Help please

I always wanted a Land Rover but because of work and family decided to buy one vehicle to cover all options, so I bought a Freelander. All people kept telling me was "don't buy one they are nothing but trouble, and expensive to repair". I ignored them all and bought an R reg 1800 petrol Freelander this weekend. Collected it yesterday, and today it broke down!

I have only driven very short distances in it. Today I was driving at approx 25mph over a speed hump, went to accelerate and there was no power, I pulled over, the engine was ticking over normally, so I continued on my way. 5 minutes later I stopped in traffic and the engine stalled. It would not start, although the engine did turnover. After a couple of minutes the car started and seemed to be fine again, well it got me home. I went out an hour later and it started fine. Have not driven it since.

Does anyone know if this is a common fault, or experienced similar problems?

Please don't prove the sceptics right and tell me it is an expensive major repair job!!

Thanks

Darren

take it straight back and get yo money back
only consider a doozil (pref TD4) hippoo.

What do you mean, have I got a ****ter?

well........
freelander - yes
petrol - yes
1.8 - yes

"Collected it yesterday, and today it broke down" - YES!!

any petrol gaylander is a ****ter

And for fooks sake once in yer life listen to the advice yer get. If someone said don't do that you'll regret it it's usually because they don't want you to make the same mistake thay made.

Came on this site as I was looking for genuine help not a load of **** comments. If you have nothing sensible to say why bother signing up to this site? If you don't like Freelanders maybe you should consider signing up to a site about something you do like.

They are genuine comments Petrol freelanders (as you have already been told by the sounds of it) are ****e and unreliable and your best option is to take it back where you brought it and get a full refund. Keeping it will land you with headaches, heartbreak and a maxed out credit card. Ask Daft for a list of the things he had fixed before he got rid I believe the bill was £6500

Red s right there mate take it straight back to where you bought it..ypou are covered under trading standards etc..sooo us it,
I got a freelander diesel, but if i had known then what i know now i would have gone for an older Discovery, same as you wanted something for the family etc.
But the frst bit of advice is definitely take it back..you dont want to be spending money on a motor a couple of days after you bought it
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darren, you made a mistake buying the 1.8 petrol version , most probley cause it looked a good deal £1400 off autotrader sounds like a cheap motor until you start to have probs ,
well you now have to decide wether to keep it or take it back , depending where you bought it from ,

question is are you prepared to roll your sleves up and do it yourself and are you capable , because if your not this motor will cost you ,

if you are keeping it, there are people on here who are willing help, but dont start winging cause you dont like what you are hearing or you will get nowhere ,

back to your problem ,,,, sounds like something is loose?, start checking anything to do with throttle and engine controls, for starts , never worked on your particula engine but until someone can give you more specific guiedance thats where i would start

good luck

could be anything mate
If theres an option to take it back i would, You may be lucky and find its something and nowt but i mean

L U C K Y

If not

Start by checking the battery terminals are tight
Fuel pumps are an issue (both of them) have a feel of the one on NS inner of engine bay mounted on the inner side of strut, It should vibrate when ignition on for so long

Pull the spark plugs out and see what they are like (i.e. wet or black

Check coolent and oil levels Headgaskets are prone

Need to establish fuel related or electrical

Rattle every earth wire you can find, Undo, clean and refit

If its turning over it could be fuel


Best o Luck you will know that car inside out within a few weeks. One of the petrol owners will be along soon and may be able to help more, I have enough on with what goes wrong with a doozle

Its a special sort of relationship a bit like a Marriage & divorce

You got into it thinking it was good, It then started to cost a bit and when you want out it costs you big time

if you like speding money keep it i have one nice to drive when they drive what normally goes ird box ,viscous coupling,head gasket,sunroof rails',
no hard feelings but if you want help ask give more detail to problem

Darren Have owed two freelanders over last 7 years abeit both TD4 engined both where very reliable. No majors!!.. the message all are saying is that 1.8 petrol engine derivatives are prone to major problems the main is the suspect K series engine head gasket which at best can cost £500-£600 to replace or cost you new engine!!! Take the very good advise these experinced guys on here have it will save you in the long term. I personaly can recommend the TD4 thank god BMW had an input in the sorcing of diesel engine.... once slightly modified can give excepitional results( ecu mod/K&N etc.) as every day 4x4 very easy to live with.Hope this helps.

darren smith said:

Came on this site as I was looking for genuine help not a load of **** comments. If you have nothing sensible to say why bother signing up to this site? If you don't like Freelanders maybe you should consider signing up to a site about something you do like.

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pikey said:

Ask Daft for a list of the things he had fixed before he got rid I believe the bill was £6500

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exactly Pikey! - its not that we dont like Freelanders. It is because we have been educated to that conclusion.
I used to like Freelanders - then I bought one...... As Redhand says, one year later and £6500 lighter, I changed my mind. Learn from our mistakes and get out quick. A Disco is a better option - but they have (rust) issues too. Ask here BEFORE you buy.

Cheers for the help and advice guys, it started with no proplems this morning so loaded the shotgun and shall taking it back to where I bought it Darren

could just be a bit of crap in the fuel got stirred up when you went over the speed bump, maybe blocked a filter inlet, or the pick up from the tank or similar. Needle and haystack spring to mind, but you'll only find it by picking a system (eg fuel) and working your way through start to finish. Nothing found ? pick another system and try again

darren smith said:

What do you mean, have I got a ****ter?

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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA......... YES!!

darren smith said:

Cheers for the help and advice guys, it started with no proplems this morning so loaded the shotgun and shall taking it back to where I bought it Darren

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So?

wot happened?
yu still gorrit?
get yo munney back?

hey mad hat...
is that a genuine GT40 you got there??

what do you define as "genuine"?

There are very few, if any "As built" GT40's.
As race cars they have been cut and hashed about over the years. If you mean a mid 60's race car - then No - if you mean is it part "original" - then Yes.

I dont have 2.5 mill to spend on a motor. This one cost enough but it is closer to an "original" than any GT