leighavfc
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Hi all
First time i have posted here! I have a Black FL2 Metropolis which i have owned for about 5 years now. Not had any issues apart from at the start when the locks were playing up, fortunately it was still under warranty at the time!
Other than that the car has been great for me and the family overall.... until the last few weeks!!
Around 3 weeks ago we were scheduled to drive down to Southampton from Birmingham to go and see the other halfs family.In the weeks leading up to this i started hearing a whirring noise which i thought was a bearing. I decided before the trip i would get it booked in and sorted just incase. As it turns out it was the transfer box that needed replacing, a nice £1000 bill to have it fixed....
Picked the car up a couple of days before the journey and was back to normal again.. Happy days, or so i thought !
On the Saturday we were just coming out the end of the road to start our journey, as i pulled out i heard a loud bang!!! I immediately pulled over and checked to see if i could see anything in road or under the car etc. Nothing ! I was miffed by this but decided to carry on and see how the car was for a little bit and just hope it was a stone or something. In my head i knew it was the car but decide to drive down as the car was driving ok etc! We got to within around 20 miles of Southampton and hit a little traffic on the M3. As i pulled off again the car started jerking and making and almost grinding sound from what i remember, i drove the car cautiously the rest of the way trying to listen to any noises or sounds that were unusual.
I rang my mechanic and tried to explain it to him what happened, he wasnt sure what it was and said could be a number of things without seeing it. I arranged to get it back to him on the Monday morning to be checked out. When we left Southampton on the Sunday, as i pulled off gently the back wheels felt as if they had dragged almost. It sounded like i had floored it out of there!!!! Got it home ok with no issues in driving it back although i went out a couple of times in it once we were back and it was doing the wheel drag on occasions but not all the time and only on pull off from stand still.
Mechanic checked it out Monday and said its one of two things, either the filter and oil needs changing in the rear diff or something called the Helix/Helex? which would cost me another £1000 to sort out. I asked him to try changing the Rear diff filter and oil first to see if it was that. The car hasn't been dragging the wheels but now i seem to have a real loud rattling noise on startup, which is starting to concern me.
It doesn't seem to be affecting the drive of the car or anything but im just worried there is another repair bill coming, which at the moment i really cant afford!! I believe there was a little rattle on startup since i have had it and was always the same... now it seems like it has amplified x 10 !
Sorry for the long winded post, i just wanted to give the full picture!! Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
First time i have posted here! I have a Black FL2 Metropolis which i have owned for about 5 years now. Not had any issues apart from at the start when the locks were playing up, fortunately it was still under warranty at the time!
Other than that the car has been great for me and the family overall.... until the last few weeks!!
Around 3 weeks ago we were scheduled to drive down to Southampton from Birmingham to go and see the other halfs family.In the weeks leading up to this i started hearing a whirring noise which i thought was a bearing. I decided before the trip i would get it booked in and sorted just incase. As it turns out it was the transfer box that needed replacing, a nice £1000 bill to have it fixed....
Picked the car up a couple of days before the journey and was back to normal again.. Happy days, or so i thought !
On the Saturday we were just coming out the end of the road to start our journey, as i pulled out i heard a loud bang!!! I immediately pulled over and checked to see if i could see anything in road or under the car etc. Nothing ! I was miffed by this but decided to carry on and see how the car was for a little bit and just hope it was a stone or something. In my head i knew it was the car but decide to drive down as the car was driving ok etc! We got to within around 20 miles of Southampton and hit a little traffic on the M3. As i pulled off again the car started jerking and making and almost grinding sound from what i remember, i drove the car cautiously the rest of the way trying to listen to any noises or sounds that were unusual.
I rang my mechanic and tried to explain it to him what happened, he wasnt sure what it was and said could be a number of things without seeing it. I arranged to get it back to him on the Monday morning to be checked out. When we left Southampton on the Sunday, as i pulled off gently the back wheels felt as if they had dragged almost. It sounded like i had floored it out of there!!!! Got it home ok with no issues in driving it back although i went out a couple of times in it once we were back and it was doing the wheel drag on occasions but not all the time and only on pull off from stand still.
Mechanic checked it out Monday and said its one of two things, either the filter and oil needs changing in the rear diff or something called the Helix/Helex? which would cost me another £1000 to sort out. I asked him to try changing the Rear diff filter and oil first to see if it was that. The car hasn't been dragging the wheels but now i seem to have a real loud rattling noise on startup, which is starting to concern me.
It doesn't seem to be affecting the drive of the car or anything but im just worried there is another repair bill coming, which at the moment i really cant afford!! I believe there was a little rattle on startup since i have had it and was always the same... now it seems like it has amplified x 10 !
Sorry for the long winded post, i just wanted to give the full picture!! Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
