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Old 30-12-2006, 09:11 PM   #1
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Well not completely,

Just had my 60 000kms service done and yesterday driving home

the Car just started to jerk the ABS kicked in for some reason and i heard a massive clunk!!!

Well anyway the ABS light is on, took it to the local mechanic (As the dealers are closed) and the back drivers side wheel is moving forward and backward (no i dont mean rotating lol) and the bearings on the wheel are gone..

the mechanic said if i drove it in the current condition the wheel may come off! yep seperate from the car whilst driving..

Massive dissapoinment.. so i have no car for the next few days, and how long further who knows..

will have to wait and see what ford say..

Anyone else have this happen to the, ?

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Old 31-12-2006, 03:01 PM   #2
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thats happened to my family before. we were in sydney and somone nicked some bolts off a tyre and loosened some others and we were nearly home and "whoosh" the tyre flew off! It was a bit scary
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Old 01-01-2007, 06:52 PM   #3
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lol the you should see the car shudder and shake when i drive!!

Dads got a 15yr old civic and its right.. cant beleive its happend to this car..
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Old 02-01-2007, 01:13 PM   #4
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Sheesh! what a bugger! You checked the obvious stuff like bolts etc?

I had an old old old Golf as my first car and went to change the brake pads with a friend. Finished the job but forgot to tighten up the bolts tight. Half way home everytime I got off the throttle the thing would shake like a b*st*rd! Pulled into a nearby Jax and they could find anything wrong and that's when I realised the loose bolts! :
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Has the Fez been to Ford to be fixed as yet?
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Old 02-01-2007, 10:40 PM   #6
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Just got it back from

Thompson Ford in Parramatta, they were great!

Dropped it in this morning and picked it up this afternoon.. Cant reccommend them high enough!

It was the bearings in the wheel, and sensors and some other parts that all got damaged when the bearings gave in.

So all fixed now and the car drives great again!! !
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Just got it back from

Thompson Ford in Parramatta, they were great!

Dropped it in this morning and picked it up this afternoon.. Cant reccommend them high enough!

It was the bearings in the wheel, and sensors and some other parts that all got damaged when the bearings gave in.

So all fixed now and the car drives great again!! !
Great to ere
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Old 02-01-2007, 11:55 PM   #8
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Great to hear everything is back to normal with the fiesta. It too have only good things to say about Thompson Ford.
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Old 03-01-2007, 12:41 AM   #9
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Was it warranty? Doubt there are many fiesta's which have done 100k, certainly not 3 years old.
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Old 03-01-2007, 02:53 PM   #10
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Just got it back from

Thompson Ford in Parramatta, they were great!

Dropped it in this morning and picked it up this afternoon.. Cant reccommend them high enough!

It was the bearings in the wheel, and sensors and some other parts that all got damaged when the bearings gave in.

So all fixed now and the car drives great again!! !

That's good to hear, man. Now it's time to test her out ... Wanna come out to a Eurofordclub Jan '07 cruise with us?
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:58 PM   #13
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Yeah it was warranty, the car actually handles great now!

I think it may have been affecting my handling for a while ...
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Old 03-01-2007, 09:18 PM   #14
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Well not completely,

Just had my 60 000kms service done and yesterday driving home

the Car just started to jerk the ABS kicked in for some reason and i heard a massive clunk!!!

Well anyway the ABS light is on, took it to the local mechanic (As the dealers are closed) and the back drivers side wheel is moving forward and backward (no i dont mean rotating lol) and the bearings on the wheel are gone..

the mechanic said if i drove it in the current condition the wheel may come off! yep seperate from the car whilst driving..

Massive dissapoinment.. so i have no car for the next few days, and how long further who knows..

will have to wait and see what ford say..

Anyone else have this happen to the, ?
Its a bit of worrying to think it just went through a service and such a bad problem was not noticed.
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Old 04-01-2007, 10:39 AM   #15
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it really only happened this week, im not sure if they could have picked it up ?

if so i hope they checked the other wheels !!

anyone know how much extra the extended warranty is ?
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Old 04-01-2007, 12:56 PM   #16
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...I think it may have been affecting my handling for a while ...
like how?
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:34 AM   #17
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just didnt tight around corners ,. the car just handles better ..
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