Thinking of selling the Freelander but for how much?

1998 Land Rover Freelander 1.8 XEi (5 Door)

130000 Miles
MOT July 2015
Tax June 2015

Good bits:
-New prop shaft and differential 2013
-Lower Mileage Rover 75 engine fitted with new clutch 2013
-New clutch Master and Slave cylinder 2014
-New 4 x Yokohama Geolandar A/T 2013
-New exhaust back box 2014
-Roof bars
-Heko wind deflectors
-Original tool kit
-Water proof front seat covers
-Surprisingly rust free for a Land Rover.
-CD/Radio stereo.

Bad bits:
-Sunroof not working so been sealed shut with silicon sealant.
- Some paint peal on front passenger wing and a few small dents on roof.
-Clock not working.


I originally bought it for £1200 last year but just not been happy with it since I've had it and looking down the Discovery or Shogun route now since every time something has gone wrong with it I'm just told its a Freelander that's a common fault which doesn't inspire me to keep it so I wanted to know what I could realistically expect if I advertised it for sale?

what year was it made

D'Oh forgot to add it. 1998.

you won't get back what you paid originally

Freelaner said:

you won't get back what you paid originally

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It would do better down this way!! Freelanders seem hold there money down here.

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advertise it for £1300 then be prepared to get haggled down.

I really hope you get a good price for it




mines a '99 and I aint expecting to get much back for it when I move on

Sounds like you have fixed the most expensive common faults....

If you sell it now you will just be throwing money away.

So your sunroof don't work? Do you every want to use it?........

Paintwork and dents don't matter too much if you are gonna be using it orf road. (Otherwise why have a 4x4)?

Clock - I replaced my stereo for one with a clock display.

No matter what vehicle you buy secondhand it will probably have issues! For the same money a disco will most likely be a rot box and need loads of welding, I don't know much about shoguns but in my experience japs are expensive on parts.

And I agree with freelander about the price, 1300 and haggled down.

I agree with ZDomZ above

that's why I'm keeping mine, it owes me money

I'm keeping my V6 Freelander for a while longer yet. My clock is missing half it's digits and my sunroof has had the fuse pulled. So what, that's nothing as the mechanics and body are good.
If you have done the expensive parts that fail, why sell and let the next owner benefit from your spending? Keep it and enjoy using it

All very good points. But I still get concerns when I get noise from the steering or knocking on sharp right turns from the rear but each time I take it to the garage I'm told there's nothing loose or wrong with it?

Am I perhaps expecting too much from the old girl since always had low mileage Classic Jap sports cars before this where if something sounds wrong its normally expensive. Should I just not worry about odd noises unless something stops working or falls off?

look up subframe mount to body

possibly the only majorish bit you haven't done yet regarding common problems

in fact :-

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/freelander-knocking-underneath-rear-162040-2.html

Grendel said:

All very good points. But I still get concerns when I get noise from the steering or knocking on sharp right turns from the rear but each time I take it to the garage I'm told there's nothing loose or wrong with it?

Am I perhaps expecting too much from the old girl since always had low mileage Classic Jap sports cars before this where if something sounds wrong its normally expensive. Should I just not worry about odd noises unless something stops working or falls off?

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Ok. Did you buy the vehicle with the parts already replaced, or did you replace them yourself ? This would make things a little clearer

All of these where done by the garage before I bought it:
Prop shaft and differential
Lower Mileage Rover 75 engine and new clutch

The clutch Master and Slave cylinder will be fitted next week when it goes for the MOT.

Regarding the knocking from the back I'm wondering after reading other threads if its the Rear Diff mount since changed the worn lower suspension arm bush and the wheel bearing and suspension have been checked so cant think what else it could be?

Is your garage freelander friendly? If it ain't find one that knows and understands them, most garages don't have a clue about any vehicle specifics unless they specialise in the marque.

4x4 garages often don't like them because they are too car like, car garages just treat them as normal cars..... That's why most of us round here look after them ourselves with the knowledge and input from the guys that know them well.

I had never worked on a freelander until I bought my own even though I have been mechanic-ing for a lot of years. Even if someone had brought a hippo into any of the garages I worked at we wouldn't have known about half of the specifics of these vehicles.... All we had to go on was the ill deserved reputations, which when you get into it is mostly due to poor maintenance (albeit with some slightly interesting design choices by rover/land rover).

The garage I bought it from is where its going to and he is well into his Land Rovers (Disco, Range Rover, 90's Ect..) but not had a lot of dealings with Freelander until he rebuilt this one he sold to me. I have asked him to also check the rear differential mounts, chassis mounts and sub frame mounts so hopefully it will track down the knocking noise since it makes me think something is about to break every time I make a right turn.

Grendel said:

The garage I bought it from is where its going to and he is well into his Land Rovers (Disco, Range Rover, 90's Ect..) but not had a lot of dealings with Freelander until he rebuilt this one he sold to me. I have asked him to also check the rear differential mounts, chassis mounts and sub frame mounts so hopefully it will track down the knocking noise since it makes me think something is about to break every time I make a right turn.

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The subframe to chassis rail crack is common but thankfully an easy fix. Once done correctly, it's done.

Do hope they find the problem and its an easy fix since getting cheesed off with the Freelander. Must admit I have just found a local 4x4 club that takes Freelanders so may finally get to use it properly rather than just going across fields when shooting.

Grendel said:

Do hope they find the problem and its an easy fix since getting cheesed off with the Freelander. Must admit I have just found a local 4x4 club that takes Freelanders so may finally get to use it properly rather than just going across fields when shooting.

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Any club that doesn't take freelanders ain't worth joining anyway. They are so much better than most people give them credit for. They get sneered at for being softroaders when they really deserve the land rover badge.

If they weren't as good offroad they would have ended up with a rover badge and would now be consigned to history along with the rest of the range.