Cheers, I have seen some of these, warranty direct have sourced the transfer box from their suppliers, they refused to pay for one supplied my my Land rover dealer or one that I could supply. The work will be costing me £250 (20% of the price of the unit and the oils etc) and warranty direct...

Mines a 2000(W) 1.8Xi Model with Full Land Rover Service 74,000 on the clock 2 Head gaskets 1 clutch 1 IRD/transfer box 1 Clutch Master, Clutch Slave Cylinder kit 1 rear diff bush ... and the list goes on. Oh, not to mention 10 new tyres in the 5 yrs I've had it.:eek:

If it's a grinding sound (metal on metal) when you drive the vehicle and you can still change gears etc... it might be the IRD/transfer box. If so you could be looking at a bill for a £1000 +, a recon'ed transfer box is about £800 quid alone. My Freelander (2000 model with 74,000 on the clock)...

I got the call i was hoping for today after my Freelander has been sitting with the Dealer since last Monday. The warranty direct have agreed to pay for work (less 20% of the price of the transfer box). Are you using a Land Rover dealer and also would it be rude of me to ask you the...

Check whether it's administered by the people who do the Land Rover one and if so compare the policys

Update on my transfer box problem... Warranty Direct are sending an independent inspector out to confirm the fault. Obviously they don't trust a well established Land Rover dealer. As for the service issue, its pending and will be looked at on Monday according to Warranty direct.

My Freelander (1.8XI (2000)) has just gone in with suspected tranfer box problems. The car started making a real rough grinding sound. From what I can recall - when the rear diff went it made a knocking noise quite different from the grinding.

I stupidly bought a Warranty from 'Warranty Direct' and so far have had endless problems with them. They refused to honour a claim when my clutch release bearing colapsed last year which left me with a hefty bill. Well anyways, over the weekend the transfer box gave in and I'm making yet...