I Think My Car Was Built On A Friday

[Talon69ca]

So yesterday the g/f takes the car to get coffee comes home and says its whining...so I go out and its the steering whining...check the fluid and its thinner than water and burnt...no time to do anything so I go to work...the steering whined all the way there...come out from work and the steering is gone...my '79 Ford with 35" tires and standard steering was easier to drive than this...thank god I bought the extended warranty cause I ain't got the money to pay for this right now...Last week the Hub this week the steering...whats next???

[smlzalero]

Well that sucks, good luck getting it taken care of! :thumb:

[Vtolds]

I dont know if the warranty is gonna cover it becuase its the owners responsiblity to change and check fluids.

[Talon69ca]

The fluid was full its just burnt...and it went from bad to dead in about 5miles...from what I can tell the pump just gave up the ghost...and as far as the warranty goes I bought the car at a 2nd hand dealership...the warranty was an extra 2g's but it covers everything but brake pads...it even covers blown tires...pays for a tow truck, rental car and will put me up in a room for 2 days three nights if out of town and repair cannot be done immediately.

[AleroSS]

I just had a similiar experience with my '02 GX where the rack required replacing under warranty. HOWEVER, the issue was that the dust boot somehow got overheated, and peeled back (possibly a defective stock ex. mani.) and caused the rack to squeal and fail. What year and how many KM/Miles on your car? Mine had around 75,000 KM (you do the math) on it when it shat the bed.

[Talon69ca]

2001 GLS 80,000km...Squealed for about 5km...then shat

[Redog]

Wow, that's intersting

[Talon69ca]

So the car is at the dealership for three days...steering rack...hub...and a link in the rear suspension...can't really complain for a 100 bux...but they gave me a freakin 4 door Cavalier as a rental car...this thing is about as comfortable as my old Tempo...but I gotta admit it does reverse 180's great (b4 this thread gets locked I was messin with it in a secure enviroment...the gravel pit where a buddy works) but heres an odd one I put it into Neutral @ about 60kms and when you step on it and the govener kicks in...it actually slows the car down!?!? I thought the gov just shut the fuel off?...anywho I complained to the rental car about the Cav so they are supposed to change it tomorrow for an SX 2.0 with some creature compforts...the cav has nuttin.

[slowandlow]

my stearing shaft broke same thing happened to me it stears better under throttle

[Talon69ca]

D@mn steering rack is on backorder and I won't get my car back until Monday.