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• Focus - new or old? 16 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  SWMBO has been looking for new transport to replace her ageing VW Passat. The Ford Focus is one possibility. A local Ford dealer (in common with several others) is offering new model 1.6 5dr Zetec (climate pack) hatches for around £8800. The car she's looked at has 17k miles and is 9 months old
• Mondeo Servicing and brakes 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Hi All, Just need some views on prices i've been quoted for a service and my brakes to be done. I've got a new shape mondeo 1.8LX gave Ford a ring in Bolton to get a price for a standard annual service as mine is now due, quoted £135.00 which seems pretty resonable to me. Just wondered (I should
• Ford RSOC meet @ Bealieu 17/07/05 8 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  The Wessex RS Owners' Club will be having their annual meet that Beaulieu in the New Forest on Sunday 17/07/05. The club invites all the other RSOCs in...
• Ford Focus Aircon 23 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  I think the aircon in my wifes' 99 Focus 1.8 has finally given up. It was working OK about 3 weeks ago although not as powerful as when we first got the...
• Mondeo diesel TDCi auto power loss 24 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  , knock, knock, knock at any steady 30, 40, 50 or 60mph on light to moderate throttle at 2,000 rpm. The dealer says that Ford cannot accept the call for help because this problem does not exist and all help from Ford has to be logged on a fault code. This fault has no code! Car is now 1,000 miles old
• Vibration. Ford Focus. 23 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  After telling my chum about all the good advice on this site he has asked me to pose the following.....! He also has a Focus Ghia 1.8. He's notice a...
• Ford Mondeo TDDi 2.0 90ps Tuning Box 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  I recently am in touch with a guy from Dragon Performance (www.mrhoot.com) and he's kindly given me lots of information on his tuning box (£249 incl VAT...
• Civic Recall 27 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  local dealer was most concerned and helpful. I compare this with the Ford response when I had a failure on the light switch of an Escort which was of a similar age ( ie just out of three year warranty).This failure resulted in me driving without any lights without realising it. I had a long fight
• Ford Mondeo Ghia X or Zetec? 22 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Having finally had enough of my Peugeot 405 GTX (2nd head gasket in 80,000 miles) and a new job 50 miles away from home I have decided that:- 1) Now is...
• Running in brake pads/discs. Ford Escort 25 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Had car serviced last Saturday, and also had new front brake discs and pads fitted. After 450 miles of mostly motorway driving, braking not-too-hard in...
• Focus Clock 2 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, Last weekend I changed the dash clock in my focus as the other one had not worked properly for the past 2 years!! The LED display was not showing the hour figure correctly. I refused to pay the £60 odd pounds for a new one from Ford so got one from a car transplants place. It was all done over
• New Fiesta Zetec 25 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have set my heart on buying a new Fiesta Zetec 1.4 petrol. I had a test drive today, and although it didn't set the world on fire, I am still determined to get one. I have had a look around all of the internet sites, however Ford seems to be offering a decent deal with free insurance
• Anyone else been offered this? 18 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I got a letter this morning from Ford, noting that I had taken out their free insurance deal they are now offering me 6 sessions of advanced driving tuition with the AA dricing school. The sessions cover All Weather driving, Night Driving, Skid Control, and Higher speed Motorway Driving. Probably
• Mondeo Cambelt & LPG MoT & adverts 30 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Just had my 98S Mondeo with PowerShift Tartarini LPG conversion serviced by a Ford dealer that (used to) offer LPG conversions. I have a few questions following it that I would really appreciate some guidance on. What should be changed along with the cambelt? Any tensioners, pulleys etc? What
• Ford Focus TDDI misfire 23 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I have a Focus 1.8 TDDI which has developed an intermittant misfire. Its as if fuel has suddenly stopped getting to the engine for a brief second. The...
• Windscreen - is it bonded or otherwise? 18 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  up by looking at it. I want to know for no particular reason, I'm just being inquisitive. Also does anyone know how much the quality differs between a Ford original part heated screen and say an Auto Windscreens own brand screen. I am thinking more about the life and reliability of the heating
• Focus cambelt. Replace at 40K ??? 15 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  When should I change the cambelt on a 1999 2.0 petrol Focus? Ford Service Guide says 100K miles /10 years. Ford main dealer said 100K. "had no problems with them". Friend in the trade referred to his fat "Cam belt Bible" which said 1998- every 100K. but.... HJ Focus review says "some fleets
• mondeo diesel 2.0DI (115bhp) 23 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Has anyone else bought a new Ford Mondeo diesel 2.0DI (115bhp duratorq engine) and been disappointed with the fuel return when compared with the fuel returns quoted in various magazines and websites? I've done about 4,000 miles in mine from new and and getting a return of 35.5mpg all the time
• Water Ingestion 1 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  that the engine had ingested water this was confirmed by the AA patrol. The car was recovered to my Ford dealer and I have been told it is ready for collection no damage was done to the engine just a case of removing the water! The water I entered was no deeper than 6 inches the airfilter is housed
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  S tronic hesitation 18 Jul 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have an Audi Q5 2.0T (automatic). The car has an issue where when it slows down to a stop, the car starts to judder, sometimes quite violently and on...