2001 Land Rover Freelander Landrover Freelander td4 auto
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2001 LAND ROVER FREELANDER
2.0L
TURBO
4WD
AUTOMATIC
101,000 MILES
Could anyone shed more light/details. Car starting unreliable. Will start well but try to restart within the hour after parking and locking the car it is unreliable, will just tick over. Diagnostics and fuel pump checked by garage - no issues. Techtronic guys dismantled immobiliser fob and state that it is short circuiting. New batteries in fob every 3 days does seem to solve the issue. Have ordered new fob and programmer which will hopefully solve the mystery. Anyone she'd more light or info on this?
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Saturday, March 8th, 2014 AT 8:38 AM
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Id say that's the best place to start. Please let me know how it turns out and if I can help more
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Sunday, March 9th, 2014 AT 7:21 AM
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No, it doesn't seems to be the immobiliser. New fob arrived and reprogrammed and still the same issue.
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Monday, March 10th, 2014 AT 7:05 AM
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Next I'd have the battery and charging system tested
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Monday, March 10th, 2014 AT 9:27 AM
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Definitely not the battery, had this checked already. Chatting to a mechanic and he suggested diesel injectors? Have isolated the issue to when the car is started, the restarted within half an hour of being left.
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Monday, March 10th, 2014 AT 9:46 AM
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So it does it no matter whether you've locked it or not with the fob? He may be right then. The injectors themselves or the computer that controls them. It might also be the fuel pump. Im just puzzled as to why the problem solved when the fob batteries were replaced
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Monday, March 10th, 2014 AT 3:17 PM
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Well fingers crossed it has just returned from the diesel specialist and they have replaced the camshaft sensor. Came up as a fault on the engine diagnostic test.