NHTSA Complaint #10239232 — 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER

PURCHASED PRE-OWNED 2003 LANDROVER FREELANDER MAY 07 AND TWO WEEKS LATER CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID COMPUTER SHOWED UP NOTHING. TWO WEEKS LATER LIGHT CAME ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED COIL WIRE. TWO WEEKS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED COIL PACK. HAPPENED AGAIN TWO MONTHS LATER AND LOCAL MECHANIC CHANGED HEAD UNDER THE COIL PACK AND CAR RAN GOOD. ONE MONTH LATER THE CAR RAN HOT, WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED "SOMETHING" (THE GUY I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM TOOK CARE OF THE BILL) FAST FORWARD AHEAD 5 MONTHS AND THE VALVES STARTED CLICKING. OIL WAS CHANGED AND LUCAS OIL ADDED. CAR RAN FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AND THEN MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER (WHOM THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR) GOT IN IT FROM HER SUMMER JOB FROM THE LOCAL BALL STADIUM AND IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND HE TELLS ME THAT ONE OF THE TIMING BELTS BROKE AND WARPED THE CAMS AND A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. HE SAID HE HAD ALL KINDS OF REPORTS STATED THAT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THEY TELL ME IT WILL COST 3-7 THOUSAND TO REPAIR AND I WILL STILL BE GETTING A USED "DEFECTIVE" ENGINE AND WILL BE FACING THE SAME POTENTIAL PROBLEM. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. *TR 2/21/10 2003 UPDATED 04/14/10.*JB