2002 Land Rover Freelander transmission problems

75 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2002 Land Rover Freelander, which is 19% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 75 19% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 57,000 miles 66 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Based on 66 complaints that include mileage. 52% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	6
20k to 40k miles	11
40k to 60k miles	17
60k to 80k miles	23
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 66 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Defect in automatic transmission: hard shift between 2nd and 3rd gear. Dealer and manufacturer have yet to recognize and acknowledge said defect. Land rover freelander owners have all experienced this problem and are beginning to complain and it was recommended to notify the NHTSA of same.

During the repair of our transmission, we began to get check engine lights. After the transmission was fixed, it was taken to the dealer for service. Upon driving to the dealer, the car had no power. This became very difficult to drive and dangerous. Trying to get up to the 65 MPH speed limit on a freeway took almost 2 miles. I was also worried the car would stall in traffic due to this condition.

Reported at 79,200 miles, January 2007

Transmission problems in other years

2005
2004
2003
2002

Transmission problems across all Land Rover models