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Car serviced regularly but gearbox is a sealed non serviceable item I thought- anyway hopefully that will be checked when I take it to specialist for assessment

Intermittent but not random for the jolting when moving off in drive as seems to be mostly associated with hotter engine/ being in slow moving traffic. The rolling forwards in reverse seems to always happen, but I don't tend to have to reverse uphill on a significant gradient much. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies- a further update, the autobox never really has worked as well as it should, some probably just how it is designed, some definitely a fault. Will still jolt when either moving from neutral to drive or taking foot off brake or disengaging electronic brake whilst in drive...

One other thing that may be relevant. When the car had done only around 25,000 miles it developed a really harsh downward gear change when coasting to lose speed gradually and really badly when parking and changing from reverse to drive (jolted forward similar to hitting an object at slow...

Hi, sorry to hear that. Very annoying as one main reason for having an auto is to not have to bother with operating a clutch all the time in traffic. I haven't done anything about mine yet, just tend to leave in drive with electronic brake on, or regularly put in neutral when in traffic. The...

Hi, new to this forum but have looked at helpful postings before and decided to join. I have a 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 automatic, done around 36,000, dealer service history. Over a year ago the gearbox changed really harshly from reverse into drive, proper thrown against the seatbelt force...