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Replying to: rcpax (Jan 12, 2007 11:11 am) |
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I have 800 miles on it so far...It sounds like it is in the steering linkage....It happens when I back out of my slot while cutting the wheel to the left...I notice it at other times also when cutting the steering wheel sharply... I trust the workmanship of the factory in Japan...I don't want anybody here at a dealership dismantling my front end until there is an official bulletin with a fix... I have been driving all kinds of vehicles for almost 50 years and I don't think this clunking sound is a serious issue..However, I will talk to the Serv. Mgr. about it when I go over to get my licence plates though. As of now, it is a minor annoyance and I have no other annoying issues with this vehicle for the moment... I did have to drop the tire pressure on the Goodyear LS's down to 34 from the 48 that the factory put in.... I will give a full report in New Owners forum in a few weeks.
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My dealership's service and parts dept's got all needed parts today so I sent the vehicle in for the fix. Talked to the service manager and he said they're not quite sure how long the service would take since this is their first 07 Outlander job, the vehicle being new to the market. Got in at around 12:30pm, I asked the mechanic what's his best estimate and he gave me a 4hour timeline. So I asked for a courtesy vehicle and they provided me an 05 Lancer, which actually handles well and enjoyed driving the car for my errands the whole afternoon. Called them at around 7:30pm and they said they're giving the vehicle a shower and I could come in and pick it up. Drove it home tonight and I did not hear anything from the steering. I did a test at a vacant parking lot and I couldn't reproduce the noise. Tomorrow morning will be the test, when I back out from parking, because this is the time I would usually hear the knock, so more updates tomorrow if the fix indeed works. The dealer told me they put in new bearings, which are new design, and not just a replacement of the same design. If I'm this was the newly designed bearing lukido talked about. Hopefully this fix works a promised. Updates to be posted soon.
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Replying to: solowalker (Jan 14, 2007 8:59 pm) The sticker in my XLS says it's 32 PSI front and back, so I took the opportunity to have the tire pressures checked while I was at service. |
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Replying to: rcpax (Jan 16, 2007 7:18 pm) |
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Replying to: rcpax (Jan 16, 2007 7:18 pm) I talked to the Serv.Mgr. about the front end knock and He was aware of the problem..You are right, it is the wheel bearings and possibly the knuckles...' He said Mitsu is currently formulating a repair procedure for general distribution.. He said there will be no recall because only a small percentage of the vehicles have this problem.. He also said it is not a safety issue but if the knock becomes annoying to me to bring it in and they will put on the newly designed bearings. I am going to wait to see if the noise gets worse and if so I will have the repair performed. I also want them to have made a number of bearing repairs {for practice} before I get mine done... Like a Doctor with Operations.. Other than this little annoyance, the vehicle is quite impressive. 
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Replying to: solowalker (Jan 17, 2007 1:22 pm) If you have this issue too, get to your nearest dealer, or write mitsu about it. I did and I got it fixed. 
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Replying to: rcpax (Jan 17, 2007 7:11 pm)
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Replying to: mucool (Jan 22, 2007 8:41 pm)
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Replying to: rcpax (Jan 22, 2007 9:05 pm)
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