Sounds like the differential(diff) is locking up all of the time. The diff should lock up only when the 4-matic computer thinks that there is SEVERE slippage. The diff has ""limited-slip"" style clutches that are applied with hydralic pressure. This shouldn't happen durning normal driving!

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