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V8MoneyPit:
Hi all

My wife has taken a fancy to a 2000 'W' 1.8 Freelander. She has finally come to her senses and is considering a Land Rover.

Question is, does the head gasket issue only apply to earlier cars, or all of the 1.8's? If only the earlier ones, when was if fixed?

karloss:
I'm sure this has been covered on here before. Have a dig round, failing that, it was talked about in a fairly recent issue of lro. Not sure which one but Richard(BTM) will most likely know.

V8MoneyPit:
Been back through my LRO's but can't find anything specific. So we've been scouring the world with Google and I think we have put ourselves off buying this car! I would estimate we have now read in excess of 50 damning reports from disgruntled owners. Shame really. We liked the car, but we would be forever waiting for the plume of steam.

We will talk to the dealer again, but I doubt he can persuade us.

Maybe we will look at the TD4 in a few years when the prices are lower.
 :(

datalas:
A couple of things to point out...

They've sold thousands of freelanders, litterally in the tens of thousands, 50 disgruntled customers is fairly insubstantial

Secondly both the Freelander and the MG have the same K series engine, from what I recall land rover acknowledged it was a problem and had the vehicles sorted (using an alternative gasket) and that has thus far eliminated the problem.  MG on the other hand denied it existed and I don't think this helped.

Thirdly,  if you want a *good* review of a car, google isn't the best place to start.  It's the one to ten thing.  If a car has a good review you're lucky if the person who likes it tells one person.  If they dislike it (for whatever reason) you're lucky if they only tell ten.  

Another point to consider is if you want to be assured of the safety and quality of a vehicle never ever buy a new one.   Most "new" cars will go through 20 - 30 product recalls or repairs during their first years.  *if* you are lucky you'll find out about them, but most of the time they're mearly done at the next service...

Anyhow, for a better review talk to maddy or nelly (thrasher) since AFAIK they have had more experience with these things than I.

But let's put it this way, I don't let the average computer user put me off buying a packet of biscuits or a bit of kit, let alone a car..

turtle:
Has been mention before?

http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=1816

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