2002 Land Rover Freelander Powertrain & Transmission Problems

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A GENTLEMAN. HE HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TWO YEARS AGO AT 88,000 MILES, AND STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THE GENTLEMAN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HIS SERVICE CENTER WHO THEN NOTIFIED HIM THAT HIS TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. I HAVE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND PLAN TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. IT DOES SEEM A BIT EARLY FOR A TWO OWNER VEHICLE AT 110,000 TO NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT WAS WELL CARED FOR NOT ABUSED. *TR

WHAT IS TO SAY THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS NIGHTMARE! I HAVE REPLACED EVERYTHING ON THIS CAR: POWER STEERING SYSTEM, ENGINE MANIFOLD, COOLANT RESERVOIR, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR, BRAKES 2X, CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, CRANKSHAFT PULLEY, TIMING BELT, AND NOW I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAPPENING THAT EVERYONE ELSE WHO OWNS THIS JUNK EXPERIENCES. THIS IS NOT TO MENTION THAT THE SUNROOF DOES NOT WORK, THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCK, AND 3 OF THE 5 POWER WINDOWS DO NOT WORK EITHER. IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE I HAVE PUT MORE THAN $3000+ INTO THIS THING, AND THAT IS BUT A FRACTION OF TOTAL I HAVE PUT INTO IT DURING OWNERSHIP..AND THE BLUE BOOK VALUE IS LESS THAN $5000 AT BEST! WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW ANGRY IT MAKES ME, AND HOW PATHETIC IT IS OF LAND ROVER TO KNOWINGLY IGNORE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE SUFFERING THAT OWNERS OF IT HAVE TO ENDURE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ALONE SHOULD HAVE A MANDATORY RECALL FORCED ON LAND ROVER TO FIX FOR ALL FREELANDERS, AND THAT SHOULD JUST BE THE BEGINNING! I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY LAND ROVER TECHNICIANS HAVE BLATANTLY TOLD ME THAT LR KNOWS THESE ARE A MONEY PIT NIGHTMARE FULL OF DEFECTS, AND THAT THEY HATE TO WORK ON THEM AND FEEL BAD FOR US. WHEN WILL THIS SORT OF TREATMENT BY BIG CORPORATIONS END? WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT? WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ASSIGNED TO ENFORCE RULES GOVERNING THIS SORT OF THING ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING FOR THE CONSUMER? I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS NIGHTMARE, TRUST ME, BUT I AM TOO WORKED UP AT THIS POINT AS IT IS. PLEASE NHTSA, DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING FOR US UNFORTUNATE FREELANDER OWNERS! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND AS THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE. SHE THEN NOTED A PROBLEM SHIFTING GEARS. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH AN F4 LIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,008.

MY 2002 FREELAND LANDROVER IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE F4 LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEY ARE SAYING I NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE AREN'T EVEN 65K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

2002 LANDROVER FREELANDER. BOUGHT WITH 4,000 MILES FROM LANDROVER OF ASHEVILLE, NC. TODAY AT 67,000 MILES THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR 5K. I HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT THE SENDS ME OVER THE EDGE. I HAVE BEEN READING BLOGGS FROM OTHER OWNERS WHO STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE. *TR

