Hello all,

I'm hoping someone can help as google for once isn't pointing me in the right direction. I've just recently bought a 2008 freelander 2 HST, great car but when I bought it I've noticed that there is no MW/AM radio signal and the SAT NAV isn't working, the screen works but it's got the red line through the GPS. I've got the original SAT NAV DVD so don't think it's a problem with that. I've now taken the car to an independent garage and we've tried replacing the sharks fin on the roof as apparently this is where the gps unit and AM antenna are housed. This didn't work so I'm now at a loss.

Has anyone else had this problem and know the fix?

Cheers

Could be two separate faults, AM loss could be the Radio.

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic12519.html

Hi AD210358,
Thanks for the quick response on the AM radio problem. That appears to make sense, I wonder if replacing the IAM would also fix the gps problem

The Antenna on the roof has nothing to do with the AM side.

https://www.freel2.com/gallery/albums/user...cation.jpg

Thanks again. It's looking like the IAM for the AM radio then. For the GPS signal problem I've noticed within the discs there is a plain white disc, I'm wondering whether the previous owner has tried to update the maps with an unofficial copy and it's caused a problem with GPS signal. The proper landrover disc is in the drive now but maybe the damage has already been done. If this is the case maybe a just need to reboot the whole nav system with the correct disc. I just need to find out how to do this.

I've been off here for sometime still trying to sort out the problem of the red line through the GPS signal and the AM radio not working. I ended up taking the car to landrover to get some 'expert' advise and hopefully they could route cause the problems. Well they were pretty useless and wanted to rip the headliner out to check the harnesses. The cost for this would have been £550 without the guarantee of fixing the problem. Not being happy with that I took the car back to a local garage which has landrover support, having discussed it with them they reckoned it wasn't the harness and for the GPS problem it was more likely to be a problem with the sat nav DVD player under the drivers seat. Landrover charge £2000 for a new one of these!!! I managed to source a 2nd hand one for £240 inc vat from ACD landrover breakers in Lancashire and it takes about 5 minutes to fit. All fitted today and sat nav now back up and running, RESULT
Still got the AM radio issue to fix but again talking to the local garage this was a common problem and there's a service bulletin where they can update the software but in 90% of cases it wipes out the FM radio as well and then you'll need a new radio or source a 2nd hand one.
Hope that might help someone with the same problem

Thanks for the update and what a great result on the Sat Nav replacement.