Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDDi 115 LX 5dr

Bought a 2.0 TDDI in 2004 with about 40k miles, now (mid 2020) has 210k and still running great, even the air-con works 100%. The one and only thing which stopped working a while back was the front windscreen heated element. Major bits which needed replacing over the years were the power steering pump, front coil springs (broken x2), DMF (at about 175k) and alternator (very recently). IMO overall not bad for about 20 years and 210k miles. Still fun to drive and doing about 45mpg.

Owned for about 6 Months, Good strong diesel engine will pull anything, even the ugly ones!

Only issue and you will find this in every single Ford Diesel the DMF, dual mass flywheel, if this starts to go will effect the clutch and the gearbox. My gearbox is sometimes hard to change gear but majority of time ok, not bad for a £300 motor.

interior is strong wearing, its been puked in many times and although smells a bit rotten there no rips or tears.

Keys do wear down after time, so a new key will have to be bought and unless you buy a new Ford key that will cost you your poo pipe virginity then a cheap one will do, but will never work right the first time. or is mine stolen? i dont know.

Anyway good car, lx and zetec models are very similar, and they are also great a drifting! try it! go on! go jump in your mondeo do a consistent speed of about 70 up to a round about sharp left, or right handbrake up and wow amazing aye. show all those idiots in there 'm' sport beemers hows it done!

I have owned this car for 8 years now and its covered 170,000 miles, of which I'm responsible for about 110K. Generally has been a very reliable car, especially as its towed our caravan all over the place with no complaints. Economical for a big car. Interior is hard wearing, with no wear on the seats at all. Heated front screen is BRILLIANT - Well done Ford!

Now the downside - Has broken every coil spring at some time or other. Drop links have been changed at least 3 times, new fuel pump last year, DMF and clutch at 100K, handbrake cable needs changing every other service, rear sub frame swapped at about 100K, 3 starter motors, alternator last year, intercooler pipe also split last year. Finally, the usual Ford problem - rust! All 4 doors have tin worm along the bottom.

I think the biggest issue was the DMF and clutch. This cost about £550 to swap. Of course being a Ford, this was relatively cheap as are most parts and wherever you go in Europe, you'll always find a garage to fix it.

i have 51 plate tddi and for the last month the clutch pedal goes flat to the floor , when i put my foot under it to bring it back up it works fine its not slipping so has anyone any idea whats wrong

Got my mondeo LX TDDI 115bhp estate in 2004 with 90000 miles on the clock, as a market trader whom sells jam i needed to be able to put my market stall and around a ton of jars of jam every weekend, and used it as a work horse through the week. Best van i have ever had. it has 180000 miles on it now and it is giving up i think, during this time it has had 2 front springs and shocker, offside drive shaft, 2 track rod ends 1 either side, fuel pump. the solinoid has just gone on the starter so i have tust got a toyota avensis as i have herd that my flywheel may be broken (big money) all other work was carried out by myself as car is very easy to work on and parts are cheep. oh apart from the two rear barings i have replaced. will be a miss tho a very good work horse that puts up with alot. other work was to replace rear break pipes, rear and front disks, and had it undersealed as undersides are prone to rust as ford dont do a very good job on the sills.

Bought my 2001 Y-reg 2.0 TDDi LX estate for £750 with 181,000 miles on the clock. It came with an extensive history being an ex-company car and has had in it's past a new turbo, ECU, clutch etc (as expected over such mileage). Items that have failed are a rear caliper (sticking) and handbrake is faulty. Door release cable snapped but cost £4 and 5 minutes to fix. Sailed through MOT needing front tyres and front exhuast pipe.

Absolutely adore this car. Very nippy, comfy, vast amounts of room, as much fun to drive as my Focus, well built (no rattles!) and I've upgraded interior bits from a Ghia. Family and friends love it and neighbour buying one as they like mine so much. Extremely good value for money and my RAC friend advised me Mondeos and Focus are the cars he gets called out to the least.

Beat the badge snobs and buy one, you will regret it!!

i bought the car and and didnt realise about the fly wheel so after buying the car bought a new starter then was told about the fly wheel which shortly went so replaced it and then staled after aa looked they told me fuel pump and someone else told me air pump so gonna change that first

These mondeo's are a very good car cheap to run and great for a family having loads of space and a very large boot. Not a lot goes wrong with them the main problems with them are as follows, Handbrake cables seize, Rear brake calipers seize, Rear subframe bush's ware, and most commom is clutch failures, the reason for this is that the duel mass flywheel is not strong enough and wares also causing the starters to fail, but this is easily rectified by having a solid flywheel fitted, on average the clutch lasts around 50k to 80k which isnt bad,

Handbrake cables £40

Calipers £50 each

subframe £190

Clutch & (solid) Flywheel £300

So all in all if you had all this work done it's not that expensive.

My first Ford and I got the GhiaX 52 plate Mondeo with (130bhp). An wonderful car that has ran like a dream! Bought with 97000 on clock and full history, done 112000 now and still feels like new. If I had one complaint it would be tyre wear but that may be my fault so no knock down in score. The interior feels high quality, the trims feel well put together and the leather never seems to wear. Lots of space in boot (golf clubs sideways :-)) and with the seats down a full length wardrobe from Ikea! I would recomend using high performance fuel as it really brings the best out! I switched from an A4 to this car and I will never look back.

Cost me £450, yes thats right £450 for a 1 owner 2.0 tddi. Ive now covered 3000 miles since i bought it 2 months ago so now she has 223000miles. Runs perfect, blanked off egr valve which improved flat spots and releases power. All in all a lovely car at a lovely price.