The Land Rover Freelander 1.8EXi 5 door has a good design, drive is pleasant, good 4x4 if you know what you're doing. If you will keep an eye on cooling system, it will last forever. As a must - mount PRRT - thermostat fix from Land Rover, and change head gasket to latest type - MLS with black shim. Having done those two - be sure - it will make no problems again.

Land Rover Freelander 1.8EXi 5 door- Handles well in all weathers. Drove to St Tropez and back. Comfortable and easily my fave car. Had Audi A4 Vauxhall Vectra. A liitle noisy but that was not a problem. I would take another Freelander any day. Have sold mine and on the look out for a replacement. My father in law has bought mine.

Bought the car with a full service history and 112,000km on the clock. Last service was done at 106,000. I still did a full service when I bought it and paid 7,300 Rand. Opted not to have the electric sunroof fixed which would have cost 10,000 Rand. It drove for 1,000km and needed a new catalytic converter for 6,500 Rand. It drove for another 1,000km and the head gasket was blown. Left the car with mechanic, picked it up 42 days later and it had a bust engine - refurbished engine will cost 68,000 Rand. Currently the case is with a lawyer to prepare a lawsuit. Never ever again in my whole life I touch a Land Rover!

I've owned a 1999 1.8 XEi since January and I've just bitten the bullet and traded it in for a X-Type Jaguar.
Whilst I've had it, the head gasket has blown ( £950), timing belts have gone (x2) ( £400) and now the starter motor is about to give up.... this on a vehicle that has covered a mere 68,000 miles.
To put that in perspective, I also own a 1991 Toyota MR2 GTLimited 2.0 that has covered 160,000 miles..... so far, this has needed (outside normal service)...errr..... 3 sets of tyres and some oil... bit of screenwash now and then! You get the point here I suspect.
So, my advice if you're looking for a soft-roader with 5 seats, reasonable boot and off road capability.... buy anything except a Freelander!
I should point out at this point that I've also owned a number of real Land Rovers... counties/defenders etc and haven't a bad word to say about any of them - fantastic vehicles and well worth a look.

Had a Land Rover Freelander from New (2004) head gasket blew just out of warranty only done 40,500 miles nothing really, dealership didn't want to know - Out of Warranty and that's it.

Got ours 6 months ago with full dealer service history for what its worth. Cam belt broke and engine shagged and all Land Rover can say is its outside of warrenty, so sorry 2,750 of damage is ours to pay.....Thanks Land Rover for brining us such a rubbish car.

landrover to me have to me built a car on looks and not for driving and should pay back moneys to any person daft enough to buy one. what a crud 4x4 they are and must be the worst designed car that landrover ever built. I had one two weeks trying to sell for my sister and in that time at 58000 miles the tranfer box broke at a cost to replace 1800.oo clutch started to slip rear window kept falling down when on the move. Faulty sunroof and windows these are common faults so keep clear.

I bought this 'heap of rubbish' 3 weeks ago thinking that with it being a land Rover it would go on for ever and would be built to last. I should have read the reviews before buying, I agree with virtually everyone that this is a poor car, in fact I would say it's the worst car I have ever bought. I have owned several Japanese 4x4's and they are so much better in every respect.

This Land Rover Freelander has been a total nightmare! I bought it 8 months ago from a dealership and it was running fine. Then is starting overheating recently and become very noisy while running. Turns out my oil pump failed and I need a whole new engine. This car is a complete joke.... I would never buy another land rover in my life. They are made to break.. and thats exactly what they do. Not only are they off the wall expensive to work on..... most of the parts are dealer only. It is going to cost me 10,000 to fix my blown engine. I would not recommend buying this car.

Head gasket blown twice, oil pump failed, needed new engine, after 4 months same problems starting again. Dont buy one - it will cost a fortune and will be difficult to sell.

I would advise anyone who is considering buying a Freelander to forget it, as it will cost a fortune in repairs if you do not have a full Landrover warranty. My Freelander is in the garage at the moment, and it has just cost me £1500. I could buy a small runaround for that!

My wife bought the Land Rover Freelander after seeing and driving one, overall I thought it was a good car for what she needed, we are farmers and in earth moving construction. It did nearly a years faultless motoring until, the clutch master cylinder failed,(we have our own workshop). I was staggeredd to find not only could I not get a repair kit (usually around $35 or so) but had to buy the entire set of clucth master cylinder,hydraulic line and slave cylinder at a cost of over $300. Then the head gasket blew at 80,000 kms upon disassembly we found it had been done before we bought it. I found this unusual, it was repaired with no comment from Land Rover on whether this is a common problem, it failed again 5000 kms later I then searched the net and my suspicions were confirmed. The liners are moving in the block from a design fault. The car now seems to be unsaleable even if I can come up with a modification to rectify the gasket problem... NOT HAPPY!!!

I bought my Land Rover Freelander from a dealer. At first I and my wife loved it and immediately paid £8000 for it, a W reg. After 2 days I realised it loses water and temperature went up to red zone. After taking it to the dealer 5 or 6 times back, and dealer put different new pieces at each time, from changing sensor to headgasket. The dealer decided to put a new engine. After that, in less than two months, the same problem started and this time not only losing water but also a lot of dirts and oil would mixed in the coolant. Dealer decided to change the head cylinder and headgasket again. After less than two weeks, the same problem and also a nw one: shaft started to create problem. Anyway after 14 months of buying this I sold it for half price just to get rid of it. I will never buy a LandRover again.

I've had my Land Rover Freelander for 3 whole weeks, and on the way to Gatwick the engine blew. It cost me my holiday, flights, car parking, hotel, plus the luxury of getting us home (£150 tow). It cost me £6000 new, so a very expensive mistake. It's in between Christmas and New Year, so looks like beans on toast for January! Before you buy look at all of the forums - search the internet and err on the side of caution!