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2002 Land Rover Freelander engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 105 complaints for the 2002 Land Rover Freelander, 26% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
105 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 87 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2002 Land Rover Freelander Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 27 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 24 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 14 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 87 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles27
60k to 80k miles24
80k to 100k miles14
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 87 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

The 2002 land rovers freelanders have overheating problems and causes the engine to lock and cause accidents on the road. All freelander become lemon..the failures happen when the car turns 5ok miles. I found out that thousands of people who bought the same car have had this problem . And dealer won't even supply the parts to fix the problem. The freelanders were rip off and land rover dealership stop making after they found out that the car was a total disaster both for the company and they customers.

Reported at 52,000 miles, February 2006 Injury

I was driving to get dinner with my daughter and my landrover freelander just fell dead while driving. This incident could have been fatal if it had happened on the freeway. I had the car towed to my home less than 2 miles away and had a certified land rover mechanic come to inspect the vehicle. He informed me that the motor locked up for no apparent reason. The car was not low on oil, nor had it been overheating and there were no other liquids mixed in the oil.

Reported at 82,253 miles, October 2007

Other problems reported for the 2002 Land Rover Freelander

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Engine problems across all Land Rover models