Engine Belts And Pulleys problems of the 2003 Land Rover Freelander

Purchased the truck in 2003 from Land Rover, brand new. Dealt with a few recalls and other issues ( sun roof was off track, did not work. Leather seats had deformations on seats. Truck need an acid wash for spots that developed on bumper) soon my engine and coolant issues occurred. Why driving id notice my truck start to overheat. This was even after being serviced at Land Rover. Come to find out my coolant was leaking. The issue continued to the point where I had to get new external parts ( thermostat, water pipe, expansion tank) this helped but not for long. My truck continued to overheat and leak, o the point I had to replace the cylinder head gasket and the timing belt. . I accumulated only 56,000 miles over 9 years of driving this truck and spent +$20,000 trying to save it . . . I see why this model was discontinued after only one year. I have to take my situation to civil court even though this should fall under the lemon law. The class action group I was apart of for 4 years has made no progress at all.

I am having problem with the entire engine system. I spent $1000 repairing the timing belt, yet the timing belt persist with engine failure. Mass airflow meter keep blowing up, I am bought 3 at $325 so far. I have spent another $2000 to get the engine fixed still no solutions. Highlight keeps coming on every time I press the brake light. The car won't speed up check engine lights come on, srs light is on everything in this car is bad as a result make it real unsafe. Please people try to do something for the people that drive this and hopefully get it off the market.

When I purchase my car Jan 2009 it had roughly 56,000 miles on it. I did notice that when I started it in the morning it had a funny sound. I tried to bring back to the dealership several times to have it looked at, either no one was there to help me or the noise was gone since the car was warm. I notice some smoke a week ago and filled the antifreeze fluid back to max line, then I notice the antifreeze was down past the min line again, with no antifreeze on the ground??? took it in the shop and he gave a list of this wrong, intake manifold valves always open, bank 1 & 2 lean, he replace my "t" connector, just to name some. . Oh yeah and noise coming from three different places. . Valve tran, water pump/timing belt and the alternator. No he told me it will cost thousand of dollars to fix it.

Coolant leaks into the engine in the 2003 Land Rover Freelander. Problem started at 25,000 miles and was dismissed by the Land Rover dealer (frankel Land Rover- hunt valley) who I bought the car from. I bought it brand new. Eventually at about 60,000 miles they told me I would need a new engine after the warranty expired. I continued to fill the coolant chamber daily and drove it until it completely failed at 103,000 miles while I was driving on the baltimore beltway (695) at 60 mph. Freelander k-series engines have been known to drop the cylinder liners into the block. Because the liners are steel and the block is alloy, the liners being harder, work their way into the block. This is due to the engine block and cylinder head being composed of different materials that expand at different rates with heat generated during running of the vehicle. This can cause the head gasket to fail. The head gasket/cylinder liner design fault has not been classified as a recall.

The contact owns a 2003 Land Rover Freelander. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle over heated. A local mechanic performed a diagnostic test. The timing belt and the water pump were replaced. Two weeks later the vehicle over heated again and it was taken back to the mechanic who then replaced the over flow reservoir and hoses. When the vehicle over heated the third time it was taken to an authorized dealer. The dealer replaced the thermostat but the failure recurred. The dealer stated that there was air in the engine, which was removed; yet, the failure persisted. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact that they were willing to buy back the vehicle for less than the purchase price. The contact refused and was advised that they would investigate the failure and notify her of the results. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 51,483 and the current mileage was approximately 55,900.

Purchased pre-owned 2003 landrover Freelander may 07 and two weeks later check engine soon light came on intermittently. Car was taken to dealership and they said computer showed up nothing. Two weeks later light came on for several days. Was taken back to dealership and they replaced coil wire. Two weeks later happened again and they replaced coil pack. Happened again two months later and local mechanic changed head under the coil pack and car ran good. One month later the car ran hot, was towed to dealership once again and they replaced "something" (the guy I purchased the car from took care of the bill) fast forward ahead 5 months and the valves started clicking. Oil was changed and lucas oil added. Car ran fine for approximately two weeks and then my 16 year old daughter (whom the car was purchased for) got in it from her summer job from the local ball stadium and it would not crank. The car was towed to a garage and he tells me that one of the timing belts broke and warped the cams and a new engine was needed. He said he had all kinds of reports stated that this was a defective engine and should have been recalled. They tell me it will cost 3-7 thousand to repair and I will still be getting a used "defective" engine and will be facing the same potential problem. Thank you in advance for your help. 2/21/10 2003 updated 04/14/10.

I took my car to tuffy service center on 02/16/2008 to have my car serviced for a timing belt. After they changed the belt and put everything back . The odometer switched from mileage to kilometers. When talking to dealerships, they mention that they have seen this before and it is common. If it is common why they do not recall the vehicles and fix them.