londas Member 29 Member For: 21y 2m 25d Posted 01/08/04 09:21 AM Share Posted 01/08/04 09:21 AM My right side cv joint let go the other day.Funny thing is the clunking in my driveline was a lot better after it got fixed. Lasted only two days though, and now its back to its normal clunking best.One thing that I noticed and thought id see if anybody else had the same problem was when I am stationary and put the clutch in and select a gear, there is a clunk as I select gear (with my foot still on the clutch). Beats the hell outa me!!!!!!!What ever happened to the letter that we were going to send to Ford. Has it been finalised yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 3m 25d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 01/08/04 09:51 AM Share Posted 01/08/04 09:51 AM What ever happened to the letter that we were going to send to Ford. Has it been finalised yet? Waste of time mate.Write a letter to tell them of a problem they have had for 4 years and dont care about. They will all pass it aoround the boardroom while knocking the top of another Crownie and gloating about their fat sales figures.You have three options;1) Sell it2) Pay a diff place to fix it3) Buy Series 2 which no doubt will resolve the issue.l choose option 1, l have had enough of Aussie made "near enough is good enough" cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 01/08/04 01:36 PM Share Posted 01/08/04 01:36 PM If you want the driveline clunk fixed you will need to follow 4 steps.1. Contact the service department and get them to log a online fault report with Ford. 2. Then give 13FORD a call and tell them that you are very unhappy and that you want it fixed.3. Give Ford 3 chances at getting it right and tell them that you are counting.4. After 3 goes at fixing the problem, you are within your rights to get the problem fixed by a 3rd party and make Ford pay the bill.You need to document EVERYTHING and get reference numbers and names all along the way.I assure you that united we stand, divided we fall.I am at stage 4, awaiting a formal reply for ford on what they are going to do with their first fix.This is not to be taken a legal advice . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 25d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 02/08/04 05:58 AM Share Posted 02/08/04 05:58 AM The letter was not allowed to be released on the site (so I gather as it never made it) If this cannot be done it will be very difficult to do anything as group as we are all over the country, hence united we fall... I for one am still fighting ford on this issue and must say am getting no where....ford do not give a f@ck!!! simple as that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 25d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 02/08/04 05:59 AM Share Posted 02/08/04 05:59 AM how many members in brisbane have or suffer from the clunk?? (this is not meant to be a thread hi- jack) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aps Member 1,505 Member For: 21y 11m 20d Posted 02/08/04 06:04 AM Share Posted 02/08/04 06:04 AM One thing that I noticed and thought id see if anybody else had the same problem was when I am stationary and put the clutch in and select a gear, there is a clunk as I select gear (with my foot still on the clutch). Beats the hell outa me!!!!!!! Londas,When you depress the clutch the input shaft to the gearbox is still turning. Then as you engage a gear, the syncromesh cones place torque on the gearbox and it turns and takes up the slack in the rest of the driveline. If there's play there you will hear it.GeorgeAPS Web Team ... and other stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKXR6T Member 22 Member For: 21y 8m 30d Location: Melb Posted 16/08/04 04:26 AM Share Posted 16/08/04 04:26 AM On Friday, I had my xr6t inspected by Luke (engineer from Ford), to determine if the excessive noise, backlash, clunking in the driveline (whatever you wanna call it), was excessive.After taking my manual T for a drive, he said "sorry, that's the way they are", and advised nothing could be done. Hopeless. He also said that mine was one of the better ones he had seen. I really do feel sorry for the other T owners if mine is one of the better ones.I have lodged my complaint with NotGoodEnough, and they are considering listing it on the top 10 gripes. As a disappointed manual xr6T owner, I feel this is the only option I have to get something done about this widespread problem. Ford simply turn their back.I urge all manual T drivers, who experience the same problem, to lodge their complaint with www.notgoodenough.org, in an attempt to get this resolved. The more complaints the better chance we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Member 214 Member For: 21y 8m 23d Location: Ipswich...along the goat track Posted 16/08/04 06:23 AM Share Posted 16/08/04 06:23 AM On Friday, I had my xr6t inspected by Luke (engineer from Ford), to determine if the excessive noise, backlash, clunking in the driveline (whatever you wanna call it), was excessive.After taking my manual T for a drive, he said "sorry, that's the way they are", and advised nothing could be done. Hopeless. He also said that mine was one of the better ones he had seen. I really do feel sorry for the other T owners if mine is one of the better ones.I have lodged my complaint with NotGoodEnough, and they are considering listing it on the top 10 gripes. As a disappointed manual xr6T owner, I feel this is the only option I have to get something done about this widespread problem. Ford simply turn their back.I urge all manual T drivers, who experience the same problem, to lodge their complaint with www.notgoodenough.org, in an attempt to get this resolved. The more complaints the better chance we have. Wasnt this website discredited because they were asking money from Telstra and Optus, something like pay us some cash or we will post you up on our website letting everyone now how bad you have been. The claims this website had were ficticious and made up or something.A Current Affair or Today Tonight ran the story some time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 3m 25d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 16/08/04 06:27 AM Share Posted 16/08/04 06:27 AM On Friday, I had my xr6t inspected by Luke (engineer from Ford), to determine if the excessive noise, backlash, clunking in the driveline (whatever you wanna call it), was excessive.After taking my manual T for a drive, he said "sorry, that's the way they are", and advised nothing could be done. Hopeless. He also said that mine was one of the better ones he had seen. I really do feel sorry for the other T owners if mine is one of the better ones.I have lodged my complaint with NotGoodEnough, and they are considering listing it on the top 10 gripes. As a disappointed manual xr6T owner, I feel this is the only option I have to get something done about this widespread problem. Ford simply turn their back.I urge all manual T drivers, who experience the same problem, to lodge their complaint with www.notgoodenough.org, in an attempt to get this resolved. The more complaints the better chance we have. Yep, same guy who drove mine, and not suprisingly l got the same response. Your not the first to be told you have one of the better ones, its a way of debassing your gripe, common negotiating tactic. So l wonder who has a bad one in Fords eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Donating Members 998 Member For: 21y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 16/08/04 07:11 AM Share Posted 16/08/04 07:11 AM On Friday, I had my xr6t inspected by Luke (engineer from Ford), to determine if the excessive noise, backlash, clunking in the driveline (whatever you wanna call it), was excessive.After taking my manual T for a drive, he said "sorry, that's the way they are", and advised nothing could be done. Hopeless. He also said that mine was one of the better ones he had seen. I really do feel sorry for the other T owners if mine is one of the better ones. that's outrageous to say that that's normal and one of the better ones!We have one(manual) with 8000 km,s up and absolutely no backlash at all:seriously!Which of course means that they,re NOT all like yours and that they CAN be built properly.Something can be done-Ford can bloody well fix it or replace the whole car.Its a snow job and not good enough mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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