Advice needed - Ford Focus Power Steering Pump Repair

madnatty_a

Only brought the car 2 months ago, spent £200 on it already for washer jets which is a common ford problem that never w\as on reall now, this power steering fluid pipes have burst!! Which is also a common fault, very dissapointed with ford as these should definatly be on recall. Sold my fiat grande punto for this familu car and prefer Fiat by far!!! Which I am ashamed to say, at least they were always honest with reacalls or paid percentage of costs if it was a know failure even out of warranty!

ukjoel

They have reduced goodwill payouts massively and even if they had offered you some goodwill if you had bought and serviced your car their every year for 4 years it would only bring the cost down to what you are paying your independent.

goldspanners

madnatty_a wrote: »

Only brought the car 2 months ago, spent £200 on it already for washer jets which is a common ford

they saw you coming then didn't they. £200 for 2 small jets? whats wrong with going to the scrap yard or ebay?

i don't know what you mean by common fault,my focus is over 6 years old now and my washer jets are fine. power steering still good aswell.

ukjoel

goldspanners wrote: »

they saw you coming then didn't they. £200 for 2 small jets? whats wrong with going to the scrap yard or ebay?

i don't know what you mean by common fault,my focus is over 6 years old now and my washer jets are fine. power steering still good aswell.

Would take a guess yours isnt an lx. 5 year old Lx screams fleet pool car to me so would take a bit of a battering and not a lot of love.

dizzyblonde82

After the problem with my power steering I have also had the wheel alignment and tracking checked and then yesterday the steering didn't feel right and I have been told that there is a fault with the steering column

KELVIN_N

Hi Guys,

I just bought a second hand Ford Focus, 1.6 2005, its got Power steering oil Leakage right on the pump. Could I be guided how I can replace the pump, bearing in mind that I am from Malawi, Central Africa?

I also need to replace the Engine Mounting. Damn, I am begining to think I got a raw deal, but I just have to replace these two part. I wont mind second had one ( the car is second hand anyway)!

I need reliable sources so I wont lose money.

Any ideas?

harveybobbles

Ford UK did a recall on the PAs pumps/pipes as they were prone to leaking/failing. not sure if it's the same story for African ones.

However, its a nightmare of a job to get the pipes off!

Edit: just noticed I'd already mentioned the difficulty in this thread last year...

Hammyman

goldspanners wrote: »

they saw you coming then didn't they. £200 for 2 small jets?

Chances are they're the heated ones like my Mondeo, not just two bits of plastic with a hole in.

i don't know what you mean by common fault,my focus is over 6 years old now and my washer jets are fine.

Mine are 7 years old and still squirt water out OK however the heating elements in them no longer work which is a PITA in winter.

you_wot!

I never received a recall for my 2007 focus!!

meradil786

hi there
i have 55 plate ford focus 1.6 tdi.

my car power steering light on dashborad and when i turn the car left or right side the power steering is so hard any one have idea what is this problem.

some one told me your car power steering pump is gone but i have no idea pls any one help me.
thanks
meradil786