Thanks for that.
Unfortunately he didn't purchase it of a dealer so it he doesn't have any come back but has brought a non Land Rover warranty so always has that to fall back on.
With regard to the diagnostics message I will check with dad on the error code but I doubt he will know that...
My dad who is in his senior years has just treated himself to a new to him but secondhand Freelander SD4 2010 with 72000mls on the clock.
It was fine for about a week and then he mentioned to me that it had throttle lag intermittently. I said it would be a bit of turbo lag but when driving it...