Hi all, phone call today saying at last the electrical fault has been found ( see previous posts on general page ) 4th july.
anyway, it now seems that battery drain is down to the live cable and the earth cable directly below the fuse box mounted by the battery have been rubbing together and have finally rubbed through outer cable skin and have been arcing, the chap in service dept. says neither he or JLR have seen this before but has anyone on here had anything similar please?
Repair consists of replacing fuse box and part of loom. (way over my head, electrics !!)  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

If it was me I would tape them up.

hopefully they will as its taken nearly a month to find it just a bit of a heads up really for anyone else who gets a battery drain which they cannot trace on diagnostics or a 'start engine or system will shut down in 3 minutes' message which is what mine started as.  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

It sounds as if you're lucky there wasn't a fire with an unfused battery connection shorting to earth.

Very interesting, when my loan fl2 caught fire the smoke and flames started coming from the bonnet above the battery first.

well after those two replies I suppose I should not complain about it not starting then??? lol.  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

latest instalment.......... seems that it was the passenger door module that had been faulty all the time and not the very long string of faults being peddled out by : dealership.

wonder if it will change next week? or will I finally get my car back after nearly a month!!!! If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

so was there really a problem with wires shorting together after all? Seems odd to me this could happen without blowing a fuse if that circuit is protected or ending up with the cables welding together & burning if not...

honestly haven't a clue mate, Been given so many faults, lost count. I'm just glad that I got my car back so as I can head to the nearest Mitsubishi/Subaru dealer and get this thing off my hands, not down to car as things can and do go wrong but the way I have been treated by dealer, JLR assist and JLR customer relations has totally taken the shine off a car which was new, have only had 7 months and done 4 k.

waited bloody years to get what I wanted, then this  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Presumably you are taking it back for a complete refund under the SOGA? If you have had extra grief then compensation? I hope this all works out for and sorry to hear it has gone wrong. Not sure about your situation but I for one work very hard to be able to afford what I can and it is very frustrating when we get substandard service.

what is SOGA and how does it work please.
IGNORE. Been in touch with selling dealer today and he said I should have taken it to them and not the nearest dealer where the AA took me, been fixed by local dealer so have to wait and see I suppose. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

sounds like you've had a bad experience with an incompetent dealer. But there are others & some are not too bad! Maybe not chuck in the towel so soon & get someone else to look after the car for you? A pity to lose money on a trade in unless you are dead set on a refund & manage to get it that is. I would see how it goes for a few days, you wont find anything like it

Hi Jules, Sale of Goods Act: 'fit for purpose' and all that.

littletriple wrote:

sounds like you've had a bad experience with an incompetent dealer. But there are others & some are not too bad! Maybe not chuck in the towel so soon & get someone else to look after the car for you? A pity to lose money on a trade in unless you are dead set on a refund & manage to get it that is. I would see how it goes for a few days, you wont find anything like it

Hi Jules, just read your other post and what an appalling service you have had. If you have only had the car a few months why can't you get a complete refund plus compensation for all the hassle? In my experience the best thing is to write an email/letter to the most senior manager explaining the history of your saga, requesting a complete refund, replacement car and what they are going to do about compensating you for the hassle, stress, etc. that has been caused to you by no fault of your own. It appears that you have given them every chance to get this right but they have failed. Writing an email takes away the potential for heated discussions and saying something you would regret and you get the chance to put something coherent together.
You are not unique with what you have gone through but there are a lot of satisfied owners on here, so hopefully it will not put you off from getting a LR in the future.
Wish you luck.