Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  02 Freelander S-review - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Jerome - January 24 - 2:00 am

  Great car, very safe. Great fun when driving off road in the dirt !!!

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  Excellence from Land Rover - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By LandRoverLuvr - January 6 - 2:00 am

  This vehicle is best value in my opinion, for this class. Its easy and fun to drive, lots of creature comforts and is built to last. The only time it has been in the shop has been for regularly scheduled maintenance. A little more storage room would be nice but, overall, its tops in my book.

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  Good for what it is - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Mike - January 1 - 3:20 pm

  I purchased the SE3 for my wife about a year ago. So far we have not had any real problems. The front brakes had a dragging problem but the dealership corrected the problem. The detachable top is great, my wife loves stripping it down for the carolina summer. The traction control works GREAT in snow and ice, we go to the mountains on the weekends and the freelander goes through the snow as well as my truck (and that is saying something). The interior is easy to clean and works well with the jeep like feel. All in all a great car for the wife and a fun car to drive.

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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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  fun - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By De Sass - December 23 - 9:36 pm

  I love my SE3. Its easy to get in and out of, it handles great and its just plain fun to drive. I have always driven pickups, so I was a little concerned about low seating, but I sit up high pretty well. I havent driven it off road yet, except for our driveway, which is dirt and stone uphill, lol. But it takes it much smoother than any of my trucks did, lol.

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  impressive.. but .... - 2002 Land Rover Freelander
  By kate - December 17 - 2:00 am

  Ive been happy with the vehicle itself but unhappy with the quality and speed of the American servicing ...they dont seem to know what theyre doing and it is the consumer that has to foot the bill for their R&D

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  Free at last! - 2003 Land Rover Freelander
  By Jay D. - December 15 - 6:03 am

  At first I loved this car but as with many love affairs it wasnt long before the honeymoon was over. We did everything we were supposed to do to take care of this car but despite that it still was a nightmare. If it wasnt one thing it was another. Very expensive to repair and LRs customer service isnt very good (understatement). We were also told by them to trade it in before it was too late and thats exactly what we did. We are now proud Toyota owners. If you have one and it hasnt given you any trouble it wont be long before it will. GET RID OF IT! If you are thinking of buying one, STOP!

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  Horrible reliability - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By philashe - November 29 - 10:34 pm

  Bought the car at 63,000 miles. Donated the car to charity at 67,000 miles. Drove for 4,000 miles until oil cooler and transmission cooler failed within a week of each other. After the failures the car needed major engine and transmission work, estimated to be around $9000 to repair. This was after a $4000 service. Car cost $1 per mile in repairs on top of the regular expenses you expect (fuel, regular maintenance, insurance). Most third-party shops are unable to work on the vehicle, requiring trips to the dealer. Insurers consider this a luxury car and the premiums are very high. Very expensive car to try to keep running. Buy a bus pass and good walking shoes. Youll be left stranded.

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  Great car....pick carefully - 2005 Land Rover Freelander
  By dli6990 - November 19 - 3:16 am

  I love my Freelander, my favourite thing is that its very rare. I had read about thousands and thousands of complains out there, but mine had none of them. Is not the most reliable car on earth but I love living with it. My advice is that pick a good one if you ever want to buy one, pay careful attiontion to every thing when you test drive. After you got it, check under the hood often and dun let any liquid in run below the "min" line(definitely dun let it run dry). I think most major problem are caused by not paying attention to your car, and the service the car as soon as the service is up.

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  Great 4x4 - 2004 Land Rover Freelander
  By Roverman - November 19 - 2:00 am

  No compromise vehicle on and off road. Drives like a BMW on the road and goes everywhere my Jeep Wrangler did. What else do you want in a small SUV. Plus it has some originality.