Hi all, not often I venture in here, but a friend who knows I'm into Landrovers, and therefore a FOAK (Font Of All Knowledge) has asked me to look into his Freelander2 that has an issue.
As above it's a 2010 TD4, manual gearbox, about 70,000 miles on the clock. When driving it's usually fine, especially when it's cold, but as it warms up it starts to get jumpy .. For instance, coming to a roundabout it coughs and splutters a little on over-run, then when setting off it won't pull away for a second or two, then gets full power and jerks away with full power, whatever the throttle position!
It's been backwards and forwards to Landrover main stealers, but although they acknowledge a fault they can't fix it, during the last six months. They've had it about a year and initially were told it's their driving .. it isn't, I drove it without them telling me what was wrong and it did it to me .. scary! Mate's been told the Evoque has a similar issue, but I dunno anything about either vehicle.
Mate and his wife also say that Landrover do seem to cure for the first week or two they get it back, but it always reverts to the jerky driving.
My guess is software glitch or something .. but over to you lot please, any thoughts, and idea if it's a common issue?
As above it's a 2010 TD4, manual gearbox, about 70,000 miles on the clock. When driving it's usually fine, especially when it's cold, but as it warms up it starts to get jumpy .. For instance, coming to a roundabout it coughs and splutters a little on over-run, then when setting off it won't pull away for a second or two, then gets full power and jerks away with full power, whatever the throttle position!
It's been backwards and forwards to Landrover main stealers, but although they acknowledge a fault they can't fix it, during the last six months. They've had it about a year and initially were told it's their driving .. it isn't, I drove it without them telling me what was wrong and it did it to me .. scary! Mate's been told the Evoque has a similar issue, but I dunno anything about either vehicle.
Mate and his wife also say that Landrover do seem to cure for the first week or two they get it back, but it always reverts to the jerky driving.
My guess is software glitch or something .. but over to you lot please, any thoughts, and idea if it's a common issue?