Hello everybody!

About more or less two months and a half, on a beautiful day, I was surprised by a problem that is now driving me crazy!

Was usually traveling at a low speed. When I went to pass a car, was third to fourth gear, my Freelander simply lost power and engine speed increased without spending climbed to fourth gear.

From then on various error messages appear on the display. Some of them:

- TRANSMISSION GEARS AVAILABLE FAULT LIMITED
- HDC FAULT SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE
- SPECIAL PROGRAMS OFF

And amber lights on the panel as the images attached:

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I'm sorry I can't help, but just a suggestion: post this in the 'Technical' section. I think it should be there and I'm sure you'll get more relevant and detailed suggestions there. 2011 SD4 HSE Auto
(Previously 2007 TD4 XS Manual)

Hello D-Man,

Sure I'll post in Technical section. Hope somebody can help me there.

Thanks!

Bye.

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Anybody help me? My Freel2 is parked more than a week.

The RPM ratio between auto gearbox's input and output for a given gear is way out of normal limits.
This could be, like the error suggests, because of a slipping clutch/band inside the box.
A slipping clutch/band can be because of a worn clutch/band or because of a faulty hydraulic valve in the valve block.

Hello Alex. Thank you very much for help me.

Then it may be that the problem is in the gearbox? although the problem is intermittent not think it was the gearbox. I thought the MAF one cheaper solution. Or some other sensor related.

What do you think? I even open the gearbox?

Thank you!

The errors read have the following significance:

P0734-00 - Gear 4 incorrect ratio
P0896-00 - Shift time is too long
P0894-68 - Transmission component slipping

So, no, it's not the MAF, it's the gearbox.
On a brighter note, it could be a simple bad electrical contact on the hydraulic valves block, but you still need to take a look at the gearbox...
Or at least take a look at the gearbox electrical connector and, if unsuccessful, at the ECU to gearbox connector.

Ok Alex!

I'll try these solutions and pray a lot that is a simple bad connection/contact to work.

I'll back with the result.

Thank You one more time.

Before open gearbox, The mechanic cheked all sensors and cables to verify any bad contact or other thing. Nothing bad, everything ok, he said.

Now, only left open the gearbox. The problem is the price only to open. He said EU 1.000 only to open and close the gearbox over the necessary parts. I said very expensive to repair because I am selling the car.

No way for me.

[SOLVED !!]

Finally after a looong time suffering a lot, almnost 03 months, my FL2 get survived again!

Problem Diagnosis: ONE of the solenoids was locked, thus preventing shifting normally.

Procedure: Opening of the valve body box and tested each solenoid. In one of them was found to crash.

Unlocked the part, only refuel with specific oil for the gearbox AWF21. I used the MOTUL MULTI ATF specific to the Freelander and various other transmissions.

And now everything is wonderful.

Many and Many Thanks to Alex_Pescaru that show me the way to fix the problem.

And thanks for this Forum!

What a warming thread this is! Thank you Alex, great outcome. Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

Chris B,

You are having the same problem with your FL2?

Try this solution BUT if persists then could be inside gearbox.

Good luck!