Shoddy casting ?

[blackolive (Ste)]

Persuaded the eldest that a kia sportage would be a more reliable car than an old range rover. It has been for a month until it went bang yesterday. Luckily we were near to home, and it was at low speed and we could wait for recovery in a safe position. Looks like a catastrophic failure of the rear diff casing, and there are other examples online

 

[hotponyshoes]

Well if it lasted a whole month at least you were right about it being more reliable than a range rover.

 

[bricol]

Overloading with previous owners?
Jacked up on it?
Failure of a bearing or gear inside, then jammed against and breaking the casing as it continues to rotate (my sisters Metro did this due to her service schedule (ie none) - bearing failed, and the shrapnel rotated around the crownwheel and bust out through the casing).

Plenty more out there still working fine including my neighbours . . .

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Overloading with previous owners?
Jacked up on it?
Failure of a bearing or gear inside, then jammed against and breaking the casing as it continues to rotate (my sisters Metro did this due to her service schedule (ie none) - bearing failed, and the shrapnel rotated around the crownwheel and bust out through the casing).

Plenty more out there still working fine including my neighbours . . .

Ill ask if they fancy doing a post mortem or letting me have it to pull apart. Luckily it came with a used car warranty

 

[Cato]

Persuaded the eldest that a kia sportage would be a more reliable car than an old range rover. It has been for a month until it went bang yesterday. Luckily we were near to home, and it was at low speed and we could wait for recovery in a safe position. Looks like a catastrophic failure of the rear diff casing, and there are other examples online

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I vaguely remember a bloke I worked with a couple of years ago had this happen. He was told it was transmission wind up as the front tyres were new and the rears near the limit.

 

[johnik]

i though transmission wind up went out in the last ice age as most / all will have a centre diff or be part time 4wd these days.
good luck getting warranty to pay for a new one, i have dealt with a couple of the co,s when i had my garage, only got money from one when legal action was threatened.

 

[AVI_8]

i though transmission wind up went out in the last ice age as most / all will have a centre diff or be part time 4wd these days.
good luck getting warranty to pay for a new one, i have dealt with a couple of the co,s when i had my garage, only got money from one when legal action was threatened.

BMW X drives can have this problem, my son‘s 2011 X3 had a nasty jerking coming through the transmission from the transfer box when he bought it, rear tyres were new and the fronts were worn, new front tyres solved the problem completely.

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Not having the best week mechanically. The disco’s drivers window decided it was time to explode (I’d scalloped a chip off the glass a while ago when the regulator went trying to get it prised down so it was probably a matter of time) anyway a local breaker has one in