Finally!

[Mirez]

Well I finally gave in and booked the car in to my local Ford to fix the front end judder I've had for the last couple of months, for those that missed my topic there was a big side to side type wobble at 20mph and vibration through the vehicle when accelerating in anygear and was getting more evident daily. I changed front A frames, driveshafts (with CV's), droplinks, tie rods, tyres and even wheels without curing the issue.

 

Now I've used my local Ford dealer a number of times, mainly for company cars, but I know them to be very honest and very reliable.... and no I havn't been drinking, there are still SOME good dealers out there. Dispite that I dont like paying anyone to do any work that I can do myself but after changing all the above I gave in - Booked the car in for Wednesday and told them they could have it until Sunday as long as the issue was fixed! Phone call at 3pm that day, diagnosed as nearside driveshaft. I naturally queried this having changed both already and more importantly having changed them both a second time since I thought they were poorly made, but the reply was it was highly likely to be that.

 

Now, in the past dealers seem happy to chuck parts at a car regardless in an effort to fix faults - so I made the point that they needed to be 100% certain as the quoted

Edited September 25, 2008 by Mirez

[gregers]

glad your finally coming to the end of your woes with this problem,bad luck its cost you a fair bit to sort it.hopefully your get a result with getting a refund.

[mikej]

Good result mate ! on the subject of aftermarket parts i like most hate paying top dollar for a main dealer supplied part but a number of times now i have had to bite the bullet especially with top mounts and drop links etc , theres nothing worse than spending time and money doing a job only to have to remove the parts again and thats if like you your actually lucky enough to get to the bottom of it !

best of luck with the refund ...... :wacko: