04-03-2008, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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1st gen Freelanders achieved about the worst reputation possible of any vehicle sold here in recent memory, eventually becoming virtually unsalable when new and of course has appalling resale
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Mr Matthew-Wilson, a former motor mechanic, said the biggest "lemon" was the Land Rover Freelander 1997-2006 models, of which 7431 were sold in Australia up to the end of 2006, figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries' VFACTS show. He said the vehicle was released to the public with 132 known faults, including engines that blew up after a few months, gearboxes that "disintegrated without warning and drive shafts that fell off while the car was being driven".
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