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Land Rover Freelander Diesel Auto

  • 22-11-2009 8:28pm
    #1
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭


    Hi All

    My Dad is considering one of these at the moment has his next car. He was initially after a A4 Multitronic but is gone off them due to poor reliability.

    Anyone have advise or experience of them , I dont know alot about them tbh .

    I think they changed the engine in them to a TD4 at some stage.

    The year his looking at is 2001/2002/2003/2004


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  • #2
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    i want a discovery 3/4 soo badly :(

    their really cool cars.

    anyway i know a few my friends parent's have freelanders of that period and they only go wrong very rarely.


  • #3
    kwalshe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kwalshe


    i like them but i have heard bad things about early engines. My father is on his 3rd one from new. 4 head gaskets in his first 2. Newer one are stop on i think. Do your homework on it.


  • #4
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    Would the freelander share engines and gearboxes with the Disco? Must say I like the look of the Discovery as well.


  • #5
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Diesel would be the most reliable of them mechanically. I dunno about the gearbox. If it's the same one as the 75 uses that's not too bad by all accounts but the rest of the car is a bit of a mine field


  • #6
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    Barr wrote: »
    Would the freelander share engines and gearboxes with the Disco? Must say I like the look of the Discovery as well.

    disco and freelander with same gearboxes ?? no way...discos are too powerful for them and with the off road tech too the freelander gearbox would never handle it :P


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  • #7
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    The OP's dad is put off by the poor reliability of the A4, but is looking at a Landrover Freelander? The mind boggles :confused:

    I wouldnt touch one with a ten mile long bargepoll. Steer well, well clear.


  • #8
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    Drummerboy08 wrote: »
    The OP's dad is put off by the poor reliability of the A4, but is looking at a Landrover Freelander? The mind boggles :confused:

    I wouldnt touch one with a ten mile long bargepoll. Steer well, well clear.

    I was more referring to the multitronic system in the A4 V the auto box on the freelander. He would have gone for the A4 but have heard to many horror stories about the audi's gear system.


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