My son is about to buy his first car (Fiesta 1.25 Style, 57 plate). It passed its last MOT with the following advisory:

2.1.5(a) 'Power steering component has slight seepage from a steering rack pinion seal'

Firstly, is this a deal breaker? Secondly, is this potentially expensive? (am guessing a replacement seal probably isn't, but is it costly from a labour point of view?)

Many thanks in advance

Richard

14 hours ago, RJD71 said:

My son is about to buy his first car (Fiesta 1.25 Style, 57 plate). It passed its last MOT with the following advisory:

2.1.5(a) 'Power steering component has slight seepage from a steering rack pinion seal'

Firstly, is this a deal breaker? Secondly, is this potentially expensive? (am guessing a replacement seal probably isn't, but is it costly from a labour point of view?)

Many thanks in advance

Richard

New steering rack will cost you about 250 supplied and fitted, reconditioned youre maybe looking at 50-70 quid cheaper, get it motd before you buy, might cost you 30 quid but could save you a lot in the long run, old cars like that are always going to have a few iffy bits, if its a decent looking car and its past mots are good then id take a chance

advisories - MOT testers use wildly varying standards on advisories. Some list loads of stuff and some don't list stuff because it was good enough to pass.  If the brake pads are getting then then it is good to show an advisory to warn the owner but you see advisories saying chip on winscreen but not bad enough to fail and crack in number plate but not bad enough to fail, these are the sort of stupid advisories in my opinion as you can see it anyway - it is not a hidden safety related thing.

You could buy another one which does not have any advisories, it does not mean everything is perfect, it could have the same slight seepage.

What is my point - well, a car with no advisories might be no better condition than one with 10 advisories.