Mondeo - What should I look out for?

AshD93

AshD93

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Hey all,

We are looking for a Mondeo top spec with Xenons as standard. Diesel around £5k ish. The Xenons are important due to the amount of miles at night.

What should I be checking or asking?

Many thanks in advance to all replies.

And yes, OMG SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY GETTING A MONDEO!!!
 
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My old TDCi did funny things like go into limp mode unexpectedly and I was forever nervous about the injectors failing. Check the tyre pressures constantly, a flat low profile tyre looks exactly like an inflated one.
Other than that a lovely car.

Oh and dual mass flywheel, it'll sound wobbley or something if that is wrecked.

Thrash the nads off it for a few hundred metres then back to normal and see if does anything odd. I forget what that was checking for.
 
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Seems quite expensive given the undesirable colour. How many miles do u do OP? As u can get the petrol 2.0 Titanium X on a 2008 for 5k with 60-70k miles on. Will cause u far less problems aswell.
 
bitslice said:
My old TDCi did funny things like go into limp mode unexpectedly and I was forever nervous about the injectors failing. Check the tyre pressures constantly, a flat low profile tyre looks exactly like an inflated one.
Other than that a lovely car.

Oh and dual mass flywheel, it'll sound wobbley or something if that is wrecked.

Thrash the nads off it for a few hundred metres then back to normal and see if does anything odd. I forget what that was checking for.
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Injectors do seem to be a issue reading online. DMF is with all diesels? Or is this engine particularly prone to it failing? If you remember what it is, let me know!

Thanks for the advice :)


Dav4 said:
Seems quite expensive given the undesirable colour. How many miles do u do OP? As u can get the petrol 2.0 Titanium X on a 2008 for 5k with 60-70k miles on. Will cause u far less problems aswell.
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30k :D

I wanted a petrol but unfortunately relocation is out of the question. I wasn't too bothered about the colour but now you mention it, it could be a potential bartering point.

Cheers for the advice - What do you think a fair price for it is?
 
30k miles a year :eek: If u have cash I would want it for 4K with that mileage and colour. See how much service history it has and how many owners. Best taking it for a test drive see how it feels.
 
My old mondeo ('07 TDCi) had covered nearly 200K of almost all motorway miles on the same clutch, DMF, injectors & turbo and still felt tight (had the entire history since new in a folder), yet ones that are only driven 5 miles to the shops and back will have those bits fail much earlier than 200k, more like every 40-50K.

Checking the clutch for noise when at the biting point and blue smoke on start up (injectors or turbo seal) is a start though as any of those is a £500-£1k bill!
 
ianh said:
My old mondeo ('07 TDCi) had covered nearly 200K of almost all motorway miles on the same clutch, DMF, injectors & turbo and still felt tight (had the entire history since new in a folder), yet ones that are only driven 5 miles to the shops and back will have those bits fail much earlier than 200k, more like every 40-50K.

Checking the clutch for noise when at the biting point and blue smoke on start up (injectors or turbo seal) is a start though as any of those is a £500-£1k bill!
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Is this on cold start only?
 
You can most easily tell through the lack of headlight washers. That, and those projectors are the halogen AFS (bendy lights - they move as you turn the steering wheel) ones - you can see they're a slightly different shape. They'll still be far superior to the regular halogen reflector setup, though.

It's a shame they didn't fit the bi-xenons with the AFS system, that'd be great. But I suppose you could always retrofit a decent HID kit...
 
Howard said:
You can most easily tell through the lack of headlight washers. That, and those projectors are the halogen AFS (bendy lights - they move as you turn the steering wheel) ones - you can see they're a slightly different shape. They'll still be far superior to the regular halogen reflector setup, though.

It's a shame they didn't fit the bi-xenons with the AFS system, that'd be great. But I suppose you could always retrofit a decent HID kit...
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I guess the risk is that they fail MOT but then considering the amount of cars on.the road with them..... :p

The only issue with moving to Sport is that from my understanding, it has sport suspension too?
 
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Howard said:
So does that one, since it looks like it has the sports appearance pack :).
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And this is why I asked Motors!

I might still go and look at it. The Xenons is another bartering point. I'm thinking I can stick Phillips X-treme Vision in and have a similar effect.

Car shopping is a pain. So difficult to find exactly what you want at a decent price!
 
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From my experience, no bulbs, no matter how many claims the manufacturer makes, will be as good as proper xenons.

I tried Phillips Xtreme Vision and Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited's in my old car, and neither of them were noticeably better than the cheap ones I got from GSF.
 
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Acme said:
From my experience, no bulbs, no matter how many claims the manufacturer makes, will be as good as proper xenons.

I tried Phillips Xtreme Vision and Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited's in my old car, and neither of them were noticeably better than the cheap ones I got from GSF.
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That was sorta what I was hoping to hear. My mentality to get Xenons was that they are far superior then halogens. So knowing that drives me to find one with Xenons.
 
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