2.2 SD4 DW12
The PSA 2.2 that Jaguar, Land Rover and Ford all used, so independents know it well and parts are easy. It's torquey and durable, and the filter is what needs journeys rather than town miles.
Overview
The 2.2 SD4 is the DW12 diesel version of the Land Rover Freelander 2 SUV (L359), sold 2010–2014 with 190 PS and manual or automatic. Demands diligence at level 3. Same driveline wear as the TD4, on a car that gets worked harder because it's quicker. 3 failure modes are recorded against its engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components. Prices on this page are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology for how the bands are derived.
Land Rover Freelander 2 SUV (L359) · photo Land Rover Freelander L359 facelift II China 2014-04-14 by Navigator84 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ranked by probability × repair cost. 3 recorded in total.
Risk level −22 · Likely spend vs price −14 · all issues →
Known issues, ranked by expected cost
Faults recorded against this engine, its components and its chassis, ranked by likelihood × repair cost. Costs are indicative ranges with a stated labour basis.
Ranked by probability × repair cost, not by how loudly a failure is discussed. Inherited from the engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components, each written once.
Pre-purchase inspection
The same issue records, reordered into the sequence you can actually check them in: cold start, static, drive, paperwork.
1On the driveInclude low-speed manoeuvring, not just an open road.
2PaperworkOn these cars the folder is most of the value.
3OBD scanMandatory. A seller who refuses a scan has answered the question.
Mileage and servicing
What the odometer does and doesn't tell you here, plus the service items whose neglect causes the expensive failures above.
The SD4 arrived with the 2010 update, so these are the younger cars and usually the better-kept ones. Even so, driveline servicing is what predicts the bills rather than the odometer.
| Service item | Interval | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Haldex oil and filter The coupling is the expensive consequence of a cheap skipped service. | every 40,000–60,000 km | €150–250 |
| Engine oil and filter Turbo life depends on it and the filter wants low-ash oil. | 16,000 km or annually | €120–190 |
What to pay
What this engine sells for, against the median of every engine in the chassis. All figures are illustrative placeholders. See the basis chips.
Enter an asking price to get a verdict against this variant's band: cheap, fair, good buy or overpriced.
United States vs Europe
1 EUR = 1.08 USD ·US figures are the EU band converted at a stated rate. No US market differential is modelled: we hold no sourced US asking prices, and inventing one would be worse than saying so. What the comparison does show for real is availability. Most of this range was never sold in the US.
- ModelLand Rover Freelander 2 2.2 SD4
- ChassisL359
- EngineDW12
- Years2010–2014
- MarketCentral EU
- Windowrolling 12 months to 2026-07
Good buy isn't the same as cheapest. The good-buy figure assumes the known failure items are either done with receipts or verifiably not yet due. Full breakdown by facelift phase →
Buyer notes
Our judgement, kept separate from the records it's built on.
Everything above this line comes from the issue and specification records. This paragraph is our judgement on top of them. See how we reach it.
Full specification
Manufacturer figures for this engine and body, as recorded in the variant and engine data.
| Engine code | DW12 2.2 D (TD4/SD4) |
| Configuration | I4, turbocharged · 2179 cc |
| Fuel / injection | diesel · common rail |
| Model years | 2010–2014 |
| Facelift phase | Facelift (LCI) only, from 2010 |
| Power / torque | 190 PS · 420 Nm |
| Transmissions | 6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic (Aisin) |
| Gearbox families | Aisin six-speed automatic |
| Drivetrain | 4x4 |
| Economy (real-world) | 6.5–8.5 l/100 km mixed |
| Markets | EU |