td4 freelander starting problems

got freelander td4 after getting rid off loved disco v8, sold it with

164,000 miles and it only cost in petrol starting to fall out with freelander over problems air mask sensor being the first now camshaft sensor. mother in-laws freelander two months ago started to have problems starting. went on l r diagnostics and showed up camshaft sensor. miles at 59,000. replaced sensor and car is now fine. two weeks ago my freelander started to show same problems but only got 34,000 miles on clock. is this a very common problem? and at what milage is it common for the part to fail? how many other people have had this problem?
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wezzie
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No problems here on '01 TD4 with 73k miles on clock. Just normal servicing and parts you would expect to wear out (discs, wipers etc).

I'll go touch some wood ........... Richard

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Richard

Used to have a Td4, regularly failed to start. Just completely dead. Lights came on dash when I turned on the ignition, but it just would not do anything more. Usually happened after it had been stopped for a short while. If I left it for 30mins and then tried again it would always start. LR dealer could not find a problem, neither could LR Rescue guys. This was just one of the many, many, many faults with the vehicle I had which resulted in the dealer buying it back from me and giving me compensation!

I sincerely hope yours is a better vehicle than mine was. Good luck, Stew.

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90ninety

I had a Vauxhall which was just the same as that, and for 3 years running it also did the same thing almost immediately after the annual main dealer service. They changed the ECU thingy 'free of charge' in the end but that didn't make any difference either ...... it did it again shortly afterwards.

Richard

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Richard

Our TD4 needed a new camshaft sensor at 52.5K. Same symptoms as everyone else. Cold starts were fine. Warm starts (i.e. vehicle had been stood still upto 30 mins) not a chance!

Took it to a non-LR garage (to my cost). He diagnosed it (with his non-LR computer) as a immobiliser fault. Disengaged the ECU and killed the car!!! Had to be recovered to an LR dealer. Cost me £584 for a £50 part!!! The non-LR dealer probably cost me nearly £500 of this! Needless to say, all servicing etc is now done at said dealer! You live and learn.

According to the LR dealer (Stratstone, Middleton-On-The-Wolds, East Yorks), a failed cam sensor is pretty common.

Neil

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Neil Myers

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