Ok folks need some help if possible :)

 

Right the missus has a Ford Ka Collection, 14,000miles, one year old (the car that is ;) )

 

Recently shes been complaining about the car feeling loose at decent speeds, steering waving a bit, but not all the time. A couple of times shes stopped the car out of fright :( I've also felt these symptoms.

 

I took it to a wheel alignment place last week who laser checked the wheels, camber, all that stuff, and the tyre pressures. All fine.

 

I got her alloys for it last xmas btw, it is the same with fat 15s as standard skinny 13s.

 

Took it to Fords yesterday, the service manager took it for a spin and had the car up in the air and checked steering and susp. No faults and he couldn't reproduce the wobbliness on the road :rolleyes:

 

We went in to Fords last night and had further discussions and he said he'd drive it to a road nearby that usually produces the symptoms, so they kept it for today.

 

Right he's just rung me now and he's tried that road in her car, and also a new courtesy car. He said the car felt fine at 55-60 but at 60-75 it produced the symptoms, but so did the courtesy car :rolleyes:

 

He basically said that was a shitty road and the Ka couldn't really handle those sort of speeds on it. It happens on other roads at lower speeds mind...

 

He was v helpful etc and tried his best but obviously Ford cant do anything, its just a cack car :mad:

 

Is there anything I could do, with regard to uprated suspension, bushes, or anything else to make the car more stable? What do these symptoms suggest is wrong?

 

If I cant get rid of the problem she wants to sell it, we bought it new 12 months ago for £7.5k, I bet its only worth £4-4.5k now so I really dont want to sell it.

 

Cheers folks :) - and shut it James I'm being serious now :D

 

Pete

Is it under warranty? If they are not actively trying to fix the problem then you should chuck the car back at them.

 

Trading standards will accept "an engineer is on the way" as a company "actively trying to fix" , you could threaten him with taking it to watchdog, ford hate watchdog.

 

My girlfriend has a ford KA and it is stable all the time even at 90mph, her stepdad works for ford so ill ask him if he knows anything.

 

personally I wouldnt muck around with it and id put stock wheels back on and just give it back, contact trading standards immediately as well.

There wasn't ever a recall item amongst the suspension anywhere?

 

You know how they love to keep those quiet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doesn't feel right unless I take the p1ss at least once, so.....

 

a KA??????? ha ha ha ha WTF? And you say she has a collection? FFS, one is enough for anyone surely? :D

A while ago Watchdog did a report on Fords as they all pulled to the left. Ford had to recall a number of Mondeos (?) I think...

 

Worth a letter stating that the car is obviously not "fit for the purpose".

its not the bigger wheels 'tramlining' is it? ie following the lines paintted on the road, this can quite often happen when cars have larger wheels fitted

Pete have you checked the wheels are the right offset??

 

Knowing you youve just bunged them on with whacking great spacers!!!!;) :slap:

LOL Yeah the alloys were made for it, its the same with the standard steelies.

 

She wants to sell the ****er now. Looking at autotrader we should get £5k-ish for it.

 

Ajay - I've had two Mondeos and they've both pulled to the left :rolleyes:

 

Pete