[jonceebee]

Are these complaints about the return of sticky steering related to the spring and grease replacement? Mine had a new steering box fitted and so far everything is fine, perhaps the spring bodge effect is not working long term.

 

[jonceebee]

Imho there are two options:
1. Mazda changed something in production which they have not applied to the older cars, there just hoping for the best with the cheap solution. Then there is still hope for us.
2. Only the spring has changed in production. Then why would a new rack be better, if the new spring still creates the issue? It might just last longer, but will get the defect eventually.

On the other hand, I really start to wonder why some cars have all the faults while others have nothing. Could there be a common cause to a major part of the problems…?

When my car was booked in for repair the dealer was originally to carry out the spring and grease repair, then Mazda Head Office sent a brand new rack and insisted this was fitted rather than the repair, perhaps they have updated the box. However, as I stated in an earlier post if the rack is replaced have your wheel alignment computer checked by a proper tyre specialist as both sides were out of spec.