NHTSA Complaint #10228321 — 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER

'03 LAND ROVER FREELANDER S - FALL '07 - LOSING COOLANT AND VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THE HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. $600 W/ PARTS AND LABOR. WINTER '07 -TOOK TO ROVER DEALER TO CHECK IT OUT B/C IT JUST WASN'T RUNNING WELL. IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND WOULD OFTEN NOT START ON FIRST FEW TRIES. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID IT NEEDED A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD, A FEW CONNECTOR COMPONENTS AND A NEW TIMING BELT - TOTAL OF OVER $2000 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. ELECTED TO HAVE MY FATHER DO THE WORK AND HE ORDERED THE PARTS ONLINE AND INSTALLED HIMSELF TAKING MANY HOURS TO FIGURE IT OUT. HIS COST WAS ABOUT $900 AND HE OPTED NOT TO CHANGE THE TIMING BELT. *TR