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Anyone else have this problem with their Mk7 Fez? Every car I have had in the last 10 years has been reversed into the drive and parked in the same position, but this is the first to regularly have condensation and/or ice on the inside of the front windscreen on cold mornings.

This morning was really bad and although the quickclear screen did its job quickly, the condensation left was dripping like rain on to the top of the dash as the screen was soaking wet on the inside. It is almost as though the screen is porous!

There is no evidence of leaks anywhere and it doesn't feel damp but it is just the condensation, only on the front windscreen, which is very irritating if anyone can throw any light on it.

My son's 2004 Mk6 1.25 Fiesta has leaking core plugs. We know this because our local garage drained the spark plug well on Friday to replace the spark plugs, HT leads and coil pack to cure an intermittent misfire and engine management light. Although they had previously pressure tested the cooling system and found no fault, the coolant level suddenly dropped yesterday afternoon after only a few miles.

We removed a spark plug lead this afternoon and siphoned out about the same amount of pink water as had been lost from the reservoir so it is fairly conclusive!

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_plug mentions using expandable rubber plugs as replacements and I wonder if anyone here knows whether this is possible on the Duratec cyliner head as they do seem prone to failure from the number of threads on the subject.

If not, what sort of cost is usually involved in replacing these? It looks fairly straightforward on paper but then reality is often different.

This wheel came off a clean low mileage 2004 Fiesta Mk6 purchased from a local dealer 2 weeks ago. The tyre tread depth is 6mm on the outer rim and 3mm on the inner!!



The car came with a new MOT certificate dated two weeks previously. A safety check at our local Ford Dealers revealed that the car was absolutely fine...

apart from...

TWO badly buckled wheels, both front wiper blades split and smearing badly, all 4 indicator bulbs emitting white light, frayed drivers' seat belt, assorted corroded brake pipes and flexible pipe metal funnels, broken oil filler cap and empty coolant header tank, heavily corroding rear coil springs and the one and only item mentioned on the MOT advisory - front brake discs down to minimum thickness.

Apart from that it is OK!

The Ford Dealer would not take the car on the road, saying that the buckled wheels made it unsafe to do so, and required a disclaimer to be signed before the car was driven away.

The question is - what do we do now?

My son has just bought a 2004 Mk6 Finesse with only one key. Although it is the remote type 3 button key, the remote function does not work and the Ignition on/off 4 times in 6 seconds does not generate a beep to program the key. The key starts the car and operates the central locking correctly.

Can anyone tell me whether the 2004 1.25 "Finesse" model does actually have remote central locking or whether it is perhaps not the original key supplied with the car. I have looked on HJ and Parkers but cannot find this information.

Any help appreciated

EDIT: I didn't look hard enough - found the answer in Parkers specification tables. No remote locking on that model.

I was just wondering whether anyone here knows where the outside temperature sensor is located on the Mk7 Fiesta. While I was sitting in a 2 hour traffic jam in Southampton yesterday my dash readout of outside temperature rose from 17 deg C (about right) to 36 deg C). I concluded that the lack of movement was causing the sensor to be affected by engine temperature and wondered whether it could be relocated. I have looked in the Haynes manual but there is no mention of this sensor that I can find, neither is it mentioned in the bumper removal details which is where I would expect to find it.