It started with a slight knocking noise I noticed not long after I got it in January. It only made the noise at full lock to the right on one specific spot on a trail nearby.
A few months later I noticed the noise when I made a sharp u-turn on grass. I then asked the dealer to check it out at the 30000km service. When I got it back I was told it's a stone behind the dust cover
Another 8000km later and I took it back, because it is slowly getting worse. After 2 days I had to go and drive the vehicle myself because they couldn't find the problem. A day after that they confirmed that it was indeed the CV joint.
They had no shafts in stock, since it's the first ML in South Africa to have this problem. Got my vehicle back from them until the new part arrived. The new part came in, but I don't want to be without my 4x4 over Christmas, so I'll only take it for the fitment on the 4th.
I bought the vehicle as a demo model and I think it might have been damaged before I got it. I take a lot of care not to torture my drivetrain and don't know of anything I did that would have caused the damage.
Out of the 10 4x4's I've owned, I only ever broke drivetrain components on my discovery, but that has a drivetrain made of butter.
