tires due to uneven tyre wear at 16,000 miles and replaced them again for same reasons at 36,000 miles.

Cylinder head gasket leaking at 35,000 miles causing overheating due to oil/water mixing.

Front anti roll bar bushes failed at 24,000m and 44,000 miles.

Plus many other problems too extensive to quote.

General comments?

We thought our running costs would be good with a quoted 65% residual after 3 years however the reality is that our car which cost £23,000 new is now worth only £10,500 after 3 years.

To replace 8 tires and an exhaust within the warranty period seems typical of other owners similar experiences.

We will stick to BMW's from now on.


1st Oct 2002, 09:08

A car maker who can't be bothered to make a normal rear light design for the European market can't be trusted to make a reliable car either.


5th Oct 2002, 09:05

Yes, why does Landrover have these awful trailer lights on the Freelander and the Discovery and fake lights where you expect the lights to be?

It looks stupid, especially on a car that costs over 20.000 Pounds, even a 20 year old Lada has real lights.

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