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  Buying a Ford Focus diesel with a PSA engine 2 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I would like to buy a 2012 Ford Focus 1.6 diesel, but have read so many horror stories about the PSA 1.6 engine used in these. I've read that there are...
• Ford Focus Titanium 2.0 petrol 2008 - Focus 2.0 duratec running issues 16 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi to all and thank you for your time. I bought a 2008 Ford Focus titanium manual in Feb 2015 and have had nothing but trouble with it. The starts fine but has a slight hesitation. When revved in neutral there's a slight popping/misfire which can be heard from the cat area. The car often hesitates
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round five. 20 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  ****** Voting over for round four. ****** For the next round, and to see the remaining cars, goto thread:- http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=23983 Right then, and onto round five and the penultimate round of Big Brother\'s Garage. Only one car was evicted from
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round one. 6 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  ****** Voting over for round one. ****** For the next round, and to see the remaining cars, goto thread:- http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=23537 Welcome to Big Brother?s Garage. Along similar lines to Big Brother on Channel 4, there are 12 cars in the garage
• Trust Ford Online 3 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Has anyone got any experience with buying from them? The car I'm looking at is a 2014 Ford fiesta zetec s and has low milage. I've checked my local dealer Evans Halshaw and for the same money Ford want, my money would get a car a year older with far more miles on the clock. I've also read its
• Ford Galaxy (2006 - ) - 2005 1.9TD Fuse box burning out 21 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Hello backroomers, I've have a recurring problem with my Galaxy and would appreciate some feedback. I am now on the 4th fuse box unit, it's the one beside the battery and it's the same terminal that melts each time where the lead runs in from the alternator. Ford replaced the first one
• Ford Galaxy - Winter tyres - "van" tyres on a Ford Galaxy 22 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  . I currently have 195/60-R16 summer tyres, and the only reasonably priced winter ones in this size (with the High Load rating I need in the Galaxy) are M+S Dunlop Winter Sport M2s, but note that they are sometimes described as commercvial or van tyres. Does this matter (given the Galaxy
• Ford Focus - Advice on Focus MK2 1.8 Sport 7 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Hi all, Well after long last we have finally sold the wife's BMW E46 and now she is in the market for a new (second hand) car. With a budget of £2250 MAX we think we have found the ideal car. She would like to have a MK2 Focus. As she does very few miles per year, and 80% of them being town
• Ford Fiesta 1.4, 59 plate - Brake fluid level following disc and pad change. 7 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  to the MAX level, but my question is this: can temporarily overpressurising the system in this way do any lasting harm?
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Fiesta coolant problem 13 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, Can any one help?  2006  1.4 Fiesta Diesel At the end of a journey a small amount of coolant is deposited on the floor - enough to lower the level from Max to about half way towards Min.  I think it comes from the header tank vent, (if it was a leak I
• Ford Focus 2001 1.6 zetec - Battery Light, crazy dials, high voltage 27 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  light went on and off a few times, then the speedo and rev counter shot up past the max, then the front, rear and side indicators all came on (constantly on, not flashing), meaning i couldn't signal. Then the speedo went to about 150mph and stayed there.  Also the fuel/temp gauge will drop to 0
• Ford Focus III (2008 - ) - 08 1.6 Coolant Loss/Use 5 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  about a litre in to bring up to the max mark. The car has only done 11500 miles and I have had a quick look around and can see no obvious pipes loose or signs of a leak so it is a bit of a mystery, is there a simple solution as I dread the 60 mile round trip/wait/faff to the dealers, I will monitor
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 1.8 misfire after start up 15 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  End Nov after 140 motorway miles, engine stuttered badly as revs fell in built up area with roundabouts and junctions etc. Since then has been sometimes difficult to start on v.cold or damp mornings - rev counter spins to max as engine is trying to catch and temperature flips to fahrenheit and trip
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.3 Heating prob ... ... 24 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  First off, new poster here, with as much car knowledge as a new born baby. My heaters in the car don't seem to work proper, they blow cold air 95% of the time. And once in a blue moon they give me some (little) heat for 20mins max when the car has run for 10-15 mins. The cabin never gets warm
• recalls and reliability? 17 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  from the start or a manufacturer's intention to look after the customers at their cost? Top 10 starting with most recalls: Renault Peugeot Ford BMW and MINI Citroen VW Opel Toyota and Lexus Fiat Mercedes Most recalled cars in no particular order: Alfa147, A4, BMW 3 series, Citroen C3 C5 C8, Ford
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - van 98 1.8td 75 - rough as old rope.... 2 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  smoke at idle. pulling away very sluggish then all of a sudden it springs into life and off we go....? very little to none smoke when driving along drives quite nice at speed but not sure if 80mph should be max speed for a turbo only just got the van and what i have been told is that a few things have
• They must be joking 11 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Evening all, Before I start, I love my Focus - it's everything I could want in a car (apart from a nice V8 block) but my feelings on the new one are not good. The hatch is essentially a squashed C-Max with Mondeo headlamps. The saloon is the only one I would ever consider (again
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1997 1.25 Zetec Over-revving 18 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  1997 Ford Fiesta 1.25 with Zetec Engine My son has just returned from a couple of days away (including motorway journeys ) and says that on several occasions when pulling up to a road junction and putting engine into neutral, the car revs went up to 5k plus. He reckons that he`s checked to see
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 TDCi (130) Will not start (please help) 6 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  back later, or it may just start first time. I took it into the Ford dealership, and they replaced the starter motor. It worked fine for about a month, then the problem came back. I returned it to them, and again, it worked fine for about a month, but has just started playing up again. Any help
• X Ford Mondeo 1.8 cam belt / lifter 3 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  I have an X reg Ford Modeo 1.8L petrol with 55K miles. Three weeks ago it had a 10K service and the cam belt changed. After 2 days I noticed a tinkling noise from the engine and took it back to the garage. They repaired it and I have now been told me it was the lifters (whatever