Dear friends,
I am from India and I have a 2013 model FL2, HSE, SD4, clocked 1,30,000 kms. She is perfectly maintained with and perfect service records from JLR India network. Only major complaint so far she had was Power steering failure due to some leak and replaced faulty components at JLR.
As my JLR Service Centre is in another state, and due to travel restrictions of COVID 19 I avoided a long journey, and did the due service of 1,30,000 from a nearby Multi brand Mechanical Centre with all modern facilities in my city. I think they did a satisfactory job, at a better cost, but I am not sure whether they used all genuine JLR filters and accessories.
Everything went on fine for 3-4 days, but after that, when I drove in day time and good traffic, she failed to gain power and I was not confident to overtake a slow moving vehicle. Also put me to 3-4 embarrassing situations where she refused to move forward from stand still, especially if there was a hump or an ascend in front. But back to normal soon in 2-3 minutes, and drives normally till next episode in 4-5 kms.
Is it a serious issue like Mechatronic failure or an issue related to the non genuine fuel filter as mentioned in one of the previous posts in our forum?
Thanks for your kind advise.

The Freelander is a Frankenstein, a bit of Ford, Volvo etc. Find a good local mechanic. I have always used an independent mechanic, the same one since the 1980s. He has passed on the business & the new owner I feel very happy with.

My mechanic does use Land Rover original parts in general as the price is basically the same, but at the end of the day most of these parts are simply badge engineering.

Find a local mechanic that you can build up long term trust with. They will show you what they have replaced when you pick the car up. Phone you if they find anything that you had not asked to be done.

In Australia probably the issue would be the actual fuel. Crap fuel or algae growing in diesel. My car uses petrol so doesn't have these issues.

Anyway, find a local mechanic & build up a good respectful relationship for each other & it will make your life easier. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Thanks dear friend, shall follow your advise. Fuel quality used to be better these days in India. Any way, have you ever noticed in the forum or among fellow owners, that our model of FL2 is prone for Torque converter/Mechatronic failures as early as 1,30,000kms? In fact 2013 model in india corresponds with 2010 model ie, just before the signature head lamp and DTR model.
Thanks again.

An OBD2 reader is pretty handy to see basic engine error codes.

I'd be pretty suspicious that is was something from the service as it happened a few days afterwards. I'd be dropping it back there if was me for them to give it a look over.

The first thing you should check that the fuel filter (if it has been changed) is a genuine LR one. There are numerous cases on this forum where a non LR filter causes problems especially if the car is going into reduced power mode. This used to happen to me when I went up a hill at speed and a new filter fixed it. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Genuine filters are pretty few and far between in my country as well (unless you want to pay with your first born..).

Might be worth for next time ordering in from the UK to give to your local garage to fit rather than trust what they've got on the shelf.

My mechanic has ordered 2 of each at a time reduce delivery charge a bit, I have paid for them last year.

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For warmer countries, just plug the filter return lines and redirect the return from the rail and injectors directly to tank, without passing it through the filter.
In this way you can avoid the fuel heating issue with non genuine filters and you can use whatever filter you can get.
But again, just for warmer countries, where the ambient temperature will not drop below 10 deg.C.

Hai friends,
Managed to get my fuel filter replaced with an OE one and now the issue is rectified. Shall pass on this to my fellow FL2 owners and they can learn from my experience.
Thank you all for the kind suggestions and guidances.
Srijith.

alex_pescaru wrote:

For warmer countries, just plug the filter return lines and redirect the return from the rail and injectors directly to tank, without passing it through the filter.
In this way you can avoid the fuel heating issue with non genuine filters and you can use whatever filter you can get.
But again, just for warmer countries, where the ambient temperature will not drop below 10 deg.C.

This is good to know! I will print and file this post!