mate of mine is looking at buying a deisel Freelander and asked me what they're are like but I know nothing about them I thought someone might be able to shed some light for me.
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Tell him to stay well clear. A problem free freeloader is the exception rather than the norm.
Quick list of common Freelander quirks:
The rubber mount at the front of the rear diff always breaks in them - NO exceptions, just a matter of time - one the other day had travelled 45,000kms. Normally when this happens the flange on the diff hits the floorpan on takeoff.
IRD (intermediate reduction drive) units commonly fail, due to the amazingly stupid idea Rover had to run different ratios for front and rear diffs - noted by loud clunking sounds while cruising and especially when turning. Usually rear diffs go at the same time.
Petrol ones (especially V6) are prone to coolant leaks in intake manifolds, as they are sealed with rubber o-rings. Also V6 freelanders can get loose throttle plates or something inside the manifold, only solution is a new manifold - which incidently is made of plastic.
On the whole, the diesels are probably the best of the bunch, but still have a couple of problems - can't remember off the top of my head what they are.
Fuel tanks tend to delaminate on the inside, and the coarse filter inside the pump assembly picks all this crap up over a period of driving, usually shows as a loss of power/stalling after half an hour of driving, then inability to restart for up to an hour (time it takes for the crud inside the tank to float back down)
And Freelanders also tend to develop problems which are completely unique to that single car, and which usually take many hours to track down.
So, in conclusion, Freeloaders are the only Rover I would say NEVER to buy. If he wants a vehicle in the softroader class, tell him to buy a Rav4 or some other Japanese version. Don't know how they are for problems, but surely they can't be as bad as a Freelander.
Quick list of common Freelander quirks:
The rubber mount at the front of the rear diff always breaks in them - NO exceptions, just a matter of time - one the other day had travelled 45,000kms. Normally when this happens the flange on the diff hits the floorpan on takeoff.
IRD (intermediate reduction drive) units commonly fail, due to the amazingly stupid idea Rover had to run different ratios for front and rear diffs - noted by loud clunking sounds while cruising and especially when turning. Usually rear diffs go at the same time.
Petrol ones (especially V6) are prone to coolant leaks in intake manifolds, as they are sealed with rubber o-rings. Also V6 freelanders can get loose throttle plates or something inside the manifold, only solution is a new manifold - which incidently is made of plastic.
On the whole, the diesels are probably the best of the bunch, but still have a couple of problems - can't remember off the top of my head what they are.
Fuel tanks tend to delaminate on the inside, and the coarse filter inside the pump assembly picks all this crap up over a period of driving, usually shows as a loss of power/stalling after half an hour of driving, then inability to restart for up to an hour (time it takes for the crud inside the tank to float back down)
And Freelanders also tend to develop problems which are completely unique to that single car, and which usually take many hours to track down.
So, in conclusion, Freeloaders are the only Rover I would say NEVER to buy. If he wants a vehicle in the softroader class, tell him to buy a Rav4 or some other Japanese version. Don't know how they are for problems, but surely they can't be as bad as a Freelander.
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