Land Rover Freelander Head Gasket Failure
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I understand how all the disgruntled emotive Freelander owners feel, quite rightly. dudkat72 has been very helpful on this forum over the years, even if some of his comments gets peoples backs up! I don't know anybody who this day and age checks their oil and water on a daily or weekly basis, I don't, but then I no longer have a Freelander, but I do believe it is recommended in most handbooks! Land Rover have been aware of this problem since 98/99 when it was first aired on Watchdog, nothing was done then and nothing will be done now, except in a few cases. They have been waiting for this problem to go away with time which it is gradually doing Let everybody here try and help each other and be constructive and not get carried away. Just my thoughts anyway!
I agree with stu, Land Rover have known of the Head gasket problem, since they first produced it, time and time again, they come up with some fix for the K series engine, each time it fails to fix the fault. If Land Rover were an honourable company, they should have recalled all the 1.8 K series engined Freelanders and issued the owners with a brand new diesel model. Now that the 1.8 Petrol Freelander is no longer produced, Land Rover probably think that they have got away with producing a substandard 4x4. I certainly would not buy anything with the Land Rover badge on it, no even a pencil!
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If iam correct the recal that you are refering to was introduced because of a heater fault .....let me give you a little back ground info to it so not to get confused . Im not to certain of the numbers however a few FL 2s were having problems with their pre heaters , Land Rover got in contact with the ownwers in the effected Vin range and introduced a intrim recal to remove the preheater fuse ..thus making the system safe short term until a fix was implemented . They have now brought out a new preheater which is subsequently being fitted into these vehicles . It was introduced because it was safety related ie it posed a risk of wire . Headgasket failures do not pose the same risk hence there has never been a recal for this issue ....speak to Vosa im sure they will explain this to you .
Had they sorted it at the outset I suspect they would have sold many more vehicles
I checked my oil, water, tyre pressures etc every week, This still did not help. On my Freelander I had two yes two headgaskets blow, also the transfer box failed, and due to this failing you also have to renew the CV joint in the middle of the driveshaft. Yes Land Rover do believe that the have gotten away with producing this substandard 4x4. But its only a matter of time before they go the same way as the Rover Group!
FACT: The Land Rover Freelander 1.8 engine fails on a regular basis, eg headgasket failure. Surely you cannot deny this, if you believe that this 1.8 Freelander engine is OK, like a Ford, Honda, VW then your talking a load of twaddle! Adverts Currently On Preloved - Place an ad here for free
So thats where we are with this are we , judging by the most recent comments we would like to see Land Rover go down the pan ? Doesnt suprise me to be honest that you would like to see thousands of peoples jobs lost ...lets remeber this vehicle is still built in this country. We would all be happy to see the marque which has been part of this countries history since 1948 disappear ? Land Rover have struggled yes but not because of the K series saga , they have struggled because of the state of our economy just like the majority of other manafactures have .
No-one on this site has ever denied there isnt a problem with this engine , the difference is that certain members dont see it quite like you do .
I wish Land Rover all the bad luck in the world! They certainly deserve it!!!!
Oh well, what goes around comes around, and I think in this year 2009 Land Rover will get their true rewards!! Its only a matter of time.
Trust me it will go wrong big time! Enjoy it while you can. I look on owning the Freelander as a very, very, very big mistake.
i just had mine MOT'd this morning and it failed on a windscreen wiper and handbreak only working at 10%.
Iam assuming you mean EGR valve ?
in the manual its called a purge valve although it doesnt touch on it much atall..maybe thats another name for it. any wiser there ? cheers
I think stu is correct, you must work for Land Rover. Why, oh why are you sticking up for Land Rover. They made an almighty error in put the 1.8 K series engine in the Freelander. And when Freelanders all over the world started blowing their head gaskets, they obviously fixed the problem if you had bought the car from new, but as soon at these motors hit the secondhand market, Land Rover new that the problem had not been sorted, and sat back and made lots and lots of money by fitting replacements engines, to all those unfortunate people that got there 4x4s repaired by Land Rover. And this comes from Don't by a Freelander, who has very very very very little knowledge about anything!!! Dudkat, as stu and others are saying ''Your wrong, Your wrong, Your wrong'' What Land Rover should have done or offered, was to put a Honda engine in the Freelander 1.8 Petrol. Then the problems would have been solved. But they did not, so they certainly deserve what the will be getting!!!
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