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Originally Posted by ianu
Hello all - this is correct - I unfortunately did have the problem (at 72k ish miles) - but even outside of the warranty period I managed to negotiate a 70/30 split in my favour of the repair cost with the warranty rep at the Dealer because I insisted this was not an expense I expected to be incurring on a car 3 1/2 years old with only 72k miles on it. The worst case without the discount included the bevel gear replacement which if I recall was in the region of £1300 - £1500. But if they could seperate the spline it would be a lot lot less. My invoice shows they had to heat the sleeve up to remove it - the total cost to me came to £154. The breakdown of the bill shows the sleeve at £85 before discount + other bits.
The sympton I experienced was front wheelspin (and horrendous torque steer) in the damp or wet especially accellerating out of junctions or exiting roundabouts.
Mine is an 05 MY - and yes I've had a few problems - some of them have been common to others on this forum and the warranty has picked them all up - but it's the best car I've ever had and smiles per mile I'd be hard pushed to beat it.
Mines just had it's 96k service - it's sat on the drive with the Average fuel trip reading 40.3 after mostly motorway work this week.
The best thing is with this forum - you know what to look out for and what questions to ask when you're out shopping for one.
Good luck
Thanks Ian
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Are you saying that they were able to separate the spline in your case and it cost only £154? This the kind of fix I would like to know more about.