NHTSA Complaint #10266848 — 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN OVERHEATING. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR SMOKE, BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HOT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURE OR A LEAK. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY PLACE COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT IT FROM OVERHEATING. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE FAILURE BEGAN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS ENGINE DAMAGE, WHICH COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN THE WATER PUMP LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO OVERHEATING. THE ONLY SOLUTION WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.