Freelander advice please.

Freelander advice please.

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tonymor

Original Poster:

1,494 posts

179 months

Thursday 30th July 2020
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My daughter is considering buying a freelander. Any do s and don’t s or known problems with them?

stevemcs

8,983 posts

100 months

Thursday 30th July 2020
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Mk1, Mk2, petrol ... diesel, manual, auto ... ?

tonymor

Original Poster:

1,494 posts

179 months

Thursday 30th July 2020
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Mk2 diesel.

dreamcracker

3,256 posts

224 months

Thursday 30th July 2020
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2013 onwards, SD Auto is best and then the higher trim spec the more gadgets you get. HSE/HSE Lux/Metropolis are the top models.

Earlier models(Pre-2013) were prone to rear axle noise issues, but most should be fixed now.(See Bell Engineering)

Door lock actuators are a common failure but parts are available to fix. Check all doors lock/unlock with the remote key.

High level brake light seal sometimes fails and leaks water.

Those are the most common faults, but otherwise nothing major normally goes wrong if its serviced on time.

camel_landy

5,081 posts

190 months

Thursday 30th July 2020
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FL2 Auto... The higher spec, the better and a decent service history.

Whilst the SD4 does have more poke than the TD4, you'd not be disappointed with the TD4 performance.

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MickyveloceClassic

425 posts

66 months

Friday 31st July 2020
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Great cars.

We ran a Metropolis from new, selling it last month with 70,000 miles and never had an issue (as per the previous two FLs we owned).

It did everything asked of it.

The icing on the cake was the residual value, selling for a couple of grand over book price.

They can throw up big bills in later life I’m told, and there is a 10 year service which will be four figures.

Highly recommended.