Tony Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 There's certain areas of a cars construction that has known historic high levels of wear, some of this advanced wear is due to owner ignorance but nevertheless if the wear is historic "make it better". How would it read if a particular make of car has total brake failure, or "historically" the steering wheel comes off!! I think this level of failure would generate some attention...... This failure is the bushing detaching from it's wishbone housing It's not just a little bit out, it's all the way out. Could it be said that between a service and MOT interval the bushing was ok? Could it also be said "where's the redundancy", how can such a vital steering component be able to fail so terminally. As said this "area" of failure is common and i think we can all agree in the 21st century car manufacturers can do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Dare I say it, is it a mondeo? The handling would've been pretty bad with that though, did they notice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Ford KA.... As bad as it looks and as stupid as the owner might have been not recognizing the problem it doesn't distract from the fact this is a dangerous failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 I knew it was a Ford!! Can you tell how old the bush is, wouldn't that happened over time as the rubber perishes anyway? Also the bolt looks inverted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 I knew it was a Ford!! Can you tell how old the bush is, wouldn't that happened over time as the rubber perishes anyway? Also the bolt looks inverted!! Bushing is not perished and it's inverted because the wheels are off the ground. Can you see my point though, how can this type of failure be accepted as "fair wear and tear" to the motoring community. It's a potentially catastrophic failure at an important steering pick up point. It's pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 It's probably a cheap pattern part so they never last long, maybe the industry needs more regulation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 It's probably a cheap pattern part so they never last long, maybe the industry needs more regulation? As said, what it it were total brake failure? Does it need to be this serious before attention is generated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Is that car still driveable? If so then this is the fault of the MOT - I imagine someone who let their car get like that doesn't pay much attention to servicing - the MOT needs to be a lot stricter. See so many cars on the road with violently wobbling wheels and other similar issues, how on earth they're still on the road I have no idea because that sort of thing surely can't happen overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I agree.... It's still drivable but pulls like a tart under acceleration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 They dont make them like they used to, "made in china" springs to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 There's no excuse in the modern world for such a failure, but your right it's all about money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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