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• Ford Fusion Zetec - Don't want to go ahead and purchase a used car 1 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Hello, my wife paid a £500.00 deposit by credit card for a second hand car at a ford dealership and said she would pick up the car in about four weeks when she had received an insurance payout. On the receipt the salesmen wrote delivery date TBC. The manager & salesan have
• Ford Focus CL 2000 - Door locking! 27 May 2010 (Forum)
  open from the pass side, the drivers side will unlock too. Any ideas what's going wrong? Can anyone confirm if a previous post has been the right solution for them? "Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 - Central locking problem" (forum post in 2005)  
• Ford Fiesta (2009 - ) - 09 1596 Fiesta Econetic Cooling System 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  and does anyone know what the normal running temp shoul be. Also the fuel consumption has dropped from a reasonable 59mpg to about 45mpg Any help would be appreciated in preparation for round 4 at the local Ford Dealer next week Many thanks Barry
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 05 1.6 General Query: Heated Front Windscreen 2 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  a large chunk (but not all) on the passenger side but only a couple of thin lines on the drivers side. does anyone know of any troubleshooting steps i could take before i hand it over to Ford for them to charge me through the you know what. i've seen other posts where people say about checking the relay
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 2.0 Engine systems fault 24 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  fault' on the display. The car was towed to the main Ford Dealer who subsequently declard that water had been found in the fuse box and that would be £540 to replace. I had checked for water before taking it in and everything was bone dry. I towed the car away and am now left pondering the problem. Any
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - 09 2.0 Harsh on 18" alloys - advice on change to 13 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  might suffer a bit but I'm no boy racer so happy to compromise. Would this make a significant difference? Would the Titanium X be OK on smaller wheels (offset, brakes etc)? Should I get genuine Ford alloys? Should I sell the OE 18" wheels and tyres or keep for refitting when I change the car? Any
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - best place to buy car mats? 12 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, After reading the advice in HJ's CBC breakdown, this forum and What Car? magazine over a period of many months, I eventually bought a black Ford Focus LX 1.6 petrol (113 bhp), 2006 06 reg, from Carcraft in Staines, Chertsey. I am basically happy with the car except for its slightly boring
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.8tdci not starting? 4 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  hi, my 52 reg ford focus 1.8tdci has stopped all of a sudden when i parked it up. i tried to start it again but the ignition does even turn over. all the electrics light up on the dash and the hazard lights work and also the power windows. i tried jump starteing it but it still didnt work. i dont
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.6 Central locking issue 15 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 1999 Ford Focus with a central locking problem. If I press the "lock" button on the key fob - all doors will attempt to lock, but then ping open again (lock and then unlock). And if I press the unlock button on the key fob, only the driver's door unlocks opens. If I try locking
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 02 1.3 Rear wiper blade problem 9 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I've had this problem on my Ford Ka Style for a couple of years now, but enough's enough and I'd like to get it sorted before the bad weather sets in. The problem is in the shape of the rear window and flexibility (or lack) of the rear wiper blade; when the wiper's switched on it's too inflexible
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Problems 22 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  and pads New Drums and rear Brakes New Rear Wheel Bearings New Starter Motor Comlete wash out and fresh anti freeze solution Oil change with genuine ford oil and the problem still persists. have i missed something, should i be looking at getting at ecu reprogrammed, should i look at the battery
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 1.8 Fitted aftermarket seats. Airbag light on 11 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone, I have a MK1 Ford Focus 1.8 TDDI (2000, W Plate). I have recently purchased a pair of aftermarket Corbeau Seats for the front, they went in a treat but now I have an airbag light which flashes on my dashboard. I know why its there, the previous seats had the side airbags and have now
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 03 1.3 buzzing noise under hard acceleration 27 May 2009 (Forum)
  I've had my Ford Ka for over 5 years and a new problem seems to have occurred. On Monday during the course of a journey, I stopped on a narrow road to let a lorry past, and when I pulled off again, there was an unpleasant buzzing noise which had not been there previously. It seems to be coming
• Ford Focus saloon (2005 - ) - 05 1.6 Car Jumping/Lurching at 2000 revs? 12 May 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have a Ford Focus Ghia 1.6 100ps 55 plate vehicle, which I have owned from new with no major problems before. However since February when driving the car, when slowing down such as approaching a roundabout or climbing a hill, when the revs get to 2000 (sometimes 3000) then the car jumps
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2001 1.6 - Changed Cabin Filter 9 May 2009 (Forum)
  soaked up by all the carpety stuff under the hood? How do I test for this leak and is it worth spending £13 on the adhesive stuff from Ford? Its a 2001 Y 1.6L Thanks {teleported across to Technical Matters}
• Ford StreetKa (2003 - ) - 04 1.6 Engine light on colour amber 30 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Dear All, I am wondering if anyone could please give me some advice on this matter, my Ford StreetKA currently has it's engine light on permanently and when diagnosed by the AA i was told this could be the sensors, i took the car to a garage and they cancelled the computer error and said
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - Which automatic, petrol or diesel ? 3 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  I'm looking to buy a new, or nearly new Ford Mondeo Automatic in the near future and was wondering if any backroomers have experienced driving the 2.3 petrol and the 2.0 diesel automatics and could advise which was the best drive. I only do around 6k miles per annum, so I understand the cost
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2004 1.8 TDCi 35-40 MPG on run?? Please help 13 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've bought a Ford Focus sport 115 bhp 04 plate a few months back. Its now done 90k and since I bought it in December it has yet to impress me with fuel consumption. The car's had a full service, and has been driven easily with a mixture of town and motorway. Today I have done 430 miles
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 04 1.2 EAC fail again?????? 11 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi guys just wondered if anyone can help i posted on this forum a long while back about a ford fiesta i had got on finance which was coming up with the eac fail message . i put it into the garage twice for them to fix it and it has been ok since september but it has now done it over again. I want
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1999 1.8 Cause of higher petrol consumption? 2 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I drive a Ford Focus 1.8 petrol which is a 99T with about 78k miles. I had a service last month and when I got home afterwards and looked at the invoice, it said that the oil used was 10w/40. The next day I told the garage the oil should really be 5w/30 and they agreed to change it. However I have