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Steering Problems
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I don't know much about cars 
I have a 03 plate Ford Fiesta which I bought second-hand last March. It's still under it's three year warranty until July (thankfully!) and I'm taking it to the local Ford garage first thing, but in the meantime, I wondered if anyone could explain what's wrong with it..
The steering wheel feels very very 'loose'. For instance, when I'm about to turn left and turn into the corner then stop at a give way line, once the car has stopped, the wheel will still turn a lot more to the left than feels right (correct!). At the moment, the car is parked on our drive which includes a slight bend - to look at the front wheels of the car, they are turned about two inches off centre, but the steering wheel is practically upside down!
I had a similar thing happen a couple of months ago and found out that the power steering fluid hose(?!) had a split in it. This was apparently replaced by the garage, although I have no paperwork to show it. As it was all done under the warranty, they didn't give me anything (I've already had a barny with them about it after I filled in the Customer Satisfaction Survey and got a phone call from the garage manager!). Surely the same thing can't have gone again?!
Whilst on the subject, and this may be a long shot, but does anyone know if a website exists which lists common faults with particular models of car? For instance, if a particular model has been recalled because of a fault on all cars made in that 'batch'..
I have a 03 plate Ford Fiesta which I bought second-hand last March. It's still under it's three year warranty until July (thankfully!) and I'm taking it to the local Ford garage first thing, but in the meantime, I wondered if anyone could explain what's wrong with it..
The steering wheel feels very very 'loose'. For instance, when I'm about to turn left and turn into the corner then stop at a give way line, once the car has stopped, the wheel will still turn a lot more to the left than feels right (correct!). At the moment, the car is parked on our drive which includes a slight bend - to look at the front wheels of the car, they are turned about two inches off centre, but the steering wheel is practically upside down!
I had a similar thing happen a couple of months ago and found out that the power steering fluid hose(?!) had a split in it. This was apparently replaced by the garage, although I have no paperwork to show it. As it was all done under the warranty, they didn't give me anything (I've already had a barny with them about it after I filled in the Customer Satisfaction Survey and got a phone call from the garage manager!). Surely the same thing can't have gone again?!
Whilst on the subject, and this may be a long shot, but does anyone know if a website exists which lists common faults with particular models of car? For instance, if a particular model has been recalled because of a fault on all cars made in that 'batch'..
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Check wheels are bolted on securely.
Take car to garage, do not drive quickly, try not to make sudden left and right movements.
2 inches of horizontal movement will change the direction of the vehicle a fair amount. A wiser approach would be to have both wheels pointing straight ahead when noting the position of the steering wheel...
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp