Selling your car with a

Differential Problems

Has your car run out of steam? Is the engine on the brink or the alternator on its way out? Whatever state your car may be in, we’re here to offer you a speedy valuation and an extremely fair price. No faff, no haggling with private sellers or the local scrap yard. Just a simple valuation process,  agree the sale and arrange free collection and immediate payment – potentially within the hour.


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Sell a Car with a Broken Differential

Diagnosing differential failure can be challenging and requires experienced mechanical expertise as problems experienced could potentially be other issues and not related to the differential. Typically, differential problems are associated with sounds and vibrations. If you are experiencing whirring sounds when accelerating, whining sounds when decelerating, clanking and banging sounds (particularly on corners) then you may have a broken differential. Vibrations and rumbling of the steering wheel are also another tell-tale sign.

Differential issues are usually preventable as they usually relate to lubrication problems where gear oil has not been changed for an excessive period. When the damage is done the costs of repair can be excessive and mount up. Typical associated repairs include replacing oil seals, differential gaskets, backlash adjustment, repair labour, large-scale differential dismantling, replacement gear oil (typically three litres), etc. Costs will vary according to severity but are upwards of £300 and can easily run to £1,000+, which in many cases will render the car beyond economic repair. Only relatively new cars can justify outlays of £1,000+.

A car with a faulty differential just can’t be safely driven. In older car models particularly, the repair/scrap equation tends to lean to scrap. Often differential repair bills escalate as it’s hard from the outset for garages to provide an absolute fixed price. Why take the risk of an escalating differential repair bill for your car when you can sell to We Buy Broken Cars today? We use the word escalating as these repairs are notoriously difficult to estimate from the outset and invariably rise during the repair process.

Sell Your Van to We Buy Broken Vans Today

There’s no doubt about it that if you have a van with a faulty differential you either have to fix or sell. Vans needing differential repairs can’t be driven and with the cost of repair being expensive many van owners are turning to We Buy Broken Vans to help solve the problem.

If you would like speedy payment settlement for your faulty van call 0121 285 9859 or 07582 859 859 (texts can be sent to this number too).

We buy cars with other common faults too.

3 steps to selling your car

Agree a fair value

Start by entering your car's registration plate number into our vehicle valuation tool and you'll get a quote in just a few minutes.

No-Quibble Collection

Once you agree to sell your car, we'll find a time to collect it. We work around your schedule to find a time that works.

Instant Payment

Our recovery team will arrive, transfer your cash and get on with taking away your car. It's that simple, so you can sit back and relax.