Thread: To buy a TD4 or Not? advice please.

Originally Posted by koalakruiser

I have a 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 and from the start problems with water and scrap metal in the EGR which required a total replacement under warranty at 3,000Km. At 65,000 km a total engine replacement for nearly $20,000 due supposedly to water getting into the engine causing a catastrophic failure. I have never had the car out of the city and it had not rained for 10 days so why the failure? Land Rover said not their problem as it is a technical issue and no warranty coverage as it is now 4.5 years old. The low Km means nothing to LR Australia and basically they said "If you expect anything from LR, you will get nothing" so no thought of goodwill. The dealer service said nothing they can do for me. Be very careful with your decision. The more I research this car, the more I hear about engine problems with fuel injectors plus the aluminium, steel and other alloys are not meshing and therefore the engine is having huge problems with tolerance issues in the pistons, cylinder heads etc. LR will not admit this but go to any LR Forum and the problem is there. I have learned the hard way

Freelander 1 and 2 have completely different engines. The TD4 in a Freelander 1 is a BMW engine and the Freelander 2 is a PSA (Peugeot/Citroen) engine. They shouldnt be compared.

hi I bought an 01 td4 about 7 months ago first landie to had the egr and sensors replaced due to warm engine not starting problem have put over 10000 on it since then absoutly love it been reliable since I had it fixed good set of tyres on it (do all 4 at once ) have been places I wouldn't even think to take a 2wd