Hi all, this is my first post so please bear with me.

Recently bought brand new TD4 GS manual and love it !. After 1200 miles its developed a really annoying click which vibrates up the gear lever when slowing to less than 10mph or stopping. Stealer tells me its normal, the factory are aware of it, and all Freelanders do it and its caused by a solenoid clicking or energising to stop the gear box going into reverse as it slows. This sounds like rubbish to me, but is he right ???

Has anyone else experienced this ???

it does have a system where it stops you placing the car in reverse, but it definatly isn't audible on my '56 FL2

go to another dealer  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Hi and welcome....Not noticed it either on my 58 plate just done over 1200 miles .

Mine a GS with 2000 miles not noticed it.  Freelander2 GS TD4 Manual in Lago Grey .Roof Mount DVD 9.2''Screen~Window Tints~Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth~Retro Fit Sony Satnav~iPhone Dashmount~Side Steps~Woodco Armrest~Mudflaps~Land Rover Sunglass Holder~LED Interior Lights~Private Plate.Evoque Collected 17th Sept 2012.


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14000 miles with no "clicking" on mine either. (GS manual TD4)

Not noticed your symptoms on mine either (TD4 GS manual - 5500 miles) GONE - 2011/11 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto
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16000 miles GS manual, no clicking on mine, I'd be back to the dealers to be sure! GS TD4 Stornoway Grey

Thanks for your comments - I will return to dealer and ask to test drive one of the vehicles he claims exhibit the same symptom - watch this space

and take a print out of this forum page aswell

If he says every car does it, we shall all go to the dealership to gets ours fixed, so it MAKES a noise  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

No ticking on mine either and as you can read here, it certainly isn't a normal sound
Hope you get it sorted  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Welcome to forum. Mine is auto, so obviously different. However, I drive my Dad's manual and it doesn't do that. 2007 - 13,000 miles.  Gone - TD4 XS Auto, Sumatra Black, Mud flaps and side strips, clear indicators, private plate, privacy glass

Fell Wanderer....you are not alone! My 5,000 mile 08 Reg manual XS clicks as you describe. The solenoid is designed to act at below 5mph, and like you I have been told this is 'normal'. This of course does not explain why it started clicking after a few thousand miles, nor why both of the manual demonstrators I drove didn't do it either.

I have been engaged in a major battle with LR on another 'body panel integrity issue' for several months, which they have eventually sorted. I shall be monitoring the 'click' and if it gets any worse, insist that it be replaced at the first service (which incidentally LR are paying for by way of goodwill related to the longer running issue).

OK, my car is now at 46k miles, have had this 'click' from day one, can be heard (and felt) does not cause a problem, and it is the reverse lockout mechanism. Try pulling the gear lever across for reverse without the ignition on, you'll see how much further the lever travels. Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
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