Would You Believe It !

[davewill]

:D :D

 

Car booked in for a service today 60,000

Left home this morning to drive to garage, then stopped at traffic lights.

First gear engaged, move forward, then bang grrr grrr, no traction! :D

Stuck in the middle of a busy road going nowhere

Managed to get help to push car to pavement, then awaited recovery

Taken to local fraud dealer

Long and short is drive shaft knackered, and

[NikpV]

:D :D

 

Car booked in for a service today 60,000

Left home this morning to drive to garage, then stopped at traffic lights.

First gear engaged, move forward, then bang grrr grrr, no traction! :D

Stuck in the middle of a busy road going nowhere

Managed to get help to push car to pavement, then awaited recovery

Taken to local fraud dealer

Long and short is drive shaft knackered, and

[davewill]

OK

 

Got the car back tonight

 

Two drive shafts replaced, plus they did the 60,000 service it was originally booked for

 

Goodbye to

[Guest Cepheus]

Not good mate ... got mine booked in for 70,000 mile service on Wednesday, so fingers crossed I get in and out without too much mishap!

[Bigjeeze]

OK

 

Got the car back tonight

 

Two drive shafts replaced, plus they did the 60,000 service it was originally booked for

 

Goodbye to

[Andrew T]

seems to be a rash of these at the moment :ph34r:

 

But it seems to be restricted to Diesels, I believe the 2.0/2.3 has a different final drive assy?

[NikpV]

seems to be a rash of these at the moment :D

 

 

But it seemsto be restricted to Diesels, I believe the 2.0/2.3 has a different final drive assy?

 

 

you hope :ph34r:

[wood73]

seems to be a rash of these at the moment :ph34r:

 

But it seems to be restricted to Diesels, I believe the 2.0/2.3 has a different final drive assy?

my 2.8 cv joint broke up yesterday, still driving but wobbly steering wheel and constant crunching noise.

replaced today at a cost of

[DaveM]

:wacko: :bigemo_harabe_net-196:

 

Car booked in for a service today 60,000

Left home this morning to drive to garage, then stopped at traffic lights.

First gear engaged, move forward, then bang grrr grrr, no traction! :(

Stuck in the middle of a busy road going nowhere

Managed to get help to push car to pavement, then awaited recovery

Taken to local fraud dealer

Long and short is drive shaft knackered, and

[jkspoff]

I got both drive shafts replaced at 57k just in warranty paid for in full by Ford, but it does seem like poor mechanical design for them to go so early. Apparently the replaced parts are of better quality after they were improved due to premature failure on many models, but only time will tell.

[Andrew T]

Contrary to info recently posted on another thread, I have a June '95 article from 'Car' magazine on the launch of the Sharan/Galaxy stating that the Ford 2.0 (and later the 2.3) uses a (Mondeo) MTX transaxle, whereas the VW engined variants used a transaxle of Volkswagen design.

 

Is there a theme emerging on age/milage of driveshaft failures suggesting when a batch of substandard components was fitted?

[sparky Paul]

Talking of petrols, a relative of mine had a 2.0 petrol Mondeo which needed both driveshafts replacing at only 15,000 miles. Needless to say, he was most unimpressed and soon parted company with the car - he was also unimpressed with the attitude of Ford who refused to offer any help as the car was just outside of warranty.

 

IIRC, the car was a 2001 model.

 

I hope the 2.3 Galaxy doesn't have driveshafts sourced from the same manufacturer... :lol:

[Andrew T]

Talking of petrols, a relative of mine had a 2.0 petrol Mondeo which needed both driveshafts replacing at only 15,000 miles. Needless to say, he was most unimpressed and soon parted company with the car - he was also unimpressed with the attitude of Ford who refused to offer any help as the car was just outside of warranty.

 

IIRC, the car was a 2001 model.

 

I hope the 2.3 Galaxy doesn't have driveshafts sourced from the same manufacturer... :lol:

 

I have a 2001, 2.3 still on its original driveshafts (including gaiters) at 144K. If they failed tommorow I would have to say they had given reasonable service.

 

Actually no, I wouldn't, I'd moan.

[sparky Paul]

I have a 2001, 2.3 still on its original driveshafts (including gaiters) at 144K. If they failed tommorow I would have to say they had given reasonable service.

 

Actually no, I wouldn't, I'd moan.

 

:blink:

 

I don't suppose 144K is unreasonable, but I'd be a little bit peeved if they went at 15K.

 

At 63K, I reckon there's a bit more life left in my old bus yet! :D