Two final problems, and I'm happy

[cmdwedge]

Hi all,

First and foremost, let me say what a wonderful forum this is. I donated even before I got my T - I had learned so much from the posts here. Keep up the good work, everyone!

I have had my T for about 5 weeks now. I've had a few problems here and there but I'm 99% happy with the beast.

Week 1 - whining/whistling sound from underneath car. Salesguy said it's the turbo, but it was most loud when I was idling. I thought that only racecars produce boost at idle? Anyway - turns out that it was a faulty fuel pump. Apparently. Well they replaced it and the sound went away. Also notice a lot of white noise from the Premium Sound when it's in Aux mode, but that's probably my fault. Turning the volume below 10 makes it mostly inaudible, or actually USING the Aux mode (with my iPod) clears it up. Only happens when iPod isn't plugged in. Radio/CD is fine.

Week 2 - brakes felt spongy. They still worked so I let it go until week 3, my 3000km service (yes, I've been driving a lot). Turns out that there was air in the rear lines, bled em, fantastic brakes after that.

Week 3/4 - There was a sort of 'rubbing' sound from the wheels, like a brake pad rubbing against a warped disc? Rub two bits of paper together, and that's the sound. Braking would stop the sound, so I guessed it was a brake issue. Took it to a dealer in Frankston, they said 'Ford in Canberra have overadjusted your handbrake' and fixed it. Ford in Canberra said 'we didn't touch your handbrake, so no idea why that happened'

Week 4 - Brakes are crappy again, but not as bad as when I first got the car. They work OK, but not as grippy as after the rear brakeline bleed. To be fixed.

Week 5 - There's a rattling sort of sound underneath the car. It's either a loose washer or something like that (metallic, high pitched rattle) or gas escaping from a tiny hole. Heard only at idle and only in the quiet of my garage, road noise covers the sound. To be fixed. It's not loud, but it's certainly there. Here's the killer though - my drivers side rear indicator died. I rang my dealer and they said that they couldn't look at it for over a week. Rang the other 2 dealers in Canberra, they could do it in 1 weeks time. Rang Ford, they couldn't do anything. I thought 'it's flashing really quickly, it's just a dead globe, like in my first 3 cars'. Rang Ford dealer and said 'I think it's just a globe, it'll take 5 minutes, can they do it in the morning?'. No - it will be an electrical fault. Grr. OK, rang my Lease supplier, spoke to their service guy. Told him what was happening - he diagnosed a dead bulb too. Sweet. Went in to Dealer, told them - service manager was sitting nearby and said 'what does it do?'. I said that it was flashing really fast, so he said 'it's a dead bulb'. I said 'I know, but you guys can't look at it for a week and a half and I can't drive it until it's fixed'. He said 'bring it in tomorrow morning' and I did. Service guy fixed it in 5 minutes. He actually mentioned 'I've never seen this happen in any car since the AU series 1'. Which isn't reassuring but I'm sure it was a one-off.

So that's it - rattle sound and the brakes might need adjusting. Oh, and the handbrake used to take like, 4-5 clicks to hold the car; now it take 7. 4-5 clicks and the car will roll onto the park gear.

I wish they actually told you what they're doing to your car when it's serviced! I'm not that stupid, they can explain it and I'll follow what they're saying.

Almost there!

Ford

[JB]

  cmdwedge said:

Also notice a lot of white noise from the Premium Sound when it's in Aux mode, but that's probably my fault. Turning the volume below 10 makes it mostly inaudible, or actually USING the Aux mode (with my iPod) clears it up. Only happens when iPod isn't plugged in. Radio/CD is fine.

cmdwedge yeah had the same problem with mine, also run an ipod. All we did was connect a second earth and it's perfect.

Where I connected it I will let you know as my brother-in-law did it so I will ask him and come back to you. All we did was use the instructions off the forum, had the noise, so around where we had connected it in the fuse box we put in a second earth.

Aaaronmihle is pretty knowledgeable with this stuff, but I will still find out for you

[Guest]

Nothing out of the norm there mate,that ohter noise sounds like heat shield rattle at idle

vik

[Guest dingah]

Which dealer in Canberra did you buy it from as I might end up having to get a service whilst in Canberra shortly....

Dingah.

[cmdwedge]

JB - cheers mate, that would be fantastic!!

vik - from reading the forums, I had an inkling that it might be the heatshield rattle reported by several others. No biggie.

diggah - I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to mention names. There are three to choose from, one in Belconnen, one in Phillip and one in the city. I suppose whichever is closest. Having said that, the one I go to have been nothing but helpful, friendly and professional. And haven't taken a minute longer than they've estimated each time.

So given that.. if I'm allowed to mention the name of my dealership, I will. Mods?

[JB]

Ok cmdwedge, apprently we connected the following to stop the noise, apparently

in the socket there was a "Ground" and a "Signal Ground" all we did was joined them together.

Hope that helps

[Mondie]

l love a happy story :lol:

Enjoy the car mate

[Guest dingah]

cmdwedge - understand..send me a pm with the details that way it's off the public domain.

Cheers,

Dingah :lol:

[Guest dingah]

Just had T back from courtesy service plus a few minor issues - all handled extremely professionally by the dealer and a couple of things were taken on by them which were really not even called for - impressed and very happy to encounter REAL service in Pollie town. They are not the one in Belconnen and not the one in the city and are apparently Australia's No1 Ford dealer.

Dingah