Land Rover Freelander
Owners filed 455 complaints across 6 model years of the Land Rover Freelander. The 2002 drew the most (226); the 2000 the fewest (1).
Model years6
Complaints455
Recalls14
Fires11
Deaths0
Every Land Rover Freelander model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 16 | 3 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2004 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2003 | 140 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2002 | 226 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Routine | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine |
Which Land Rover Freelander years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2002 is the weakest year on record, with 226 complaints concentrated in the power train › automatic transmission. It carries 3 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.