Ford Parts ? Ripoff

[Guest pete,s]

after driveing in hard rain,the g;dam wipers froze,70mph on motorway ,eeeek? problem,p/side arm ceased.so off m/way down to fords.o yes thay say ad afew like this mate;? i say so wots the damage?

[Bigjeeze]

Pete

 

do a search on wipers - This is a common issue with the Galaxy - there is a cure that doesn't require large amounts of money for Mr Ford!!

[Guest MATT]

The words 'Ford' and 'rip-off' come together regularly on this forum, that's why i try to fix things myself, most of the time i can manage it, but certain things are beyond me, and require special machines/ and if i dare say it, "experts" and you just have to take the bill, and the grow back the arms and legs.

 

But wipers have been covered many times, and most people can fix them.

 

MATT

[Masked Marauder]

If it is only seized then you can easy sort it yourself in under an hour, it is a common fault as previously said.

[Danny Boy]

I was at my local garage the other day (fan belt & tensioner

[golfmadman]

I had to pop into my local ford to ask about locking wheel nuts. Lost mine the previous week and then the brake light has started flashing so was getting in a bit of a panic so went down to the local garage to enquire about getting a replacement locking nut.

 

Told I needed a unique card to my car that should be in the service documents, well it wasn't, so he said that the only chance to get them off was to get the "lads" in the garage to do it and it may take them a while, from 30mins to and hour so he had "better" charge me the hour rate of

[nigelbrooks]

Main agent parts prices are a rip off- end of.

 

Now use GSF (German Swedish French) exclusively for OEM parts (about 40-50% cheaper). Never had a problem and they seem to have more knowledge about the vehicles anyway.

 

Link to their site if it helps anyone

 

http://www.gsfcarparts.com/

[sexysi]

Same problem here, mine cost