[Closed] 'New' (57 onwards) Mondeo Owners

I've got the 2.0 petrol. It ain't fast and does 34mpg, but its a great tourer, with a massive, practical boot. Very comfortable, handles great for a big car. Everyone else seems to have a TDi but i don't like Deisels.

I've got the X estate, 2.0 Tdi. Its the 130HP rather than the newer 140. I get a shade under 40mpg mixed driving out of it and its an auto. The 140 model is slightly better I think.

Nice car but mine's got the 18" alloys which are easy to scuff and tyres ain't cheap! Needless to say the load space is vast. Boot is slightly shorter than my old vectra estate but a good bit wider. I got a good deal on mine (2009 model) but if I'd had a slightly bigger budget then I would have looked around for one with roof rails and privacy glass (glass for keeping kids cool rather than bling).

Don't know your budget but there are some stunners on the Motorpoint website.

One thing that I didn't realise was that not everything is covered by Ford on a 3 year warranty. I put mine into the garage shortly before it expired but anything to do with leaks, trim etc is only covered for a year.

Very happy overall having had it for just over a year. Anything specific just ask.

Yes, and if your lumbar support in the seat breaks, that's a trim issue! A few unhappy people on talkford about that! I have a 61 plate so can't comment particularly on reliability. Big, comfy, quiet. It doesn't drive as well through the bends as a mk3, the air con isn't as good and isn't as good on fuel (presently get 46mpg out of my 140 tdci on fairly sedate extra urban runs). Nice car overall though. The 2.2 tdci can be very thirsty on urban runs apparently.

Oh and engine wise, some say the 1.6 and 1.8 dont have enough go, the 2.0 163 seems to have a few unhappy owners and as said the 2.2 can be thirsty. That leaves the 2.0 140!

I've got a 58 plate 2.0TDCi Titanium.

Absolutely ace, can't fault it. Get one.

I've got an '08 Zetec 2.0 (140) TDCI. It's brilliant. Very comfortable motorway car, all the toys I need, huge load space, on my regular motorway commute gives a tank range of 800 miles @ 52mpg, tax is cheaper than my wife's 1.4 206! Bought it a year ago for 7 grand with 32k on the clock.

Downsides, getting used to 'fill-up' bills of 100 quid, tyres cost 600 quid for the set, but should last a couple of years, can be interesting to park in smaller multistorey carparks. It's a deceptively big car, bigger than a 5-series BMW. Oh, and the cruise control eats petrol like it's going out of fashion.

Got a 60 Tit X hatch from new with 32k on the clock now

Find the mpg poor (40), but that's a combination of 163hp, 18" wheels and my right foot

It's massive, so consider models with the parking sensors, drives very nicey, not slow for its size and very well spec'ed inside, heated and cooled seating are a nice touch

Get used to sticking £90-£95 in a tank, and avoid the 18" wheels as they are so much more expensive than the 17" tyres - had all mine changed at 26k and the company bill was just under £800, a private owner turning up at kwikfit without advance booking is looking at £270 each for the decent conti's fitted

Had the old (2006) 2.2 ST diesel,put 160k miles on it in 3 years, great car but had issues with EGR valves. Swapped that for a 2010 Accord type s, just could'nt get on with it, small in the back,had issues with brakes,speakers and electrical niggles drove superb though and the dealer network is very,very good. Kept that for a year and now gone back to the blue oval in the form of the 2.2 200 TXS diesel. It's the little things that make the difference, for example the Honda has no heated screen or washer bottle level warning! Trivial maybe but makes a difference. Look beyond the badge and the Mondeo is a very accomplished car. Agree with chunlypaul above re the poor economy, but i'm averageing 44-47 fully loaded all the time with an estate. I can live with that for the type of car it is. HTH

We have a new shape Honda and its certainly a lot smaller boot wise than a Mondeo. More Focus sixe really in terms pf boot. They are reliable but on the Honda forum the short journey diesel owners report DPF issues. We have a petrol.

Just got rid of a 58 plate 2.0 Tdci Titanium X estate and it was a really nice car.

Had an intermittent issue with the cruise control but as I rarely used it just got it 'reset" at each service.

As it was a company car it was always dealer serviced (often 3 times a year) and didn't have a single mechanical issue in 120,000 miles, in fact it ran as well when was returned as it did new.

It's worth contacting lease companies to find if they send their cars to auctions near you as the guy who collected mine at the end of the lease said it would probably go for 3.5 to 4k and as the lease company (Lex) insisted it had the alloys resurfaced pre return it look really good and seemed a bargain for whoever bought it .

