Hi Guys,

Greetings from a newby in London!

I have a manual 3.0D 2006 model and it's such a rare car over here (99% are autos) that i'm struggling to find help with a problem i'm having.

To cut a long story short, after a long journey and never having had any previous issues, i put the car in reverse to park and there was a loud clunk, followed by juddering of the car. Parked up then the next day i came to try and drive the car and it felt like one of the brake calipers was stuck on. It eased after a while and i had the brakes checked out, none of which were sticking. I did have the 3 warn ing lights on tho, - 4x4, abs and brakes. The garage checked the code and it said 5f3a transfer case malfunction. Garage then checked the usual suspect of the actuator and said it was working fine. Therefore, i presume the only other culprit can be the transfer case itself?

Has anyone had similar symptoms? Is it usually transfer case? Are they a weakness more on the manuals than autos? Also, are the manual transfer cases different to the auto versions? Trying to get hold of a reconditioned one, but don't fancy my chances if they are different boxes!

Someone also mentioned it could be front diff. Anyone experiences this?

Thanks for your help guys.