After a weak or so sitting on the drive over Xmas my son's FL2 seems to have suffered some sort of heater blower failure so that no matter what position you set anything there is no air flow and the car is constantly steaming up. THESE ARE EASILY THE MOST UNRELIABLE CARS WE HAVE EVER OWNED and will have to go soon. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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Really curious about why you keep buying them

OK the history. I originally bought an 08 reg with 65k miles and it was going fine, so my son bought a 10 reg one. After a few months (when mine was just coming to 100k miles) I decided to trade my 08 one for a 60 reg LR approved with 2 years warranty. Then my son's started to have problems with his 10 reg so he traded that in for an 11 reg LR approved with 2 yrs warranty. All was well for about 3 months and then the problems with both cars started. It might look worse because we currently have two in the family but I have lost count of the number of times I have been back to the dealers with these cars.
The dealers are very good and fix the problems, the issue is that it should not be necessary to have to visit the dealer so often. We will be trading them in before the warranties run out and it won't be for a LR product (which are overpriced now anyway). I had company cars for 30 years and never experienced the level of unreliability of the FL2, it's a pity as the car is very good when it's working. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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Interesting

Don't think I'll have mine by those sorts of mileages. I usually swap at 60-70000 miles. At least you get to know the dealers well ! I know mine quite well and not had a major problem yet, apart from leaky brake light. It's quite handy though since they are 2 minutes walk from work and is one of the reasons I went there. I think I may invest in extended warranty at the end of the 3 years though !

I wouldn't consider owning an FL2 without some sort of extended warranty, I live 37 miles from the dealer so taking it in is a bit of a chore but as I am retired it's no real issue. My car has 65k miles and my son 76k. For my son however, he needs it for work so it's a real problem. He is currently looking at leasing options on Mitsubishi L200 or Toyota Hilux both of which are a lot cheaper and more practical than anything in the LR lineup. I am doing a similar exercise on non LR vehicles. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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Bye Bye!

You have been very very unlucky, or your doing something to them that others are not. The number of Freelander 2's in our circle of Family and friends has now increased to 9.

Non have had issues. In General, the Freelander 2 is the most reliable car that JLR have built. I'd also question where your dealer is sourcing their 'approved' cars. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

Cars originally sold by the same dealer and with full LR service history. We have experienced a complete range of faults ranging from gearboxes, diffs, bearings, xfer box, exhaust sensors , washer stalks, 2011 hesitation issues, throttle bodies, boot lock, half shaft .... I could go on. Is this reasonable? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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No it isnt reasonable, but you do appear to have more problems than anyone else on every car. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

after 5 years Landrovers begin to self destruct, it has always been that way and always will be.

if you don't have a warranty you need deep pockets

Iain

If it doesn't break down its not a Land Rover gents

On a serious note LRs are a lot more reliable nowadays well in contrast to 20 years ago! We still have some 2002 models knocking around (owned from new) and nothing major has gone wrong (touchwood) We never buy second hand as certain cars could have been broken in the wrong way and had an abused early life.

Appreciate this does not affect the freelander but the most common EAS problems are leaking, dry rotted air bags, and damaged height sensors. The bags begin to leak at 100,000 miles or after 6 years. The height sensors get damaged by winter salt and the plastic housings easily crack. We have replaced a few air suspension systems on the P38A L322,D2, D3 none on a D4 yet. We normally get 9 to 10 years service life which is excellent and exceeds the 6 year lifespan. Jump on a forum and people are quick to slate Land Rovers air suspension that fails! Most of these cars however are 6 years or older. Some free advice always replace with genuine parts as the air suspension is nothing to scrimp on it is the vehicles handling that your are playing with!

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iain cooper wrote:

after 5 years Landrovers begin to self destruct, it has always been that way and always will be.

if you don't have a warranty you need deep pockets

Iain

My son bit the bullet this weekend and did a deal on a Mitsubishi L200 Warrier demonstrator 3k miles 6 months old. 5 year warranty, leather seats, sat nav, reversing camera, all the toys inc 3 yr service package all in about £25k. It's got several off road modes and Hi/lo ratio. It will be interesting to get his feedback, he always thought that the FL2 was very good off road and he drives on farms and ordinary roads for work. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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Update on air con

It has started to work again, over the last couple of days the functions have slowly returned and it has gone from having no blower at all to full climate control with all functions working. It's not sudden which would point to a hard fault, sounds more like software issue. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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damp in a multi plug? or in controller itself? check the air con drain is correct.

We were discussing the other day about the BMW that I helped rescue from the floods the damp carpets steam the windows up all the time, vax type vacuum cleaner? bags of rice in car to soak up moisture? or cat litter wood pellets? needs some help in this climate. the car is worth £300 approx so new carpets etc arnt feasible, S reg 170,000 miles At work
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