I think you should try a Westfield,   pulls rather well when overtaking.

Had a Focus (shares its engine with the Mondeo) and the fuel pump imploded causing shards of metal to be pushed around the system at high pressure. Took the Ford garage 1 week and £2500 to strip the entire fuel system down and rebuild it including tank flush, filters, injectors, fuel lines, glow plugs. A colleague (with a Mondeo) also had the exact problem and due to wrong parts being ordered didn't have his car for 6 weeks (repeated cockups by the garage).

 

Both times, the garages had said it was a fairly common problem and had a notice from Ford regarding it.

 

On the other hand I did have a Fabia VRS Mk1. Drove it for about 2 years and no issues apart from a door seal which was replaced under warranty.

Fabia isn't in the same league as the 2.2 mondeo.

Well no. Its a completely different class

Well no. Its a completely different class

Better built and a lot more car for the money.

as I mentioned I would compare the Mondeo to the Octavia

as I mentioned I would compare the Mondeo to the Octavia

I'd say mk3 octy or mk 1/mk2 superb.

I'd say mk3 octy or mk 1/mk2 superb.

 

Depends on what mk mondeo you are talking about, I have gone from a mk2 Octy VRS to a MK3 Mondeo 2.2 TDCI and the Mondeo has more toys, but still feels about the same "quality" if that makes any sense!

Depends on what mk mondeo you are talking about, I have gone from a mk2 Octy VRS to a MK3 Mondeo 2.2 TDCI and the Mondeo has more toys, but still feels about the same "quality" if that makes any sense!

Had them all for month long hires recently, so yeah I get what you mean.

I was thinking in pure size terms.

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Had them all for month long hires recently, so yeah I get what you mean.

I was thinking in pure size terms.

I will agree with you that on that, the Mondeo is bigger, feels a much lower slung car as well then the octavia as well

I will agree with you that on that, the Mondeo is bigger, feels a much lower slung car as well then the octavia as well

No i mean. It is a different class.

The octavia is the same class as the mondeo n the fiesta is with the fabia.

Fiesta st vs fabia vrs, yes.

But not mondeo vs fabia. Theyre built to suit different people for different needs

Yep definitely, agree with above, I guess its down to what the OP wants at the end of the day, To be honest they are both nice cars, get a good one with good Service History and some of the parts replaced and you will be laughing, I would go for the Mondeo as I prefer bigger cars, but I like the Fabia as well,

Moral of story - do your research. read owner forums for months, not days, before purchase. yes, people complain more with a duff car, but the more complaints and issues you read about, you can get a better feel for what you're getting into.

+1

I had read up on the Fabia VRS for a good six months before I even started looking for one. Definitely a good method.

JRJG

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I think the reason you hear of so many failures with the fords is because theres so many out there. The more cars, the more failures. Although i bet the percentage of failures compared to actual cars sold/otr are low.

My brother has a 2.0tdci mondeo estate, 2006, i suspect its been remapped as its bloody rapid and its done nearly 200k

But you do hear of plenty of 1.4 twincharger failures too, in one way or another.

There isnt that many of them either... Haha.

Theres always the thing people will complain about things that go wrong and will generally just stay quiet if something works!

True that.

Plenty of engine replacements in the fabia vrs though.

Didn't know that, need to look at the fabia form then for more infomation!

But every marque whether they be Fiat to Lamboghini has their issues which will be reported in the forums, you can type in a problem in the interweb now adays and find your car's issue and usually find the fix with pictures within 10 minutes.

There is a difference between common issues on a overall decent reliable engine and a dog of a motor to start with.

There is a difference between common issues on a overall decent reliable engine and a dog of a motor to start with.

 

Very very true!

Whats the budget? Both cars can fetch a range of prices depending on age / condition etc....

 

Methinks the "vRS" badge is tempting the young lad ("I cant afford a petrol"?) and is looking for cheap hooning around.

 

Compare the Mondeo to the Octavia vRS, easier comparison. 

Hang on. Are we talkin mk1 vrs or mk2?

hmmm I would compare more to the mk2 

The reason i ask is the engine. The mk1's 1.9pd has proven to do many hundreds of thousands of miles without too many issues. Yet the mk2 1.4 twincharger engine seen to be getting plenty of replacements between 10-30k

My mk3 Mondeo did 50k miles in six years with nothing more than one coil pack and one abs sensor go bang. Was ten years old by the time I sold it.

Compared to both the mk1 Fabias I owned it felt much better in terms of quality etc and had none of the squeaks and rattles that were trademarks of my Fabias.

The main dealers are atrocious though, but then I've never experienced a particularly good Skoda dealer either.

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