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pab

Member Since: 28 Aug 2012
Location: Now in Mid-Wales
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2009 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Lago Grey

Yorky Bob wrote:
I have to work on monkey see monkey do at my age.

So the OBD port is where ?

Any mobile phone with bluetooth or a particular type/system ?

OBD port is underneath the steering column.

It's all a bit of a minefield. You can set up a cheap system for £20 or less which will read all the basic engine-related parameters and codes, but this will not give you access to all the other ECUs in the car and will give you very limited access to change things (basic clearing of codes if you're lucky). At the other end of the scale you can spend several hundred pounds on a Freelander-specific system which will give you access to everything.

Phones aren't straightforward either. Android devices will work with bluetooth dongles OK, but iOS devices won't pair with just any bluetooth device and thus won't work with many OBD dongles. So if you're planning to use an iOS device look for a dongle which has wifi rather than bluetooth.

A good starting point would be an Android device with a cheap bluetooth dongle and Torque Pro software - around £20-ish.

17th Jun 2016 11:32 am

aesmith

Member Since: 10 Jul 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 76

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16. Plugging and unplugging seat belt 9 times turns off audio alert (not dash indicator)

Doesn't work for me, 2008 GS.

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49. The TD4_e is the first production vehicle to feature "Stop/Start" Technology

What about the Golf Ecomatic in 1994? ----------
Tony S

28th Dec 2017 8:42 pm

Largered

Member Since: 10 Jul 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 1978

.... and what about the Fiat Regata, in production mid 80's ????

WIKI "The first vehicles to use this technology were the Fiat Regata "ES" with the City-matic system"

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28th Dec 2017 9:36 pm

Largered

Member Since: 10 Jul 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 1978

101. the 'D' pillar plastic trim is sculptured to move air over the rear window preventing road muck build up. (Design first used on the RR models)

This works on both Black trim and the rarer White trim.

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28th Dec 2017 9:40 pm

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 2770

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Fuji White

Lagered - 101. the 'D' pillar plastic trim is sculptured to move air over the rear window preventing road muck build up. (Design first used on the RR models)

I think you will find that Ford started using the D pillar spoilers some time back as the hatchback styled cars started to have problems with rear aerodymamic lift and subsequent instabilty. The FL2 has many Ford designed features.

"Ford Sierra - Early versions suffered from crosswind stability problems, which were addressed in 1985 with the addition of "strakes" (small spoilers), on the rear edge of the rubber seals of the rear-most side windows."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

29th Dec 2017 1:39 am

Worms

Member Since: 31 Oct 2017
Location: Highlands
Posts: 635

2010 Freelander 2 TD4_e GS Manual Zermatt Silver

Best car I had for rear screen aerodynamics was the old Saab 900 - huge sloping back window, but the aerodynamics were so good it didnâ€™t need a rear wiper. Basically, if the car was moving, the rain just didnâ€™t land on the back window. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
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29th Dec 2017 7:29 am

Largered

Member Since: 10 Jul 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 1978

Ian, yes I remember the Sierra, had one as a company car. It did have two slivers on plastic 'wing' either side of the huge rear screen.

As for the FL2 'D' pillar trims ....I'm sure it was a design cue from the RR P38 ...... of which the FL2 is a 'shrunken' design.

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29th Dec 2017 11:39 am

LR NUT

Member Since: 12 May 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 4350

2014 Freelander 2 TD4_e Dynamic Manual Fuji White

Largered wrote:
101. the 'D' pillar plastic trim is sculptured to move air over the rear window preventing road muck build up. (Design first used on the RR models)

This works on both Black trim and the rarer White trim.

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29th Dec 2017 5:40 pm

JulesK

Member Since: 07 Dec 2014
Location: Ceredigion.
Posts: 1652

2014 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Firenze Red

Good read that, quite liked the wading depth guide. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

29th Dec 2017 6:26 pm

aesmith

Member Since: 10 Jul 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 76

aesmith wrote:
Quote:
16. Plugging and unplugging seat belt 9 times turns off audio alert (not dash indicator)

Doesn't work for me, 2008 GS.

After seeing a slightly different description elsewhere, yes it does work but needs to be done with the ignition On but without starting the engine. It sounds a chime when the belt is unplugged for the ninth time, and the audible alert has remained disabled ever since. You don't have to do this every journey. ----------
Tony S

11th Jan 2018 3:58 pm

Bobupndown

Member Since: 26 Dec 2014
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2014 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey

Hoover wrote:
Hmm perhaps I should actually get round to buying a FL2 code for my Nanocom.

Unfortunatly they dont do a code (yet) for the Sd4 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

12th Jan 2018 8:41 am

Guyjames

Member Since: 12 Mar 2017
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 43

Fascinating stuff!

16th Dec 2018 6:21 pm

Lightwater

Member Since: 21 Aug 2014
Location: Sydney Northern Beaches
Posts: 4728

2013 Freelander 2 2.0T SE Auto Fuji White

Largered wrote:
101. the 'D' pillar plastic trim is sculptured to move air over the rear window preventing road muck build up. (Design first used on the RR models)

This works on both Black trim and the rarer White trim.

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Well it doesn't work down under with black trim as least, that's one of the uses of installing compressed air!

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17th Dec 2018 8:21 am

dorsetfreelander

Member Since: 20 Jul 2013
Location: Dorset
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2014 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Loire Blue

IanMetro wrote:
Lagered - 101. the 'D' pillar plastic trim is sculptured to move air over the rear window preventing road muck build up. (Design first used on the RR models)

I think you will find that Ford started using the D pillar spoilers some time back as the hatchback styled cars started to have problems with rear aerodymamic lift and subsequent instabilty. The FL2 has many Ford designed features.

"Ford Sierra - Early versions suffered from crosswind stability problems, which were addressed in 1985 with the addition of "strakes" (small spoilers), on the rear edge of the rubber seals of the rear-most side windows."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra

Yes, agreed. Back in 1983 I had a Ford Sierra company car, they had only just come out and I found that overtaking big trucks on a motorway was a nightmare. It went back to the dealers and eventually Ford admitted that there was a design issue and that originally they wanted to put a rear spoiler on the car but the marketing guys had refused to allow it. The problem was eventually fixed by reducing the front tyre pressures and adding the plastic fairings around the rear windows. The fairings weren't noticed by most people but made a lot of difference. FL2s a similar bump on the corner and I have often wondered if that it there for a similar purpose. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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17th Dec 2018 11:11 am

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