What Now

[Guest LOK@ChipTorque]

Yeah Rusty could not get it to do it today. I was away in Ballarat at the start of the week, it was bloody cold and the high pitched sound was constant, even if you turn the volume off you can still hear it. The sound goes in rythm with the car as I change gears, does it on any station & CD and AUX.

It seems some days it does others it does'nt? :holiday: No I am not going crazy!

JB,

You might want to check it with the car stationary and as you rev the motor, it might be related to alternator RF interference.

Good Luck

Lachlan

[Blown BA]

Do you really want me to start?

vik stupid ford heads

:lol: :lol:

[Rusty05]

You might want to check it with the car stationary and as you rev the motor, it might be related to alternator RF interference.

Good Luck

Lachlan

Yeah I suggested that to ford and they said " Nah no way it could be that"

Im even thinking of trying the traditional fix of placing a condenser on the alternator. According to ford that wont work but I think its just to low tech for them to try!!!

[JB]

Yeah Rusty could not get it to do it today. I was away in Ballarat at the start of the week, it was bloody cold and the high pitched sound was constant, even if you turn the volume off you can still hear it. The sound goes in rythm with the car as I change gears, does it on any station & CD and AUX.

It seems some days it does others it does'nt? No I am not going crazy!

JB,

You might want to check it with the car stationary and as you rev the motor, it might be related to alternator RF interference.

Good Luck

Lachlan

Thanks Locky next time I will do.

Alternator RF interferance, what's the RF stand for?

It's only starting doiing this, so I cannot work out why as nothing has been touched on the car.

[Guest rabbit]

I've had the the premium sound interference since new (14mths). Ford have tried everything to fix it and JUST CAN'T. Problem is worse with more load on the alternator (I.e. headlights, rear demister, air con, etc). It's obvious that it stems from the alternator but the Ford knuckle heads just can't work it out. This (along with many other unfixable problems) means I will NEVER EVER buy a Ford again. Bottom line: good product, great when it runs right but a crap approach to addressing problems. And before anyone says "all manufacturers are like that, I had a 02 Subaru previously. It had it's problems - but they were addressed in each instance on the 1st attempt.

[BA_Turbs]

The work cars have just begun getting two small speakers, only about 1.5"-2" across fitted in the panel above the centre air vents that the police radio operates through. The feedback through these speakers makes it almost impossible to hear what is being said. The whine when accelerating is almost an OH & S issue it is so bad, during urgent duties driving, you can't hear what is being said by any other unit or radio operator. Ford and the techs that fit the radios/speakers admitted that it was a major problem so combined their talents to come up with a solution. When they could not find one we were told "its not that bad, get used to it."

I understand how frustrating this stupid alternator whine is, even without having suffered it in my own car!

[Mr X]

That certainly sounds like a real test of loyalty and patience.Is it the car,the dealer or both?I,ve got to say that if I had those sort of hassles I might be looking elsewhere too ,but then that's a pretty nice looking ute Rusty.

[Rusty05]

That certainly sounds like a real test of loyalty and patience.Is it the car,the dealer or both?I,ve got to say that if I had those sort of hassles I might be looking elsewhere too ,but then that's a pretty nice looking ute Rusty.

U have just summed up my problem in a nutshell!

I love the car but the bugs are starting to bug me lol lol :lol:

[FamiliaGTRAe]

G'day

for those of you with the alternator whine and apparent interference my car suffered from this from day one, and as stated in other threads Ford Australia's engineers have fixed this problem by combining earth points for some of the items in the dashboard including the TFT screen and others.

I am still waiting official notification of what was done to my car so what I've just said is only what I've been told verbally.

(pity about the rest of the car)

Cameron

[hypnodoc]

I keep hearing people say "wow I wish ford did this and wow ford should do that" and even "why dont ford do this as well"

Well I say ford get your finger out and get your product right before you waste money and time hiding your problems with marketing and new damn colours!

I had a series 1 '99 XLS ute and with all the K's I did it was not back to ford for any single problem. that's right not one! Near 100 000 k's in 3 years and it was never at ford for anything more than a scheduled service and people say the AU is a car.

Now my supposedly fantastic XR turbo. Dont get me wrong I love to drive the car but in 12 months and less than 25000 k's ive had the engine bay repainted due to peeling paint, and exterior paint repairs after it was scratched by the dealer while it was being repaired.

Ive had the clutch drained (due to tainted clutch fluid or corrosion of the master cylinders, ford cant tell me which onebut its about to be done again).

Ive had the brakes machined and shimmed.

Ive had interior trim replaced ( with the gear shift boot about to be replaced for the 3rd time)

I have serious drivetrain lash and now to top it all off the heater has just itself.

Come on ford dont try to catch up to Expensive Daewoo by producing new cars quicker try producing a "better" car. By that I mean more reliable and of a higher quality finish. Not a car that will experience a littany of problems that not one single owner seems to escape.

At this point in time the only thing keeping me buying ford is the simple fact that I cant stand to drive a Late model camira ute. But a hilux is starting to look better.

Rusty, the tainted clutch fluid is caused by an enclosed slave cylinder getting too hot and boiling it, another fault that Ford prefer to remain in denial about. I think Mal Woods in Warwick Qld make a spacer for them that helps, don't ask me how but this problem is becoming common in modded GTs as well