wizbongre

Went into the Liverpool branch of the RAC Windscreens for them to check it out today... The guy was great and after about half an hour managed to fix it. He checked all fuses which were ok but in the end it was related to the earth strap for the windscreen, behind the interior light. The flat ribbon earth strap for the heated screen is bolted to the interior of the roof along with another smaller earth lead. All he did was undo the bolt and swap the order of the two earth connections so that the earth strap was against the roof and the other earth lead was on top of it, then bolted it al

I'm waiting to get some spare time to take mine into my local RAC windscreen branch for them to have a look this week. So far I'm less than impressed with the response. If one more person tells me the windscreen has nothing to do with my central locking I'll be up in court for murder :evil: I know that a sheet of glass has nothing to do with locking/unlocking - no * * * * sherlock! Trying to get them to understand that something else may have been disturbed in the removal/refitting process is like herding cats. It has just been made even worse by a Ford dealership I've just visited in

Nightmare. Mine took a turn for the worst today as well - looks like the heated screen doesn't work now either. :( Going to get back on the phone to the RAC tomorrow and see how I move this forward. Am expecting a nightmare to get them to own up to causing it...

I've just had the windscreen of mine replaced and discovered afterwards that my remote locking no longer works :( Did you get this sorted in the end? The glass company are being less than helpful at the moment - "Sorry sir, but I'm not aware of anything that would cause this related to the windscreen removal." No, neither effin am I but seeing as you took it apart and put it back together and now something else is broke it doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess whats happened... I'll have to see if I can see anything obvious behind the interior lamp.

Hi, I've got the Sat Nav system and in the glove box there is an auxillary input jack (a standar 3.5mm plug if memory serves me well) so if as someone has already said the wiring is already there, it may just be a case of finding the wiring and plugging it in!

Got mine in my hand whilst I type this (the key that is :wink: ) and it has the slightest bit of play in it bit not what you would call a wobble. If it was any tighter it would be difficult to fold in and out...

Obvious question - have you taken a 2.0 TDCi for a test drive?

I've tried setting the auto-locking using the manual procedure (did it on my ST170 no problems) and I'm finding that after cycling the drivers door lock a few times, the central locking stops working... Its as if the car thinks there is a fault causing the door to lock and unlock repeatedly so stops the other locks activating as well. Anyone else had this?

No - but it would be nice...

There is a section in the owners manual explaining when/what causes the handbrake not to automatically come on when you turn off the ignition... Have a look there.

Have to say this... Maybe, just maybe, the C-Max was designed for people who have grown out of the Halfords stick-on bits like spoilers, light up windscreen washers, dodgy lowering springs, etc... The C-Max isn't aimed at people who are into modding cars. Its a practical family car (god I sound boring!) Oh, and Ford supply 18" alloys in the accessories brochure for the C-Max although again, big allloys probably don't interest the majority of people who would consider buying a C-Max in the first place. :wink:

I've got an '04 2.0 TDCi Ghia and love it. Yes, it has a very slight hesitation when pulling away in first and cold but it doesn't cause me as much of a problem as some other owners - maybe mine has a slightly newer engine map helping? I also get about 500miles from a full tank and am averaging 42mpg at about 35mph so although not as good as I expected, its a lot better than the ST170 I had before. I do about 400 miles a week on the motorway and then another 150 or piddling about back streets and the congestion that is Liverpool these days. All in all I'm relatively happy with the economy

No mate, in the centre near to the standard round vent thing. Near to the rear view kiddie mirror thing.

I've got an aftermaket kit fitted with the standard Nokia microphone unfortunately. It may be possible to fit this inside the vent on the roof but don't know for sure...

Hopefully it will be something related to the emissions and the Stage IV requirements so nothing major to worry about (other than the annoying delay!) Fingers crossed...