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Old 26th August 2022, 15:38   #91
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Re: Ford Figo 1.5L Dragon AT - Ownership Review

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There is a small amount of water leakage in the driver footwell in my Aspire diesel, this only comes on long drives. Does anybody know how i can solve that? Will it require some expensive part replacement?

Any help would be appreciated,

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Its called an evaporator seal and it has gone kaput. The part is inexpensive , but replacement will need the entire dashboard to be unmounted ( more expense on labour only ).

I had the same problem and all was done for free under warranty. Fortunately the additional investment for extended warranty came out for a good use.
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Its called an evaporator seal and it has gone kaput. The part is inexpensive , but replacement will need the entire dashboard to be unmounted ( more expense on labour only ).

I had the same problem and all was done for free under warranty. Fortunately the additional investment for extended warranty came out for a good use.
I feel like maybe now i should buy a warranty plan after all. The reason i opted against it was because the sole reason I bought this car was to use it as a project car, purely heart over head decision. I'm not sure some of the mods I have planned would go well with Ford's warranty policies.

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Re: Ford Figo 1.5L Dragon AT - Ownership Review

Anyone here replaced the battery for "Ford Figo 1.5L Dragon AT". The battery man near home is telling its a 65A battery but the service center over the phone has told it should be 45A. This being a rare car, I do not entirely believe the service center people. This is the picture of the battery.
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Re: Ford Figo 1.5L Dragon AT - Ownership Review

Super quick update:

Can has now covered 67k km so far, running has reduced considerably, thanks to dad's new car and our Jetta!

Central locking had some issue, was replaced under warrenty with zero pressure from my side. Service is still good.

Apart from this, car has been supremely reliable given our use case, still running on stock brake pads, which I am planning to change in the next service, little life left on them but I am not taking any chances here.

Efficiency has been steady 14kmpl observed from the MID, performance too is still as good as new, no issues here.

Have been talking about performance mods, but sadly not going ahead with it, Jetta gets priority as it's more rewarding to mod. It's already running stage1 with 190bhp

Possible issues/replacements :

1. Weird metalic noise from the front while driving on bad roads, need to get the steering rack checked I guess.
2. Brake pads, as said earlier.
3. Suspension noise can be observed, needs checking.
4. Thinking about AT transmission fluid change. Will get it done now or at 80k. No issues with shifts, just preventive maintenance.
5. Hope the tyre wears out soon, tyre noise is getting worse day by day on the Yokohama S drives apart from that they are excellent in other aspects.


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With our Swift that was sold recently, 9 years of blissful ownership.

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New garage mate, Diesel Jetta lives up to its hype. 400NM of torque is just so sweet

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Weird metalic noise from the front while driving on bad roads, need to get the steering rack checked I guess.

Could be the engine mount. I delayed it and the bedding itself broke in my case.
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Update : car is no longer used by me and has been passed on to a family member.

@mods : close the thread if needed.
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