Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I urgently need some help. I am due to get a trade in price for my freelander tomorrow (Friday 8th August)

I came back from a 150 miles trip and parked the car up, i didn't drive it for a couple of days and when I started it up there was a lot of black smoke and it seemed as though it was only running on three cylinders, banging and vibrating. I left the car and had to take the wife's. When I returned I checked and it was displaying "reduced engine power". I put a cheap diagnostic machine I have on and it threw up the following codes;
P042E
P042F
P0652 " sensor ref vol-ta Ge "B" circuit low

I cleared the codes and drove about a mile before it went in to " reduced power" again. I had a look online and someone suggested a light tap on the EGR housing as it may have stuck. I did so and it was fine without faults showing for about 3 miles. I noticed that the terrain response programs flashed up as off then a four wheel drive fault message was displayed.

I turned the car of then back on and no faults. I drove about 200 yards and the engine management light came on. I cleared all the faults and it worked fine until today when I went to get it cleaned and it went into " reduced power" again.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated, I have cleared the faults out and only hope that they stay off when I'm at the dealership. I'm only looking as I still like the freelander but ...... I'm worried that it's going to be a costly beast to hold onto.

I don't want to take it to a LR dealer and get my eyes taken out just for them to say it's going to cost a fortune to put right.


It's got 65,000 on 2010 car. Thanks

Errors, indeed, point to a faulty EGR valve.

Thanks Alex! hopefully not too expensive to get fixed!

alex_pescaru wrote:

Errors, indeed, point to a faulty EGR valve.

There are cases when the EGR must be completely closed.
If not, you engine will not work with fresh, oxygen rich air and will not work properly, giving the exact symptoms you described - smoke, shuddering, etc.

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Ok thanks for all your help alex

As for TR errors, the engine is an important component of the system...
If the requested torque is not there, then the system can be disabled.
But that TR error is stored as fault in another ECU and you must see what says.
Read again the errors with a LR dedicated tester if possible.

Had a brand new EGR fitted by LR and it was just over £400 ish earlier this year

Dan Freelander 57 plate XS Blue Auto

My son took the car (2011 facelift with 64k miles) out today and called me to say that the Reduced Engine Performance message came up and that he couldn't get more than about 2500 revs out of the engine. I told him to stop the engine and start again etc which made no difference. When he got home the message was still there. Called out LR Assist.
The guy came within a couple of hours and he wired his computer up and the diagnosis is a fault on temp sensor 1 on the exhaust system. Evidently there are three sensors on the exhaust and this one is just after the turbo and behind the engine. It was reading 20C whilst the others were 340C and 285C respectively. Evidently it should be around 380C. He started the engine and read the temperatures which slowly came up as the engine warmed up. This time they seemed OK but when I drove it later it was clear that the problem was still there. He had a look underneath to check the sensor wiring and whilst there found also a split in the "DPF Sensor Pipe".

I got him to do a comprehensive vehicle check and found that my alarm motion sensor alarm was not working and a fault in the rear wiper. It's on extended warranty so will be back to the dealers next week.

Incidentally I mentioned the fuel filter and he said that there had been a problem with a bad batch of fuel filters a year or so ago but that they didn't see many these days. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Forgot to mention in my previous post on Reduced Performance that the fault code was P0546-00 Exhaust gas temp sensor circuit high (bank 1 sensor 1).

Incidentally LR Assist guy said that as of 1st July there is a new system for loan cars. Previously they were supplied by Enterprise Rentals. Evidently JLR have now placed 4 or 5 new cars at each dealership exclusively for warranty work. Likely to be DS he thought. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Picked the car up this morning , they had replaced two sensors on the exhaust system as per the fault codes registered. I drove it for about 5 miles and as soon as I started going up a hill the reduced engine power message came up again. I turned round and went straight back to the dealer and retrieved my loan car before they closed.
After my family's experiences of owning 4 of these cars I am coming to the conclusion that anyone who buys a Freelander needs to visit a psychiatrist first. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

After more problems I've hit the bullet and my Freelander has gone. I've got rid before it costs me the earth.

I will be posting some accessories on here to sell( in the proper place)

Seat covers, wind deflectors, full load/dog guard and a set of Thule locking roof bars (not for one with roof rails).

At least ours are under warranty for another 7 months but I can't see any sense in owning one after that. Today's bill was shown to me (over £400), my only consolation is that the warranty has paid for itself a few times over. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE