Hi

I thought it was just mine but can see its more common than that !

Had my 2002 TD4 6 months and must say very pleased with it until a couple of weeks ago when it lost power at around 70 mph in top gear on the motorway, especially when you hit a hill it can drop down to 50 mph.

The funny thing is when you experience the loss on power at 70 you can pull off the motorway and it will accelerate though the gears like a sports car, it only seems to lose power at speeds and if it continues off the motorway if you stop the engine for a couple of Min's then restart its perfect until you hit speeds of 70 + mph or occasionally you only have to slow down and it will regain its power again. I took it into a 4X4 specialist last week they said it was the air flow meter and changed it for £225 but same problem, they thought it was a faulty unit so changed it again today for free but problem still exists.

Any suggestions as the 4X4 garage is talking to L/R but have no idea as yet.

My advice is that if you have really good power on short accelerations and then the boost suddenly dies at about 3500-3750 rpm on sustained revs it will almost certainly be the turbo, apparently there is some kind of variable variable pitched blade systrm which uses the same part as the EGR valve controller onb a TD5

Hello Everyone

Some very helpful person told me that he has fitted several new but it turns out faulty turbos. I have had a new turbo fitted, went fine but the fault has now retuyrned etc etc. They put a new MAF sensor in but the fault still existed. Car back in garage, very nice and friendly and I will speak to them tomorrow. Keep you posted!!!

If he just changed the turbo surely the actuator valve that controls the vanes could still be faulty?

THe Saga Continues....

Apparently everything around the turbo such as actuators etc has been replaced. The garage have spoken to a help desk and they reckon it might be a 2002 engine management software issue. The car is going in next week for diagnostics/ reprogramming etc etc so we will see how this goes. Keep you informed. Very helpful garage and nice to do businesss with.

I have same problem with my 2002 TD4 ES. I have done approx 80,000 miles. Other than a minor problem (radio/cd control switch on steering wheel fell off first time it was touched) mine has run sweetly until last Thursday.

Took it to Landrover dealer in Perth yesterday as pre-arranged. They say they can't road test above 70 mph!!! (They also told me this when I phoned to book car in).

How will they ever diagnose the problem???

Iv'e told them what the problem is.

They are the experts (well they charge obscene hourly rates as if they were) so how they fix it is their problem.

The "technician" phoned me later. Couldn't find a problem he says. Well he wouldn't do if he didn't go faster than 70 mph. What are these poeople on!!!

He said they found that an air inlet hose had split, did I want it replaced?
Are these people real!!! If somethings broke you fix it don't you???

Having collected the car, I was driving down the M90 so put my fooft to the floor to find that the car ....


was still the same ie power drops off at 80 mph.

There is a steep hill between Bridge of Earn and Glenfarg. My Freelander took it at 80 mph.. down to 75mph .. down to 70 mph ... down to 65 mph ... down to 60 mph. I didn't have to change down though.

In a car with this problem I don't have much confidence in overtaking other vehicles.

Hello Everyone and BABell especially,

BABell, I know exactly how you feel,I could have screamed at times dealing with our "Main Dealer" here.

However we have found an independant LR specialists who whilst not solving the problem yet have been helpful, positive and want to find a solution for us at half the price.

I think the difference is a main dealer wants you to buy a car from them and thats it, an independant wants to help you and keep your business.

Keep you posted how my reprogramming goes next week.

Gave up on Somerset 4X4 as they wouldn't return my calls and hadn't any idea where to go next, they said drop it off and they will keep it until sorted, but no courtesy car and when asked how long they wanted it he said how long is a piece of string !!!
Phoned Taunton L/R Monday and was booked in on Wednesday, they sounded confident so took it down for 10am, by 3pm had a phone call to say it was sorted.
They found the Turbo was over boosting which was caused be the vacuum pipe and a sticking valve to be the cause, they fitted the part (£40+vat) and tested it as OK, he did say it was all pointing to the MAF & air flow meter but as the A.F.M had been changed they went deeper they also noticed the engine was noisy when accelerating this again was down to the turbo over boosting.
All in it cost me £175 including the 15% discount they gave me as a premier customer (not sure why but 15% is 15% !) but I couldn't care less as I drove home on the motorway and it drove just like new, I was even confident enough to put my foot down and overtake in the outside lane.
I would recommend anyone to Taunton L/R the service was excellent and they restored my faith in garages, they dropped me into town whilst they repaired it and a free taxi ride back to collect it, well worth the money.

Hope this helps someone with the same problem as I USED to have.

Hi
I had a problem like this with my Freelander loss of power. I had a new airflow meter fitted.Which restored power abit. But when I change my diesel fuel filter I noticed a great improvement!. The diesel fuel filters only cost a few quid, and don't take more than a few mins to fit.There is a hand pump on the in-line side on the fuel line. Just squeeze it a few times to prime the new filter and away you go. it worked for me.
Regards
chris

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Chris Kingdom

Ive not read every post in this thread from start to finish BUT.

I have had quite a few freelanders in latley with very simlar problems, wont rev past 4000rpm / lack of power etc etc

Belive it or not every one was down to the fuel filter on the inner wing.
( That most garages carnt be botherd to change because they are a pain to do )

The fuel filters had calapsed inside causing a lack of fuel to the injector rail.

Ps pugging the freelanders in to my diagnostic tools before the filter change, DID tell me that it was fuel pressure problem BUT it was NOT any of the pumps.

Hope this info may help others