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#85 of 145 Re: 2002 Freelander Severe Nightmare!!! [02freelander1] by pjohnesq

Oct 06, 2010 (3:14 pm)

Replying to: 02freelander1 (Oct 06, 2010 2:00 pm)
Land Rover knows that absent a class action, there is not much money in these individual cases for attorneys since the engine defects have not caused any deaths and the damages are strictly economic in nature. As such, LR knows that attorneys are not scrambling to sign people up to pursue what is essentially a breach of warranty/merchantability claim because the damages are small in comparison to say a claim where the defective product has caused a loss of life. That said, LR also knows that it can get costly to defend an individual case wherein the vehicle owner is represented by legal counsel and in my opinion, are more willing to settle early.
 
I would consider representing individual claims. However, I would have to charge a fee based on a percentage of what is recovered.
 
If there is a loan on your truck, Land Rover would probably pay the lien holder directly and if you recover more that the loan balance, the remainder goes to you.
 
I have not heard of anyone settling with LR without legal representation, but it's worth a shot if you want to give it a try. Unfortunately I cannot advise you as to which course of action to pursue.

#88 of 145 housekeeping by steve_ HOST

Oct 28, 2010 (2:21 pm)

Since the member agreement frowns on soliciting, if you would like to contact other members about potential claims, etc. please mark your email "public" in your Profile and take it to email.
 
Thanks.

#89 of 145 Re: housekeeping [steve_] by pjohnesq

Oct 28, 2010 (2:23 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Oct 28, 2010 2:21 pm)
OK. Will do. I did not solicit however. I posted what happened with our Landrover Freelander and then other members began asking me for help.

#90 of 145 Worst car I have ever owned by dkriznik

Nov 11, 2010 (7:58 pm)

I have a Land Rover Freelander 2003 SUV. I have never owned a car as unreliable and troublesome as this car. I had the engine replaced at a mere 41,000 miles at a cost of over $6,000. Last Monday, I broke down on the side of the road. The car was towed to the dealership as the service engine light was illuminated. I was informed by the dealership that I needed another new engine! I could not believe what I was hearing. The service department said they would call Land Rover customer service who offered to pay for 50% of the new engine cost which was $8,000. When we informed them that we would pay nothing towards another new engine, they told us to write a letter to customer service. We have written a letter and are currently waiting to hear although it does not sound hopeful. The customer service representative was quite unhelpful and very short on the phone.
The service dept. informed us that Land Rover has been buying back Freelanders as they were known to have engine defects. We have yet to hear the final decision regarding the car and I will follow up with another post as soon as I hear.
DO NOT buy this car. It is the worst car I have EVER owned and I don't want others to make the same mistake I made.

#91 of 145 DebbieK by dkriznik

Nov 11, 2010 (8:01 pm)

As a follow up to my previous post, my car only had 66,000 miles when the second engine blew up! So the second engine only made it for 25000 miles!

#92 of 145 Re: DebbieK [dkriznik] by rollie7

Nov 23, 2010 (11:47 pm)

Replying to: dkriznik (Nov 11, 2010 8:01 pm)
I have the same vehicle....just barely turned 100,000kms which is approx 62,000mi. Took out a loan to fix engine #1 for $6500 Cdn. Now just about 62,000 miles and my transmission is doing some weird thing not recognizing the gear its in etc and 3 transmission shops have told me they can't fix it! So basically I have a very expensive driveway ornament.
Tobias
03 Freelander S - Victoria, BC CANADA

#93 of 145 Re: DebbieK [rollie7] by dkriznik

Nov 24, 2010 (4:42 am)

Replying to: rollie7 (Nov 23, 2010 11:47 pm)
The car is still sitting at the dealership. Nobody is calling us back from Land Rover corporate. The car has been at the dealership with a dead engine since November 2nd and I'm still having to pay insurance on a car I, unfortunately, still own but cannot drive. We went to the dealership to empty our belongings out of the car last week realizing that we are probably going to nave to donate the car. Unbelievable!

#94 of 145 Re: 2002 Freelander Severe Nightmare!!! [pjohnesq] by randers7

Jan 08, 2011 (3:47 pm)

Replying to: pjohnesq (Oct 06, 2010 3:14 pm)
i totally agree ,but ,the fault is simple just replace the expansion tank and cap . problem sorted ,to explain a bit moreabout my problem , when the car cools down at night you will hear hissing air noises from cap and spillage signs from around cooling bottle, during driving its a pressurize system that expans and contracts coolant and if its not air tight coolant will escape when hot

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