Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Possibly the worst vehicle ever - 2005 Land Rover Freelander
  By NJB - June 22 - 1:03 am

  I am writing this review in hopes of deterring and potential buyers from purchasing one of these horrid little automobiles. I do not own one; I am a career mechanic, and we contract with a used car lot to repair their vehicles. They have brought in a number of these Freelanders with mileage ranging from 30k to 80k, and not one of them has been saleable without at least $1k in repairs. Aside from being under powered, lazy/sloppy handling, and interior ergonomics worse than the old Ford Festiva, these things have more mechanical and electrical problems than any other model from any manufacturer. VERY expensive parts and high labor costs. Absolute JUNK!

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  My complaints - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Jonathan - February 17 - 5:03 pm

  My Landrover is now dead for 85,000 miles. It can not run anymore. The mechanics of Landrover cannot find the problem by diagnostics alone. They have to open the engine to find out but not a guarantee that they will find it. How STUPID this Landrover diagnostics is. Landrover should terminate the Engineer who built this STUPID car diagnostics computer. The service advisor told me that the only thing that can fix my car is to replace the whole engine which will cost me $8,000 plus labor and tax.

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  WATCH OUT! - 2005 Land Rover Freelander
  By SCREWED - May 4 - 2:10 pm

  Watch out! I had two freelanders (first replaced it was so bad), seccond one in shop all the time. Land Rover Customer service is horrible, they refuse to work with you at all. Bad Transmission, failed windshield wipers,seat came off rails (twice), sound system failed, windows stopped working, Brakes squeek, streeing wheel squeeks, engine rattles....... They never even attempted to make it right. I even had strangers come up to me and ask if mine was as bad as theirs. I think they rated as one of the worst SUVs in the world.

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  2002 Landrover Freelander - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Kate - July 30 - 9:03 pm

  Its sad to say I must agree with all the negative reviews written. This by no means was the worst vehicle I had ever owned. Within the first few months the sunroof went 3 times, after the 3rd time landrover replaced it, but the new one had issues too. I stopped using the sunroof. The driver side rear window broke 3 times. After the 4th year of owning this vehicle hugh mechanical disasters, and finally the engine went, transmission started slipping and the diffrentials went. I would never reccommend landrover products to anyone, waste of money and time. Landrover should pay the customers to driver the vehicle.

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  Rolling disaster - 2005 Land Rover Freelander
  By PabloM - August 20 - 1:26 pm

  This car is a death trap. It has completely shut down at highway speeds twice, leaving us coasting and weaving through traffic. First time the fuel pump died and it seems that the second time this is the same problem. While these are the two biggest problems, it has had several others. Brakes and rotors shot after less than 14000 miles (this, according to Land Rover, is normal). Runs lousy with various odd noises - it is in the shop all the time.

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  Beware - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Nigel - November 2 - 3:53 am

  Transmission failed at 75 000 Km and will cost US$14 000 to replace. Re-con unit available for US$3 800. So had the re-con fitted and lasted 50Km. Now back being fixed

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  Junk - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Lou - May 4 - 5:50 pm

  Stay away from this car and all other land rovers. This model is land rovers dirty little secret

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  Dont buy it - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By J. Hartman - May 4 - 10:00 am

  I should have listened to the dealer. If you want a realible SUV, buy a Toyota. Not a glowing review from the dealer of the car. Constant breakdowns. It needs new tires and brakes on semi annual basis. Impossible to sell. Word travels fast. Bad car in every way. Extremely expensive and unreliable.

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  This car is a Lemon! - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By AM - April 3 - 11:03 pm

  This car is a lemon. Engine needed to be replaced at 29K, Transmission at 40K miles. And this car was well- taken care of. We were told by the service dept to get rid of the car at the end of the warranty because of all the problems the Freelander is known to have. Too bad we didnt get the same warning from the sales dept!

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  Worst Car Ever Seriously!!!!!!! - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By wildcats_fan - February 12 - 5:23 am

  After owning one and spending thousands I couldnt begin to describe how bad these Freelanders actually are. If you read this and think your getting a good deal on one then take my advice and run.. Its a known fact that they are a ticking time bomb. I waisted thousands on it and never once felt as if I were going to make it to the next destination without it breaking down. If you really want to know how bad it really was... 17 trips to Landrover and that was under Waranty. After the warranty expired I spent about seven thousand on it at local repair shops and it was literally falling apart the day I traded it off. I was one of the lucky ones and actually got rid of it before it blew up....