A CAR MADE TO BREAK DOWN ON YOU. I BOUGHT A LANDROVER FREELANDER 2002 AND BARELY DROVE IT...IT HAD BEEN A LEASED VEHICLE AND WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF...HOWEVER...IT BROKE DOWN AS SOON AS I GOT IT. FIRST IT WAS A COOLANT PROBLEM, IT OVERHEATED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT HOME FROM WORK. I LIVE 5 MILES FROM WORK. THE FIRST YEAR I BOUGHT THE CAR I PUT LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT AND HAD ALREADY BROUGHT IT IN AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS. THE FIRST WAS THE COOLANT, AND THEN I BROUGHT IT IN A FEW TIMES SINCE IT CONSTANTLY HAD THIS FEELING AS IF THE BREAKS WERE BEING APPLIED. IT HAS A HILL DECENT BUTTON THAT WOULD COME ON AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IT STILL DID IT REGARDLESS. IT'S AS IF THE BREAKS WERE ON AND WERE STUCK. AND EVERY TIME I BROUGHT IT TO LANDROVER THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM....OF COURSE NOT. AND THEN I HAD IT IN THERE AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A BUNCH OF "STRANGE" CODES POP UP THEY HADN'T SEEN BEFORE SO THEY JUST "WIPED" THEM AS THE MAN SAID. ??? HE DIDN'T BOTHER TO FIGURE OUT WHY??? NOW...MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO FIX THE BROKEN TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A TOTAL OF 55350 MILES ON IT..BOUGHT IT AT 43603 IN 2005. ALL I SEE ALL OVER THE INTERNET IS HOW THESE SAME PROBLEMS HAVE KEPT OCCURRING AND NO ONE WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WORK AND MONEY THAT HAS TO GO INTO FOR FIXING THIS....IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT A COMPANY AS LARGE AS LANDROVER WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A CAR THAT WAS BOUND TO BREAK DOWN...AND NOT HAVE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS??? IT ENDS UP COMING OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE POOR CONSUMERS WHO AT THIS POINT ARE ALL ON THEIR OWN. I'M EXCEPTIONALLY DISAPPOINTED. THIS WAS THE FIRST CAR I EVER BOUGHT...I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE AND I WAS HAVING A BABY 4 MONTHS LATER. ALL THIS VEHICLE HAS DONE IS MAKE MY LIFE MORE DIFFICULT. THANK YOU LANDROVER...I WILL NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM YOU...OR ANYTHING YOU MAKE. YOU HAVE NO HONOR NOT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR OBVIOUS MISTAKES IN THE CREATION OF THESE CARS. *TR

AFTER MULTIPLE REPAIRS TO MY 2002 FREELANDER INCLUDING MULTIPLE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. DEALER SAYS THEY CANT REPAIR MUST REPLACE. *TR

2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER - MANIFOLD FAILURE - TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER - 72,000 MILES: REPLACED 3 WINDOW REGULATORS LAST YEAR. ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING & HILL DESCENT LIGHT CAME ON, F / 4 LIGHT FLASHES, AND IT IS JERKY / JUMPY WHILE DRIVING. NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM - 3 LAND ROVER DEALERSHIPS IN 5 WEEKS. MY CAR IS NOW 100 MILES AWAY, I WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED, BUT WHEN I GOT THERE IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. THEY LOOKED AT IT AGAIN & I WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4800. FOR SOME REASON, NO ONE COULD PICK UP THE PROBLEM WITH THE TESTERS. I LOVED MY CAR BUT AFTER READING ABOUT ALL THE CHRONIC PROBLEMS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. PLUS, I OWE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE TRANSMISSION! I WILL NEVER BUY A LAND ROVER AGAIN & THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES! *TR

THE CAR HAS DIED AGAIN, AND IS NOT RUNNING. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *TR

HAVE OWNED 2002 LR FREELANDER SINCE MAY 2008, FOR AROUND $9,000, HAVE SPENT $4000 ON REPAIRS SINCE. TRANSFER CASE WENT IN THE END OF NOVEMBER, THEN THE TRANSMISSION DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME "FIXED" EARLY FEBRUARY BUT THE TRANSMISSION DIED AGAIN WITHIN 25 MILES OF THE AUTO SHOP, LUCKILY THE WORK WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THEY FOUND THAT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WAS THE TRUE PROBLEM AND RETURNED IT TO ME "FIXED" AGAIN MARCH 6, 2009, NOT EVEN 20 MILES THIS TIME AND I'M GETTING THE F4 SIGNAL, HDC WARNING, AND THE GEARS WON'T SHIFT. I OWE TO MUCH ON THE CAR TO SCRAP IT, BUT CAN'T IMAGINE WASTING MORE MONEY TO HAVE IT SIT IN THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS (WHILE IM MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT) JUST TO SUFFER THE SAME FATE. *TR

