What Problems Have You Had?

[Cro]

By the way one more prob with my car, centre console storage thingy lid makes loud noises when opened.

Same here.

I chucked some WD40 on the hinge and no more problems

[XRSICKT]

cool, I'll try that, thanks cro

[Guest xrman]

I have just had mine back from its 15000km service and had the same problem, they oiled it but I think its a fault and will come back, had the broken bonnet release lever fixed also, they had to replace the cable and fuse box cover(they said) this was the second attempt, Q Ford unable to fix it so took it to Southside ford at the gabba for this service, ya need to shop around for the better dealers/service

[XRBloke]

Hey Guys,

Just had BA Futura at Q Ford today for its 5th service in 14 000 kms.

Todays task was to rectify the following things:

1. Power Steer Belt Shreaded.

2. Sqeak in Brakes, seem much better now. Had discs machined at 7000 kms - no more shudder.

3. Brake Pedal noise everytime you touched it - they fixed that.

4. Parking lamps were suposed to be removed as they are illegal, new replacements arent available, so they were told to leave the originals till they can replace them.

5. Overall the car feels much better now after 14000 kms and this service, it has no more sqeaks, except for one in the rear when you plant it, but I think that's got to do with the suspension, has anyone else had this problem?

[Guest xrman]

I purchaes mine from Q Ford but won't have it serviced there, I prfer southside ford. Q ford I found were very unhelpfull and like I said didn't fix the bonnet lever and the noisey centre consol lid.

[XRBloke]

Yeh which bloke from Q Ford did you buy from? I deal with Paul Wilson, hes the only reason why I go near the place. I was there today looking at an XR6 N/A, some of their BA stock is nearly a year old!!!!!!!!!!!! Non - XR's ofcourse.

[Guest anthoc]

The seats are really too high-set in the car when you have a sunroof. In order to sit properly, my head touches the roof lining - very annoying. I'm only 1.8m tall so not so tall that this should be the case. The sunroof liner seems pretty agricultural, not very well finished and it droops in the driver's corner (probably because it has no clips to hold it against the roof like the hand grip on the passenger side). Anyone else had this problem??

Also the leather seats are too rounded at the shoulders. They push your shoulders forward and down. Lumbar support stinks. It slowly retracts back over days and in general your posture in the seat is extremely bad. I have to use a towel and I have a mate who also has a turbo - he uses cushions, towels, you name it.

Love the car, hate the details or lack on detail in seats, roof liner and console. Console plastic is very badly designed and made. A source of squeaks and rattles in about six months.

[Guest keithg]

Well I have had my turbo now for 23000 klms, and I am still having problems. The latest one occured early last week.

It seems that my turbo doesn't want to boost up properly. I had a boost guage fitted 6 months ago, it monitors boost at the inlet manifold. It has always given me consistent readings, eg when I give it a foot full, it nomally spools up quickly to around 6-7PSi.

Last week when I was driving to work I noticed that it was feeling a little slugish when accelarating, now I am lucky to hit 3 PSi now.

I took it to the dealer and amoungst other things it was there for a couple of days, and they don't know whats wrong with it. Apparently they have sent all the data they collected off to Ford to see if they can replicate the problem and get a fix.

Are any of you experiencing this kind of problem???

[GlennAUII]

all of this is just cuz its a series 1. Look at the AU. besides, I guaruntee that every new car has something faulty to be fixed under warranty. Well these problems usually are only minor luckily.if you need any reassurance about the BA XR6T you can always just compare it to a holden! :lol:

nekcuf holdens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mercurial]

My problems so far

Cracked Visor mirror on passenger side - still waiting for replacement 5 months later.

Water pump o-ring failure at about about 3000k's replaced and fixed

Driveline shunt - had diff replaced at 15000 k's - no change

Lower timing gear on Cam shaft(?) failed at 16000 k's - towed away and repaired under warranty.

5th gear synchro started going at about 14000k's - new gearbox due next week.

Brake shudder arrived after 10000k's, machined at 15000, but starting to come back.

Pretty disappointing

Maybe should have bought another Rex. Thrashed my last one for 160000k's, and had standard services only, plus a clutch and 3rd gear synchro (under warranty) at 100000k service.