guys,
well a few,yes a few lucky people so far with their reliable!!! but
not many.i asked today about just how many times you need to go back
with your car for faults before they consider a replacement car,answer they
don,t know .i agree i am not spending £11400 on a brand new car 4 it
to spend most of time at the dealers .
iceman.

I tried to get them to replace mine but they just fob you off.

If your wheels go round they dont care...

Ur right Iceman, Told my dealer whats the point of buying a car if it spend of its in the garage and therefore not enjoy the car! they agree with me but can't find any solution! as for Mercedes or BMW is far from better reabilty on those car are not great far from it and those people spend even much more money than us!! When u see the very expensive SLR Mclaren for example which can cause fire on its own on few of those car! and the same go for Mercedes and many other expensive brand! Today money doesn't buy quality!! keep that in mind!

babyboom,
i tend to agree with you there,a vast differance in price,when it
comes to your vw,merc,bmw,audi.but the thing is i have owned several
brand new fords in the past,and they have all been reliable,not let
me down,iam talking F reg xr2,G reg xr2, H reg xr2, J reg xr2,K reg
xr2,all these cars brand new and stayed away from dealeships except
for servicing,so why the hell have i now in 2006 got a brand new
2 month old thats spent so far over 2 weeks of its life in the bloody
dealers. getting problems resolved alledgedly.
iceman.

Yes it's been back to the dealer but its never been major.

1. Starting Problem - never got resolved but starts ok now
2. Car decides to rev itself - dealer fixed it to some extent but not fully
3. Door arm screw keeps coming loose - dealer fixed it
4. Door was rusting - dealer fixed under warrenty
5. Paintwork was discoloured - delear reprayed area but took two attempts.

I have always been given a courtesy car and the staff are fairly helpful but they keep me waiting alot.

1) Alarm kept going of went back twice with this third time new GEM module fitted
2)Only half the heated windsreen worked, new windscreen fitted took 2 days only to get car back to find big screwdriver scratch in windscreen trim and wiper arms chipped(looked like they threw them across the workshop)Refused to take the car until they repaired it, they had to take parts of a new car.Not a very happy ST owner!!!!!!

We should count to see how many people are happy with they're ST and who is not! Maybe more unhappy than happy owner!

Yes.

It went back 2 times in the first 2 weeks, replaced the Alternator.

No probs since, touch wood.

First count,
Yes
Happy with my .

It's not the car that i'm unhappy with it's the very poor customer service you seem to get.It seems every one get s**t service form fords.

Just to add my little bit... like Kevin above, I don't think its the case that everyone whos had a problem is unhappy with their ST. I had the minor problem I mentionned earlier in the thread, the dealer sorted it no problem and I've been very happy with it since.

Perhaps I have been lucky with my dealer, the only other thing I've had was with the squeaky clutch early on, I mentionned it to them when it when it for the 3 month service, and again it was sorted without any problems and has never came back.

I got nothing again the car cos I think its a very good car!! but agree with u Chris the dealer let it down! There no big problems with the car but lots of little one which are not resolve when ask!

On another note, just be glad you never bought an Alfa Romeo

1) New rubbing strip after old ones started peeling away - resolved under warranty
2) Software update - there isnt one for my car
3) Air blowers stopped working - ICE company hadnt reattached the pipe properly after installing my headunit. Dealership did it after much grumbling about it being non warranty!
4) Engine management light is on after aftermarket exhaust - not yet resolved. Tried a MIL eliminator but it didnt go off after 400+ miles, tried a new front sensor & it came back on after 1 mile, waiting to get another sensor fitted (last resort!)

Bought mine second hand from a main dealer. One of the rear seat back catches was found to be broken as the salesman showed me round at collection time. The fault was fixed for collection next day.

I did have a slight starting problem but I think it was due to not keeping the key in the start position till I was sure the engine had started. It would tick over jerkily for a while before running properly; possibly the sensor got flooded. Now I wait till the lights go out and keep the key in start until the engine kicks in.

Still, I've only done about 1100 miles so I'll keep my fingers crossed.