The indie has come back to me after 2 road tests and time on the lift. The noise can't be detected on the lift because there's no load through the transmission. They've checked the wheel bearings as well as the AWD transmission.
He has seen failed AWD before but says it needs to be a louder noise to diagnose where it is coming from when the car is on the lift. He also said that he sends problematic AWD boxes to a specialist Haldex chap to get the relevant bearing fixed.
So I've found the right person, but I just need to get some more miles on the car!
I'll phone the dealer to give them a piece of my mind.
Last edited by redxc60; Mar 8th, 2017 at 17:46.
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