Redhawk ....Time to lay this fairytale aside...... Donating Members 2,657 Member For: 22y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: In the Ferry on the River Styx, not getting out just yet! Posted 07/04/03 12:03 PM Share Posted 07/04/03 12:03 PM Yeah GIANT agree with you 100%. Had problems with my EL XR6 ie: Camber way out of spec, had problems with them putting the whole camber kit in, but having said that they now know me :o Had the rear fire wall black cover split (twice) they replaced it no probs.The 'Bird' is going great, only probs to date are a passenger side demister grill lifting and whistling noise comming from top centre of wind screen. Only done 900 k so far, but know they will fix these probs.The only other prob is I have hit the rev limiter twice in 2nd, oops..... getting too used to the car :lol: Have found that cheap fuel is not a good idea. Normally use BP Premium but filled up the other day with Woolies Plus 'premium' (yeah had the shopping docket for 4 cents per litre off), noticed a marked decrease in cars performance, won't make that mistake again :o Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UNB-10 Guests Posted 08/04/03 12:30 AM Share Posted 08/04/03 12:30 AM Have the car in at the service dept today to get the brake shudder looked at, also when I unlock the car the drivers side window goes down??? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercturbo Member 696 Member For: 22y 1m 2d Location: Geelong Posted 08/04/03 02:04 AM Share Posted 08/04/03 02:04 AM Be aware that if you get your coolant replaced/flushed that none of it has been splashed/spilled on your paintwork namely front guard, as this stuff can remove the clear/factory coat, this happened to my EF and I only noticed it several weeks after job was done, there we're about a dozen spots that I couldnt blend back into the origional paintwork, wash this stuff off immediately. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 22y 17d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 08/04/03 03:21 AM Share Posted 08/04/03 03:21 AM I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM -I WENT 20YARDS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WHAMMO NO POWERWHEN I HIT THE THROTTLE-I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF FOR 5 SECONDS AND RESTARTED IT AND HEY PRESTO ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER-WEIRD Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellionXR6T I'm Back!! Thats right, long over due! :) Lifetime Members 4,348 Member For: 22y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: West Brisbane Posted 08/04/03 04:25 AM Share Posted 08/04/03 04:25 AM UNB-10 said: Have the car in at the service dept today to get the brake shudder looked at, also when I unlock the car the drivers side window goes down???Same thing happened to me 7 weeks ago dude. went for it's first service. I walk to my car and unlock it 10 metres away, think, hmmm, they left the window down for me. how nice, CONSIDERING IT'S RAINING!!! Anyway, 7 weeks ago, just got it fixed last Thursday!Backlog from Ford in Melbourne and damnitt!! I didn't score the fairmont 'hoitty toitty' classy switches that illuminate. Just the standard switches. oh well.Oh yeah, brake shutter, guys. 5,000k's on the clock, rotors are shot completley, already warped, replaced under warrranty. 5,000k's??? I'm missing the Silhouette AU III VCT already. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPRXR-6 Member 239 Member For: 22y 4m 5d Location: Melbourne Posted 08/04/03 05:35 PM Share Posted 08/04/03 05:35 PM After having the car for a week I had to go back to the dealer to replace a leaking oil pressure switch. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellionXR6T I'm Back!! Thats right, long over due! :) Lifetime Members 4,348 Member For: 22y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: West Brisbane Posted 09/04/03 12:11 AM Share Posted 09/04/03 12:11 AM Gawd, I Don't believe this sh*te!! lol.Guess what, remmber when I said my colossal arrse broke the seat....lol. (I'm not that big, just low self esteem...lol) :o It happened again!!!!! Yesterday Afternoon!!!! It was only replaced not even 2 weeks ago. Bl**dy Hell!!!! That magical sound......."SNAP"!!!Get this, one of the afternoon supervisors actually said this. I'm not kidding here!!!"Yeah, that will happen again and again and again until Ford get it right, they are aware of the problem".Ummm, OK :o I miss my AU III VCT!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 5m 19d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 09/04/03 12:27 AM Share Posted 09/04/03 12:27 AM That really makes you wonder what would happen if you were rear ended in a BA, would the seat just collapse form underneath you?How did the car ever pass ADR testing as seat mounts would have to pass some sort of integrity testing. Surely :o Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdennis Brendan Dennis Member 750 Member For: 22y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Vic Posted 09/04/03 12:31 AM Share Posted 09/04/03 12:31 AM Mondie,I think ed-au-ba-xr6 is talking about the plastic suround around the base. Not the seat it self. Not a safety issue just a pain!. Having said that I have had my car for 2.3 weeks and can not faulty it (Yet!) Driven 1010km.. B) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 22y 3m 12d Location: North Brisbane Posted 09/04/03 03:32 AM Share Posted 09/04/03 03:32 AM I am going to have to stop reading this thread, it is full of bad news.I am starting to worry and am waiting for things to happen now............... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/758-what-problems-have-you-had/page/16/#findComment-16476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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