Swanny wrote:

Hi all,

Does the Freelander 2 (2013) have variable power steering? My power steering is great at very low speeds but as the speed builds it remains super sensitive. So much so driving on winding roads you have to really take care not to turn the steering wheel too quickly.

If the road is bumpy and my arms are shook from this therefore the wheel jerks it can really unsettle the car. I can't allow any bumps and arm movement to transmit to the wheel. Is this normal?

I thought maybe if it has variable speed steering it may not be working. Can this be possible?

Thanks.

IanMetro wrote:

As for your FL2 steering, my own experience is that, with low profile tyres on 19in wheels, the steering is very accurate and sensitive. My only concern is that the short (stiff) tyre walls lead to some tram-lining on the deeper lorry ruts that are in parts of the motorway slow lane.
It is not violent and only needs a very slight correction at steering wheel. It is similar to that experienced in the good old cross-ply tyres. I would expect your problems may be diminished by choosing a smaller wheel diameter and therefore deeper sidewalls on tyres.

Hi, I moved from a discovery 2 to the Freelander
and on the drive home(48mile) I found the steering to be very "twitchy"
which at time I really though there was a fault somewhere,
but I must say by the time I arrived home I had stopped noticing it,
(car was check over and all correct)
The only way for me to describe it is a similarity to going from a NON power steering car to a POWER steered one. DAVE.
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Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
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@ Swanny.
AFAIK the FL2 does not have variable PAS.
No mention is made of it in the JLR manual.
See page 536 onwards lots more steering info. If you dont have it - then load it from from

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n0e6q5jj1l1fe2z/...6-2010.pdf


Your steering issues suggests a fault somewhere to me; eg tracking, bushes, bent suspension.

FWIW None of our three FL2s have had overly light steering, nor affected by bump steer to any degree.

Oops Just realised Swanny posted a year ago  Jules

Last edited by jules on 3rd Feb 2024 9:38 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Dave47 wrote:

Hi, I moved from a discovery 2 to the Freelander
and on the drive home(48mile) I found the steering to be very "twitchy"
which at time I really though there was a fault somewhere,
but I must say by the time I arrived home I had stopped noticing it,
(car was check over and all correct)
The only way for me to describe it is a similarity to going from a NON power steering car to a POWER steered one.

may be check all the tyre pressures are correct.

Nodge68 wrote:

Dave47 wrote:

Hi, I moved from a discovery 2 to the Freelander
and on the drive home(48mile) I found the steering to be very "twitchy"
which at time I really though there was a fault somewhere,
but I must say by the time I arrived home I had stopped noticing it,
(car was check over and all correct)
The only way for me to describe it is a similarity to going from a NON power steering car to a POWER steered one.

The steering on the Freelander 2 is very similar to that of the Discovery 3/4, in that it's nicely weighted and very precise.
However the steering is also very quick to respond, with only the tiniest movement of the wheel needed to change direction. Getting out of a D2 and into an FL2 would have been a shock, but the Freelander is a better place to be.

Every time I get in the wife's Audi A5 I notice just how nice the steering of the Freelander is, and how sluggish the steering feels in her Audi.

Totally agree there Nodge,
once you've "tuned" into the streeing of the Freelander 2, you tend find it's very well set up. DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

Simply get in a car without power steering & then you will have something to complain about!


Having said than I think the Freelander steering is great. It is also great on outback corrugated roads. Try that on other cars & then you will have something really to complain about. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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