Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  The worst SUV on the road - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Kenneth - August 3 - 3:33 am

  Ive never had a car with this much problems. It has been in ths shop 6 time in less than 2 years. First time the check engine light came on it was still under warranty. Then the cooling system went haywire. It took three times for the dealer figured out what the problem was. After repacing the hoses, cooling fan and then finally the water pump. Then the brakes wear out unusally fast tearing into the rotors, twice in less than 18 months. Then the sunroof clatters. The back door wont open it needed the motor replaced. Then finally with less than 75k the Transmisson went out the whole thing needed to be replaced.

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  Dont walk, run away - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Mark - March 31 - 7:53 pm

  We owned this vehicle for approximately 20 months. Total cost of repairs exceeded $16,000.00. No kidding. The engine has inherent design flaws. The cylinder sleeves will fail, coolant will flow into the block, your motor will be shot. You will experience electrical failures right and left. This is the second and last product we will buy from Land Rover and Range Rover. Utterly worthless vehicles. Our Discovery was only marginally better. Gulps fuel as well.

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  A total lemon - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By PeterJ4 - March 21 - 5:06 pm

  Leasing this car has been an absolute nightmare! From the brakes to the electronics, from the sunroof to the stereo, everything on my vehicle has needed to be repaired. LR North America rushed this vehicle to market and consumers have paid the price. Totals lemons! Land Rover could learn a lot from Honda about customer service and customer retention. Would- be Land Rover owners, BEWARE! My warranty just expired and LR refuses to fix my defective sunroof even though this is known to be a common defect.

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  My Land Rover is a paper wieght - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By Lo Lo - March 7 - 6:40 pm

  At 42 thousand miles my engine needed to be replaced. 2 thousand miles after the warrenty was ended. I looked on line and found this to be a cronic problem. Several webite dedicated to Freelander that were lemons sonme had replaced the engine 2 or three times. All my service was done at the dealership. After the engine was replaced the car overheated again. The dealership said the headbolts needed to tightened (cant belive they had the nerve to tell me that)...I am scared to drive this car.. Do some research .. dont buy one

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  Run - Run Far Away - 2005 Land Rover Freelander
  By Nichol - February 8 - 9:23 am

  Expensive Lemon City - Major electrical issues with engine. Left me stranded 2x for over 6 hrs waiting for LR road side assistance. Radio broke 2x, brakes squeal like pigs, air conditioner poured water on front passengers feet and spit water thru vents. Engine still smells like it is burning despite mechanics check 2x. Everyone hits head getting into car including 50" ft sister. Stabilizing bar feels off - heard others had problems here. Rear tailgate window drops when car is off, key out & no one is near. Took in 4 repair & mechanics didnt reinstall my rear door lock - took 2 wks for LR 2 fix it. They acted like it was my fault. Not nearly enough luggage space - 2 suitcases MAX.

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  Worst vehicle - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Keri - October 2 - 5:53 am

  This is by far the worst vehicle I ever owned. Landrover makes it next to impossible to have other shops do work on the vehicle. The price of their timing belt replacement on the freelander is $2000, this is insane. Four people in my family have owned landrovers and realized it was a terrible vehicle and some have gotten rid of them and others are trying to get rid of them. Take my advice, and never, never buy landrover products. I dont know how their still in business

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  bad car - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By david mckinney - June 1 - 10:00 am

  after two years of owership the motor and trans are shot

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  Disaster on wheels - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Never Again - March 18 - 7:06 pm

  I purchased the 2002 Freelander S several years ago. Within the first year I spent over $5,600 in electrical, engine, and exhaust parts - that doesnt include labor costs. The rear door window and wiper broke ($500), front passenger lock malfunctioned ($300), my entire dash had to be replaced because the coolant system was spilling fluid into the dash ($2800), and the exhaust system went ($2000). The Freelander depreciates in value by $2500-3000 per year. Highway and city mileage is dismal. Blue book value is only $6,000 right now. I cannot wait to get rid of this vehicle. I cannot emphasize enough what a horrible decision is was purchasing the Freelander.

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  Get rid of it ASAP - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Pilianni - December 5 - 10:33 pm

  spend 9,000 for an used engine. 5,000 for transmission 1500 for a water pump 1500 for a fuel pump and I have only drove the car for 80,000 miles now I may have to replace the transmission again.

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  Finally paid for & it died! - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By Mary - July 29 - 11:33 pm

  Three weeks after we bought it NEW - it blew a head gasket. Dealer of course fixed it but it never had the initial power quality again. Then the many recalls -overheating - then the hill descent started coming on at inappropriate times - dealer could not find anything wrong - dash lights flashing - tires wearing out much too quickly/noisy. Finally paid it off & at 75,000 miles the transmission goes. Anyone needs parts?? Oh thats right - there arent any worth selling!!!