1993 Ford Telstar 2.5 petrol

Summary:

Excellent, and very underrated

Faults:

CV joints at 80000.

Dashboard storage compartment's closer springs are broken.

General Comments:

Excellent low maintenance luxury car with good performance and excellent road holding. Less fuel efficient, but still compares good with other similar cars.

Very reliable. Owned it for 17 years, and still in excellent condition and going strong. Done 163000 km.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 20th June, 2010

14th Jan 2011, 07:25

Hi all.

I've been driving a Ford Telstar 2.0 GLE for 4 years now. Before I bought it, I didn't even wanted a Ford for free!!

But now, I won't change it for anything!! As I'm working for a Ford agent now, I pimped it quite a bit for next to nothing.

I fitted Tickford Falcon 17" mags (only set in SA), redid the whole front & rear suspension, fitted all mountings, black leather seats, new roof lining, door panels, fitted electric windows, double din DVD/nav system, etc, all out of the Ford warehouse. It looks wicked, I love it. And it's light on juice!! I get +-900km on a tank at 140km/h!! Want a car? Buy a Telstar!!!!

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1997 Ford Telstar Mystique 2 Litre 16v

Summary:

An excellent freeway cruiser

Faults:

Inlet manifold gasket leaked and was replaced.

Front control arm bushes had to be replaced due to normal wear.

Distributor cap, rotor and ignition leads had to be replaced due to misfire on occasion. Problem solved. Dealer said it was a faulty distributor. Lucky I got a second opinion!

When turning the steering feels like something in the suspension is loose, but no problem can be detected and no abnormal wear on the tyres can be seen.

General Comments:

This is an excellent family sedan and was seriously under rated in it's time mainly due to very poor marketing by Ford in SA.

Performance and fuel economy is above average for a car of this size and weight.

The engine and the engine management system feels very smooth and refined.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 4th January, 2006

15th Nov 2010, 13:48

I drive a Ford Telstar 1997.

I replaced CV joints and nothing else. This is truly a wonderful family sedan. My Ford has got about 330000 km on the clock, uses about a pint of oil on a 1000km trip.

It's one of the best cars I have driven so far. Good going Ford.

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1993 Ford Telstar GL 2.0 V6

Summary:

This is a very comfortable albeit somewhat unreliable vehicle

Faults:

The drivers door was damaged after another car rode into it which resulted in neither the drivers nor right passenger door being able to open.

The central locking/alarm/immobiliser stopped working after about 7 months.

The gearbox needed replacing 2 months after we got the car. About a month ago the replacement (new not reconditioned) gearbox also packed up and now the car is just standing idle.

Fuel consumption is very high.

The electric window mechanism on the two back door stopped working. On the back driver's side it doesn't work at all while on the back passenger side it can go down, but not up. All of the windows can however be operated from the driver's door.

General Comments:

Other than the above mentioned faults, this car is still very good and handles well.

I don't have any complaints about the interior and I find it very comfortable.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 21st December, 2005

1993 Ford Telstar Gli 2.0 Litre

Summary:

A reliable, economical, comfortable vehicle

Faults:

Alternator failed at 149000km. Replaced field coils.

Water pump failed at 176500 km.

Rear head gasket blew at 179300km.

Replaced timing belt, distributor cap, gearbox filter, and radiator when the blown head gasket was replaced at 179300km.

General Comments:

Very comfortable to drive (I am 1.98m tall.

Build quality of the car is very good.

The car interior and exterior still look like new.

Good fuel economy.

Spares quite expensive.

Dealer service very poor.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 5th November, 2004

14th Jan 2011, 07:42

Mine is still going great as well! With 290000km on the clock, I've only done the water pump!! The great thing is that it's a 2.0 4cyl, as I work for Ford, it will go further than the V6.

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7th Sep 2011, 07:41

Hey bru!!

I have also got the 2.0 4 cylinder, I also work for Ford, & have replaced almost everything on mine, as I get it all for cheap. Won't trade mine for anything.

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27th Sep 2016, 03:24

I have a 1993 2 liter Ford Telstar GLE automatic and we have endless problems with idling. The car is revving up and down (hunting). Can somebody please advise me in this regard?