Anyone have any knowledge of these?

I'm looking at a 2005 car. It's the last of the Series 1 models (Face-lifted).

It has everything we are looking for... diesel, auto, leather (HSE model). Seems very keenly priced at £8.5k... one owner - 20k miles!

I understand that the engine is a good 'un (BMW), but what about the rest of the car?

Main probs will be the viscous propshaft or the rear diff & mounts.

People will try and put you off but we had ours for nearly 2 years and only time it let me down was when the clutch slave cylinder went. It cost me £60 for the hydraulic system (its one unit from pedal to clutch arm & its prefilled with fluid) took about 1 hour to replace.

I really like them, i had the petrol 1.8 but it had all the mods and was well looked after, i would have another but would go diesel.

Something to look out for is water in the under boot storage locker, it means the rear window seal is leaking.

One last thing i would mention is that i got hit from behind in mine & although we were ok, the Freelander didnt stand up so well.
Do a search for my name and freelander, there are some pics of the chassis damage that wrote my one off, we were gutted

Good luck

[Edited on 17/6/10 by Andybarbet]

Cheers Andy!

One common trick on road only Freelanders is to remove the rear propshaft, it greatly improves MPG, reduces tyre wear and you don't have to worry about the viscous coupling or diff mount niggles.

Gearbox is the PG1 box from the rover 800 and MGTF ---- no real problems with these in the Freelander

Under Ford the viscous couple setting was made stiffer --- this wasn't a good idea reliability wise.

Under the skin the body is based on the early 90s Rover 214/414/Honda Concerto --- as were the early Honda Crv and Hrv

All the engines are good in spite of what you might heard the later diesel (BMW M47) is an absolute gem.

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Originally posted by britishtrident
One common trick on road only Freelanders is to remove the rear propshaft, it greatly improves MPG, reduces tyre wear and you don't have to worry about the viscous coupling or diff mount niggles.

Gearbox is the PG1 box from the rover 800 and MGTF ---- no real problems with these in the Freelander

Under Ford the viscous couple setting was made stiffer --- this wasn't a good idea reliability wise.

Under the skin the body is based on the early 90s Rover 214/414/Honda Concerto --- as were the early Honda Crv and Hrv

All the engines are good in spite of what you might heard the later diesel (BMW M47) is an absolute gem.

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I knew BT wouldn't let me down on this one!

Cheers!

I'm not a fan of them but think they're better than a lot of the bad press they seem to attract. I know the BMW engined diesel ones do have a problem with clutches, it's a big job & we have one coming back for its 3rd one in under 2years (though I do suspect a bit of operator abuse). Of course as you're going for an auto that's the worst thing about them in my opinion delt with!

Cheers!