3700 miles in 3 months and no faults at all.  Freelander 2 TD4 HSE auto Tonga Green/Alpaca

16000 in 8 months, one service and everything perfect!

Grimbo wrote:

All servicing has been free and will continue to be so for another two years as part of the compensation package I received from my dealer after the rear diff failed.

So what shall I do to my diff to make it fail early?  At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

I presume towing a caravan to the Valencia region of Spain and back again might not be your "cup of tea" but that's where we had been. The week after we arrived home and I had gone back overseas to work the diff failed whilst my wife was driving. I'm very pleased it didn't occur whilst towing home through France and Spain as it could have been very dangerous. However the LR Assist mechanic told my wife that he thought the gearbox had exploded. All hell broke loose after receiving this information at my LR dealer and they had specialist engineers on standy ready to mobilise to investigate the cause etc...
It was very annoying at the time and I was not a "happy chappy" as LR were extremely difficult to deal with by email whilst I was at work overseas. Eventually, when I got back home from work and met my dealer face to face I negotiated what I considered to be a fair compensation package with the costs being shared between the dealer and LR.
So if you want to borrow my caravan for a couple of weeks CG, drop me a line and we'll see what we can arrange.

So who will pay for your diff after your van wrecks it while its not under warranty.....vaning it just doesn't add up  At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Like most of us, I usually trade in after three years, then I always have a manufacturers warranty. And for those owners who keep their vehicles longer, Warranty Direct provide excellent cover.

Once a vanner always a vanner I'm afraid CG - it's in my blood, van on the back, boat on the top and diving and fishing tackle in the boot. What a way of life, you don't know what you are missing it's a fantastic environment to bring a young family up in. That's how I got hooked - my parents used to take us vanning and I've stuck with it all of my life. You should seriously consider it now you have a new arrival.
I stay at the Marriot and Hilton Hotels in my job and you can stick them where the sun don't shine, give me my van any day.

I'm the same with fishing, I've lived on the side of the river Swale all my life ..apparently prized for fishing..but never been tempted to throw a rod over the water. I guess as I work outside. I don't get the urge to go out and be at one with nature on a weekend'

And half of the 'joys' of vaning are lost on me due to having a garden in the middle of farmland. At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

purchased last december, now it's 7.5 months, 12000km

1st service was done on june 2008

sun roof recall

transmission oil pan leaking (my car has been booked in for repairing on 14th August). this problem was discovered while on first service, and I've been waiting for 5 weeks from my dealership to get approval from Land Rover. Land Rover Freelander 2 HSE i6

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Further to my earlier post I have now clocked up 40,000 miles.

Yes I have some issues with LR and the dealer support, but the car has not failed while in use !!!

Soon be 3rd service and I hope to have at least 60,000mles on the clock when she goes next year, if she makes that without a breakdown then that will a good endorsement for me.

npinks wrote:

Radio Turning on/off fault

12k miles in a year, and no faults at all (apart from the sunroof recall). Just had first annual service and received a clear sheet on the visual inspection of mechanics and bodywork. :thumbsup: Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Bought Nov/2007, just passed 23,000 km last weekend.

So far, only SRS annoyance (4 times).
After it happened for the 1st time, I asked LR dealership in Warsaw to check if there's a cabling problem, but they couldn't find anything, and I was unable to reproduce the problem.
I figured out, that SRS reports a failure if I change driver's seat position while driving. It usually helps if I stop the engine and disconnect/reconnect the small plug under my seat. Time to ask the dealer again!

Apart from that, the car is great both on and off roads.

9 months old with 9000km - no problem
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2007 Freelander 2 TD4 S auto Sumatra black, 18" 12 spoke HSE alloys, 6 CD Changer, wood effect fascia kit , spoiler , sport grille ,tungsten handles , bluetooth kit, clear side repeaters,front and rear lamp guards, bumper styling cover, roof rails - SOLD !

Think mines got the record so far...65000kms so far having bought in Feb07
Coming up for its 75k service, new set of tyres and new brakes...Its gonna ne an expensive couple of months...

robinspain wrote:

Think mines got the record so far...65000kms so far having bought in Feb07
Coming up for its 75k service, new set of tyres and new brakes...Its gonna ne an expensive couple of months...

You're neck and neck with me for miles/kms though your motor is a month younger than mine. I'm on 40800 miles (about 65500 kms)

Good fun covering all those miles/kms isn't it.