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If you want my advice steer well clear of them and buy yourself another Disco, I had a disco for 5 years that gave me very little trouble. Then the wife decided she wanted a smaller 4x4 and liked the Freelander, bought the one I have about 16 months ago and has been nothing but trouble in that...

thanks for that i've just looked at three amigos thread and yes I see what you mean, could be my fault. It's going for mot tomorrow so i'll have to see what happens then and then start to look at the brake light switch. The sooner I get rid of this trouble some thing the better :(

Wonder if anyone can help with this problem, My Freelander 1 has started with this problem recently in that the 3 lights for the ABS,TC and Hill descent are coming on. This seems to be happening when the brake pedal is depressed suddenly as in an emergency stop situation, there is also a sort of...

yeah I had to do a bit of welding on the old disco Tdi i.e new boot floor,and chassis crossmember in front of the diesel tank, but i didnt mind that as it was the only serious things that I had to do on it for the 5 years I had it, but this Damned Freelander its always something going wrong with...

Thanks Basher so they suffer from the same chassis problems as the Tdi then, Ive just seen an X reg one for sale on Ebay that says its had the rear chassis welded.

Thanks for that defender I havent done that yet, trouble is people in there love their Freelanders I might not be welcome has I hate mine lol:pound:

what am I supposed to be searching for then, I've been told today that they suffer from electrical faults and if some one has some things that they can suggest I look for I will listen to advice.:)

ok thanks fanatic i'll take a look at those things, do you think it could be linked to the speed sensor fault ?

I'm thinking off buying a Disco Td5 to replace the Damned Freelander are there any things I should be looking out for when I go to look at them, are there any faults that are comman on them or will be as reliable as my old Tdi which I should neve have got rid of (Hindsight such a wonderful...

Hi Buspass Ive gotten fed up of treating her well now due to all the problems and now its showing a speed sensor fault again, another trip to the garage for a £50 diagnostic check to see which sensor has gone this time, I'm afraid it has to go now, oh and also the hill descent has...

Thanks for the help in my problem with the vibration on my Freelander, I have now fitted 4 brand new tyres to it and the vibration that i had has now gone. There is still a slight vibration there but I think this may be down to the wheel bearing that has gone on the back. Once again thanks you...

Have to agree with john t, I had a similar problem with our TD4 in that if left for about an hour then going back to it wouldnt start,but leave it for about another hour to cool down and would start and run ok. It was found that the cam sensor was cracked, replaced this and touch wood its been...

I have changed the VCU and the front end of the prop and since refitting it that ios when this latest problem arrived, when the prop was off it it drove quite well, but this problem is just the latest thing to go wrong and i've only had yhr Damned thing for 12 months. The disco TDi I had had...

Yeah i'm going to be getting rid off this Damned thing as soon as its fixed, then it will be back to disco tdi or a disco td5. Mind you i wouldnt mind a defender like yours,I will have to have a look around and see whats about

Hi defender300tdi. Thanks for your suggestion and I can assure you that the fix you have in mind has crossed my mind to as this is not the only thing that has cost me on this Damned Freelander in the 12 months I have had it.

Hi opking my local land rover specialist told me the VCU had seized but i'm not sure how they tested it, but i suspect that the damage causing the problems i'm having now all stem from that.

ok thanks for that mad hot, thanks for your advice i've got to go now I will let you know how I get on with this damned awful Freelander and I know for a fact when this one has gone never will another one darken my doorstep. Cheers Andrew

so best to get the prop off again then replace all four tyres and see if i can get the IRD checked then

oh and where are bell engineering based

OK mad hat so you think its best i remove the prop until ive had it checked, i've only just refitted the prop because of the snow forecast as my wife uses the car more than me and we live in welsh village with steep hills to our house,it was her idea to buy a Freelander but she's regretting that...