2001 Ford Mondeo LX from UK and Ireland - Comments

I never knew Mondeo's were that bad.

I used to own a 1998 Mondeo LX, bought it in 2001 and sold it in 2007 covering 120,000 miles. No problems what so ever.

To be honest the only things I changed were the battery in 2004 due to it dying and the light bulb for the rear brake lights 3 times (kept blowing out) but it was a really good car. It did the job!

Sold it in 2007 for a 2004 Nissan Primera, which is quite good. Practical, does 35-45 MPG easily on motorway and looks great from every angle. The only bad thing is that there is a lack of spare parts which may be expensive and tyres cost a bomb! £130 each!!. But tyre prices have gone up and 16" wheels are becoming a common site, like how 13" wheels were common back in the early 90's. Only changed the battery to date (as I accidentally left the lights on) but otherwise it's a good family car. It does the job as well!!

I don't know why I avoided the mark3 Mondeo, but many people including you guys have said very negative things which now I understand why.

The new MK4 Mondeo on the other hand is fantastic, drove a 2.0 Zetec and it's so nice, very gutsy and quite interesting, but appalled by its 20 - 26MPG in town and 33MPG on motorway!! Cost my work £30.00 for only covering 180 miles in it and petrol priced at 96.6 P.

But next tome may either the new Mondeo (facelift with better MPG) or a 318i as they do 50MPG in future!!

Have had 3 mondeo`s from 1992 to 2003 have found all models reliable and very safe

the 2003 mondeo zetec that I now own, is a beautiful car, lovely to drive nice family car

as with all modern cars, you have to get under the plastic parts but still a simple car to maintain.

Parts are readily available if needed, so I can't really find fault, perhaps others are too quick to find fault!

I have worked with numerous makes of machines and as said previously, they all have their problems.

I have recently purchased a 2001 51 Reg 1.8 petrol LX.

There is only two things with the car I dislike are how far the hand brake comes up (my last car was a 56 reg Focus, so I didn't have to move the hand brake on that far at all compared to the Mondeo), and the other thing is the turning circle on the thing; it's terrible.

Also was wondering if anyone could give me a diagnosis on my car as well:

It shakes uncontrollably when accelerating doing 50mph+.

By saying the car shakes, the gear stick is vibrating like mad, and I can feel the front end wobbling like crazy.

Check if your car has had its driveshafts removed for any reason (new springs etc), when being replaced they can easily be mis-aligned and cause the problem you posted.