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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 11:17 PM
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I recently purchased a 2005 Freelander that came w the stock 6 disk changer however the steering volume controls aren't working. I was wondering if there was a wire harness that i needed to purchase or it the 10ish pin harness is the only connection necessary?
 
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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 11:49 PM
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You should move this thread into the Freelander section of the forum, this is for the Discovery 2. Good luck with your quest.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyingZebra34
You should move this thread into the Freelander section of the forum, this is for the Discovery 2. Good luck with your quest.
No one really responds to the FreeLander section... Probably should try a freelancer forum. Good luck.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 10:57 AM
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If you have the stock radio still in, it is either a bad connection in the back, or could possibly be a rotary coupler.

You'll need to pull the radio and check the connections in the back. If they all look good, then my bet would be the rotary coupler. I'm not sure about the Freelander, but if you have cruise control on your steering wheel as well, and that starts not working, then it is definitely the rotary coupler.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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The switches are probably just dirty.
Believe it or not - just keep pressing on them until they work.
May take 100 times or more.
Not hard, as you'll snap them off or damage them.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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If you just got a Freelander, volume control buttons are the least of your worries. Let's just say the new model is called an LR2, not Freelander 2 for a reason.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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Yeah. I read that the engines blow up.
I probably would not trust an LR2 either.

It is incredible that the Land Rover Brand was not damaged even more by putting out such junk of a vehicle.

Having sleeves in the D1 an D2 bounce around is bad enough.
Our 1997 D1 is approaching 160K miles.
Head gaskets at 138,000. At least it is still serving. I have had a better experience with the D1 as far a miles per money spent fixing problems - than the D2.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jfall
Yeah. I read that the engines blow up.
I probably would not trust an LR2 either.

It is incredible that the Land Rover Brand was not damaged even more by putting out such junk of a vehicle.

Having sleeves in the D1 an D2 bounce around is bad enough.
Our 1997 D1 is approaching 160K miles.
Head gaskets at 138,000. At least it is still serving. I have had a better experience with the D1 as far a miles per money spent fixing problems - than the D2.
The LR2 is a far more reliable vehicle, no question there. I've driven one and it performed pretty well off road as well. The funny thing is that the Freelander was the most popular SUV in Europe from its first year production until 2002. Unfortunately we didn't get the turbo diesel engine in the States, thus we had terrible reliability issues with all the engines basically grenading after a while.
 
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