On the long running diff saga which is obviously another JLR quirk, like the Freelander 1 head gasket and haldex the RR TD6 gearbox the Sport and disco turbos and dpf's etc.
My dads just had his done at 40k however when it was in the garage for servicing (it had already started to whine) we checked the diff oil level it was low.
Now MG at the end underfilled gearbox's and engine's to save a few coppers expecting the dealers to top them up on the PDI. I could be they are not filling them to the correct level from new as does anybody check?
To the OP it must be very disapointing to have a failure after so few miles good job it was under warranty.

dadipiper wrote:

My diff started to whine last year on my 2007 Freelander but that was at 168,000 miles. Hasn't got any worse and now with almost 179,00 on clock but always at the back of my mind that one day it will give up the ghost.
Anyone know what the replacement price is for the rear diff.

168k, that's more like it! Would you know if this is the first time it's had the problem? Have you ever maintained the diff?

My diff is being done at the moment. Just 55k miles.....  2009 FL2

littletriple, as far as I know it has never been changed before,when I bought it about three and a half years ago it had full Landrover service history and all the paperwork from new but there was no sign of the diff been changed previously.

You sure it's the Diff, it normally deteriates very quickly i.e. 500 miles, not 11k later. In 500 miles, mine went from, is that a whine to being unbearable.

Low Level Diff repair is normally between £400 to £600, parts are about £150, labour puts it up. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

Mine started with a whine that could be mistaken for tyre noise but within a few hundred miles became loud enough to require raising your voice to be heard. However I got used to it and eventually had the low level repair carried out some 10k miles later. Cost was 412 pounds including Haldex fluid change at Team Valley Landrover, still quiet 15k later (95k).

I've done 20K in mine in just over 2 years and it's now on 85K. Apart from tyres, brakes and battery (which was changed just as a preventative measure before last winter because it was 7 years old), all I have had go wrong with it was the throttle body. Cost me £100 and I fitted it myself. Oh, and again as a preventative measure I changed the power steering reservoir and fluid. I do change the engine oil every 6 months and regularly check the other fluid levels though.

I got my truck back from LR dealer :

Rear diff changed / under warranty

service oil + oil filter - 70£

Silence is back again

Great result!

dorsetfreelander wrote:

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I'm curious to know who has a freelander 2 and hasn't or never had problem linked to rear diff and/or transfer box ..."

Come on guys there must be someone out there.

Glad to hear that

I thought my rear diff had gone but it turned out to be tyre noise. I had a set of General Grabbers on at the time, they were needing replaced and I fitted a set of Vredsteins now no noise and My Freelander 2 is just about to hit the 185000 mile mark therefore I am a happy Landy owner and would buy another without hesitation.

Good news

185000 miles

what major changes did u do on it excepting routine maintenance ?

Nothing else except the routine service. I take mine to an approved independant Land Rover service garage and they charge almost half the rates of the dealers. I just remembered I had to change the rear wiper motor in December last year which cost me 68 pounds and I fitted it myself in about 15 minutes.

Hi every one .... please forgive me for sounding a bit un-knowledgeable with Tech part names! What exactly do you mean by rear deferential problems? Is it some thing to do with a certain pump? or the actual gear assembly at the back axle?