Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Frustrated - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By sheyrend - May 12 - 11:57 pm

  We recently helped purchase this vehicle for our son for college. We wish we would have read these reviews first. We had the vehicle a week, and it overheated. Our son never has had the chance to drive it, but now has a car payment - and repair costs worth twice the cost of the vehicle. The thermostat repair is over $900, the oxygen sensors $1100, and now the head gasket and sleeve repair, over $7500. Needless to say, the vehicle cost $6500, and now the repairs have more than doubled that. I have contacted multiple class action lawyers today. Hopefully something can come of this, and this can ber rectified!

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  LANDROVER HORROR SHOW - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By WEREFOUR - October 27 - 10:00 am

  HOW DO YOU SELL A USED CAR AS NEW? ASK THE FOLKS AT LANDROVER. THE SALESMAN TOLD ME IT WAS A NEW DEMO/LOANER CAR WITH 4800 MILES,BUT I FOUND OUT LATER THAT HE NEGLECTED TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED BY THEM. THE SERVICE DEPT. ROAD TESTED IT 50+ MILES EACH TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR WARRANTY.THE FIRST TIME I LEFT IT, THE SERVICE DEPT. KEPT IT FOR 4 DAYS OVER THE WEEKEND AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK SOMEONE HAD SMOKED IN MY CAR AND BLEW OUT MY SPEAKERS. I COMPLAINED TO CUSTOMER RELATIONS AT LANDROVER AND IM STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO ME.(THAT WAS 4/01/04).THE CAR NEEDS FRONT BRAKES EVERY 15000 MILES.DONT BUY IT LIKE I DID. LEASE IT.

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  Dont buy into the disgruntled naysayers - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Freelander02 - September 26 - 10:00 am

  I got one of the first Freelanders in the USA. The people who have had problems are very vocal, as is human nature... but there are TONS of these running around with no problems at all. If you want something to just drive and ignore, dont get one. If you plan to get something for ENJOYMENT youll love this thing. I routinely go off-road and in all the trips Ive done Ive run right around stuck Jeeps, Discoveries and made a Defender look silly trying to climb a hill behind me. Some of the info on Edmunds is wrong though- Do your homework to get more accurate info.

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  Rover buyer from here on out - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Tx Red Rover - July 14 - 10:00 am

  If buying a Land Rover is going to be this easy in the future, I will NEVER buy anything else. The guys at Land Rover San Antonio could not have been better. 1 1/2 hour test drive, paid for and had the keys in 20 minutes. This Rover is great. Small enough to be practical, good cargo room when needed. Comfortable inside. Some complain about the interior. Wake up, its a SUV, not a sports car. If you want wood and leather, buy a BMW. Great English feel. Very practical and easy to use. Good pick up, which is needed in the land of monster SUVs driven by soccer moms on the cell phone. When you buy one, you really do become part of the Land Rover Family.

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  Buyers Beware - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Jocita - April 28 - 10:00 am

  Filed Lemon Law on my vehicle! Ashamed that I had to give the vehicle up after a year. Had to take car over 13 times for brake squeak and got fed up. Electrical problems: Wipers ,back window, & radio shorted out. Back seat had annoying squeak when rode over bumps. Dealer could not fix problems. When shifting automatic, it was easy get gear shifter to get stuck between D & 4 on the gear shifter.

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  Great Small SUV - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Spesh - January 24 - 2:00 am

  Handles great for an SUV and stops on a dime. Good looks outside, simple inside, but functional. Awesome in foul weather and limited off-road use so far. Great SUV, some minor complaints.

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  Nice car but needs refinement - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By mattsfreelander - December 31 - 2:00 am

  For such a small practical car it gets 17 MPG around town...not good, makes us feel guilty. The interior trim is interesting looking but really shoddy quality...the steering wheel loosens the more we drive it...the windows sound cheap rolling up and down and make crackling noises...lots of rattles have started to appear which seems a shame this early on. I fell in love with the car at a car show and had to have one...it has been excellent on vacations and back and forth to the hardware store ...but just a little cheap on quality for the money we paid (24,995 with 5000 miles) and an unnecessary gas guzzler.

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  My Review - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By William Eve - November 13 - 2:00 am

  An excellent small SUV. Land Rover treats you like royalty even after you buy it the vehicle. Fun to drive, great handling. We have a 6 year old and can usually store all the items needed for a trip. I highly recommend this SUV in the small class. The certified used program makes them affordable too. The gas mileage is decent as well. Using synthetic oil is a bit pricey but it does increase engine life.

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  Solid, but needs improvement - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By JMO - June 13 - 10:00 am

  Beware of the small gas tank. SUV with a 15 gallon tank.

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  Ready for some fun - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By allhu - May 7 - 2:00 am

  I have owned this vehicle for 5 months and 4000mi. and have no reliablity problems to report. This vehicle is really fun to drive on paved surfaces which is unique because it awesome in a light duty off road roll as well. I recently took it to a local off road park with my wife and we had a blast. The little monster climbed and descended 40% grades. Its really fun all four wheels engage. We were surounded by dedicated off road vehicles (not street legal)and although we did not attempt some of the punishing obstacles they did (self preservation), Im sure we could have given them a run for the money if we had too.