I Don't Want A T Anymore

[cutsnake]

Hey cmdwedge,

I've had at least two of the problems you have reported. You may want to tell your dealer to:-

Replace the cat for consistent rattle noise (ended up being loose bits in the cat).

Bleed the p/steering for the low speed shudder (air trapped in the line).

Hope all goes well for your car..

Regards

Cutsnake

[drcook]

Hi all,

Well I've had my T for about 13 months now. I will try and give you a quick rundown of the problems I've had.

Handbrake scraping (6 times). Backed off to the point that it now doesn't hold the car much at all. At least it stopped scraping.

Diff whine at 95km/h. I'm on my 2nd diff now, just got told by my dealer last week that I will need another one again (about 6 months later). It's now whining from 30km/h to 75km/h, and gets louder each day.

Wind noise - dealer adjusted doors 4 times before conceding defeat (each time, doors were out of alignment by 3/4 of an inch). Had to take it to their panel shop, and it was fixed.

Radiator died somewhere in the last 4000km. During the warranty work last week, dealer reported that the radiator had spat a load of coolant out. No damage to radiator though, replaced under warranty.

Shuddering steering at low speed. Reported it about 6 times, never fixed. Still ongoing.

Steering clunk going from lock to lock, across the centrepoint (where the wheels sit straight again).

Air bubble in the gearshift surround. Replaced last week, then took a chunk out of the scuff plate with a screwdriver on the driver's side. (Replaced under warranty).

Overboost, fixed with reflash.

Metallic 'jingling' sound in engine bay from day one. I suspect a dodgy alternator, but I'm no mechanic (hell, neither is my dealer). Sounds like it's from that area.

And it just goes on. Last week, dealer had my car 3/5 days. Asked them to fix metallic jingling sound, air bubble in gearshift surround, rattling heat shield, steering shudder. Got it back on Friday, rattle still there, though they replaced a pulley and my radiator. Scuff plate damaged. Since pulley replacement, on cold mornings, car sounds like a 1980 Corolla with a bad fan belt, but after 20 minutes that sound goes away. This week, they're going for 4/4 (just rang them, they need it for another day). They replaced my scuff plate on Tuesday, and for some reason, when replacing the centre console gearshift surround, the handbrake popped out of the centre console. I can see the guts of the console quite easily, brake lowered or raised. Dealer agreed on Friday that it was rooted, so I brought it in on Tuesday. Picked up Tuesday night. 'We fixed it'. Hopped into car, and it was basically untouched. Walked back in, Service Manager comes out, says 'we tried everything', hops into my car and says 'yeah, that's not right'. We look at a bunch of other BA's, they're all OK (handbrake cover sits INSIDE console, no gap). Agrees to fix on Wednesday, I say 'keep it till Thursday so you can fire it up first thing in the morning while it's cold'. I rang them today, they had tried a new handbrake cover, didn't work. That's about it. In 2 days, they replaced my handbrake cover and not much else.

I'm over it. This car is a lemon, it'll never be fixed. I'm tired of Canberra dealers and I'm tired of Canberra Ford service. I've put up with this piece of crap for long enough. Unfortunately, a 3 year lease means that I'm stuck with it. Let's pray that it's stolen or some grandma writes it off for me. I hate this car.

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I sympathise with you cmdwedge. had mine for 8 months, had squeeking rear suspension for 6 of them. "fixed" 5 times. still there. had rattling exhuast, fixed at last service (loose heat shield, but thier method of fixing it was to put one of those metal clamps (like a zip tie) on and left the dangling end facing down so it scrapes on the ground) and had the steering clunk (also fixed at last service, there is a known fix for this. the dealership should of been notified of it).

again I sympathise. also have mine for the next 3.5 years, after that (unless I can get the shmickest fpv gt) im going japanese (subaru).

[cmdwedge]

Dare I say it - my mate has a VY SS ute, and I love it. I'm not a Ford-guy or Holden-guy. But he never has anything to complain about with it, it just starts and goes like it should each and every day; and he really boots it around sometimes (I treat my car with a lot of due care!).

Is there a decent service department near Canberra? I don't know of one within the borders. I may need to drive out to Sydney one day maybe.

[saleen]

Spewin Mate. I know it's a bit out of the way for ya, but book your car in Parktown Ford in Tumut or Hillis Ford in Wagga, let them know all your issues, drive down there, leave your car with them for a day, go do some shopping (preferably Wagga for that one) and they will fix most of those probs for ya........gauranteed.

