Land Rover Freelander

Land Rover Sedan 2002-2005

Verify with official recall databases, service records, a mechanic inspection, and local market data before relying on this summary.

At a glance

Vehicle coverage snapshot

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Make
Land Rover
Model
Land Rover Freelander
Year range
2002-2005
Generation
Coverage for this page is given by model year rather than a confirmed generation.
Vehicle taxonomy
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What is on the record for the Land Rover Freelander

Owner complaints for this model most often concern:

  • Engine452 (28.5%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)254 (16.0%)
  • Engine cooling142 (9.0%)

Where a mileage was given (762 reports), it averaged 61,284 miles.

These are counts of records held, not a failure rate: no vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability score can be derived from it.

Explore Land Rover Freelander problems by model year

Short answer

CarFaultIQ's corrected dataset covers the Land Rover Freelander for 2002-2005. This page is a structured model hub; issue-specific claims remain evidence-gated.

Key takeaways

  • Supported years: 2002-2005 | Source market coverage: US and Canada | Structured catalogue hub only; no unverified fault claims

Land Rover Freelander is represented in CarFaultIQ’s corrected vehicle catalogue for 2002-2005, with source coverage for US and Canada.

This catalogue hub is intended to organize verified model-year and configuration data. Recorded fuel categories: Premium Gasoline, Regular Gasoline. Recorded electrification categories: not yet summarized. Recorded drivetrain categories: 4WD/AWD, 4X4.

These fields describe structured dataset coverage only. Reliability, common-problem, recall, complaint, repair-cost and drivability claims should be added only when model-specific evidence has been verified.

Structured vehicle data

These fields are read live from the imported v3.1 vehicle tables. They are configuration coverage, not reliability or safety conclusions.

  • Fuel types: Premium Gasoline, Regular Gasoline
  • Electrification: Gasoline
  • Drivetrain: 4WD/AWD, 4X4
  • Total structured variants: 4

2005 structured configurations

MarketTrim/source labelFuelElectrificationDriveTransmission
Canada4X4Regular GasolineNot specified4X4Automatic Select Shift 5-speed
USRegular GasolineGasoline4WD/AWDAutomatic (S5)

Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

6 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

  • 07V041000 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. HILL DESCENT CONTROL (HDC), TRACTION CONTROL (TC) AND CRUISE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS MAY ALSO BE ILLUMINATED.

  • 05V300000 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    ON CERTAIN FIVE DOOR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO OPERATE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR WHEN THE CHILD SAFETY LEVER IS IN THE "ON" POSITION.

  • 04V489000 — model years 2003

    ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AN INCORRECT WELD NUT WAS INSTALLED. LACK OF THIS BOLT COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE SUBFRAME TO CRACK OR BECOME DEFORMED.

Official NHTSA source

Manufacturer communications / TSBs

37 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

  • 10186743 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    RESCINDED - Windshield Wiper Noise / Judder / Streak - RESCINDED

  • 10134896 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    The steering wheel may exhibit a vibration / shimmy while driving.

  • 10125267 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    Presentation from Dealer Shop Foreman Conference Call

Official NHTSA source

US defect investigations

3 distinct official identifiers · US

An investigation records a regulator review of a suspected defect. It is not automatically a finding or a recall.

  • EA07018 — model years 2003

    SUBJECT COMPONENT FAILURES FOUND THAT CAN OCCUR AT ANY SPEED AND GENERALLY RESULT IN A NO RESTART CONDITION.THESE ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE POTENTIAL SEVERITY OF STALLING INCIDENTS.HOWEVER, THESE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AT RELATIVELY LOW RATES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLE POPULATION…

  • PE07036 — model years 2003

    THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE07-036 ON JULY 17, 2007, BASED ON THREE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ALLEGING INCIDENTS OF SUDDEN ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN MODEL YEAR (MY) 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER VEHICLES.IN EACH INCIDENT THE VEHICLE…

  • EA05016 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    ON JUNE 16, 2005, THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION (PE05-034) TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED STOP LAMP (BRAKE) SWITCH FAILURES IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR (MY) 2004 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SERIES II VEHICLES.ON OCTOBER 14, 2005, THE INVESTIGATION WAS UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERING…

Official NHTSA source

Canadian recalls

4 distinct official identifiers · CA

Canadian-market records remain separate from US campaigns. Confirm applicability with Transport Canada and the manufacturer.

  • 2007031 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    On certain vehicles, the brake lamp switch may become maladjusted as a result of incorrect setting procedure during vehicle assembly or as a result of switch mounting bracket flex. A maladjusted switch may allow the contacts to remain permanently connected as the switch has reached…

  • 2005193 — model years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    On certain vehicles, the Child Safety Lever, incorporated into the rear door latch assembly fitted to the left rear door, when engaged, may permit the door to be opened by the interior door handle (when the Child Safety Lever is still in the ON position).…

  • 2004382 — model years 2005

    On certain vehicles, the deflector panel contained in the passenger side airbag module may not have been manufactured to specification and may result in unsatisfactory performance of the deflector panel's structural integrity during airbag deployment. This could result in damage to the airbag that consequently…

Official Transport Canada source

US owner complaint reports

451 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: 120 reports
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: 94 reports
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE: 83 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

Official NHTSA source

Evidence is served from a locally stored official-source snapshot. No external API is called to render this page. These records do not replace inspection or diagnosis. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Used-car checks

No structured used-car checks are verified on this model hub yet.

Recall/safety notes

No hand-written safety notes have been added to this hub. Official recall, bulletin and investigation records held for this vehicle are listed under documented evidence on this page — the absence of a note here does not mean no records exist. Always confirm by VIN.

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