hiya all. new Ford Mondeo Owner and within 5 mins of purchasing and heading home. i had this coil flashing. thought maybe cos it been sat in showroom for a long time it might need to be warmed up etc. but all evening of doing chinese deliveries. i had many problems..

Coil appear so many ti mes. even when going at 70mph, or pulling out of junction. i keep getting into limp mode.

Driving and then the car just dont rev. the rev goes to 0 as if it was not turned on. i presss gas petal and nothing happened. tried turning off eengine and turning it on while still moving. it would not do a thing. so had to stop and turn off then try again. it comes to normal. come to think of it. when this happened, the battery light appears. but funny enough. the dealer shown me new alternator, new starter motor been fitted??

when i am on 2nd gear and changing to 3rd. the revs goes from 3 to 6 as i change the gear. just like the clutch is slipping. i do not understand what is wrong. why do this happen after i have test driven, mate who is a mechanic test driven it for me and i purchase it for the problem to happen afterwards!!!

Going back to the dealer is a long way mind. so i just want to know what need doing to solve them problems then get in contact on monday with the dealer to see what can be done for me.

a failing cam sensor can give the symptoms you have, you need to remove the crank sensor and check it for swarf, the reason for doing this is that if the dmf is failing it would cover the sensor and the starter motor with iron filings (hence the new starter motor + the trouble with the gear change) i would also get back to the dealer as if it is the dmf your looking at an £600+ bill.

thanks for your reply mate. will check into this today before going to ford for a test diagonse i think. i wonder if you can point me the way to see the pictures of where to find things you adviced me of? as the handbook was not supplied with the car and i found one on ebay for £5 but will take 5 days to get here so no point in buying it until the car is working perfectly and we're going away soon so really need to sort the car out as cheap as possible. as i am not working at the moment sadly :(

if you pull the air filter box off and then look at the end of the engine it is located at about the 2 o`clock position on the top of the gearbox.