A question out of curiosity really. I was helping out after a minor accident today involving a Honda Jazz - After the accident the Jazz engine would turn over ok but not start and after a call to the local Honda dealer we located and reset the inertia switch which made the car driveable again. Without that info from the dealer it would have been a breakdown recovery job.

This got me to thinking that if I was unlucky enough to have a similar experience in my Freelander 2 then does it also have a fuel cut off inertia switch somewhere and if so does anyone know where it is?

Good question
Here's a thread from LandyZone (Sorry I'm fetching my coat ) which has some good detail and diagrams on it to answer your question
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/fuel-cut-off-switch.38622/ No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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Thanks for the reply Westville - I did a small bit of research before I put this query on Freel 2 and I found a couple of replies similar to yours but they looked as if they referred to the location of the Inertia Switch on the Freelander 1 models but I got the impression it's a different scenario on the FL2's - They could be the same though or maybe the FL2's don't have an inertia switch at all??

I don't believe the FL2 has such a switch.

In the FL2 (diesel) fuel isn't pumped from the tank, it's drawn from it by the high-pressure fuel pump which is driven from one of the camshafts. Thus there's no electric fuel pump to keep pumping fuel after an accident - if the engine is off then so is the fuel pump. I believe there is a mechanism controlled via the ECUs to cut the engine in the event of an accident, but as far as I'm aware this is self-resetting (I haven't so far found reference to this in the manual).

I really don't know hence "it's a good question"!
When I get the chance I will have a look around my car to see if I can spot anything like a cut off switch.
I thought one of the others might have put their oar in by now to clarify the situation

EDIT: pab - our posts crossed - your explanation makes sense to me No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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Cheers for replies guys - I can live with that FL2 solution ok.

A lot more than I can with the inertia solution I discovered last night that there is on my wifes 2009 Audi A4 Tdi - Apparently with that car a bump causes a fuse on the battery connection to blow rendering the engine dead until the fuse is replaced (or bodged) and yup you guessed it, in true Audi style, to buy this fuse alone apparently costs something between £100 & £200 from an Audi dealer.

We obviously have a true Audi and are looking to let Audi rip us off at every possible opportunity! (not that i'm bitter and twisted about it or anything..... )

There is mention of a cut off switch in my owners manual (MY11). It's in the fuel section. I don't have it to hand it's in the car.

From memory after an impact it resets itself on turning on the ignition.

I cant find any reference to fuel cut off in my manual (MY2014)

But I did find under " After a collision" on page 196 it mentions the EDR (Event Data Recorder) which gives info on speed , seat belts, brake & accelerator position in the 30 seconds prior to collision. Jules

Jules there is no mention of it in my .pdf manual but there is in my hard copy MY10-MY11

jules wrote:

I cant find any reference to fuel cut off in my manual (MY2014)

But I did find under " After a collision" on page 196 it mentions the EDR (Event Data Recorder) which gives info on speed , seat belts, brake & accelerator position in the 30 seconds prior to collision.

Most cars post 2005 record data in the airbag control module. It's just accessing that data that is the issue!

I Like Chips wrote:

There is mention of a cut off switch in my owners manual (MY11). It's in the fuel section. I don't have it to hand it's in the car.

Yes Pab that is the conclusion I have reached. The only point that stands out to me is it's not switchable apart from with the ignition.

Dippy wrote:

Most cars post 2005 record data in the airbag control module. It's just accessing that data that is the issue!

pab wrote:

I don't believe the FL2 has such a switch.

In the FL2 (diesel) fuel isn't pumped from the tank, it's drawn from it by the high-pressure fuel pump which is driven from one of the camshafts. Thus there's no electric fuel pump to keep pumping fuel after an accident - if the engine is off then so is the fuel pump. I believe there is a mechanism controlled via the ECUs to cut the engine in the event of an accident, but as far as I'm aware this is self-resetting (I haven't so far found reference to this in the manual).