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All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved1Land Rover Freelander1997-06Quick SummaryPossibly the most incompetently designed and

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved10Affordability and reliability, to the English snob, are obsessions of the poor and n

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved11The Freelander was offered in two basic versions: a three-door and a five-door, with

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved12The Freelander’s height above smaller passenger cars and commanding driving position

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved13For small-to-average sized people, the Freeland-er’s front seats are comfortable and

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved14The Freelander’s rear passengers are treated as second-class citizens. The doorways

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved15Behind the seats is a pretty small luggage area, even on the five-door version.When t

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved16Slightly less dumb is the position of the spare tyre, on the back of the rear door.

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved17There were four engine options with the Free-lander: a 1.8-litre petrol, a 2.5-litre

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved18Early Rover diesel engines have a nasty habit of breaking timing belts at low mileag

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved19Compared to many modern equivalents, the Freelander is not an especially pleasant dr

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved21998-01 $5000 –$8000 $3000–$7000 $500–$30002002-06 $6000 –$16,000 $5000–$14,000

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved20The two diesel engines are both brilliantly eco-nomical and pleasant to drive on the

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved21In line with Land Rover’s vast experience with four-wheel drive vehicles, the Freela

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved22Even if this vehicle were reliable you’d be brave taking it anywhere more rugged tha

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved23The Land Rover Freelander, in case you have thusfar missed our point, is a truly dre

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved24 If you buy a Land Rover Freelander, you de-serve everything you get. See also our c

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved25Eventually these leaking exhaust gases eat away at the head gasket, causing the head

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved26• The timing belt on petrol engines must be re-placed (along with all accompanying p

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved27More seriously, the ECU and air flow meter lose the plot with time, and replacement i

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved28The TD4’s electric diesel pumps fail regularly. The engine wiring harness is also pr

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved29The EGR valve must also be regularly cleaned and/or replaced, because if either the

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved31998-01 £800 –£2000 £250–£15002002-06 £2000 –£10,000 £1000–£7500(for used car deal

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved30 Freelander models built between Au-gust & November 2000 • The engine wiring har

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved31• The Steptronic automatic gearbox (which is built by Nissan-subsiduary Jatco) gives

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved32Electrical components, especially solenoids, are a major cause of grief on these tra

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved33Later versions (2005-on) were sometimes modi-fied, but these modifications delayed the

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved34This transmission requires different transmission fluid (LRN-402) to other Land Rover

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved35The actual level plug is on the bottom of the trans-mission and is covered by a 5mm

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved36If the IRD is fitted without replacing the seized viscous coupling, then the IRD will

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved37• Driveshaft bearings can fail at very low mile-ages. Noise from the driveshafts may

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved38Complete rack replacement is the only option. Please note that there are also severa

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved39However, the problem may also be worn wheel bearings:• Wheel bearings are frequently

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved4THERE’S a weird story of how the Land Rover Freelander came into being; believe it or

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved40 Freelander models built between 12 & 29 August 2003 • The rear subframe may not

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved41mechanics instead discreetly cut the carpet to get to the ECU. Please note also that

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved42 Freelander models built between 1 Oc-tober 1997 & 28 February 2001 • The hand-b

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved43Body problems• The front chassis cracks around the chassis rails on early versions (

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved44nasty heater matrix is the weakest link in an al-ready fairly weak system). The heat

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved45• When you operate the tailgate handle, the win-dow should drop about 10mm and then

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved46 Freelander models built between 1 Au-gust 2000 & 28 February 2001 • The front s

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved47Electrical problems Freelander petrol models built between 7 July 2000 & 18 Marc

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved48EuroNCAP crashtests This rating is not nearly as good as it seems and applies only t

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved49VIN PLATE LOCATION: On the passenger side of the dashboard, designed to be viewed fr

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved5Thus, Honda gained access to the lucrative Euro-pean market, while Rover gained acces

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved50SafetyPROPER SEATBELTS THROUGHOUT: Yes (However, remember that the Freelander seats

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved51making senseof this review•Note: this PDF review is designed to be read on your comp

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved52Ofcial name: Land Rover PLCBrands: Land Rover, Range Rover.Formerly owned by: Rover

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved53A brief commentary on Land RoverIN 1948 the first Land Rover rolled off the assembly

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved54Overnight, Land Rover be-came a luxury car brand, like Rolls-Royce.Land Rovers a

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• Both the ABS (anti-skid braking) and airbag warning lights should go on and then off when you first start the vehicle. If this does not happen, the v

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved6In order to save money, Rover didn’t design this new vehicle from scratch, instead th

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved7You’d think that the people who produced this car would be in prison. But that’s not

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved8If there’s any justice in the universe, the journal-ists who recommended these vehicl

All content © The Dog & Lemon Guide 2013 All rights reserved9And yet, people keep buying Land Rovers, in-cluding the Freelander.Not only are most