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Help - I looked at one today but I'm not convinced !?

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Kaneda:
£4400 is a high price for a V reg. Trade in value 2 years ago for a Y plate was 4.5k!

richoutthere:
Rear window is a common problem, normally just a poor  door seal.
The rear window can have a fault with the controller inside the door, so it doesn't work properly, could be the water thats had a hand in that from the leaking window. Not supposed to be expensive.
My 1.8 does use a little water but definatley no smoke or bubbles! RUN.
Reversing in a freelander does feel exactley as you say, it's the viscous coupling dragging. They all do it to some extent, think they all do it and did from new.
Great all rounders, comfortable, capable, well equiped and well built for the money. Just try and find all that from any other softroader! Keep  looking for a decent one.

cardiff_gareth:
Well I looked at it.......and that one is staying there as well !

First impressions looked real nice. Tries the fob button to put rear window down and no joy ain't playing ball at all. Then I notice that there is so much damp / condensation in the vehicle that its actually formed large beads of water that are running down the windscreen. its even looks like it has rained on the sunvisor supports !
Gets into the rear and the safe lock is super stiff and once in it is so wet that when i touch the carpet it leaves my hands wet.

So I think what the hell, I'll take it for a quick blast, starts up a bit slow but she fires up. Cleans all the water off the windscreen and start to drive off. Something defo doesn't want to play ball in the rear and its hard work moving it. Once on the road i have to pull over onto a entrance slip road to the main road as I can't find 3rd ! The gearbox felt like nothing, no positive gears at all, every gear was a  struggle to engage - once you had found it. When engaging gears there is also a bang from the rear of the car somewhere. So as I'm thinking to myself 'hmm nice lemon' as we pull into the forecourt I try some slow full lock manuveres. Full lock and something behind in the engine bay starts banging away, then I drive slowly and when I take my foot off the gas it just stops dead - like the handbrake had been pulled up.

Keys were swiftly given back !!
Told the owner of the forecourt the problems and he says and I quote 'Land rovers aren't really for you are they'
 :(bigshock):

cheeky git !
He reacons the way of checking the IRD is wrong, all 4x4's (not just freelanders do it and I'm wrong.

I'll keep on looking - getting the impression all Freelander under 5K are bad  :?:

Kaneda:
Freelander 1's are fraught with problems, but RAVE has the TSB's, or take it to a dealer and get them sorted for free. Do not pay over 3k for one, they are very devalued by FL2, and all have problems. I assume you are looking at sub 2002/3 models, so average price should be 2.5k

cardiff_gareth:
Well I'm having details sent to me as we speak on a 2000 W reg Xedi model, its up for £3000

i can't beleive how hard it is to find a decent one so fingers crossed for this one as well !

whats a TSB then, is it a defect that freelanders were recalled for, if so does it make a difference on the cars age etc when trying to get the main stealer to fix the problems, main thing i'm worried about is leaks, especially the back door one

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