Faults:

When I purchased the car, I may have put the wrong petrol in it, but it broke down and lost power on the motorway, and I crawled for about 25 Kim's until in rectified itself. The mechanic could not find the cause of the breakdown.

2 months later, then the clutch went, and needed repair, and the tail gate needed replacing, costing all up $1000.

On the second year rego check in 2012, it had a rusted pipe attached to the exhaust that needed replacing, and I needed 4 new tyres, which they looked fine to me, but had to pass the pink slip.

About 2 weeks later, it broke down again like when I first purchased it. I would suspect wrong fuel, but then the car was towed and ran fine when at the mechanics. We took it out as nothing was wrong, and it did it again, and again it was towed. Thought it was the fuel pump, and the new mechanic held it for a week, driving it around to check the problem, before getting a new pump and nothing was worn, though the fuel that was put in must have run through by now. I understand it was BP91. My mother was driving it, so who knows.

Can't wait to get rid of it and trade in for a new car. Too many gremlins, too unreliable.

General Comments:

I quite liked the car at first. Thought it would be good for going out to the country for the rougher roads and wet, but I'm now just feeling broke and disappointed, and sort of ripped off. Didn't really do my homework before I purchased the car.

Faults:

The tail lights went out due to an electrical issue, and all the wiring had to be replaced.

The cable between the climate control knob (to adjust where the air blows) broke, and the entire dash needed to be taken apart to repair it.

The headliner fell down, the fabric on the door panels is coming off.

The door handle for the tail gate came loose and had to be duct taped back together to prevent the tailgate from popping open.

The side mirror electronic control quit.

The car developed a mean shake at about 55km/hr, and it turns out that the tailshaft needed to be replaced from the rear diff to the gear box. Just the part is $2000 or more new, and I haven't found a second hand one for less than $1100. Most of the wrecking yards I spoke with said that they won't even touch Freelanders because they are such foul cars.

Paint is fading around the windows.

Radiator leaking.

Power steering leaking.

General Comments:

I haven't had this car very long, but it has certainly been the worst car I have ever owned. I would never ever ever purchase another one, and I hope that no one else will either.