Freelander 1 advice

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Originally Posted by DeanoH

Perhaps the respondents haven't been plain enough ;), the petrol Freelander 1's are a complete and unmitigated disaster, mainly because of their overly complicated, impossible to work on (or understand) engines. Most engine reconditioners won't touch them and if they do certainly no warranty, they are a complete POS. A previous poster Ausfree had one for some time and it was his 'pride and joy' and no one knows better than he about FL1's and his recommendation is to walk away, you would be wise to take note.

Seriously, don't touch it with a forty foot pole. If they give it to you for free it is still too expensive and is definitely not worth spending money on to fix. :(

Clear enough ?

Deano :)

PS. Unless of course the real aim is to get closer to your mates sister :), then one, two, three or more inspections may be appropriate. :):):)

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It was may "pride and joy" too. Mrs Aus was saying the other day how she misses that car. It was a great car to drive and it was a good looking vehicle, winning two trophies (2010 and 2011) for "Best Presented Freelander 1" at the CastleHill LandRover Expo.

In our case, we had no trouble with the motor (a KV6), it ran extra well, was a gas guzzler though. The auto tranny is what gave us grief, after a $4,800 rebuild it let us down again a year later and was quoted approx another $1200 for repairs. Sadly, we sold it as I couldn't justify spending any more money on it.

As a previous poster (Scouse) mentioned, if the motor doesn't give you grief the tranny will.

The Freelander 1 petrol is what the camira was for GMH.

If you troll through ebay you usually see heaps of petrol freelander 1's for sale, usually the seller says , "it needs work I don't know what's required and I don't have time to fix it...... that means it's a seller cop out, they know their engine is stuffed.

also watch out for the wording, converted to 2 wheel drive for economy..... that is seller talk for "I have a stuffed IRD and it's going to cost me a second mortage so I'm a tight wad and converted it to 2 wheel drive."

If only we had lemon laws in this country.... Land Rover would have gone broke on the FL1 Petrols.

The Diesels are good though engine wise

As a first time car buyer my heart said yes, but everyone here, and my head, have convinced me otherwise. I took a look at it in person today, I don't think it's worth the grief..

Thanks for all the help!

Yeah, I know the feeling mate.:( I think it is probably wise to walk away, the track record of the FL1 is not good and now they are getting long in the tooth, troubles are sure to surface.

The other problem is getting a mechanic who is willing (and has the gear) to work on them. Those that do (and they are a rare breed) charge an arm and a leg.

Now the Freelander 2 is a different beast. But they are expensive to buy.

It was a sensible decision to walk away, I have been around long enough and know the cost, and it really hurts. In the meantime save your hard earned funds. Think on the positive side, while you are saving funds you will not have the running expenses so you will save even more.

What about a 99 manual diesel with 170 kms ??