New Freelander Owner

Hello All,

I have always fancied the Freelander so when I found there was a T 1999 1.8XEi going for sale I jumped at it. I have had this vehicle since 3rd August and I love it so far.
I am a liitle concerned about all the posts on the web about head gasket and engine failures though. Can anyone give me any reassurance or tell me any precautions I can take to avoid these problems please?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

no
and sell it

or pray

or have deep pockets

welcome to Looneyzone

The Mad Hat Man said:

no
and sell it

or pray

or have deep pockets

welcome to Looneyzone

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Have a heart ya mean git

Thanks for your support paulb. I did think he was a little harsh as I am completely new to this.

harsh maybe

truthfull - yes.
yu want reassurance - ok - freelanders - brilliant cars - reliable, well built, run fur ever, 150mpg. no depreciation - fantastic - everyone shud have one.

why did i sell mine and get a slitty - £6500 in a year in repair bills - and I aint the only one. Sure theres a few gooduns, mainly TD4's.
and as for what you can do to eleviate the possible problems - nothing - except hope - its **** poor design, poorly put together with Landrover relying on their good name from previous vehicles. Unfortunately we now know better.
prospective VCU failures.
prospective cracking chassis/ rear subframe mounts.
poor cooling design leading to HGF.

you want me to go on?

pringle35 said:

Thanks for your support paulb. I did think he was a little harsh as I am completely new to this.

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A little bit of sympathy for MHM in order there pringle, have a go at getting thee money back before thee suffer the same fate.