Faults:

Rear anti-roll bar bushes, £6 to renew through a Ford dealer.

General Comments:

An excellent car with good handling, and good performance for a diesel, economy is also very good for a large car, at around 45 mpg.

The most important thing to remember with this engine is to renew the cambelt at a dealer every 30,000 miles, or else!

Faults:

Electrical fault caused car to surge alarmingly when decelerating on motorway. Took 3 visits to the workshop to correct it. Very expensive.

Water leaks in both footwells despite replacing rubber door seals.

Central locking been repaired 3 times - has a mind of its own.

General Comments:

Apart from Station Garage Shepperton, all Ford workshops I have used are dreadful.

Faults:

Rear wheel noise (it is an estate, though.) Cured this by simply rotating the tyres. Front end noise - needs shocks & bushes replacing. Has done 80k.

General Comments:

Good handling, comfortable car. Somewhat underpowered, and needs to be revved to get the best out of it. Feels solid, especially at highway speeds.

Faults:

Hand brake light tempremental.

Back passenger doors have to be slammed to close properly.

Unsure if alarm works properly.

3rd gear synchro worn.

General Comments:

Apart from the niggly things above it has been a good car which is at its best on the motorway, having said that it is good fun to chuck around. It is not very quick but not bad for a 1.6 I suppose. The only problem is the dealerships and the people who work in them - they are all very stupid.

Faults:

Nothing major, only a sender unit for temp. gauge (10ukp).

General Comments:

Excellent car. Poor fuel consumption is the only complaint (24-25mpg!!). Mine's done 96,000 miles and looks and feels like 30,000 miles. An excellent value high mileage buy!!

Faults:

Right electric window can't be controlled by passenger. Switch replaced. Tires must be changed too often. (I guess I take too many corners). A little hard to start in the winter. Not solved by dealer who couldn't find any problem. Right door speaker broken. Replaced. Some dashboard lights failed. Replaced.

Never had any problems with my Japanese car!!

General Comments:

Comfortable car, big storage capacity.

Nice driving but a slow car when you want to pass (slower) cars, but this comes with the diesel engine.

Ford probably makes great cars, but this one could be better. Reliability of some parts is ...

Faults:

Replaced rear exhaust section twice in 20K miles. Rear suspension rollbar links replaced (known weak spot).

Passenger air vent keeps coming out of dash.

Starter motor occasionally spins without engaging (known fault).

General Comments:

Bought car with 46K on it, have done 20K in 12 months. Mostly fast motorway work. Has never let me down. 1.6 engine is a bit underpowered. Hatchbacks better than booted models. Avoid any white or very bright blue models - they don't sell well (info from Ford main dealer).

Faults:

Pulling to the left, excessive tyre wear, replacement exhaust, front suspension bushes, central locking on drivers side, replacement of steel water pipes.

Water ingress in nearside, cured by replacing pollen filter and reseating seal.

General Comments:

After many attempts to cure the "pulling" problem, I have given up and will live with the problem until I sell the car.

I will not buy another Mondeo.