New Fiesta Steering rack

[isanda]

I have a brand new 1.6 STYLE Fiesta Petrol 5 door.

It has been making noises on steering since I got it.

I took it to my local dealer, who said there was nothing worng and it would settle down.

I did not feel comfortable with this and took it to another dealer. They sayit needs a full new steering rack and is unsafe to drive. They will repiar it under warranty.

Does anybody have any advice about this. Should I accept the repair, contact Ford Direct etc.. It seems a very odd thing to be replacing on a brand new car!!

[BenL]

I had a similar issue on my 1.6 SportKA - 53 Reg.

New steering rack with 3 months - leaking fluid and really noisey.

The dealer/manufacturer gets a few goes to put things right.

You may get some service discounts thrown in for your trouble but highly unlikely (never say never) be able to reject the car.

Ben

[ADEY]

Its not unusual for things like that to fail get it fixed under warranty, i worked for a Ford dealer we had to replace stuff like that all the time

[goldspanners]

you need to give the dealer the chance to rectify the fault,but monitor it closely after it has been repaired.