Land Rover Freelander

Owners filed 455 complaints across 6 model years of the Land Rover Freelander. The 2002 drew the most (226).

Model years6
Complaints455
Recalls14
Fires11
Deaths0

Which Land Rover Freelander years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Land Rover Freelander model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Land Rover Freelander model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200516
3——Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
200469
312Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
2003140
561Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
2002226
344Power Train › Automatic TransmissionAbove average
20013
0——Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › RotorRoutine
20001
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.