1994 Ford Mondeo LX from UK and Ireland - Comments

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.

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

I have V-reg Ford Mondeo which I have had for 13 weeks. It has been to Quicks in Ashton (Ford dealer) 6 times, main problem was a water leak in both foot wells. It has just spent 10 days there. I got the car back on 13/09/01 and on Saturday we had rain in Manchester so I checked the car for leaks. When I took the carpet up on the passenger side it was soaking wet. I have been dealing with Ford customer care in Glasgow who were not much help. Once these people have your money they are not bothered about the problems you have with your car. I would never buy a car from Ford ever again, I would sooner drive a Lada.

I'm told by a windscreen repair person, that a leak in the passenger's footwell can be caused by a poor seal on the pollen filter housing. The rain goes thru the nearside part of the grille in front of the windscreen and leaks into the heater inlet area and then to the footwell.

My 80,000 mile 2000 "V" Mondeo has suffered water leaks into the foot wells since new, (I should have rejected the vehicle) After the 7th service I have just received the car back and on asking have you cured the leak this time was told that the carpets were dry so their couldn't be a leak, I went outside pulled up the carpet and ripped out a lump of very wet under felt and a one day old wet newspaper and placed them on the service reception desk.

I have now been told that it was not worth "ME" spending money on trying to trace and cure thes leaks.

Purchased new from Ford main dealer Furrows Shrewsbury, I hope they don't expect me to buy another car from them.

Mondeo water leaks.

Problem is one of design!

Water follows the cable forms and drips down to the inside face of the doors.

The solution is to strip back insulation outer covering (which acts as a hose pipe), and then bend the inner wires to form a U trap to divert the water to the inside of the door, where it can drain away, not to the inner face of the door!

John.

Ford Mondeo water leak in the front footwell.

I purchased a Ford Mondeo 2000 TDI (9 months old on a 55 plate) during July 2006.

The car went into the garage for its second service in February 2007. The following week the car started leaking water in the front passenger side foot-well.

The car has been back to the garage three times since, only to be told it's out of warranty.

Contacted Ford Customer Services, to be told that they would consider my problem as a goodwill gesture, but I would have to agree in principle to pay for the works to find the leak to prove that it was a manufactures defect, and not a problem caused by me.

I find this hard to believe, as I have only driven the car and put diesel in it. The cost of this work is unknown, but I have been advised by an independent car body specialist that this could run to £1000+. What a joke from a main car dealer/manufacturer.

In my lifetime I have bought 9 Ford cars, and I have no intention of ever stepping foot over the door of any Ford garage in the future to purchase a car.

Goodbye Ford; it's time you woke up and put the customer first.

I have a 2003 Mondeo... my neighbour has a 2005 Mondeo... my son in law has a 2006 Mondeo... my workmate has a 2005 Mondeo. ALL of these cars leak into the rear foot-well. My neighbour got rid of his and vowed NEVER to buy Ford again. I have tried to find the source of the leak without success!! Come on Ford, YOU must know there is a manufacturer fault with the design. Do something about it before you lose your valued customers.

I like the car, but I will definitely be looking at another manufacturer next time I buy.

I have a ford Mondeo ST220 2004. On vacuuming my car over the weekend, I noticed both rear foot wells were wet. I went to Fords and have been told it's the outer door seals; it goes from the front to the rear in one piece; I hope this sorts it. I've put new window trims in, but no help. I have some wind noise from drivers side, so I'm hoping I can cure 2 things at once with the new outer seals.

To be honest, I'm getting fed up now with Fords, spend over £13k only to have wind noise and wet floors.

YIPPPPEEEEE I've sorted the wet mats. All Mk3 Fords have this problem, some rain water runs down the door glass and into the door; this is what is supposed to happen, the membrane behind the door card is supposed to be fully sealed, but over time with opening and shutting the doors this seal may come away by just an inch, and water will then be free to run down in inside of your sill and into the carpet.

To check this, open your door fully get someone to pour lots of water on the window (outside), and watch the water drip from behind the door card. To fix take door card off, dry with hair dryer and refit with good silicone, problem solved.

As for wind noise, it's the rear quarter lights; the wind does sound like it's in your ear, but it's not, it's the rear quarter lights.

Regarding previous comment - my ford (Mondeo Estate Vetec 2003), has just gone into ford with the same problem - wet floor offside in front of rear seats. They diagnosed as exactly same thing - "door shower curtain has become brittle". They are replacing 2 doors "curtains"/membranes for £170. Parts £40 quid per door, rest is labour. So if the silicone tip works go for it!!!

I bought my Mondeo from new on May 2004 and on Jan 2007 had to have both O/S/F and O/S/R door membranes replaced due to both front and back floors being saturated with water.

This problem was not covered under the 3 yr warranty.

Labour charges were 163.00 and total cost to fix this "design" fault was £235.00. 15 months later I again have a swimming pool in both front and rear floors.

Ford garage only guarantee their work for 3 months so it apears this will be an on-going problem.

It is about time Ford got their act together and did something about this very common problem.

Andy Glasgow.

I don't get it. My 02 Mondeo has never leaked. But the rear brakes keep sticking. (one wheel at a time. - never both together.)

I bought a Mondeo Estate 2004. The carpets on the driver's side & behind the driver gets soaking wet, I don't know what is causing this, can anyone help me? I have taken it to a garage & the rubbers around the door behind the driver were out of line & the seals were not on properly, this was fixed but the water is still coming in.

There is another possible cause of water leaks on the Ford Mondeo around the 1999 models and not mentioned so far, On this model the A pillar where the wings fixes on is not apparently a solid construction and if the wing is not sealed to the body where it fixes to the pillar water can leak down the inside of the pillar and come out in the well just below where the bonnet pull catch is located. If you remove the air intake cover (s) at each outer end of the void there is a well where the bonnet hinges are located, water drains from this area and runs down the A pillar eventually leaking into the footwell. The proper fix is to remove the wing and seal the area, then replace. I have had it happen twice, once on the passenger side where the wing was original and also on the drivers side where a new wing was fitted.