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Suzuki Grand Vitara - driveshaft and Bearings cost

AnnaNewman · 2018-03-19 09:07:31

Hi I brought a Grand Vitara and after a recent service I have been told that its missing its nearside DriveShaft and that the nearside bearings have slight play. The missing driveshaft means that its not a 4WD and I noticed this yesterday with the heavy snow when I couldn't get up a hill. The ABS light came on as my rear…

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Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite

19 March 2018 at 2:16PM

Tarambor wrote: »

Bit hard to claim that when you didn't find out a major part of the drivetrain was missing until the service, something that just sticking it in 4WD would have revealed but lesson learned.....

I've got a couple of 4x4s and I can't see how just selecting 4x4 would make the absence of a front driveshaft obvious.

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