Couple of Questions

[KPMoore]

Hi,

I have a '01 Explorer Sport Track and I have a couple of questions that maybe y'all can help with.

1. The brakes squeel very badly. I talked with the service advisor the last time I had it in for an oil-change and he said there was nothing they could do. I found that rather strange. Is there anything I can do?

2. My steering wheel has peeled a little bit at the top. Can I cover it with something? Any ideas/suggestions.

3. I seem to be getting really bad gas mileage. The metric equivalent is about 15Litres/100 km or around 15 Mpg. This seems really bad to me, can anyone offer any ideas to make this better?

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[ipozestu]

Well first of all, how many miles do you have on it? Get the damn thing in and collect on your FORD factory warranty before you miss out.

 

[KPMoore]

Sorry,

I don't understand your suggestion. What will FORD be able to help with, they said they couldn't help with the brakes. The steering wheel peel is very small and the mileage I expect they wouldn't deal with because of the chip/in-take mods.

Kevin

 

[mrboyle]

There are a few things that can be done about the brake noise. First they could try de-glazing the rotors, providing the pads are still good (no cracks, haven't been over heated, etc...). If that doesn't work I'd recomend having a complete brake front brake job done (ie. new pads, turn rotors, etc..).