Due to heavy rain and a preference for my armchair I thought I ask this Q on here:

What is the service interval's in the UK for the Freelander 2? I'm imagining every 10k miles or 12 months? New: Freelander2 GS 62 plate (MY13) - Santorini Black with Clearview & Front PDC
Old: Freelander2 XS 09 Plate - Zermatt Silver with ST3 remap (eco map), Garmin 1490T Sat Nav, Rear Seat Entertainment kit

16k or 12mths I think At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

15K or 12 months, whichever comes sooner  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

Dave wrote:

15K or 12 months, whichever comes sooner

Is this service free?

In Belgium and Luxembourg the first service is at 24000 km or after 12 months. Just had mine this months 375 Euro Freelander 2 SE 4Td Izmir Blue, Dog cage for Alaskan Malamute, iphone Navigon Navigator

Yes, it would affect your warranty. You also get a service indicator on your dash display, counting down when its close to due (nothing fancy, I think it's just based on time, and not how the vehicle is used).
Some manufacturers have moved to 'intelligent' service intervals where the car decides based upon driving styles. As for 'modern' cars requiring less servicing, tell that to an Mitsu Evo owner  Phil

I wonder what sort of leeway you get on this. 09MY FL2 Td4 XS, Style Pack, Privacy Glass, Martinique Blue.. oh so very blue..

i believe +/- 1000 miles to keep your warranty in place

(Obviously check with your local LR dealer and/or manual as you could loose your warranty by been late or early)  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

cyberhusky, where did you get your service done? Was you happy with the job?
Thanks,
Lukey HSE, Auto, Colour - Yes

@Lukey Luke

the service was done at the only remaining LR dealer in Luxembourg city.

everything was ok, the usual replacements:
front wipers
oil
oil and air filters
etc.

nothing special... but I wasn't informed about software updates or any other problems if there were any.

Regards,
Manou Freelander 2 SE 4Td Izmir Blue, Dog cage for Alaskan Malamute, iphone Navigon Navigator

I asked my dealer about tolerance of mileage around the service interval, they said +/- 1000 miles no problem.

My service warning has just come on indicating next service is due in 525 miles, so time to book my 4th service (60k miles!)

At risk of opening up a can of (oil) worms, one feature of flexible servicing is usaully the use of the very highest specs of oil. The Land Rover spec for oil does not require the all singing and dancing high spec synthetics, I guess thats one reason why they require service at 12,500 miles. Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

npinks wrote:

i believe +/- 1000 miles to keep your warranty in place

(Obviously check with your local LR dealer and/or manual as you could loose your warranty by been late or early)

I always do a checkup just before going on vacation as I would hate a problem ruining it for me. Also at the beginning of winter I just drop the car off for a quick check as there may be some fluid changes needed.

In my experience this results in a good engine even after severeal years.

My previous car was a peugeot 306 convertible and always when a dealer asks me how long did I drive before a certain part needed replacement he was surprised.
Last replacements were clutch cable, window motor and the motor for the automatic roof recliner. These things according to my dealer should have been broken at around 60.000 kms at which apparently most things should have been broken. It serviced me +200.000kms with only minor non critical problems. The engine is still dry which is rare for this car. According to the specs it had to be serviced around 15.000 kms to 20.000 kms but I service it at 7500 to 10.000 max and with a summer and winter check-up.
My wife is driving it now, but we're looking to replace it with a used, well priced, good looking, not to old and with not too much mileage on it... MX5.

The service indicator is quite clever. When you are getting "close" to service, it tells you the miles to go to service and the days; when the mileage goes over, the displayed number goes negative.

Do check the tolerances as I thought it was 500 miles on distance but no idea of time tolerance. It has to be done as the oil picks up moisture for one thing so it's definitley distance rot ime whichever comes first.

If you want a watertight warranty, you have to follow all the LR rules or they will try and wriggle out of it, e.g. my second Disco had corrosion seeping through one of the rear window frame corners and this was rejected as a warranty claim becuause the last service before the end of the 3 years was an interim one (oil and filter and little else) and I did it so the service record was not "fully stamped up by a dealer". Beware. Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

do all models have this service indicator melarkey fitted then. i have a gs,im the 2nd owner bought it with 15000 miles on it last june coming up to 26k now but obviously coming up to a year since last service. should i be seeing anything on dash or should i just get it in for the second service. is it a timed indicator or just on mileage or ?

ive never seen any message come up on screen when turning ignition on regarding service.

some 1 shed some light please..

cheers

youngie