Faults:

After driving for anything over 5 minutes I am getting some nasty static shocks if I touch any of the car bodywork.

Front shock absorbers started leaking.

Tracking for ever going out - and car is not "kerbed"

Blows headlight bulbs on average once a month!!

Seats not very supportive.

General Comments:

Overall performance not bad for a 1600cc car, but noisy at 60mph plus.

Nothing special for road-holding, my previous car (Vectra) in spite of all the bad publicity was far superior.

Estate not that well designed at back, roof tends to dip (curve) quite a lot at tailgate and hence can make some things (like prams!) difficult to get in.

The plastic finish in the cabin looks rather cheap and nasty after average wear.

Faults:

Starter motor solenoid.

General Comments:

I bought the car while at university as I was often visiting my girlfriend and it was a long motorway drive, and it seemed a roomy and comfortable car.

Performance wasn't sparkling by any means, but it got the job done and averaged about 35/40 MPG.

Recently, until I sold it, I was doing about 500 miles per week and it never let me down although it started to use a lot of oil.

Faults:

Driver's side light blew, it was easy to fix.

Alarm does not arm from the driver's side - £17.00 for a new switch.

Slightly noisy cams.

Fuel filler cap sticks sometimes, apart from that nothing else is wrong with this car.

General Comments:

This car has covered some serious mileage and the faults are because of heavy usage, as with every car you get wear and tear.

The two previous cars were Fords and all of them were very very reliable. It is quick, handles very well, and has the power there if you need it. I will be buying a Ford in the future.

The seats are comfy, but bucket seats would be great as standard.

Faults:

Front wheel tracking seems to lose alignment after 1 month or 1000 miles.

High rate of wear on the discs, both front and back.

Dealership servicing hopeless and expensive.

General Comments:

A good comfortable ride and and can be fun to drive fast!

Faults:

Rattle from the rear hatch.

The alarm started going off by itself once a week at first and now every couple of days. Twice today <g>.

Motorway driving: Every 4-500 miles there's a momentary blip as though a single beat has been missed. The fault's been with the car since new apparently and the previous owner made many unsuccessful attempts to get it fixed.

General Comments:

Generally a good motorway car and an acceptably good town car.

The auto performance is nippy enough for me and it just bowls along at 80-85mph.

For bad or good, it's a rep's car. Penholders in all the right places. Storage right to hand for coins etc.

Faults:

None.

General Comments:

What a car - smooth & quiet ride.

Auto change is smooth, seats are comfortable on a journey, corners well, good audio system.

Large boot area, plenty of front nooks & crannys for storage.

Good looking car with dealer supplied body styling options available.

The car is a 1994 model and shows no sign of wear at all, looks like a brand new car out of a showroom!

Faults:

Very little, got an RAC warranty when purchased and this covered a new radiator damaged by stone and a starter motor.

Also the car alarm would go off without any reason so I replaced the unit.

Recently fitted a new radio.

Apart from that it's been an excellent motor. I've always looked after my cars and regularly changed the oil every 6 months. This way I have had no engine related problems. I reckon the car would go to at least 200,000 without any major problems, it still purrs along. Most of my mileage is motorway, on average 550 per week.

General Comments:

Can be uncomfortable on the thighs on long journeys, could do with a little more torque at lower end revs.

Body has remained in good nick over the time I've had it.

Carpets are begining to wear on driver's side.