chudleighpaul

That smell could be from a blown injector seal, happened to me.

The more humid the atmosphere the more water will come out the A/c drain. The A/C dries the air.

Almost certainly condensate from A/C unit.

I don't bother with locking nuts. In my opinion they are a pain in the a***. took mine off and replaced them with standard chrome nuts, looks better too.

It is the electric power steering pump winding down. Nothing top worry about.

I have mine permanently set to comfort :)

If you have the originals, put them back for the MOT. Simple. Then you have no worries.

With regard to the stereo, if the unit you are taking out is of the rectangular design, then you may need some extra bits to install the oval type, the fascia plate is about £30 from Fords.

Does that on mine too, nothing to fret about.

Fitting the cables should not be a problem, remove the interior light and then detatch the cable from the base unit. Then remove the old base unit. Remove the passenger side windscreen pillar trim and the glove box. Tape the new cable to the old and gently draw it through to the door pillar and then route it behind the glove box to the head unit. Fix the new base unit in place and attatch the new cable. Replace interior light, pillar trim and glove box, attatch new cable to DAB hu switch on and your away! Good luck Mick

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Let us know how you get on with the DAB unit.

If I remember right the costs of the DAB aerial and co ax is about 70 quid, to fit it remove the interior light, the passenger side windscreen pillar trim and the glove box. I paid about 250 for a 6 cd dab hu.

As I said in my email, it depends on the quality of the DAB service in your area as to whether the DAB option is viable. Sell the square fit model first or you will end up with a large stock of Sony radios!

You did a good job there Mick, the moral of the story is don't believe what the Ford agent tells you. Hope you are enjoying the new radio. Regards Paul

What do you expect when they use a French engine?

1.8 TDCI has rear discs

Go for a 1.8 or 2.0 litre, a lot of 1.6's have a particulate filter that can be a real pain and cost oodles if it goes wrong

There is one simple answer, don't buy it!

Have the actatutor cables checked, one may have slipped a bit. I had this when I had my MK 1, once the cables were fixed it was fine.

The consensus of opinion on this forum was that we don't like the MK 3, so few people will have one.

Best thing is take it back to the dealer, it is their responsibility.

You need a new aerial. A different base unit, whip and co-axial lead. The total cost is about £70, plus fitting. The results are well worth it. The new co ax has two plugs to attatch to the radio.

If the headlights are correctly adjusted there is no problem. I dont need a sermon!

Its vastly overpriced. I have seen a few, AA have them around here for driving instruction, still not sure when I see one if its a Focus or Fiesta.