Hi all,

I hope you can help. The wife has a 2007 Freelander 2 HSE. It’s a td4 manual.

We have had it a few years and it has just clicked over the 70k mark. 90% of the time all is fantastic.

We have an intermittent problem that occurs, because of this it’s really hard to track down. I have had a good search on the site and read a load of things which sound similar to what we are experiencing.

Any help on diagnosing it would be really appreciated. Of if others have experienced this fault it’d be good to know.

Essentially every now and then, generally in 6th and around 70mph it feels like the engine miss fires, or judders for a moment. It’s almost like someone has slammed the breaks on or you have driven at speed through a load of water. Only briefly, just enough for you to sh*t your pants, and then it goes.

Then all is normal, it can drive perfectly for a few hundred miles between issues.

The other week I was in 2nd and put my foot down and it did it. It seems to be less of an issue if the revs are kept above 2k.

There are no fault codes, once or twice it has spat its dummy out and the terrain response has turned off. Only once has it gone into limp mode. Pulled over, turned engine off for a few minutes and then all was well – this was about 2 years ago, it hasn’t happened since.

The reason I’m asking is that we plan on taking it to the south of France this year and don’t fancy explaining to ‘le AA’ that ‘le land rover c’est mort’

My wife wants to fix it with a Discovery, my wallet doesn't.

Any ideas?

Cheers

I had similar symptoms - new crank sensor sorted it. - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
- GCS Hawke - Sports, BRG, Vulcan 2.1 inj'. My toy - built it myself in 2001.

My first thoughts also, Crank Sensor, beyond that Relucter Ring.

I would also check when the fuel filter was last changed.

A fuel filter could generate problems during high loads, when the fuel flow is high, not when cruising when the fuel flow is low. And will be consistent, not just an occasional misfire feel and then all OK.

Hi Alex, at 70mph that is under high load for a slow coach like me! obviously I bow to your superior knowledge.

Thanks everyone

The fuel filter was changed a service or two ago.

I will look into the crank sensor and if it's not too expensive get it changed at the next service next month and see if it fixes it.

Cheers

It's pretty easy to change yourself and costs about 20-30 quid I think?