Not my Freelander but my wife's VW Tiguan but it could equally apply to any haldex equipped car.

It's a 2013 Tdi 4motion now with 174000 miles on it, owned from nearly new. Its haldex has stopped working previously and annoyingly it does not bring on a fault light on the dashboard, only sign is when it spins the front wheels.

Haldex oil change and pump screen clean has fixed it previously but this time it wasn't dirty oil.

Autel AP200 code reader (good bit of kit for £50) showed fault codes of:
02248 Valve for controlling clutch operating angle defective and 00003 control module defective.

A bit of googling revealed that the control unit was pretty much scrap as a result. These from VW are about £800.
Came across a company on ebay called Auto Fault Finder who specialise in repair of haldex control modules who charge £159 to test, repair and reseal the unit and return it to you. They offer a 'no fix no fee' policy.

Took the module off the car and found that something which sounded like sand was rattling about loose inside the casing which didn't sound too good.

Sent it off by 24h recorded delivery anyway. They received it the following day and phoned with the bad news that the circuit board was excessively corroded and beyond repair so offered to return it foc, or for a further £90 to install new circuit board. Went with the new board. It was returned the following day cleaned and resealed.

I fitted it to the car today, cleared previous fault codes and pleased to find '4 wheel driveyness' has been restored.

So a £250 fix all in. (Not including my obviously free labour)





Pleased with the service so happy to give a shout out.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174802669287?mk...media=COPY Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Superb, good fix! Better to repair, too many people just buy whole new items.

Thanks Bob.
Thats really useful info.
Now saved in my Fl2/Haldex folder  Jules

cool that sounds really useful  2009 FL2 S now gone
2011 FL2 HSE AUTO
2012 FL2 XS AUTO
2000 Kawasaki er 5

There is also this place, I bookmarked this but have not had the need,

https://www.haldexrepairs.co.uk/ecu-testing-repair-service/

That's the same place I'm referring to. 😁 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)