I TOOK MY 2002 FREELANDER INTO BRITISH MOTORS IN SAN FRANCISCO IN MARCH OF 07 WITH 55,000 MILES ON IT AND ASKED FOR THE 60,000 MILE TUNE UP. THEY SAID NO - SOLD ME NEW BRAKES AND TIRES INSTEAD AND DID AN OIL CHANGE. I ONLY DRIVE 5,000 MILES A YEAR AND SO I KNEW IT WOULD BE A WHILE BEFORE I HIT 60K. I TOOL THE CAR IN WHEN I HAD 63,364 MILES ON IT AND THEY DID THE TUNE UP. THERE WERE MANY SLOPPY THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AFTER THE TUNEUP THE TRANSMISSION FAILED - AND THEN THEY SAID I WAS OVER THE LIMIT FOR THE MILES AND VOIDED THE WARRANTY. I HAVE SINCE READ ABOUT HUNDREDS OF OTHER FREELANDER OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WHEN THEY CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THE TRANSMISSIONS SOMETIMES FAIL. I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAS THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN ONLY SHE DROVE A RANGE ROVER. BRITISH MOTORS BLAMED LAND ROVER AND LAND ROVER CUSTOMER COMPLAINT DEPT IS USELESS AND DOES NOTHING. THIS IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY LAND ROVER OWNERS THAT IT IS APPALLING AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE FREELANDER SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED - AND THOSE OF US DRIVING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CHANGED IN ROUTINE TUNE UPS. I PAID $2,300 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED SO I COULD GET MY CAR OUT. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS IN CA. THIS WHOLE THING IS A SCAM AND HAS COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME. FROM GOOGLING: FREELANDER ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS -- II SEE THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT VERY LITTLE GETS DONE ABOUT IT! *TR 1

MECHANICAL PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE REQUIRED 4-5 TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP BEFORE THEY FIXED IT. I DON'T' RECALL THE EXACT PROBLEM. SUNROOF MOTOR DIED & HAD TO BE REPLACED. LEFT REAR WINDOW REGULATOR DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. RIGHT REAR WINDOW REGULATOR DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. BROKEN LATCH ON HOOD HAD TO BE REPLACED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND EXCESSIVE CRANKING 6/1/02 AND 8/17/02 DEALERSHIP CLEARED CODES NO REPAIRS. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND EXCESSIVE CRANKING 9/17/02, DEALERSHIP REPLACED LEAKING FUEL PUMP. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND SHIFTING PROBLEMS 3/2006, DEALERSHIP SENT ME HOME NO REPAIRS. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE BODY HAD A SHORT AND DEALERSHIP REPLACED. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND DELAY IN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD 9/1/08. HAVE NOT HAD THIS DIAGNOSED YET. SUSPECT BAD SOLENOIDS OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

JUST BOUGHT THE 2002 LAND ROVER - FREELANDER 2 WEEKS AGO, IT HAS 68K MILES, THEN ITS TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED, IT WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE / BACKWARD. ALSO, WHEN IT IS SWITCHING GEAR, THE GEAR 2 & 3 ARE VERY VERY ROUGH. TODAY, THE MECHANIST TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE ONLY HAD MY 02 LANDROVER FREELANDER FOR 3 MONTHS IT HAS 90,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AND NEEDS REPAIRED. OF COURSE THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T CARE CAUSE THERE WAS NO WARRANTY BUT I SEE THIS IS COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2002. 62 THOUSAND MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME AROUND $4,000 TO FIX. APPARENTLY THIS VEHICLE IS KNOWN TO BE A COMPLETE PIECE OF CRAP. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER SE WITH 65,032 MILES, AND I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT AT A COST BETWEEN $3500, TO $4500. I BOUGHT THE SUV IN 2004 WITH 6,300 MILES, AND SINS THEN AT ABOUT 12,000 TO 13,000 MILES THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WILL AT ABOUT 33,000 MILES. I CALLED COSTUMER SERVICE AT LAND ROVER AND THEY TOLLED ME THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I ASKED THEM IF IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS SUV?S TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT AT 65,000 MILES, THEY WOULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION. *TR

2002 FREELANDER WITH 65,000 MILES - REAR WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACED AT 55K; NOW THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. LAND ROVER CAN NO LONGER GET THE PARTS, SO LOOKING AT A RE-MANUFACTURED ONE AT ABOUT $4,000. DEALERSHIP CLOSED DOWN AND THERE HAS BEEN NO HELP! *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND MOVEMENT. TOWED TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT. HILL DECENT LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON WHILE DRIVING UNTIL ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF FOR NO REASON BEFORE THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION OCCURRED. *TR

I BOUGHT AN 02 LAND ROVER FREELANDER FROM A USED CAR DEALER AND AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, AT ONLY 60,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE CAR NO LONGER DRIVES. NO ONE WILL WORK ON IT AND MY ONLY OPTION IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANNY FOR ABOUT 4 GRAND. I STILL OWE A BUNCH AND I JUST KEEP SHELLING OUT THE TOWING COSTS TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. I'M GOING SELL THE STUPID CAR AND CUT MY LOSSES. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SIMILAR CASES OUT THERE FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE. *TR