Rob

[Turbo6man]

Dare I say it - my mate has a VY SS ute, and I love it. I'm not a Ford-guy or Holden-guy. But he never has anything to complain about with it, it just starts and goes like it should each and every day; and he really boots it around sometimes (I treat my car with a lot of due care!).

Is there a decent service department near Canberra? I don't know of one within the borders. I may need to drive out to Sydney one day maybe.

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I have a mate with a VY SS ute too and he has only had the one problem with it - steering knock like the Fords get. Oh, and one other problem he has - he keeps getting booked for speeding. :nuke:

Another mate has a VX SS sedan and has had nothing but trouble - has had it for six months or so and it has been in the workshop (140km away from his home) at least half it's life - NOT a happy camper.

I don't know what dealer in Canberra you have been using - have you tried MS700's place of employ? They were doing a good job of working through Cro's problems with his previous T - and there were plenty of 'em!

Alternatively if you are willing to drive to the eastern suburbs of Canberra I can introduce you personally to my service guys. It may be a 145 km drive but, just getting to drive up and down the Clyde makes it worthwhile, and if you can get some of your probs fixed that a bonus eh

[Dagabond]

I Don't Want A T Anymore, I've had enough with it

Give it to me wedge I'll have it.....

[cmdwedge]

Dare I say it - my mate has a VY SS ute, and I love it. I'm not a Ford-guy or Holden-guy. But he never has anything to complain about with it, it just starts and goes like it should each and every day; and he really boots it around sometimes (I treat my car with a lot of due care!).

Is there a decent service department near Canberra? I don't know of one within the borders. I may need to drive out to Sydney one day maybe.

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I have a mate with a VY SS ute too and he has only had the one problem with it - steering knock like the Fords get. Oh, and one other problem he has - he keeps getting booked for speeding.

Another mate has a VX SS sedan and has had nothing but trouble - has had it for six months or so and it has been in the workshop (140km away from his home) at least half it's life - NOT a happy camper.

I don't know what dealer in Canberra you have been using - have you tried MS700's place of employ? They were doing a good job of working through Cro's problems with his previous T - and there were plenty of 'em!

Alternatively if you are willing to drive to the eastern suburbs of Canberra I can introduce you personally to my service guys. It may be a 145 km drive but, just getting to drive up and down the Clyde makes it worthwhile, and if you can get some of your probs fixed that a bonus eh

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Do you know who MS700 works for? Perhaps PM the details if we cannot say in the thread.

And by 'Canberra's Eastern suburbs' do you mean Bateman's Bay? I would seriously be happy to drive down the Clyde early one weekday morning if it meant that I would have a working car again!

[Turbo6man]

Do you know who MS700 works for? Perhaps PM the details if we cannot say in the thread.

And by 'Canberra's Eastern suburbs' do you mean Bateman's Bay? I would seriously be happy to drive down the Clyde early one weekday morning if it meant that I would have a working car again!

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Gregorys, Mitchell branch.

Yes, the Bay

[Cro]

Dare I say it - my mate has a VY SS ute, and I love it. I'm not a Ford-guy or Holden-guy. But he never has anything to complain about with it, it just starts and goes like it should each and every day; and he really boots it around sometimes (I treat my car with a lot of due care!).

Is there a decent service department near Canberra? I don't know of one within the borders. I may need to drive out to Sydney one day maybe.

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I don't know what dealer in Canberra you have been using - have you tried MS700's place of employ? They were doing a good job of working through Cro's problems with his previous T - and there were plenty of 'em!

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Do you know who MS700 works for? Perhaps PM the details if we cannot say in the thread.

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The service manager Sergio (Gregory's Ford Mitchell) looked after my old 37ish warranty problem turbo. Bought that number down to 10 after a couple of visits

I take my new car to them for servicing and little bits and pieces even though it's all the way on the other side of Canberra from me. I haven't been to John Mcgrath, but out of the two Gregory's dealers, Mitchell is by far the best service centre.

They now have a WDS too!!

[C.S.I]

I really feel for you Wedge.

As far as your mate having an SS with no problems and goes as it should, there are plenty of T's the same.

Remember, no one post's a topic on how their car is great with no probs, a non-lemon, as that's just expected.

Mine has only 12K on the clock, but it hasnt never missed a beat since I've had it.

Has never been back to the dealer except for the 3k check/flash

Good Luck getting her fixed.