Freelander - door jutting out

Hi all,

I bought a 2-year-old TD4 freelander recently and have had trouble since
then: virbrating left front door and in rail (metal part from front window
up to the top of the car...), squeaking sound in left front door ...
Today I have seen that the left back door does not close properly - well, it
does close but the door slightly juts out...just a little bit.
I checked teh door on teh other side and it closes so that there is no
projection (right word??).
Now I am worried a bit that they have sold me a car that had an accident and
that there will be problems and problems all the time.

Any experience with similar problems?? What could I do to check if I bought
a car involved in an accident?

Thank for any answer!

Chris Flipter, Germany

"Chris Flipter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> I bought a 2-year-old TD4 freelander recently and have had trouble since
> then: virbrating left front door and in rail (metal part from front window
> up to the top of the car...), squeaking sound in left front door ...
> Today I have seen that the left back door does not close properly - well,
> it does close but the door slightly juts out...just a little bit.
> I checked teh door on teh other side and it closes so that there is no
> projection (right word??).
> Now I am worried a bit that they have sold me a car that had an accident
> and that there will be problems and problems all the time.
>
> Any experience with similar problems?? What could I do to check if I
> bought a car involved in an accident?
>
> Thank for any answer!
>
> Chris Flipter, Germany

Panic not. Hands up anyone with a Landrover that actually has pannels /
doors fitted by the factory tht actually look right all the way around the
car....


hello..... <echo> helllo

Probably just needs adjustment.

Lee D

> Panic not. Hands up anyone with a Landrover that actually has pannels /
> doors fitted by the factory tht actually look right all the way around the
> car....
>
>
> hello..... <echo> helllo
>
> Probably just needs adjustment.
>


Never mind just take the door off before it falls off that should stop it
sqeaking ...... its a land Rover experience .............

))

Lee_D wrote:
>
> Panic not. Hands up anyone with a Landrover that actually has pannels /
> doors fitted by the factory tht actually look right all the way around the
> car....

Um... I have...

> > Panic not. Hands up anyone with a Landrover that actually has pannels /
> > doors fitted by the factory tht actually look right all the way around
the
> > car....
>
> Um... I have...
>

4 leaf clover ??? ))

Hi All,

thanks for your answers...I'm not really happy now as your answers suggest
that you ALWAYS have problems with a Landrover...
Why do peopel buy them then? I did pay quite some money for this car adn I
only want it to be .....quiet, silent, peaceful...?
Is that asked too much?
Oh, by the way, yesterday there was this gruesome sound coming from the
ceiling (?)....
AND I realized that the left back tyre has lost air down to a pressure of
just 1,1 instead of 2,0. The problem is I took the car back to Landrover
here in Berlin
just one week after I had bought it after I had realized the very first day
that there was too little pressure right there.....1,3...and after four days
the pressure had gone down again to 1,4. They checked the tyre and
(allegedly) put in a new valve. GREAT! Is this normal? I mean, this might be
dangerous to drive around with a tyre like that...or am I supposed to check
the pressure every two days??

Well, I guess you can tell I'm getting a bit disappointed and angry.

Chris Flipter, Berlin


"Chris Flipter" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> I bought a 2-year-old TD4 freelander recently and have had trouble since
> then: virbrating left front door and in rail (metal part from front window
> up to the top of the car...), squeaking sound in left front door ...
> Today I have seen that the left back door does not close properly - well,
> it does close but the door slightly juts out...just a little bit.
> I checked teh door on teh other side and it closes so that there is no
> projection (right word??).
> Now I am worried a bit that they have sold me a car that had an accident
> and that there will be problems and problems all the time.
>
> Any experience with similar problems?? What could I do to check if I
> bought a car involved in an accident?
>
> Thank for any answer!
>
> Chris Flipter, Germany
>
>

>
> thanks for your answers...I'm not really happy now as your answers suggest
> that you ALWAYS have problems with a Landrover...
> Why do peopel buy them then? I did pay quite some money for this car adn I
> only want it to be .....quiet, silent, peaceful...?
> Is that asked too much?
> Oh, by the way, yesterday there was this gruesome sound coming from the
> ceiling (?)....
> AND I realized that the left back tyre has lost air down to a pressure of
> just 1,1 instead of 2,0. The problem is I took the car back to Landrover
> here in Berlin
> just one week after I had bought it after I had realized the very first
day
> that there was too little pressure right there.....1,3...and after four
days
> the pressure had gone down again to 1,4. They checked the tyre and
> (allegedly) put in a new valve. GREAT! Is this normal? I mean, this might
be
> dangerous to drive around with a tyre like that...or am I supposed to
check
> the pressure every two days??
>
> Well, I guess you can tell I'm getting a bit disappointed and angry.






