Hi everyone,
Not a frequent poster as you may tell, but this forum has been my holy grail since I first bought my MPS6 a little over 9 months ago. It's my baby (see what I did there )
Tonight on a cruise through the city of Melbourne, driving normally with DSC switched off, I was cruising at a low speed in 2nd gear and a gap opened up in front so I put the boot in it to jump in. To my surprise the front wheels lit up and on my dash the 4WD light was flashing. I thought that was weird so I slowed down, popped it back into second and gave it the boot again, again the front wheels lit up, tyre smoke everywhere and the 4WD light was flashing at me.
I rolled up slowly to the car park where I was picking some people up from and I could hear a rattling noise coming from the rear diff. I turned the car off and went outside to have a look underneath and nothing seemed to be out of order. Diff wasn't angled and nothing was loose or hanging from it. I started the car back up and drove off and the rattle was gone, so being a curious person, I popped it into third and put the boot in it and even in third, the front wheels started slipping and the 4WD light started flashing at me.
It seems like I may have a problem with my rear diff.... I have never had a problem with this car before and it seems weird that my diff would be the first thing to go... I have done the normal first checks, like tyre pressure and measured the wheel heights, both rear and fronts are exactly the same....
Has anyone else experienced similar problems with the rear diff, and what could I try to do to fix this?
Any input is much appreciated. This seems to be a weird problem and one I can't quite put my finger on as to why it is doing this.
Cheers
-Pete