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Notchy steering on Fiesta - what's the cause?
The steering on my 2011 Ford Fiesta has a strange, notchy feel between 10 and 30mph, but my Ford dealer cannot anything wrong. They changed a CV joint and steering column joint, but this made no difference. Any ideas what the problem might be?
Asked on 16 November 2013 by Jeff Waters
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Uneven delivery of power to the electric power steering motor. Maybe a bad earth.
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