Take heart most people are pulling your leg; many LR are aged vehicles and
as such will drop bits like the rest. Freelanders have had some problems
with the coupling in the drive train and with the K series engine head
gaskets blowing ( a few others I have no doubt ) but most people seem to
love em or leave them.
As for why people buy them, how long is a piece of string ? I got my 110
because I was brought up in Africa and it is a little bit of home, if an
African blacksmith can repair one I figured I could give it a go, hardy,
best off road despite the jealosy of the Japs etc etc

>just one week after I had bought it after I had realized the very first day
>that there was too little pressure right there.....1,3...and after four days
>the pressure had gone down again to 1,4. They checked the tyre and
>(allegedly) put in a new valve. GREAT! Is this normal? I mean, this might be
>dangerous to drive around with a tyre like that...or am I supposed to check
>the pressure every two days??
>
>Well, I guess you can tell I'm getting a bit disappointed and angry.
>
>Chris Flipter, Berlin
>

Land Rover don't make tyres, or valves. It is very normal for a tyre
to get a puncture or for a valve to get crud in it and fail.

I had a puncture in the Volvo a few weeks back, but I don't think it
was a design fault. It looked more like a nail.


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"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I had a puncture in the Volvo a few weeks back, but I don't think it
> was a design fault. It looked more like a nail.

H'mm , I thought you were fond of the Volvo.

;-)

Lee D

"Hirsty's" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>> > Panic not. Hands up anyone with a Landrover that actually has pannels /
>> > doors fitted by the factory tht actually look right all the way around
> the
>> > car....
>>
>> Um... I have...
>>
>
> 4 leaf clover ??? ))
>
>

Must have words with Quality control, they really shouldn't be letting
"striaght" stuff out... I mean, theres a reputation to think of. It's
clearly a Friday one if it's not twisted.

Lee D

In message <[email protected]>
"Chris Flipter" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> thanks for your answers...I'm not really happy now as your answers suggest
> that you ALWAYS have problems with a Landrover...
> Why do peopel buy them then? I did pay quite some money for this car adn I
> only want it to be .....quiet, silent, peaceful...?
> Is that asked too much?
> Oh, by the way, yesterday there was this gruesome sound coming from the
> ceiling (?)....
> AND I realized that the left back tyre has lost air down to a pressure of
> just 1,1 instead of 2,0. The problem is I took the car back to Landrover
> here in Berlin
> just one week after I had bought it after I had realized the very first day
> that there was too little pressure right there.....1,3...and after four days
> the pressure had gone down again to 1,4. They checked the tyre and
> (allegedly) put in a new valve. GREAT! Is this normal? I mean, this might be
> dangerous to drive around with a tyre like that...or am I supposed to check
> the pressure every two days??
>
> Well, I guess you can tell I'm getting a bit disappointed and angry.
>
> Chris Flipter, Berlin
>
>

I don't think you can blame Land Rover for tyre pressures, your
dealer maybe.....

As for overall problems, well LR certainly arn't the best,
but then they started out making working vehicles and have now
started trying to make pose-mobiles. All, including Toyota,
"off-road" vehicles suffer more problems than the same
manufacturers "cars" - personaly I think that is down to
the ruggedness required for a true off-roader (not that
many manufacturers, LR included (except Defender) make them
these days.

The public perception of LR, in the UK anyway, is based on
saloon-bar experts who drove one in the 1950's while on
National Service, and have no idea about current models.
How many Dihastu owners have smugly gone on about their
little red button to engage 4-wheel drive - and then
looked pretty stupid when told you don't need one on a
post 1984 LR as it has permenent 4WD?
Further, LR owners tend to be rather more honnest about
their vehicles - how many times do you read stories in
the press about peeling dashes and engine swaps at
normal services? Plenty about LR, but how many about
the BMW 3 Series dash problem and the 5 Series porus blocks?
Someone who buys a car on the basis of ego is far less
likely to complain in public for the very same reason -
ego.

Up until recently, in my opinion, LR produced off-road
vehicles with rather good on-road performance, but this
has now gone forever (Freelander and Disco II are aimed
firmly at the car market rather than the off-road market).

In short, you either love them or hate them, there doesn't
seem to be any middle ground!

Cheers
Richard



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