1995 Ford Mondeo LX from UK and Ireland - Comments

Catalytic converter 4 TIMES!

Various engine faults.

Exhaust.

Drank huge amounts of oil and far more petrol than it should have needed to.

Paint was unbelievably soft (car wash a big no-no!)

Horrible. OK, so it wasn't looked after very well before we had it, but it was still unreliable, uncomfortable and easy to lose in the car park. Went like a bomb and great for the motorway, but little else.

Dealer was useless and "forgot" to do anything to it when it went in for repairs once.

Cabin is like an aircraft cockpit with that dashboard and back end is too bouncy for back-seat passengers.

I had a '95 70000 miler - hated the damn thing - kept it 6 months before the general rumbles, rattles and extreme thirst for petrol drove me mad. Oh yeah - the paint was awful too - looked 10 years old and not 4 when I had it. My advice - only buy one if it is at a giveaway price!

I've got a 1995 mondeo 1.6LX, its not a very good car, good on fuel, but very underpowered, suspension bushes last about 1 year only! I have put it through 2 MOT's and it cost £300 a time, might not bother with another.

I agree. I wouldn't have another through choice. Mine was pretty reliable, I didn't spend a penny on it in the 6 months I had it, 2.0 is quite pokey, but far too thirsty. I also agree that the paint isn't very durable. It's useful as a cheap throwaway car these days.

My 96 example has just gone to the scrapyard with 211,000 miles on the clock. Still drove perfectly, but developed an ABS fault which was going to cost more than the car was worth to put right.

Had a mechanic check the engine over at 190,000 miles and found compressions and oil pressure still within factory tolerances. Still performed brilliantly (2.0), returned low 30's mpg and started in all weathers. All the interior gadgets still worked, the interior cleaned up well, and apart from the inevitable stone chips and the odd parking dink, so did the outside.

Can't agree with any of the negative comments above. Part of the reason these are so popular as taxis is because they run forever if looked after. If I could have been bothered, I could probably have fixed my ABS fault for less than £100 using a local breakers for parts, but I fancied a change anyway.

Took delivery of a 12 month old ST TDCi last week which I hope is half as good.

I've owned many mondeo's and find them thirsty round town and brilliant on a run even the 1.6 would only do 25 round town low 40's on a run 1.8 and 2.0 similar 2.5 v6 21 round town 35 on a run.