NHTSA Complaint #10332492 — 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED. A LOCAL MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TIMING BELT AND THE WATER PUMP WERE REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED AGAIN AND IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO THEN REPLACED THE OVER FLOW RESERVOIR AND HOSES. WHEN THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED THE THIRD TIME IT WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS AIR IN THE ENGINE, WHICH WAS REMOVED; YET, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE CONTACT REFUSED AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE AND NOTIFY HER OF THE RESULTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,483 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,900.