Faults:

Miss-firing when cold, tip, check the viscosity of the engine oil, on the Ford Zetec engine it's crucial! I found this out the hard way. My fault, no-one else's!

L/H C.V. joint very noisy when I bought the car.

Flashing air-bag light.

General Comments:

Considering that Ford developed this car as a mile cruncher for company reps, what better car to own privately? cheap second-hand parts available at almost every breakers yard, comparatively cheap parts from most outlets, and fairly commonly available too!

Handling is more than adequate for what is quite a large car, OK. the 1.6 is a bit on the laclustre side, but here in Ireland road tax is based on engine size, and the 1.6 costs almost €350 a year to tax!

Faults:

Nothing as yet, car seems to be zipping along. Service at end of July.

General Comments:

This car I have got is really quick of the mark for a large car.

I find that it is free revving, and always want's more.

The seating is extremely comfortable and excellent on long journeys.

Seeing that the other car I had was a Skoda and I had that for 3 years and never had a fault with it the Mondeo now has a lot to live upto.

Faults:

After a couple of months, the gearbox packed in, it kept jumping out of 3rd and 5th gear regularly, thus meaning straight to the dealers for replacement under warranty.

At the minute the electric sunroof leaks slightly in heavy rain - back to the dealers shortly for this.

I have not had any other problems apart from the usual replacing of pads and discs.

General Comments:

I love the grey leather interior and all the other interior gadgets. It is so comfortable and cosy.

However I am very disappointed with the top end performance. About a week ago I was flat out at 120 MPH, when this Renault 19 16v absolutely tore past me. I just could not catch it at all. For a 2.5 V6 engine this is very poor.

This is not the first time I have had my doubts about its performance. It seems to lack grunt when driving at speed. I bought the car hopefully for some power, but how wrong could I be!!.

Maybe I have a goosed engine or these cars could be overrated by other people.

Faults:

Nothing, other than a minor problem with the central locking which has yet to be fixed.

General Comments:

Given the cars size it handles and performs very well.

It just gets on with the job at hand.

Faults:

Front tires needed replacing twice.

Wind-screen wash has broken.

General Comments:

The car turns like a train, Accelerates really well and is quite fast.

The boot is big.

The seats are very comfortable.

It's got quite a lot of space.