2003 Land Rover Freelander Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE SHIFT SOLENOID SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ALSO DETECTED THE TRANSMISSION INTAKE VALVES WERE DAMAGED. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER AUTOMATIC WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE SUN ROOF MOTOR EXHIBITED FAULTY WIRING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE ADDITIONAL DEFECTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER 16TH BIRTHDAY. NIGHTMARE. THE REAR WINDOW PASSENGERS REGULATOR WENT OUT COST TO BE OVER $300. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD SHIFT BANG FROM 2ND TO THIRD GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY WANT TO REBUILD IT AT A COST OF $4000. ESTIMATE WAS TO REPLACE CRACKED HIGH CLUTCH PISTON & OR VALVE BODY LEAKS. LABOR WOULD BE OVER 20 HOURS WORTH OF WORK. I AM STUCK WITH NO VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO IS UPSET THAT SHE CAN'T ENJOY HER FIRST CAR. WHAT A SHAME. VERY DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT LANDROVER WAS RELIABLE LIKE BMW. APPARENTLY NOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE OIL AND THE ENGINE SEIZED AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ANY FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

1) DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH, MY ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND I LOST ALL POWER EXCEPT BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO AND ALLOW MY CAR TO REST, AND LATER DROVE MY CAR TO THE LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "THE COOLANT GASKET WAS CRACKED/BROKE" AND HAD CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. 2) I WAS HAVING MY CAR FIXED FOR RANDOM FAILURE OF WINDOW MOTOR AND SUNROOF, I WAS TOLD THAT THE THE CARRIER BEARINGS/SUPPORT BEARINGS THAT THE DRIVESHAFT GOES THROUGH ARE BAD, YET THIS REPAIR IS COVERED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PLACE WHERE THE SHAFT COMES APART IS RUSTED AND CORRODED WHICH IS A $3200 DOLLAR REPAIR. THE WARRANTIED PART (DRIVESHAFT) IS $429, AND THE CORRODED PIECE + LABOR WAS $3160. 3) WHILE GETTING A SMOG CHECK IN CALIFORNIA, I HAD ERROR CODES INDICATING "ENGINE MISFIRE" AND "FUEL INJECTION ERROR" AND MY CAR DID NOT PASS, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO SERVICE/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE CAR DROVE "FINE" WITH FINE MEANING A GRINDING NOISE OF MY DR...

I PAID $2,700.00 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGHLANDROVER/EASYCARE MY (2003 FREELANDER ) IN JUNE OF 2007. THE WARRANTY IS FOR 60MONTHS AND UP TO 100,000MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OPERABLE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS LARGELY DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF CONDUCTING WHAT SHOULD BE NORMAL BUSINESS WITH EASYCARE. EASYCARE HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAT THE FIRST CAR REPAIR SHOP I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO 'ADVANCED AUTO SERVICE' CHOSE TO GIVE UP AFTER GETTING NOWHERE WITH EASYCARE. 'ADVANCED AUTO SERVICE' STATED 'THEY ARE JUST TOO DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH' AND REQUESTED I PICK-UP/TOW THE VEHICLE TO A LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP, THIS WAS 3 WEEKS AFTER I HAD DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE. I THEN HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO '[XXX]' AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT [XXX]AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR 2.5 WEEKS AND COUNTING. [XXX] HAS EXPRESSED TO ME THAT MAJOR REPAIRS NEED TO BE PERFORMED ON TO THE ENGINE. THEY HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED TO ME THIS ENGINE REPAIR WAS NOT DUE TO 'LACK OF MAINTENANCE' AND THAT THE APPEARANCE...