Hi Guys,

I've noticed that sometimes my Freelander seems to be in too high a gear when going up hills. For example, a 30 mph hill and 30 seems to be on the cusp of 4th or 3rd but the box still sits in forth and you get a judder like it should be changing down. A quick dab on the throttle (or select 'sport') and it swaps down the box and carries on in 3rd.

Its this a prompt that the ATF fluid needs changing? Its done 92,000 and I don't know if its ever been changed.

Cheers,
P

I would say definitely yes - change the fluid asap as it should have been done at 60K

See this thread as I had exactly the same symptoms as you describe:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/jatco-fluid-change-success-190451.html

The Jatco gearbox loves decent fresh fluid. Now I've switched to ATF-U I can justify a yearly change.

Thank you Gentlemen.

Cheers,
Paul