Hi all,
The car is a Nissan Primera P11-144, petrol 5 speed on an 02 plate with only a genuine 70K miles and always driven gently. Engine and gearbox were perfectly quiet. I love this car, but book value would be low.
Put the car in for new brake pads all round (irrelevant) and MoT (passed).
On collecting the car it has a whining noise as follows:
- Above ~ 15mph. Pretty bad above ~30mph.
- Pitch is dependent on on car speed (not engine speed).
- Goes away out of gear, or clutch in.
- Unaffected by moving steering side to side.
- Worst while at constant speed, ie just neither accelerating nor decelerating.
Returned the vehicle, and while they believe I'm not trying it on, they do not really have an explanation. Some talk of the rolling road test may have pushed a bearing over the edge that was about to fail. They diagnose it as gearbox differential. They stated gearbox oil level was correct and immaculate. It's now annoying, and they feel it will only get worse.
As a "goodwill gesture" without any admission they have offered to fit a new one free, if I can pick one up on eBay or similar for 100 or so. But what kind of beat up thing might I be buying ? Not a gentle 70K !
A local gearbox specialist I spoke to on the phone say ~475-575, plus
225 for fitting to repair mine. Is this reasonable ?Possible coincidence ? Could the young lad who did the MoT have been too vicious on the rolling road ? Do I have a leg to stand on to take this further ?
Thanks in advance, "Most upset".