Faults:

Engine light keeps coming on.

Alarm sometimes don't operate correctly.

General Comments:

This is my wife's car and apart from the engine light coming on for no apparent reason and no noticeable loss of power or performance it has been a great little 'funster'. The alarm system leaves a lot to be desired, it seems to have only internal sensing via a door being opened, which is great, ours has developed an interesting problem causing the alarm to sound when you try to unlock it, I believe this is caused by a sticky door lock mech. However she will be getting a proper alarm system from a company that know what they are making, not Ford! Apart from these annoyances it hasn't ever let us down, yes its cold on those winter mornings, but after 5 miles once the heaters warm you soon forget about the cold, I believe even rag tops 10 times the price suffer this problem, well maybe not for the owner, but the chauffeur gets cold while warming up the Aston!