Have You had any major problems with Your new Freelander 2?
Mine is a mid-april production with no problems since new. 2007 Freelander 2 HSE i6
stornoway grey
black leather

Minor Glitches

Not Starting (flat battery for some reason)
Parking Sensors effected by rain (beeping when car is stood in rain for long time)
Seatbelt wearing surrounding trim (Waiting to see what LR say)
dry wiping wipers (Waiting to see what LR say)
reseting trip computer (Sortware Updates)
rattles (Waiting for 1st service)
suspension knocking (Waiting for 1st Service)
Stornaway Grey colour not in a spray can (parking sensor wrong colour till it comes out........3 months wait now)
Paint blemishies on rear bumper. (sorted straight away)
Glue residue from 'Test Drive a new Freelander 2' stickers were taken off my ex demo car. (Sort Straight away)

Nice and reliable Not much minor things wrong, to make me want to replace it, just lots of small things which build up to be annoying.

npinks wrote:

Sorry Pressed sumit twice, though best to delete the list on the second post

You should be able to delete the whole post as long as you do it before somebody posts after you... Oh, .

I hope people who've not experienced any problems will also post on this thread, otherwise it may give the potential buyer some very bad impressions - forums are bad enough for this already!

So let's have the good as well as the bad!

sounds like your car was of the first production batch. when was it made? 2007 Freelander 2 HSE i6
stornoway grey
black leather

Mine was registered at the end of March 07, so probably built about a week/10 days before that.

Only minor problems so far, nearly 5000 miles on the clock.

non-start/trip reset - only 3 times
handbrake not holding car on an incline (this was fixed by the dealer, but still isn't great)
creaking noise (I'm still investigating where this is coming from before it goes in to be looked at)

as I said, only minor issues.

Mine was first registered in Late Nov 06

npinks wrote:

Mine was first registered in Late Nov 06

My car was built mid December, so I'm in the 'some minor glitches' category.

Now don't get me wrong, These sort of glitches are things that I can live with, yes some start to annoy me, BUT

I would not want to swap the car for any other make or model, The car is perfect for what i need, drives like a car not a 4X4, and tows the caravan like its not there. (as long as i don't use 6th Gear)

As per the latest review saying the boot is a lttile small, once I have the kids pram and everyday bag in there is not loads of room left, but you have to realise that you can stack things up to the roof lining and lay seats down to gain more room for that once in a year fully ladened trip.

But for everyday use with or without the baby stuff, the boot is fine.

The car is fine, forget the small glitches that all cars have, and purchase one you'll not regret it.

Don't let my negitive Glitch list sway your thoughts on the car

I don't want to tempt fate, but I am ALMOST in the no problems category. Mine was registered 11/1/07 so was probably a Dec/early Jan build.
To date touch wood, only problem has been the software upgrade needed for the trip reset etc.
Apert from a puncture that wrote off a tyre, that is, but that could happen to anyone.
Barely done 7k mind, so relatively low mileage.
Happy freelanding everyone!

Here's my problem list:

Trip computer resets
radio freeze
small hair/cloth in windscreen heating wiring (just in front of driver's eyes)
suspension knock
front suspension creaks when braking
streering box(?) knocking lightly when reversing
rattles inside (door trim and back)
b-pillars wear out from seatbelt
little plastic under sat-nav turning white when under the sun(!!)

I try to look at these as minor glitches, and I will know for sure tomorrow (oil change service). So I will vote tomorrow... For the time being and IMHO stands for big problem and for minor glitch.

Oh come on Defkalion!!!...your just just being really picky I have had no problems....................................

Phone freeze
Stereo freeze
SatNav freeze
Parking sensor on when no rain or bugs on the sensors
B Pillar seat belt wear with the grey smudges on the white pillar
Adaptive headlight light warning
Transmission fault warning
Buzzing on left channel of head phones from DVD ICE system
Door mirrors failing to fold
Creaking manual gear lever

Nothing I'd ever consider moaning about................
Could have been worse......could have bought an X3 or a Honda

my powerfold mirrors declined to open once. until i realized i was pressing the "close" button on the fob. 2007 Freelander 2 HSE i6
stornoway grey
black leather

With every new car there might be minor problems.


Don't worry potential buyers, be assured.

This is a extrordinary good car. Land Rover - Go Beyond

Had mine since 12th July 2007, nearly 3000 miles covered with no problems to report

Still puts a smile on my face every morning on the drive to work .....even if I am stuck in heavy traffic.

P.S.
Just remembered, it's Freelees birthday today, 2 months old................must buy him a cake to celebrate  ______________________
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