Hi all,

Been a ford driver for many years, right from the days of the first MKIII escort. Personally have a mondeo, but just picked up a nice cheap little Focus estate for the wife, (expecting a little one and needed something bigger than her fiesta), but we have a couple of issues.

First off, the speedo did not work and the engine kept stalling, fixed that with a new speed sensor.

now the main problem we have is a rumbling / vibration on the car when at anything over about 35 mph. strangely, the noise is only there when turning to the left, it does not need to be turned hard to the left, just the slightest little bit off centre will do it, no noise when turning right. the car drives fine, does not pull either way, does not knock over bumps, just the real annoying rumbling noise. It was (wrongly) diagnosed as diff, so I have changed the gearbox, and clutch (figured I may as well when the box was off). there was some noise when we got it from the passenger side CV joint, so I have change the drive shaft assembly and wheel bearing on that side.

Any ideas on what this annoying noise could be are gratefully welcomed.

And lastly, not so important, but still annoying, is we dont have the radio code. I know its against the forum rules to give them on here, but how do I go about getting one? is it just a call to ford? will they charge for it?

Car info, 2000 X-plate focuse 1.8 Zetec estate.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

I cant help with the vibrating bit but the radio code you can either go to or phone up your local ford dealership and they could sort it out or as I learned from taking my partners KA to a dealership is they whipped the stereo out of the dash and the code was printed on the top of the unit.

You can buy the tools for £'s on the net or most spares shops.

 

Thanks for your reply, I managed to sort the radio code. I found a website where you just put in the serial number and it spits out the code for free. I wont post details though, for fear of breaking forum rules.