My son has spoken with a colleague who has had two FL2s now with the diff/bearings problem, both at about 70k miles on an 09 and an 11 reg. LR Assist guy said that he has seen a few at 30k.

Can't remember what mine was, somewhere around 50k I think.
Didn't break down, just a noise and inconvenience.
Latest car is at 31k currently and so far quiet, tailgate handle has packed up, again an inconvenience, that will be addressed at the service in a week or so, all under warranty of course.

My rear diff was done in January, 58 plate td4 manual, at 42000, although that was after a few thou miles driving with the noise. Wonder if it'll come back, and if so when...

Just had word from garage. Mine wasn't tyre noise or diff or bearing. It was the transfer box. Thankfully getting replaced under extended warranty!

Hey Dorsey, ain't it about time you updated you car spec?  2013 Dynamic Santorini black
2011 XS Lago grey
2007 HLS Stornoway grey
sometimes towing an Elldis AVANTE 574.

Got a slipping clutch now - is there no end to this? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

that's unfortunate - is it not wear?
you must really like the FL2 when it's working...

Funny but I had company cars for 25 years and ran up 80 or 90k miles before replacement and I never had a clutch go. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Me too. Used to see how far I could go before the car had any significant issue as we had no firm replacement policy. Usually 180k or so, some never had any big problems & we just got rid eventually. In my view nothing of note should fail under 100k on a well maintained & sensibly driven modern car.

Wanted to follow up on my previous comments here. I have now had the transfer box replaced and the noise has gone. So despite it sounding like it was coming from the rear, it was coming from the front/middle. What a difference though - so quiet! FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎

Chuckalicious wrote:

Just had word from garage. Mine wasn't tyre noise or diff or bearing. It was the transfer box. Thankfully getting replaced under extended warranty!

I wonder if accidental selection of terrain response on tarmac could be behind some of this transmission failure. You would certainly expect some wind-up with resultant high loads.

hope not, I was playing with my TR settings while driving home last night to see what difference they made to throttle response etc.

exactly. But if for example that made the Haldex lock up more. I don't know enough about its behaviour in the different modes but someone will!

RogB wrote:

hope not, I was playing with my TR settings while driving home last night to see what difference they made to throttle response etc.