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• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 96 1.3 petrol stalling at low revs 4 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  My wife runs a 1997 Ford Fiesta 1.3, 23000 miles, Endura Engine. When 1st starting the car every thing appears to be ok. But after a couple of mins when the engine has warmed up the engine will stall when we start to slow down say at a junction, or when you are waiting at traffic lights etc
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  My Ford Mondeo struggles to start and then produces white smoke. What's wrong? 31 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I've got a Ford Mondeo Mk3 2.0 TDI. It lost all power and then produced white smoke, then it stalled and would not start again. When it cooled down it...
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  Would a Ford Fiesta 1.25 be suitable as a second car for commuting? 15 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Can you help? I have about £1500 to spend on a second car for work. I do about 50 miles a day and I was originally looking out for either a Nissan Almera...
• Ford Focus - Cooling fan problems 30 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I've got a 59 plate ford focus 1.6 tdci which i got in march. Ever since I got it a couple of times a week my cooling fan runs on for 20-30mins after the ignition has been turned off. My car has been in for repair 7 times and the fault keeps happening. The dealership say no fault can be found
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1998/R 1.25 Zetec - Central Locking 8 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  on the key turn! Is there some sort of actuator that would trigger the electric motor/solenoid, which would need changing, as the lock operates from the passenger side? Any idea how much a part will be from Ford and/or other supplier? Finally, I may try to install one of these widely advertised "remote
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - 07 2.0 Cutting out since purchase from national de 20 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  it to a Ford service dealer as promised they told me they had been asking lots of people who they knew! How do I stand legally with this, I am very wary of driving the car as it stands, in fact I don't think I should be driving it. Can I ask for my money back or for a replacement car? Thanks
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.25 Car losing power when accelerating esp. up 11 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  this can be a bit dangerous when driving on the motorway/at junctions/roundabouts! As a result it also appears to be drinking much more fuel, presumably due to the uneven nature of my acceleration! This has only been happening in the last week or so (I drove through a Ford a week ago-will the water have
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Longevity of light bulbs... 15 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  bulbs but I know for a fact that the current survivor is a Ford Motorcraft bulb - and so is the replacement that I have for the one that has just failed. I have only ever changed one bulb on the Mondy in 150k miles - and that was years ago with a cheap replacement, so why is the Focus so intolerant
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 05 2.0 tdci engine troubles 5 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Excuse the non technical language folks. I have a problem with my 05 Ford Mondeo 2.0 tdci After finding the plastic underside of the engine compartment (the bit that follows on from the bumper) had been smashed, with about a quarter of it on the drivers side missing, my mondeo has started to feel
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Engine cooling system question? 25 May 2009 (Forum)
  This question is about a 1.8 petrol Ford Focus. I would like to know from any mechanics about what the possible causes may be for the following symptoms : 1. When starting the car from cold in the morning and during the first journey the temperature guage needle after rising slightly then drops
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 1.6TDCi Front suspension knock 12 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  . Any ideas what it could be, and whether I need to worry just yet? My Googling has revealed that Ford suspension bushes may not be up to scratch, but surely if it's a worn bush then the knocking would be througout the drive, not just the first few hundred metres, no? Many thanks in advance! Pete.
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 1998 1.8 Misfire 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a Ford Escort 1.8LX(Zetec) 1998. I was driving up the motorway around 60mph the other day, when I wanted to overtake, I was overtaking and there was some smoke from the exhaust and the car started to lose power. I got the car home, which ran rough all the way. Let the engine cool
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - TDCi "transient overboost" -- what triggers it? 8 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I've been having a search around to see what combination of circumstances triggers / engages the transient overboost on the TDCi motors. Ford make a big play of this feature in all its tech specs, but so far I've only found fairly vague descriptions such as " it happens when full acceleration
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 1994 1.3 Auto - Starting Problem 11 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  improvement in restarting, Model: Ford Fiesta LX Equip Auto 1299cc 1994 Grateful for any advice. ddd
• 2001 Ford Mondeo Duratec 2.0 Di EGR? 6 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Dear all, Have a 2001 ford mondeo 2.0 diesel covered some serious miles in it as its a taxi 186,000!!!! Had a problem about 5 months ago were the car was running fine at start up and after a few miles it would start spluttering if it was rev'd hard it would chuck white/blue smoke out of the back
• Ford Ka (again!) - exhaust manifold/c 11 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  , it looks like the manifold, cat and downpipe are once piece. The first join I can find in the system is where the downpipe joins the middle section roughly level with the engine sump. My (Ford) manual says that looking towards the ground from the engine bay, there should be four bolts spaced equally
• Ford Ka - smell on braking/manoeuvring 12 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  I have a Ford Ka, 2 years old, 12000 miles. The other day, I drove 20 miles, and then had to do a multi-point turn to get into a tight parking spot. Up to that point, there had been no smell in the car, but as I braked, reversed, braked, went forward, etc, the cabin filled with an unpleasant
• Escort van gearbox and fluid. HELP!! 15 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  . The transmission code on the VIN plate is 'W', which translates to "manual (5 speed)". Not helpful, but it's not the code for the MT or MTX box. The Ford TIS manual doesn't really help, and the CARDATA cd says use 80w gear oil. The owners manual suggests it's a "type B" box and to use Ford spec ESD-M2C-186
• Ford Dealer Prices 25 May 2005 (Forum)
  I am a bit baffled by the current pricing situation. I wanted new pads and discs fitted to my current Mondeo and telephoned a number of local dealers in order to get quotes. The service department at Ford dealer one quoted £175 the rapid fit facility at the same dealership stated they could do
• 1991 ford fiesta 1.1 starting problems 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  and engine always turned over fine. Garage never could work out what problem was as could never find the fault but towing always seemed to start the car. Garage eventually replaced all possible problem parts they could think of and referred to Ford main dealers without anyone ever really ever finding out