Thought with the begining of the caravan season I will get a couple of issues I have got with the FL2 looked at, as i don't what to breakdown at the side of the road 2 times like i did with my last one.

Drivers Seat, slight movement when braking/accelerating
Dip in rev's when approaching junctions
Low MPG
Loss of Coolant
Occassional Slight Sluggishness when Accelerating up hills, unless booted

Snap on the movement on the seats.
I've got a non working front power socket cigar lighter thing
A rattle that seems to be coming from the seat belt restraint thing. AARRRGH! That is intermittent and really, really annoying!
They owe me a key 'cos I only got one when I bought the car
And a new set of Satnav maps.

Waiting for the key and maps to come in and will book the car in. Hi Darling, I'll be home in 10 mins. If I'm not back, please read this message again...

Didnt realise you had issues with ur first one nick, always wondered why you changed it but makes sense now.

What does EGRmean ? 2008 Td4 Freelander2 GS - santorini black.
Hse alloys, privacy tints, LR side steps, LR seat covers, LR boot mat.

Few niggles more than serious stuff, apart from the unsolved overheat, they blamed mud on radiator but changed EGR valve and cleaned radiator too even though mud had been there 18 months, no overheat after that, but it never did overheat just had temp gauge jump about and be back at normal within 10 secs. So looked more like a sensor to me

EGR = Engine Gas Recirculation Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

luckily his vanning breakdown was recorded on camera



I travelled way down south today and saw two more vanning cars with bonnets up Made me smile on the long journey Six hours each way overtook several caravans on the motorways even though I was towing a trailer and small tractor..... I must have got to 185 mph at one point as thats what the garmin tells me....dont remember that bit  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

i thought you would like that Photo CG, thats why I sent you it , and i new you would keep it a secret  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Never looked up when it was actually built but I presume a Friday after a big party the night before

Met a forum member that day too, after sat waiting for a breakdown truck that hadn't broke down itself the nice patrol officer pull up in his D3 to say high Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

G'day NP, Seat movement/noise is covered on Technical Service Bulletin LTB00176v2 issued 18/12/2008 and involves a warranty replacement of front seat track. Can't help with the others I'm afraid.

xtattsbox wrote:

Snap on the movement on the seats.
I've got a non working front power socket cigar lighter thing
A rattle that seems to be coming from the seat belt restraint thing. AARRRGH! That is intermittent and really, really annoying!
They owe me a key 'cos I only got one when I bought the car
And a new set of Satnav maps.

Waiting for the key and maps to come in and will book the car in.

2009/2010 SatNav discs collected from dealer yesterday
The tell me that there is a shortage of replacement keys

Had discussion about the fact that once linked to a car that is it and they can't be reprogrammed to another

(thinks. Must go to Marshalls Bedford and go through their box of keys that they don't know what they are for. I bet there is one that opens my car...) Hi Darling, I'll be home in 10 mins. If I'm not back, please read this message again...

Key programme is straightforward, if you have 2 keys you can add extra, if you only have ONE key and need a second you have to reprogramme CAR and both keys. Reason is that original missing key will no longer start car.
On computer when programming you are asked "are both keys present" the answer to this if adding a new key when you only have 1 original is NO. The system then knows to delete memory and programme car and 2 keys.
Some technicians make the mistake of answering YES because they have 2 keys in hand. Confused computers then take over!!! All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.