Boot handle...

[Bailes1992]

Just went to open my boot, pressed the button with one hand, pulled with the other and the handle snapped clean off on one side...

Can't belive it! Going to fiberglass it from the back tommorow, filler in the crack, sand it, prime it and paint it mat black tommorow.
Might also get rid of the key hole as the lock dosent work.

This happened to anyone else?

[DiscoPol]

a common problem on the 306 estate as well the 406, mine is loose enough to tell its gonna break if i grab it to lift the lid,
only thing that has saved mine is seeing and knowing about my mate's who has the 306.

it does look like you are supposed to grab in the middle of the bit of plastic as there its quite strong and well fixed but the outer edges both left and right seem to only have standard poor pug pop fixings holding it on

Polski

[Bailes1992]

The left hand side is solid. I knew the right hand side was loose so should have known better. Didn't think it would snap like that to be honest. Hopeing I can delock it too which will be cool

[steve_earwig]

Eh? Why you need to pull on the handle? I use my fingertips to pull the catch and then lift the boot lid, not sure if you've got a problem if you need both hands (hinges seized perhaps?)

[Bailes1992]

Eh? Why you need to pull on the handle? I use my fingertips to pull the catch and then lift the boot lid, not sure if you've got a problem if you need both hands (hinges seized perhaps?)

I had my phone in my left hand so just pulled the handlle and lifted the boot with my right hand I tend to do some funny things.

[Bailes1992]

How easy is it to remove the rest of the boot pull? Is the bit that you pull to open the boot seperate to the boot pull that I've broken? How is the actual handle held on?

[Bailes1992]

[Bailes1992]

What you lot think at my repair




Quite chuffed myself

[Doggy]

That looks really good young man.

I'd say you've passed the test and are now competent to patch up a Focus on a regular basis, (while lamenting the lack of space, limo-like ride quality and certainty of getting there you've enjoyed up to now).

Not that I'm biased, my lad's got a diesel hocus-pocus.

[Bailes1992]

That looks really good young man.

I'd say you've passed the test and are now competent to patch up a Focus on a regular basis, (while lamenting the lack of space, limo-like ride quality and certainty of getting there you've enjoyed up to now).

Not that I'm biased, my lad's got a diesel hocus-pocus.

I hate how soft the 406 is if I'm quite honest. It's so soft it makes the car uncomftorble. Theres some roads I know are smooth as silk, but the 406 finds massive holes and craters along it! And on the motorway its quite parcial to a 'wobble' at 70-80mph which always makes me sh*t myself

[FarmerPug]

thats very tidy work with the fibreglass, its better than paying the stealers about a million pounds for it, and them sending you the boot button for a citroen pluriel instead, if only i could use fibre glass properly it would be handy, the last time i did it, it was on a ford transit and it fell out, on the bumper

[mjb]

I hate how soft the 406 is if I'm quite honest. It's so soft it makes the car uncomftorble. Theres some roads I know are smooth as silk, but the 406 finds massive holes and craters along it! And on the motorway its quite parcial to a 'wobble' at 70-80mph which always makes me sh*t myself

Sounds like this 406 has blancmange suspension

406s should have soft suspension, but not so soft as to be wallowy. At high speed they should be perfectly stable - my coupé is solid at 155mph and my old saloon was perfectly stable well over that. Sharp cornering at low speeds exposes my coupé's worn shocks, but even then it's still perfectly controllable when thrown into corners at over 100mph (as long as there's not oil on the track )

[Bailes1992]

I hate how soft the 406 is if I'm quite honest. It's so soft it makes the car uncomftorble. Theres some roads I know are smooth as silk, but the 406 finds massive holes and craters along it! And on the motorway its quite parcial to a 'wobble' at 70-80mph which always makes me sh*t myself

Sounds like this 406 has blancmange suspension

406s should have soft suspension, but not so soft as to be wallowy. At high speed they should be perfectly stable - my coupé is solid at 155mph and my old saloon was perfectly stable well over that. Sharp cornering at low speeds exposes my coupé's worn shocks, but even then it's still perfectly controllable when thrown into corners at over 100mph (as long as there's not oil on the track )

I gather it's just worn shocks. Scares the life out of me on the motorway. It actually stops me taking it on the motorway.

[highlander]

Sorry mate, it looks like you've been landed with the worst (driveable) 406 in history...

My saloon did kind of lurch and roll into tighter corners (on its standard springs) until I fitted a strut brace over the front suspension mounts. It's like a whole new car now. I was thinking about lowering it a bit and having stiffer springs, but the car feels pretty good as it is.

If you do miss the 406 when you sell it on, and you're ever tempted back into the fold, then a coupe looks like the car to get. I am still mulling over what my next car will be (though it will likely be quite a while before I do change), and the 406 Coupe is still very high on the list.

Incidentally, and somewhat unrelated - my car will hit the 50,000 mile mark on the day I hit the 30 year mark (Friday)

[Bailes1992]

I'm getting my Mums Focus, unsure weather I'l be able to afford to fuel it at the moment with my lead right foot an'all. But it'l be good fun.
Hopeing in the future my Uncle will give me his 406 (he said he will once he finished with it ). It's a HDi90 Meridian in Moonstone. It's abit scruffy but it's been looked after mechanically and he drives it pretty hard. Looking to FMIC it, get a 1.9TD clutch on it (can hold more power), methanol injection and a DeCat so should be aroudn 140bhp then which I'l be very happy with Other than that might look at getting a V6 coupe in a few years and rebuilding it from scratch. I do like the 406's, just this ones let me down.
Around town it's not too bad but as I said before, it manages to find massive potholes everywhere? But on the motorway it scares the life out of me, so much so I get anxetity problems before I go on the motorway. But I'm fine in any other car?

Either way, I'm not going anywhere far

Actually what am I on about, I think I'l stay in the Ford Scene


Still dosent mean your getting rid of me