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My Observations Of My Mk5 Mondeo 2.0 Tdci Powershift


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Hi All

My observations of my MK4 Mondeo

I have a Mk4 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi (163) titanium powershift in Panther black. I really like the car, it is roomy, quiet, quick (very quick at times) , smooth. It did have a few issues when I bought it. One of the door locks was not working and more seriously, after a few miles, the gearbox started to play up. Anyway the dealer fixed the issue with the door lock with no problems. The gearbox took a bit more convincing. They kept insisting that they could find nothing wrong with the gearbox. They would take it down the road for a few miles and it never missed a beat. In the end I had to tell them to wait for the engine and gearbox to warm up, find a hill and point it upwards, then try and drive off. They did this in the end and they had to admit then that there was an issue. What was happening was the engine felt like it was not engaging the clutch fully. The engine would rev up, engage the clutch and then the engine revs would come down and the clutch would disengage. That would cause the engine to rev up and so the cycle would keep on until you got the speed up a bit. The car had done 66k miles and I suspected the oil had not been changed in the gearbox. The oil in the powershift gearbox needs to be changed every 37.5k and it is a specialist job. In the end they got ford to change the oil and filter. The gearbox was vastly improved. For the next couple of week I had to put up with the gearbox learning the various things, such as its biting points etc. Now the gearbox is driving as it should. Apparently. I wouldnt say it was perfect. What I have found it that the gearbox tries to set off in 2nd gear when you are just creeping along. The result is either a lack of power or the car kangarooing It isnt until you come to a complete stop that it engages 1st gear. From what I understand from reading about this is that the gear selection is normal for the earlier version. I have also been told there is a update for this gearbox that improves this considerably. What I have been doing to overcome this is to drop the gearbox in to manual mode in heavy traffic. This enables me to select 1st gear when I am creeping along. Anyway at some point I will need to get the car into ford to get the gearbox software updated. Another benefit of having the gearbox software done is that it improves the MPG a bit. I am a little disappointed in the actual mpg when compared with the reported mpg by ford. But that is not a

major concern. Another niggle is that the mic in the head liner is missing. Looks like someone pinched it before I got the car. I replaced the mic only to find the volume from the mic is

extremely low. I suspect this is due to the bluetooth module not working correctly (above the glovebox). I have reset this and it made no difference. Anyway I will be changing the radio in the car

for a sat nav system later in the year (or early next year).

It sounds like I am having a moan about the car, well I am but I wouldnt change it. I had the opportunity to test drive various cars before I bought this one and a few were stupidly priced (Prius) and others were just horrible to drive (Vauxhall).

Anyway has anyone else had issues with the powershift gearbox, in particular the wet plate clutch like those installed in the mondeo, kuga etc. I believe the Focus and Fiesta use a dry plate clutch.

How easy is it to change the radio in the Mk4 Mondeo

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