Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

shauncr91 · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:20

Imy said:
Well someone did

Yes I can use my manual levelling adjuster the same as before.

On another topic, does anyone else have trouble with in-car phone chargers causing interference with the Sony 6CD unit?

I had the Sony unit in my Fiesta ST and got the same interference from chargers

Imy · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:30

Adam said:
It's painful isn't it

Yep I do sometimes think I may as well be sat in a small city car when in traffic for all the good a sports saloon is doing me.

Adam said:
MOT time this week, last year there was an advisory for the exhaust beginning to perish.

What are my options for replacing the exhaust? I don't want anything too loud and I don't want to spend much if I can help it. I'm certainly not looking for any performance gains or anything like that.

Your main options:
http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php?title=Exhaust_Reference_Guide_(ST220)

Going custom route may be cheaper than some of those listed.

shauncr91 said:
I had the Sony unit in my Fiesta ST and got the same interference from chargers

Damn, did you find a fix?

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:38

Imy said:
Damn, did you find a fix?

Replace it with something decent

Imy · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:46

The stereo, the phone, the charger or the charging cable?

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:03

The stereo

Imy · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:18

Maybe later.... just bought the exhaust/headlamps as you know plus paid for tax/service/mot in last few weeks also.

Is the problem with the stereo itself or just bad wiring?

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:21

It's likely that the Sony unit just has inadequate RF noise suppression circuitry to deal with the likes of cheap noisy phone chargers and whatnot.

It's an awful unit anyway, well worth replacing

shauncr91 · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:28

Imy said:
Damn, did you find a fix?

Not really, but I changed to newer sony headunit (http://cdn.cnet.com.au/story_media/339320003/ford-focus-rs_30.jpg) and am yet to try it with the charger since it blew up

As Howard said though, I'd suggest changing the unit entirely because the 6006 one is a POS.

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:32

http://www.caraudio-service.ru/Ford_C214-CD6_3M5T-18C815-HJ_CDX-FC214.jpg this is the one that most of the Mondeo STs have. It's dreadful

Imy · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:51

Well if I do get a new headunit, phone compatibility is going to be a key criteria. My contract is up around Sept/Oct I think so will be changing phones then. Might wait until then - would help spread the cost as well.

So looking for a temporary and cheapish fix for now. I don't often do long journeys but when I do my phone is both satnav and audio source so draws a lot of power.

External battery pack maybe?

Kaka · 18 Feb 2013 at 12:56

I don't think I've ever used the Sony player apart from when I tested it when I viewed/bought the car last year.

Princey · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:04

What is the sound like on the examples with Satnav?

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:15

It's a Visteon unit and and is probably more a case of being a 'jack of all trades' unit, in that it does nav, music and also climate control so less effort is probably spent on the audio electronics / DSPs / amplifiers. But who knows, it may well be as good if not better than the Sony unit. I've not used one

Rybo89 · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:33

Decided the next car will be a Mondeo, hopefully a MK4 Mondeo Titanium X Sport. Gutted that I missed the red one I posted up a few weeks ago as I can't find anything anywhere near the price that was going for. Been trying to find his number but failed miserably.

Not wrote off the Mondeo MK3 ST though either. So from how it is looking, if I can't find the MK4 within budget, i will get a MK3 ST and save some dollar.

I blame Howard for the MK3 ST thinking.

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:36

Love mine

Princey · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:52

A passenger ride in Howards ST220 made me want one too.

Rybo89 · 18 Feb 2013 at 14:00

Is that what your after then princey?

Howard, your car really does look brill. Not normally a fan of silver cars but it looks good on the ST. So it will have to be a flip between silver or blue if I end up looking for one.

Howard · 18 Feb 2013 at 14:01

My favourite Mondeo colour by a country mile is the Infra Red colour which was unfortunately only available on prefacelift ones

Princey · 18 Feb 2013 at 14:02

Rybo89 said:
Is that what your after then princey?

Howard, your car really does look brill. Not normally a fan of silver cars but it looks good on the ST. So it will have to be a flip between silver or blue if I end up looking for one.

No, I was looking for a current gen hot hatch such as a Megane RS250 or a 135i but it's really hard to ignore these for what they offer for £4000.

Dean3d · 18 Feb 2013 at 18:12

cleaned mine today, shiney :cool: