Freelander Faults poll

Viscous coupling siezed
IRD (transfer box) failed, stripped down to see how serious this was, complete bearing failure which caused many broken teeth on geartrain.
After changing the IRD the '3 Amigos' are now lit, ABD/TC/HDC warning lights, presumably because the wheels were spinning in a way that confused the ABS computer when the IRD was off and now cannot reset these without a main dealer.
windscreen wiper mechanism very worn.

Auto gearbox is fooked 80,000 miles. . . . .recon Ashcroft bein fitted as i type. . . . .friggin gaylander stupid bastid fing

ming said:

Auto gearbox is fooked 80,000 miles. . . . .recon Ashcroft bein fitted as i type. . . . .friggin gaylander stupid bastid fing

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really???

clutch/ird unit/head/both window regs/master cylinder/on my w reg 1.8

for got window wiper mechanism in total have spent
app £3000 on repairs

1998 XEDI

Clock display needed 99p worth of nokia screen elastomers to fix.
Broken downpipe bracket replaced by £2.99 exhaust clamp and angle iron.
IRD buggered after a garage replaced a leaky oil seal with a TD4 part which fell out.
Rear diff bracket replaced in 2003.
Clutch replaced in 2002
Fuel rail / coolant pipe replaced (rusty) in 2006.
Prop support bearings replaced in 2005
Servo replaced in 2008 (£90 "as new" unit)
Heater blower resistors replaced by maplins units (£4.99) in 2006

178,000 miles covered to date. Drives "as new".

jist had er new auto [re-con] gearbox fitted ,old wun had the torque converter fooked, un as you's have to take it out any ways i thought ,re-con. . . . . .Ashfords of Bedfordshire are top dog fer auto boxes, got it couriered to ma little garage , will get program settings alturd after the 400mile run in time [yes 400 miles] of slow gear change ,then back to de fault settings . . . . . .stoopid gaylander bastid

is yu saying that yu changed the box - an it were only the talk converter? .

The Mad Hat Man said:

is yu saying that yu changed the box - an it were only the talk converter? .

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yup. . . .

ouch!!

well phooter showed thet the high speed change over solinoids [on inside er box] wear slow un other fluid drives were not up to speed aswell, so i thought as you have to take a lot of werk ,it wood be daft[no pun intended ] if summit else wint. . . .total cost £1,400

ouch agin

The Mad Hat Man said:

ouch agin

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Mrs Ming paid fer it cos she luvs me

Where is the tick box for "The whole fookin thing has fallen apart!!""?????

HuN73R said:

Where is the tick box for "The whole fookin thing has fallen apart!!""?????

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Superlocking Alarm System
Clutch (you really need to poke the clutch down to get into reverse!)

And that is just about all that went wrong with my Freelander (not bad huh?)!

rear subframe fell off then exhaust then rear bumper what a fun day that was haha 130,000k+ 1.8 still on factory head gasket

Agreed, we need to be more specific, I just bought a G4 Freelander here in California, KV6 engine, (02, 30 k miles, on its second tranny, very very cheap 1 lady owner, and I need to know how to keep it running as I really want to do some desert trips. I fancy the EMS 1 digital gauge from Madman that should allow me to monitor coolant level, coolant temp, engine temp and oil pressure. Digital Car Gauges - Madman Automotive Products. Is it necessary to measure tranny tmp also? I think the HGF is known (liner movement and fretting) but does anybody know what is the major failure mechanism of the JATCO tranny?
I have already ordered a spare thermostat and housing, does anybody else know of anything I can do to ensure the longevity of this engine and tranny?
I want to try and show that this can be a reliable engine and that this is another case of British engineering, brilliant in conception but let down at the last hurdle by poor implementation.

The JATCO auto box is quite solid [used in quite a few motors] but changing the oil bout 40,000 miles is recommended . . . .the tourque converter at its output normaly go's first or internal high speed solinoids [but when it gets to that stage might as well get a re -con box fitted. . . . .just make sure that whoever re-cons it is good

2001 TD4 gs auto, blown turbo pipes at 80,000
replaced front discs at about same time
slightly leaking radiator, rad weld seems to be holding tho'