Has anyone out there either rebuilt themselves or had someone rebuild the motor that is attached to the power steering rack on the F type? I'm trying to avoid having to replace the entire rack to the tune of $5k.

I've tried searching other posts but haven't been able to find anything.

 

Wonder if a Salvage yard would sell you the motor only off a wrecked F-type? Have you considered this??

 

The entire rack and pinion setup and motor are all one piece, and the dealer wants $5,200 for a new one. I suppose I could look for an entire piece ( they have them on ebay), but I thought since the motor is the problem, perhaps it could be rebuilt.

In fact I don’t think the problem is in the mechanical part of the motor, the issue is wirh the electronics - wiring and connections are corroded and failing. So its not really a rebuild, i was just wondering what I might be getting myself into in taking this on.

 

After driving in the rain yesterday, code B1304(04) was thrown, and the steering wheel started to shake and become heavy when turning at low speeds. Already scheduled an inspection at the dealership for Tuesday, let's see what happens and what.

 

I had the same code. Intermittent shaking of the
whole steering column and the front wheels were shaking too. If you turn the car off and back on does it reset itself, and then co.e back at some point?

 

In fact, I suspected that a certain module in the trunk had a bad contact. I found a little water at the bottom of the trunk today. I took the battery home to charge and clean up the bottom water. I'll put the battery back tomorrow and see what happens.

 

I was getting water in the trunk during particularly heavy rain and think I've resolved that now. I've got a coupe, and there are plastic channels at the sides of the hatch that feed water to the drains at the rear. There are pins on the underside of these channels that snap into holes in the bodywork. These pins have seals around them and they were not quite sealing. I put a small amount of strip-caulk (also called dum-dum) around those pins and think it's OK now. The rubber on those channels has definitely degraded. It's the same as the plastic to rubber on the piece at the base of the windscreen. It is not holding up.

 

I just replaced a leaking rack on our Maserati with my indie mechanic. We found a highly rated rebuilder in Fla and bought it for $800 vs $3000 from dealer. It came with a lifetime warranty for the core exchange. They do a lot of brands, found on Ebay.

 

Do you have the name of the shop? I will take a look. I heard from my indie mechanic today that I have no option but to replace the rack.

 

FIFI usa on Ebay

 

Did you find out what the problem was and how to fix it? I have the same issue and my power steering is throwing the B1304-04 DTC. Any help greatly appreciated

 

Short answer - had to replace the entire steering rack at a cost of $5,000 USD + about a day's labour.

Long answer - the electronic motor casing was compromised, allowing water/condensation to get in and rot all the components. The motor is not affixed to the rack, ie. it's not a separate component, but it is moulded right onto the rack, so you can't just replace the motor and be on your way.

This next part is a rant, so feel free to stop reading at this point...Not sure what country you are in, but I'm in Canada and also had problems sourcing the part as the Canadian Jag dealers are 'not allowed' to source parts from the US, only Canadian warehouses, they told me it would be at least 6 months before they could get the part. Luckily I live fairly close to the US border and was able to drive to Buffalo NY and bring back the part from there. Oh and I had my local mechanic install it as the Jag dealer would not give me any compensation for sourcing the part myself.

 

Short answer - had to replace the entire steering rack at a cost of $5,000 USD + about a day's labour.

Long answer - the electronic motor casing was compromised, allowing water/condensation to get in and rot all the components. The motor is not affixed to the rack, ie. it's not a separate component, but it is moulded right onto the rack, so you can't just replace the motor and be on your way.

This next part is a rant, so feel free to stop reading at this point...Not sure what country you are in, but I'm in Canada and also had problems sourcing the part as the Canadian Jag dealers are 'not allowed' to source parts from the US, only Canadian warehouses, they told me it would be at least 6 months before they could get the part. Luckily I live fairly close to the US border and was able to drive to Buffalo NY and bring back the part from there. Oh and I had my local mechanic install it as the Jag dealer would not give me any compensation for sourcing the part myself.

 

Wow was your code also B1304-04? It seems like this bad motor is affecting most Jaguars like F-Pace Land Rovers which has cracked Motor cases as well. I'm in the US but I grew up in Toronto

 

Yes same code along with a few others. It would be nice if a recall notice was issued on this problem as it seems prevalent in many different models. I'm not sure how a recall is determined though.

 

Yes, I ended up replacing the entire steering rack. I tried to fix it at first, even bought a rebuilt motor from Ukraine to replace the original motor, but after three months of trying, I found that something inside the rack was broken and could not be fixed, probably the belt or the small gearbox. After browsing some British forums, I found that this is a known manufacturing defect but it occurs mostly on F-pace and some Land Rover models. Later, after searching for recall information, I found that one of the 2016 F-types was recalled because of the steering rack, but only one.

 

Thanks for replying and circling back with your fix. Yikes looks we all have a ticking timebomb on our steering rack.

So did the rebuilt motor last only for 3 months or the code never went away even with the motor replaced? I have an AWD version which is a different rack from the RWD

 

My shop replaced the motor, the code still appeared and the problem persisted. We initially thought we needed to reprogram it, which we tried, but then thought it was something else and had to replace the entire rack. Yes, the RWD and AMD racks are completely different. Most of the ones you can find on Ebay are the RWD versions. The AWD versions are much more expensive.

 

I replaced our Ghibli steering rack. Dealer about same price! My inde let me find a warrantied rebuilt for about $850 and charged $1100 labor.

 

Not all of us. It was only the later (2016 onward) cars that have the electric unit.