Would have got another but to save tax went for a 'clean' 1.6 Tdci Focus Estate which has just done St Ives to Leeds in 5 and a half hours this morning fully loaded with a roof box so my fear of a smaller diesel engine was very much unfounded.

Thanks for the comments. Going to have to have a drive of a few I think and will have to see if I can find a high spec ST just to compare them as I did love my old one.

sparkerfix - what did you think of both? I may be odd but I loved the interior of the ST whereas I'm not overly keen on the new shape one (but like the 'screens' for the infomation etc.

I've got an '09 2.0ltr TDCi Titanium, very comfortable car and great mile muncher - it's spent the vast majority of its 81k miles on the motorway network.

Not the most reliable car ever, it's had:
Complete new stereo head unit after 4 months after if swallowed my CD's and shut down (very common according to the main dealer)
Clutch, flywheel & slave cylinder at 60k
Exhaust manifold, turbo, down pipe & a whole host of sensors inc the DPF at 64k
Two new bonnet release catches & cable assemblies, again very common according to the AA man who I called out to get the bonnet shut one night.

Thankfully all done for free - its a company car. Despite this it hasn't been abused or driven hard, my missus reckons I drive like miss daisy!!

Are they still chain driven or belt now??

I have an 09 Zetec 2.0 diesel and it's been faultless. other than slightly heavy tyre usage I can't think of anything negative to say.

Had a 58 140TDI Zetec.

Good enough that when the time came to replace it I got a 61 163 TDI Titanium X.

Both hatchbacks. My 163 is slightly less thirsty (45-46 on average) but they remapped the engine between my two models I think, so 140 might also be better now.

Big, comfortable, all the toys I need, drives well, reasonably priced.

Complete new stereo head unit after 4 months after if swallowed my CD's and shut down (very common according to the main dealer)

Oh yeah, mine did that, I'd forgotten about that.

Have a 12 plate Titanium X 2.0 TDCI (140 I think). It's a nice car to drive, gearbox is smooth and steering is precise. Disappointed with the extras it comes with* (no sat nav, no auto-stop/start, no auto-park) but other than that it's excellent.

* I only say that because the car before was a Focus Titanium X and it had all the above and more, so I presumed a Titanium X Mondeo would be specced similarly.

Cheers all. I think its definitely down to a T-X or an ST. Just need to have a play with both and the ISOFIX availability is a big one... Seems it was a (rare) option on the mk3 Mondeo, whereas its standard on the mk4.

Dave - doesn't Gordon have an Titanium X? That would be a great buy if he's due a new company car soon.

Think he's recently changed it (for another Mondeo). Just been reading the guff about boot sizes. According to Skoda's website and some crap I found elsewhere, the boot on my Octavia is bigger than a mk3 (and mk4) Mondeo estate? Must be bollocks surely... I could get my bike in without putting the seats down in my old Mondeo - won't go anywhere near the Octy...

ISOFIX availability is a big one... Seems it
was a (rare) option on the mk3 Mondeo,
whereas its standard on the mk4.

my 06 Focus didn't come with isofix either but getting it was a case of buying a £15 part from Ford and a t50 (iirc) torx key which was a fiver. Lift the rear seats, do up two bolts and that's it. my Mondeo has isofix as standard so I don't know if it's the same but I'd by surprised if it wasn't.

'10 2.0 TDCI 163 Zetec. 6 months old when I bought it 7000 mi £10k

Has 30k on it now all I do is fill it up with diesel

Have always liked the way it all goes quiet when I get in and close the door. Lovely.

[i]the boot on my Octavia is bigger than a mk3 (and mk4) Mondeo estate? Must be bollocks surely[/i]

Bollocks indeed. I hired a Octavia on holiday and the boot was definitely not as big as the Mondeos. Also the Octavia's back seats weren't as practical - we had a kid in the back a snowboards/skis and the back seat was a pain in the arse. (Bloody boring car too).

As a follow up to my isofix comment, my mondeo (which has isofix as standard) doesn't look the same as my focus in the way that the isofix is attached to the chassis but as it came as standard, that may not be indicative.

Yep, read about the Focus attachment being fittable to the Mondeo too. But also read about Ford 'hiding' the ISOFIX attachments on the mk3 in the backs of the seats (???????????!!!!). So you have to take a knife to the seat (even more !??!?!!) to expose them! Absolutely bonkers.

Think I might just save myself the hassle and get a T-X...

But if you're getting a Mk4/57 won't it have isofix anyway?

It will. Just looking for reasons not to get another mk3 ST which I loved...