I haven't had my T long and only recently it has developed a clicking noise (coming from what I think is the steering rack) when I turn the wheel. It only seems to do it when I'm going slow (that is the only time I can hear it anyway). Does anybody know what this could be?? Should I be worried??

Cheers in advance

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I have the same problem - interested to hear peoples thoughts

Yeh me too, kind of clicking/popping sound at certian points of steering

are your cars new? mine's '04 with just under 60k's

Dan

Try taking it to the dealer and ask them to retension or shim the rack ,has worked for me on the last 3 utes will be done under warranty

hers mickbundy, min'es not under warranty but seems as thought the dealer doesn't know anything about these beasts, so he's fixing what I tell him to

cheers

dan

I've gotta 06 BF1 T ute and I also have this problem.. I find it does it turning slow, reverse parking etc... I took it to ford not long after buying it and they did something to it.. I can't remember, (have to look through my reciepts to find out exactly) but yea, didn't fix the problem.

Its a real pain to hear it on a car that's not even 2 years old :fear (5):

Mine all where less than 12months old

Yeah its a known problem. My last car had it('03 T ute) and the dealers fixed it. Something to do with the rack shims.

I think theres a TSB out for it...

Thanks for the replying guys.

My car is a '02 so it is not under warranty. Does anyone know what ford actually does as I might be able to give it a go myself. It would be good if I could do it myself you know save some cash.

Cheers

Thanks for the replying guys.

My car is a '02 so it is not under warranty. Does anyone know what ford actually does as I might be able to give it a go myself. It would be good if I could do it myself you know save some cash.

Cheers

What they do is they just put a stainless steel shim in between the rack and the sub frame where both points of the rack bolt up. It is a pretty easy job to do but I don't think ford charge much anyway. They will supply you with the shims if you want to DIY. Hope that helps