Sudden steering lock-up
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
I was going to throw this out there the day I originally read AMGLover's post... that was a bit extreme and harsh to treat a fellow forum member trying to seek out some helpful responses. Be it a newbie or an experienced XFire owner no one on the forum should blame another owner for his or her XFire malfunctioning (within reason). The reason this forum is exists is to open channels for debate, discussion, Q & A, DIY, etc. for XFire owners and should not be abused.
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
Originally Posted by AMGLover
English is an imperfect language and as a rule I always assume positive intent in anything said, if I have questions I go to the source. Forums are funny things in that they follow the 80/20 rule perfectly – 20% of the members are the top posters, 80% of the posts are about problems…and in our case due to stellar dealer servicing and the buck tooth redheaded step child nature of the vehicle many more of the posts here are about problems.
When you post on a forum it becomes a public conversation. If you just wanted to know if anyone had a clock spring lock up you would have asked that and not posted an alarming story that causes the first four posters after to fear that their cars will kill them. You may not have asked for my diagnostic, but my post was more about fair balance for those who do not know what a clock spring was, how one can damage it and what some of the symptoms would be. You should also notice that my post has a lot of question marks,No blame, just questions. Your reaction to that post was as if I had personally attacked you and killed your puppy… that it’s not your fault and why doesn’t anyone believe you.
In my reply to your second post I started with “Not casting aspersions” because my first post was not an attack. Again your second post was all about your feelings and how negligent everyone else is…also if you say things like “…later he informs me something called a clockspring, (because it looks like a spring in a clock)…” that does not make you look like you understand the car. It is also telling about your personality that you didn’t get out of the car to inspect the front end linkages or wheels for binding and just gave a “good healthy yank…” on the steering wheel. Then we get to you third post back…but then again that is all about you and your problem.
I’m not in love with junk, but I do enjoy my Crossfire, support the vehicle and the members on the forum who need information or have problems. The only credentials that I need on this forum are that I (like several other individuals on this site) have helped more then a few members diagnose and solve problems on this misunderstood and under-serviced car. If I am not mistaken I do believe that you said that “…my Crossfire is by far the worst piece of sh*t to ever wear a Chrysler badge.” Quote Maybe it’s karma and your car has been listening to you… You just don’t have to spread the misery around.
When you post on a forum it becomes a public conversation. If you just wanted to know if anyone had a clock spring lock up you would have asked that and not posted an alarming story that causes the first four posters after to fear that their cars will kill them. You may not have asked for my diagnostic, but my post was more about fair balance for those who do not know what a clock spring was, how one can damage it and what some of the symptoms would be. You should also notice that my post has a lot of question marks,No blame, just questions. Your reaction to that post was as if I had personally attacked you and killed your puppy… that it’s not your fault and why doesn’t anyone believe you.
In my reply to your second post I started with “Not casting aspersions” because my first post was not an attack. Again your second post was all about your feelings and how negligent everyone else is…also if you say things like “…later he informs me something called a clockspring, (because it looks like a spring in a clock)…” that does not make you look like you understand the car. It is also telling about your personality that you didn’t get out of the car to inspect the front end linkages or wheels for binding and just gave a “good healthy yank…” on the steering wheel. Then we get to you third post back…but then again that is all about you and your problem.
I’m not in love with junk, but I do enjoy my Crossfire, support the vehicle and the members on the forum who need information or have problems. The only credentials that I need on this forum are that I (like several other individuals on this site) have helped more then a few members diagnose and solve problems on this misunderstood and under-serviced car. If I am not mistaken I do believe that you said that “…my Crossfire is by far the worst piece of sh*t to ever wear a Chrysler badge.” Quote Maybe it’s karma and your car has been listening to you… You just don’t have to spread the misery around.
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
Stick around tool room, just don't read amg's posts.
He can say whatever he wants, doesn't mean you need to listen to him.
I think there is also an ignore feature in the control panel.
He can say whatever he wants, doesn't mean you need to listen to him.
I think there is also an ignore feature in the control panel.
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
Originally Posted by AMGLover
my Crossfire is by far the worst piece of sh*t to ever wear a Chrysler badge.” Quote Maybe it’s karma and your car has been listening to you… You just don’t have to spread the misery around.
Please don't jump to conclusions because I do my homework very well and I have the facts to back it up...
Wait, I should be posting this in the "DON'T EVER CALL IT A SLK AGAIN" Forum...
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
Thank you, toolroom; if a sudden lockup in my steering would happen I damn sure would post and spray any advice as to how it happened. It seems funny to me that AMGlover wants pictures after his flaming the hell out of you for consumer abuse. I "abuse" my Crossfire steering wheel and suspension every day, no F-ups yet. I continually drive this vehicle like I stole it to and from work as a daily driver and I've never come close to a clockspring disaster. Hell, HDDP drives this vehicle on the racing track and I don't see anything from him... 
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Re: Sudden steering lock-up
Originally Posted by ColoradoXFire
Hell, HDDP drives this vehicle on the racing track and I don't see anything from him...
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I'm sure there's pictures in my gallery... If not, I'll post them...
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