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18-09-2013, 09:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Wondering if anybody else has had or heard of somebody having a steering malfunction in a focus? The car in question is a current generation model with 30000km on it. I did a quick google search and have found examples from around the world where the pump ceases to operate due to an interrupted power supply.
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9/98 AU1 XR6hp-about to retire from the road and be reborn on the race track. 86 ZL mint grandpa spec with premo sound and 150000km 07 TTG XForce, PLAZMAMAN, IDYNO TUNED, 349KW@all 4! 97 el futura MOCKed up with a 2500 stall, heaps of fun! |
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18-09-2013, 10:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
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power steering is electric on them, so first check you do not fluid leak as they do not usually service the fluid level because the tank is below the front guard and you have to remove the headlight to even see it.
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18-09-2013, 11:42 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
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It's a dealership loan car that my wife was driving after they crashed hers while it was having warranty work done on it. Could have caused her death if it would have happened another 200m up the road.
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9/98 AU1 XR6hp-about to retire from the road and be reborn on the race track. 86 ZL mint grandpa spec with premo sound and 150000km 07 TTG XForce, PLAZMAMAN, IDYNO TUNED, 349KW@all 4! 97 el futura MOCKed up with a 2500 stall, heaps of fun! |
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19-09-2013, 12:20 AM
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SQ Wizard - Retired
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: S.E. Melbourne
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What exactly do you mean by "malfunction"?
A better description may help.. Mark |
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19-09-2013, 12:45 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 606
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I wasn't in the car at the time but according to my wife the steering locked up and a steering malfunction message appeared on the dash
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9/98 AU1 XR6hp-about to retire from the road and be reborn on the race track. 86 ZL mint grandpa spec with premo sound and 150000km 07 TTG XForce, PLAZMAMAN, IDYNO TUNED, 349KW@all 4! 97 el futura MOCKed up with a 2500 stall, heaps of fun! |
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19-09-2013, 10:42 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sausage Singlet NSW
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Looks like it could become a recall issue if this is anything to go off, it's not an isolated incident :(
http://www.aboutautomobile.com/Compl...Focus/Steering |
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19-09-2013, 03:05 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Looks like its not isolated to the focus either. Took about 10 seconds to find a complaint from a fusion owner. I wonder if we have an australian version of that site?
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9/98 AU1 XR6hp-about to retire from the road and be reborn on the race track. 86 ZL mint grandpa spec with premo sound and 150000km 07 TTG XForce, PLAZMAMAN, IDYNO TUNED, 349KW@all 4! 97 el futura MOCKed up with a 2500 stall, heaps of fun! |
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Steering malfunction
Linear Mode
