Safety Score
60
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06-28 | 05V300000 |
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | 1,941 | — | Details |
| 2004-10-07 | 04V489000 |
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | 4 | — | Details |
| 2004-05-05 | 04V207000 |
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | 3,194 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, TICKETS, COMPLAINTS ETC. |
| 2016-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HILL DESCENT CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL, … |
| 2015-11-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. … |
| 2015-11-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 1.COOLANT SYSTEM:STRONG ANTIFREEZE ODOR IN VEHICLE CABIN - REPLACED COOLANT RESERVOIR;REPLACED COOLANT RESERVOIR CAP; T… |
| 2013-08-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ORIGINAL OWNER OF LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2003. AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON A… |
| 2012-02-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | F-4 FLASHING ON THE ODOMETER, BOTH CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON, AND THE HILL DESCENT/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COMING ON. VEHI… |
| 2011-09-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER 16TH BIRTHDAY. NIGHTMARE. THE REAR WINDOW PASSENGERS REGULATOR WENT OUT C… |
| 2011-08-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION B… |
| 2011-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN 2003 FROM LAND ROVER, BRAND NEW. DEALT WITH A FEW RECALLS AND OTHER ISSUES ( SUN ROOF WAS OFF TR… |
| 2011-06-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE OIL AND TH… |
| 2011-05-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | AT 88,000 MILES, MY 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER LOST ~80% OF POWER WHILE GOING UP A HILL ON A MAJOR HIGH WAY AND STARTED… |
| 2011-05-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | BOUGHT CAR USED IN FALL 09, HAD SEVERAL WHAT SEEMED LIKE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR REPAIRS. THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON IT AS … |
| 2011-04-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR JUST LOSES POWER AND STOPS WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT IN TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL P… |
| 2011-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I PAID $2,700.00 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGHLANDROVER/EASYCARE MY (2003 FREELANDER ) IN JUNE OF 2007. THE WARRANT… |
| 2010-12-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING 70MPH, OUT OF NO WHERE, THE CAR DOWN SHIFTED, "THE HILL DECENT! LIGHT CAME ON, F4 BEGAN FLASHING. I LOST … |
| 2010-11-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER FREELAND - BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A MYSTERIOUS LOSS OF COOLANT. MADE MULTIPLE TRIPS TO LOCAL GARAGE - THEY… |
| 2010-09-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 03 FREELANDER, PURCHASED USED WITH 74,000 MILES. ENGINE HAD KNOCKING NOISE, WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT WAS "NORMAL", NOT E… |
| 2010-08-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A LANDROVER FREELANDER 2003. THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AT 41,000 MILES AND RIGHT AFTER THAT TRANSMISSION SEALS… |
| 2010-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 LANDROVER FREELAND - BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A MYSTERIOUS LOSS OF COOLANT. MADE MULTIPLE TRIPS TO LOCAL GARAGE - THEY… |
| 2010-07-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAU… |
| 2010-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN HEAVY RAIN OR SLUSH THE ENGINE WILL JUST DIE (EVEN GOING THROUGH THE CAR WASH!). I HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THE SIDE OF TH… |
| 2010-01-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLANT IS LEAKING VISIBLY IN COOLANT BOWL. I ADD COOLANT ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND DEALER TELLS ME TO REPLACE THERMOSTAT… |
| 2010-01-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 FREELANDER LAND ROVER - TRANSMISSION DIED AT 40000 MILES AND COOLANT SYSTEM FAILED 2 WEEKS LATER. DEALER WILL NOT … |
| 2009-12-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2003 TRAVELING SLIGHT DOWNHILL THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGE. THE CAR HAVE 54,000ML ON CONSEQ… |
| 2009-12-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I AM HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE ENTIRE ENGINE SYSTEM. I SPENT $1000 REPAIRING THE TIMING BELT, YET THE TIMING BELT PERSIST… |
| 2009-11-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 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 I… |
| 2009-10-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 2003 FREELANDER LANDROVER 11/05/08. I HAVE HAD ISSUES EVER SINCE BOTH PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS DO NOT WORK… |
| 2009-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE ENGINE IN THE 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. PROBLEM STARTED AT 25,000 MILES AND WAS DISMISSED BY … |
| 2009-09-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE 2003 LANDROVER FREELANDER STALLED ON 2 SEPERATE OCASSIONS,ONCE IN AN ACTIVE INTERSECTION WITH BARELY MISSING BEING … |
| 2009-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLANT HAS BEEN LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE EVER SINCE I PURCHASED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. LANDROVER FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE… |
| 2009-07-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | AFTER KNOWING ABOUT THE COOLANT PROBLEMS OF THIS CAR WE TOOK CARE, HAD AN COOLANT FLUSH AND REGULARLY CONTROL THAT THER… |
| 2009-07-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | KNOWN DEFECTIVE METAL USED IN ENGINE WITH THIS MODEL... CAUSES ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND ENGINE FAILURE, COOLANT LOSS... E… |
| 2009-06-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WELL I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LANDROVER. ITS A HORRIBLE CAR, I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE ENGINE TWICE,… |
| 2009-06-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER DOWN FREEWAY IN PORTLAND, OR AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE THERMOMETER BEGAN TO… |
| 2009-06-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM DRIVING AN SUV - FREELANDER SE3 OF THE LAND ROVER, AND HAVE A DEFECT THAT IS GETTING WORSE AS THE CAR GET INTO HIG… |
| 2009-05-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE O… |
| 2009-05-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1. THE HEAD GASKET FAILS ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE CRANK CASE, WHICH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE MOTOR LOCKS UP., WH… |
| 2009-04-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS WARM AND THE VEHICLE FAILED T… |
| 2009-03-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE COOLANT WAS GOING INTO ENGINE AND MIXING WITH THE OIL CAUSING OIL … |
| 2009-03-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 2003 LANDROVER FREELANDER WITH 35000 WHEN PROBLEMS STARTED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SOON AFTER PURCHASE. CAR WOULDN'… |
| 2009-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PRIOR TO THIS MAJOR PROBLEM, THE CAR HAS HAD SEVERAL MINOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES: WINDOWS GETTING STUCK IN UP AND DOWN POSI… |
| 2009-02-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CAR LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES AT SPEED OF 65-70 MPH, EXITING THE HIGHWAY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED H… |
| 2009-01-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | POOR MECHANICAL DESIGN ON 2003 FREELANDER LAND ROVER WITH 75,000 MILES LEADING TO NUMEROUS MECHANICAL FAILURES. LOW MI… |
| 2009-01-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 2003 FREELANDER BY LAND ROVER CUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I HAD TO BE TOWED. THE FUEL PUMP AND GASKET WERE BAD. MY MI… |
| 2008-12-22 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 LANDROVER I HAVE HAD TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THIS AUTO DUE TO THE DRIVE SHAFT. I HAVE TO PUT DRIVE SHAFT BEARI… |
| 2008-12-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN JULY 2004 I PURCHASED A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER HSE WITH 25K MILES. IN THE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OF OWNING THE V… |
| 2008-12-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 2003 FREELANDER HAD SUDDEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO DEAL… |
| 2008-11-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER ON THE HIGHWAY ON NOVEMBER 24,2008, WHEN THE ENGINE DIED ON ME. IT WAS SNO… |
| 2008-11-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A LANDROVER FREELANDER 2003 SE, THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR IS VERY HARSH, SHIFTING FROM ONE SPEED TO ANOTHER M… |
| 2008-11-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED ALL OF THE FACTORY SERVICE MAINTENANCE … |