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Soon to be Fiesta ST owner
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Blend door actuator. Turn on and cycle the HVAC system and see if you hear a constant clocking noise. Not terrible, just a plastic gear that breaks. Well documented on the forums.
Check the rear arches, antennae, and jams/where the sheetmetal is rolled over (like door skins) for rust.
Check and verify if the coolant recall has been performed.
Old coolant reservoir that was stock, pre-recall.
The resevior that's replaced with the recall and the new sensor.
Check the driveshaft boots/CV boots for tearing.
Beyond that these things are pretty much indestructible.
Check the rear arches, antennae, and jams/where the sheetmetal is rolled over (like door skins) for rust.
Check and verify if the coolant recall has been performed.
Old coolant reservoir that was stock, pre-recall.
The resevior that's replaced with the recall and the new sensor.
Check the driveshaft boots/CV boots for tearing.
Beyond that these things are pretty much indestructible.
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Blend door actuator. Turn on and cycle the HVAC system and see if you hear a constant clocking noise. Not terrible, just a plastic gear that breaks. Well documented on the forums.
Check the rear arches, antennae, and jams/where the sheetmetal is rolled over (like door skins) for rust.
Check and verify if the coolant recall has been performed.
Old coolant reservoir that was stock, pre-recall.
The resevior that's replaced with the recall and the new sensor.
Check the driveshaft boots/CV boots for tearing.
Beyond that these things are pretty much indestructible.
Check the rear arches, antennae, and jams/where the sheetmetal is rolled over (like door skins) for rust.
Check and verify if the coolant recall has been performed.
Old coolant reservoir that was stock, pre-recall.
The resevior that's replaced with the recall and the new sensor.
Check the driveshaft boots/CV boots for tearing.
Beyond that these things are pretty much indestructible.
I would recommend finding a car that hasn't been tuned if you can. In general, a car that has been tuned is more likely to have been driven hard. Sometimes people will remove the tune and then claim that it has always been stock. One way to detect whether that is true is to take the car to a Ford dealer. My understanding is that they are able to access a counter which will tell how many times the car has been started since the ECU was modified, which typically happens in a tune. A very low number which is out of sync with the number of miles on the car may be an indication that this has happened. There are other explanations for why an ECU may have been modified, but if you are able to discover this discrepancy you could ask if there is an alternative explanation.
Of course the fact that a car has been tuned does not automatically mean that it has had the hell driven out of it, mine is tuned with the factory approved Mountune MP215 and I take excellent care of the car. But if the car has been tuned I would want to know that the owner is being honest with me about it. If you find that they appear to have removed the tune and then are lying about it, this would be obviously a bad sign.
Of course the fact that a car has been tuned does not automatically mean that it has had the hell driven out of it, mine is tuned with the factory approved Mountune MP215 and I take excellent care of the car. But if the car has been tuned I would want to know that the owner is being honest with me about it. If you find that they appear to have removed the tune and then are lying about it, this would be obviously a bad sign.
Agreed. Many US owners remove mods, put original parts back on, sell the mods and sell the car. Check items that can show replacement such as bolts and clamps. That isn't necessarily bad, but you just never know how it was driven. That was one of the reasons I bought new and intend to keep it until.....
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