Thread: 2011-12 Defender Safety Recall - front axle

Thanks for highlighting this. It was news to me.

I had a quick look on the DEFENDER2.NET site and found this gem posted by fifth horseman . . .

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If you register with Topix at https://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/ (free to register) then login and enter your full VIN in the vehicle finder it will show any outstanding recalls.
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I registered with TOPIX ages ago but never subscribed.
You enter your VIN number and then click on the print icon
and you get your full vehicle spec and build date.
And also any outstanding campaigns/recalls.
Which for my vehicle 2012 110 shows P048 - Front axle problem.
Hope this is covered as my warranty ran out 4 months ago!

Kerry
Hamilton, NZ

So here's what they do:

just ran my vin and it comes up with p048 at work so dont know if they sent me anything.
Does anyone know if this going to be repaired by LR on the house, as my vehices well out of warranty?
not very happy about this, its quite bad knowing theres a chance of an axle failure.

Any recall work is covered by Land Rover, in warranty or not.

Hi has anyone had the brackets fitted to their front diff , and getting a strange clunk coming from the front end now . I think the whole front diff housing should be replaced . Given what could happen . I have been waiting 3 weeks to get a phone call back after leaving a message with Austral.
Robbie

3 weeks?? Chances are they've left something loose so maybe you'd better run a spanner over the parts associated with the new bracket just to make sure something isn't going to drop off.
I doubt the service centre is open this week but try them again (sales will be open who can fire an email off to the service manager) & then call the service dept first thing on Monday to have it sorted out.

Unless there's damage to the axle casing, LR aren't going to replace it if they think the recall is a sufficient fix.

Just to clarify..

Its not the axles breaking as some have mentioned, its the weld on the end of the axle housing. You will likely find the company that manufacturers the whole diff/axle housing has picked up through their own batch testing / checking etc that there was a potentially cold weld or similar issue and have notified their customer/s in this case being Jaguar Land Rover of the issue.

Engineers have no doubt then found a suitable solution that sat well with the bean-counters as apposed to replacing the complete diff/axle housing.

Regards
Daz

Originally Posted by gouldier

Hi has anyone had the brackets fitted to their front diff , and getting a strange clunk coming from the front end now . I think the whole front diff housing should be replaced . Given what could happen . I have been waiting 3 weeks to get a phone call back after leaving a message with Austral.
Robbie

Hey mate, what have you had done about your clunking?

Mine started to happen about 3 weeks after the installation, and has been ongoing and getting worse. It happens on acceleration and braking, like something is popping out and then back in again.

I went to Austral and had some work done (hub seals replaced, new clutch kit installed etc.) and they said that the issue was now fixed, but started to clunk again about about 48hours of getting the vehicle back. Going to make the call to them again to ask what's going on.

Are these brackets the problem, or have they caused something else to fail because of their installation? Would be good to know what you've done about this.

Thanks!