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  Which MPV to replace my Ford Galaxy for £3000? 29 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a cheap 7-seater as my current Ford Galaxy has just gave up. I between £2000-£3000 to spend. I do a lot of town driving so I am guessing...
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - Booking a service, do I take the "extras"? 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Following my earlier thread about service intervals, I had a look at the online booking form. http://tinyurl.com/ycn7pwy Looks like the service is £175 (I am assuming that the first 12 month service is an interim service), but on the form there are 4 items that they claim are "Ford
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 1.8 Car stalls at lights when temp is high 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone I wonder if you can help me. I have a Zetec 1.8ltr Ford Mondeo on a Y (2001) plate. Recently it has started stalling when I come to a stop (either at lights or behind another vehicle). The engine cuts out, all lights on the dash come on, and I have to restart the engine to get going
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 05 1.8 Problems starting 30 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I bought my 2005 Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec from Cargiant a couple of weeks ago and I seem to be having some problems with it. These are two separate issues that I've noticed, though they may well be linked. 1) First, sometimes the car doesn't start properly. I turn the key, the electrics
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 1999 How do you remove the oil cap? 28 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, I need some help on removing an oil cap on a Ford KA2 99 reg (T). This is such a silly issue but I asked everyone I know and to no avail so far! I am trying to top up my engine oil in my KA, but for life of me cannot remove the oil cap on top of the engine. All my friends, neighbours and my
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 96 1.8 Seat belt buckle removal 22 May 2009 (Forum)
  is that I cannot remove the base seat cushion to gain access to the buckle retaining screws. It is not the usual hinged type that I have had on most of my previous fords. Instead it seems to be clipped in four places. I had a look in my Haynes manual which just rather helpfully says "remove the bolts
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2l Diesel Engine Cut-Out resolved 7 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I had some very dangerous occurences of the engine (130 TDCi) cutting out at high speed. I went to a ford garage in Farnborough and they charged me nearly £50 to carry out a diagnostic check, but they found no fault. They were unable to offer me any advice or ideas of what I should do next
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.8 Starting Problem 15 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  use an expensive silver calcium one from ford). It was real cold out last night which may have had something to do with it. Stuck the new one in this morning but did the same thing. Battery voltage was better at 12.53 but it wasn't really firing. I then tried to start with my foot fully pressed
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2004 1.6 - engine weak! 7 May 2008 (Forum)
  on that cylinder; that's the best way to describe this. No problems show with Ford's diagnostics. Compression test by them shows 200psi on all cylinders (though curiously another garage showed low compression 130psi on one of them, which would start to explain all this) Why would one cylinder be weaker than
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - I'm impressed. 11 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Today I went along to a showroom near Dublin and I sat in the driving seat of the new Ford Mondeo for the first time. Wow,that car truly is quality!! The driving seat is so comfortable and all the knobs seem to be in the right place. The car seems extremely well put together and the dashboard
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1.8 Zetec 2002, Petrol, Manual, Engine cut out 18 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  , it restarted fine, but when traveling through town, the igintion light came on 3 seperate times, when breaking or slowing, but it went away and hasn't happened since. First time I took it to ford for a diagnostic but nothing came up. The car idles fine, accelerates fine. The only other v small quirk
• Whats this worth, which should I sell ? 23 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  . It is a nice metalic blue. Manual 5 speed box. What is this worth if I sell it private? My other car is a ford ka, 2003 reg, 03. It has covered just 16,000 miles from new with 2 prev elderly lady owners(both sisters) It is metalic black, fully stamped ford service history, just been serviced again by ford main
• Dealer worthy of medal - Seicento cont 28 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  in all, Lutterworth Ford have got my vote and they certainly put my local Ford dealer in the shade. Ford dealers can be very hit and miss - they are certainly a hit as far as Im concerned.
• Help! Ford Mondeo Zetec problem 10 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I hope someone can help me. Recently bought a high milage Ford Mondeo zetec 2.0 diesel TDCI (year: 2004, milage 78,000). I've only had it 2 weeks, did one long drive (70 miles) with no problems. Did the same drive the following week but in extremely heavy traffic and warm weather. About half
• Ford Ka - sheared plug - help!! 12 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Did a service on my sister's recently acquired Ford Ka this morning. It's a tidy 1998 example with 82k on the clock. Anyhow, it was all going swimmingly until it came to the spark plugs. The plug hexes were heavily corroded, and the plug wells filled with rust and other debris. I cleared out
• Dealer Leg Lift? 25 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Yesterday having viewed the Ford Direct website for a Ford Focus Zetec Climate I was directed towards a local Ford Dealer. I spoke to the salesperson and told him my requirements. I then realised the list on the website was a pool the dealers dip into and cars are delivered after the purchase
• I need a Ford Escort ... 13 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  that she had also had some free-and-frank exchanges with the ferry company, who hadn't been thrilled to have their car deck blocked. The final instalment as we headed out of mobile phone range was her calling her son to plead with him to get her a Ford Escort immediately, because at least it would work
• Needless oil changes? 27 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  HJ has propounded a number of times the benefits of leaving the car's first oil change up to (I think he said) maybe 12,000 miles in the interests of creating sufficient wear to allow the engine to bed in properly. Last October I bought a new Ford and after its first 1000 km checkup decided
• Convoluted relationships 11 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  It seems that the car manufacturing world gets more and more convoluted by the day. We have the likes of Ford owning Volvo Cars, Jaguar, and Aston Martin, and with a stake in Mazda, the Fiesta having some engines with Yamaha cylinder heads, and courtesy of parent Ford, the new V8 engines
• New Mondeo Front Fogs and other bits 16 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Got a new shape Mondeo 1.8LX a few weeks back on a Y plate. I approached Ford about buying front fogs and was told there is no kit for 2000> models but there is one available for 1996-2000 models. I then asked the question which parts do i need to make up my own kit and after a lot of chasing