Thread: PUMA drive train noise!

The trick with the Defender is to not worry too much about things. And don't do a search on the rear diffs on this forum, that's for sure. If you are unlucky you might hit issues, but often they occur during warranty, and if you get a good replacement then it's all OK. My MY03 had three replacement rear diffs in the first 6 months, and then the last one has done 200,000k's with no issues. The MY09, also did three rear diffs in the first 3 months, but I only kept that vehicle till it was up to 80,000k's old.

It's also not a huge amount of money to put a better Ashcroft diff in the rear.

So best thing is to just smile and carry on until you can't, then fix it.

My 2012 does it too. I've never been in any doubt that it's the handbrake. I'll just leave it and let it wear until it stops.

I had the same noise, back off the hand brake and it will go away, by that I mean adjust it off