Matthew Smith
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Ah right - a known problem then. Car feels fine - so far I hjave always had good service from my local Ford dealer (Evans Halshaw Hull East). They did this under warranty - no problem and very helpful all the way.
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Yes - it was all sorted by the Ford dealer in half a day. The clutch feels just as good as it ever did. Does anyone think Ford should do a recall for this fault? The last thing you would want is for the clutch to stick during an emergency situation.
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Is this an acceptable paint match.
Matthew Smith replied to bazza1603's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Maybe - just going what I've read on here as most people think that Spanish built Foci have the best paint match. -
Strange/Odd/Frustrating things about your new focus
Matthew Smith replied to Focus2.0's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Magic 77 - spot on with that, Ford had a look this morning and have just rung to say its the master cylinder sticking. Got to order a part, so car is being taken back tomorrow. -
Ford say that the Master Cylinder in the clutch is sticking and causing the fault. They are ordering the part and I have to take it back in tomorrow.
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Is this an acceptable paint match.
Matthew Smith replied to bazza1603's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
I'm sure I've read elsewhere in here that colour matching depends where your car was built. If your car is German then it will have a poor colour match as the factory is big and various parts of the car are painted at different times and in different points of the factory. Whereas if it is built in Spain then the colour match is spot on as the factory is smaller and is painted in one process. - apparently I've read in here that you can tell by looking at your VIN plate where its built - something to do with the letters. I checked mine and its Spanish built and the paint is fine. Its sti -
It was an emergency stop that caused it. I was driving back and went past the studenty area and some BIG FAT BIRD decided she would stroll into my path (doing 30mph) and so I had to jam on. It was scary. The ABS kicked in and I stopped about an inch from her fat a*se. All I got for the trouble of braking and avoiding killing her or seriously maiming her for life was a load of abuse. I would have loved to have given some abuse back - but I couldn't speed off as I had no clutch and I was in a vulnerable spot - ie. I would have had a mob of people kicking me motor in! Yeah so next time la
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Strange/Odd/Frustrating things about your new focus
Matthew Smith replied to Focus2.0's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Not too bad then - its booked in first thing tomorrow morning, so hopefully they will fix it rather than spending most of their time deciding what the problem is before they then tell me to book it in another day so they can fx it. Thanks for the reply. -
Strange/Odd/Frustrating things about your new focus
Matthew Smith replied to Focus2.0's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Is it a big job to fix? -
Strange/Odd/Frustrating things about your new focus
Matthew Smith replied to Focus2.0's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Top of my problems is the clutch pedal sticks when it has been pressed down. -
No the clutch isn't stiff - it is just as free as it ever was. It just sticks in the down position and you have to pull it with your hand.
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My clutch pedal sticks. When you have depressed the clutch is sticks and does not come back up. This I realised after having to brake to a halt quite suddenly - the clutch would not spring back up. I had to use brute force and pull it back up with my hand and it sprung back up (sounds a bit rude, but this is my clutch pedal). I can still drive it and depress it to its "natural" place, but if you exert just that little bit more force on it, the clutch moves down further and gets stuck. The clutch still feels ok and there is nothing obvious that is hindering it, ie. trapped on the carpet e
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Pickin it up tomorrow
Matthew Smith replied to Simplythebeast's topic in MK2 - Ford Focus 2005 > 2011
Yes, paint match looks good IMO on the picture. I like the colour a lot. I'm sure you will be v pleased with it. -
Says Saint Gobain on all windows.