NHTSA Complaint #10028437 — 2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER

THE 2002 FREELANDER S I OWN HAS VERY POOR BRAKES. AT 12000 MILES OR SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SOME OTHER PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WANT TO NOTE THAT LAND ROVER COMPENSATED ME FOR THE COST OF THE BRAKE PADS BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER FRONT END PROBLEMS. TODAY I TOOK MY FREELANDER IN AND THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME AN IDENTICAL 2003 FREELANDER. THE BRAKES WERE SOMEWHAT BETTER AND THE FREELANDER HAD 11000 MILES. I AM HOPING THE DEALERSHIP CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD ON ITS OWN. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY DRIVING UNTIL I SAW OTHER ENTRIES ON THIS SITE. ONE OTHER ITEM IS THAT MY 2002 FREELANDER A/C BLOWER IS VERY LOUD. I NOTICED THAT THE 2003 FREELANDER I AM DRIVING TODAY THE BLOWER IS SOMEWHAT NORMAL. THE SPEAKERS IN MY AND TWO OTHER LANDROVER FREELANDERS ARE VIBRATING DUE TO THE LACK ON INSULATION IN THE DOOR FRAMES. *AK