2002 Ford Mondeo Zetec from UK and Ireland - Comments

The interior lighting refused to work for the first 2000 miles. Two trips to the Ford dealer still did not remedy the problem.

The engine started to run too fast after about 500 miles. This meant the car would happily cruise down the road doing 40mph without touching the accelerator. Three trips to the Ford dealer were needed, each time apart from the last they "Hadn't had the time to fix it."

The Mondeo is terribly uncomfortable. The seats are bad and the suspension is so poor, it feels as though you are riding over cobbles.

The headrests also bend your neck forward causing your back to ache after only a short time.

The interior is badly built. The doors feel as though they are made of cardboard and creak if you rest your arm on them whilst going round corners. Materials look and feel cheap.

The exterior is just as bad. The top of the front wings are held to the car with sticky pads and are sharp and unfinished. The bumpers move by an alarming amount. The bonnet bends under the lightest pressure and the roof feels as though it's made of tinfoil.

The engine is rather rough and unrefined.

Even though some people say the Mondeo is good to drive, in my opinion the Fiat Punto was much better.

You must have brought a pup then mate.

I bought a Punto 9 months ago (new), and it's the worst car I've ever had by a long way, and costs far too much in depreciation for a supermini (super - ha, ha!). Even my previous £700 Astra totally outclassed it. Once I've had it a year, it's going to be traded against a new Mondeo which I've already had a test-drive in and cannot believe you rate a Punto better than it.

I agree the comments on the punto are hilarious. My mondeo is simply superb - this new incarnation is a huge step forward for ford and all of us ford owners :)

The 130ps TDCI is excellent in Zetec form!

I think you will find your car is a Fiat Punto, and someone has stuck a Mondeo badge on it.

Try parking it next to a punto to prove it.

Hope this helps.

I also can't believe the comments you have made, I think this is a fiat dealer trying to make some cheesy deals!!! "feels like your driving on cobbles" what a joke!!! it is superbly smooth. By the way the head rest issue. you just have to tilt them. And then you will find your poor little head won't ache so much trying to think!!! Why don't you read some of the other reviews and I could be wrong, but I think your car has the same suspension and engine etc! did you ever think the problem might be YOU!

Having a Mondeo myself, I find that your evaluation is not credible, and not believable.

I find the car 'solid, reliable, comfortable, economical, etc, etc, etc...

You may have been at the wrong end of a crash recycling scam. Bad luck.