Darmain
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Hi All,
Just joined in the fun. Have a 2000 freelander L series stationwagon for about a year now. Bought it to pull our caravan but now wonder why I didn't do this a long time ago. It is so much fun to drive, pulls the caravan brilliantly and is great for our main hobby of Geocaching.
It is good I like the Freelander because if I didn't I would have got rid of it by now. In the last 12 months I have had the passenger window drive fail, but I was able to fix that. Then the drivers window failed and that was a complete new mechanism. Then the back door lock release failed and the door wouldn't open. This was the wire loom link to the door, which is only accessable with the door open. Two 9v batteries were employed to get over that problem and fix the wiring. The lower ball joint on the drivers side failed which led to a new wishbone and in the process of changing that I discovered the track rod end was shot also. To top it all off the central locking control switch on the dash doesn't work at all and the starter motor is intermittent and has been out twice so far. I'm glad I like to drive this car.
Cheers you all,
Dave
Just joined in the fun. Have a 2000 freelander L series stationwagon for about a year now. Bought it to pull our caravan but now wonder why I didn't do this a long time ago. It is so much fun to drive, pulls the caravan brilliantly and is great for our main hobby of Geocaching.
It is good I like the Freelander because if I didn't I would have got rid of it by now. In the last 12 months I have had the passenger window drive fail, but I was able to fix that. Then the drivers window failed and that was a complete new mechanism. Then the back door lock release failed and the door wouldn't open. This was the wire loom link to the door, which is only accessable with the door open. Two 9v batteries were employed to get over that problem and fix the wiring. The lower ball joint on the drivers side failed which led to a new wishbone and in the process of changing that I discovered the track rod end was shot also. To top it all off the central locking control switch on the dash doesn't work at all and the starter motor is intermittent and has been out twice so far. I'm glad I like to drive this car.
Cheers you all,
Dave
