Land Rover Freelander 1 Introduction
Land Rover Freelander 1 Vehicle Production Summary - 1997 to 2006
Land Rover Freelander 1 VIN Information
The following illustration shows where the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) is located on the Land Rover Freelander:
Add here TIFF image of engine compartment bulkhead VIN plate location, windscreen VIN plate location, LH ‘B’ post VIN location.
Vehicle Identification
To ensure the parts that you order are correct for your Land Rover Freelander, you will need to know the VIN?(Vehicle Identification Number). Unlike most earlier Land Rover models, all component change points (including powertrain changes) on Freelander are documented by the VIN at which the change took place. There is no requirement to know the vehicle’s engine, transmission or axle serial numbers.
The last six characters of the VIN are the serial number of your car. However, the VIN also provides you with considerably more useful information, most importantly the model year of your car (the majority - but by no means all - of changes in production relate to model years). The complete VIN (excluding vehicles for USA, Canada, Mexico and China, which employ a significantly different VIN code system) can be broken down thus:
First character - S = Europe
Second character - A = United Kingdom
Third Character - L = Land Rover (UK)
Fourth Character - L = Land Rover marque
Fifth Character - N = Freelander model
Sixth Character - A = Standard vehicle (‘trim level 1’)
Seventh Character - A = 3 door soft back/hard back
- B = 5 door station wagonl
Eighth Character - A = 1.8 K Series petrol high octane
- unleaded
- B = 2.0 L Series (TCIE)?diesel
- C = 1.8 K Series petrol low octane
- unleaded
- D = 1.8 K Series petrol low octane
- leaded
- E = 2.0 TD4 BMW M47 diesel
- F = 1.8 K Series petrol high octane
- leaded
- G = 2.5 KV6 petrol unleaded
- H = 2.5 KV6 petrol leaded
- J = 2.5 KV6 petrol ethanol
Ninth Character - 1 = RHD automatic
- 2 = LHD automatic
- 7 = RHD manual
- 8 = LHD manual
Tenth Character - W = 1998 model year
- X = 1999 model year
- Y = 2000 model year
- 1 = 2001 model year
- 2 = 2002 model year
- 3 = 2003 model year
- 4 = 2004 model year
- 5 = 2005 model year
- 6 = 2006 model year
Eleventh Character - A = Solihull plant
Twelfth to Seventeenth - 999999 = serial number
Characters
Example:
A car showing SAL LN A B E 7 5 A 481575 is - Europe/UK/Land Rover UK/Land Rover/Freelander/Standard vehicle trim level 1/5 door/2.0 TD4 BMW?M47 diesel/RHD manual/2005MY/Solihull/serial no. 481575
...and for the purposes of using the VIN to trace applicable parts for the car in this catalogue, the tenth character onwards is the most important part, i.e. 5A481575.
LH ‘B’ Post VIN Plate Additional Information
Aside from the VIN, the LH ‘B’ post VIN plate also provides the following additional information, from the top of the plate to the bottom:
1. Type Approval Specification
2. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
3. Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW, in Kg)
4. Gross Train Weight (GTW, in Kg)
5. Maximum Front Axle Load (in Kg)
6. Maximum Rear Axle Load (in Kg)
7. Exterior Paint Colour Code (see Paints section for codes)
IMPORTANT NOTE
Wherever identification/serial numbers are quoted in this catalogue to help you distinguish change points between the fitment of different components, they relate to the Original Factory Specification or Component when the vehicle was new, and not to subsequent miscellaneous replacements.