Steering Knocking And Other Noises...

[rdomain]

Hiya,

The ute's back in for a 3rd time for warranty work regarding a low knocking sound in the steering. The ute's had it since it was brand new and now with 12k on the clock, Ford have yet to fix it for good. Does anybody else have or have had this low knocking sound? It mainly happens on u-turns and parking.

The other noise which is getting looked at for a second time is a high metallic tapping sound in the rear somewhere. It happens when driving over manholes etc. Not as vital as the steering issue but still annoying.

Any feedback would be awesome cause I have little faith in my dealer

[FPV TRANNY]

A lose steering rack.

[Trough Lolly]

I had the exact steering "crack" as you, when hard turning at very low speeds like sub- 10kmph.

took it to ford 3 times and each time they just tightened the sh*t out of all the steering bolts. 3rd time lucky I havent had it since! they said theres also a fix they can do regarding a shim and a new nut?? its in their ever-growing "book of fixes"

[rdomain]

It's funny you should mention those two things guys in that order cause that's what they've done so far. Fist time, a lose steering rack and I think they did the shim steering bugfix, second time a retention and supposedly another shim bugfix for the rear tapping noise and now the third time.... Hopefully I'll be lucky like yourself Trough Lolly and that will be the end of it. If it is a common problem, I'm hoping most were able to get it fixed. I gave the dealer their final chance before I take it elsewhere so they're keeping the ute overnight to make sure it's 100% fixed.

This is only one of a series of ongoing issues with my dealer