Mk1 Focus niggles
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My wife recently bought a mk1 (well, 1.5, I think) Focus TDCi Ghia. It's a great car to drive and a whole world of wafty civilised comfort compared to my Clio Cup. There are a few niggles, though:
- The steering column won't adjust. I was surprised to find out that some Focuses were supplied with a non-adjustable column, but this one definitely has the lever under the column that you would normally pull to unlock it, it just doesn't move. I assume the adjustment is manual? There's not an electrical adjustment somewhere I've just failed to spot?
- Likewise, the driver's arm rest seems to be locked in the upright position. Is there a special knack to it releasing it?
- The windscreen wipers don't 'park' properly on intermittent [looking elsewhere, this just seems to be a relay swap in the fascia fuse box below the glove box?]
- It runs well, but there's a distinct smell of exhaust outside. There's also a mild wheeze sometimes under acceleration. I'm assuming this is two separate issues - a boost leak somewhere and an exhaust leak.
Edited by Chris71 on Thursday 16th October 10:36
cianha said:
I've the same issue with non parking wipers, will check the relay fix. Link?
Ignore the scaremongering at the top, there's a post a few lines down that explains how to get into the fuse box. Apparently it's very common:http://www.rac.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?17056-Fo...
The exhaust smell is usually the flex down pipe that leaks. To me this wasn't an issue as it was always more apparent when I turned the fan on and the smell would come into the cabin for a bit but was like this from day one and never even come up with an advisory in the 4 years I had it. These are about £60 on ebay to buy and if you're the DIY mechanic it looks easy enough to fit.
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