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Title: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: pscocoa on 07 February 2012, 14:59:34
Amazing result - my VX dealer did MOT on my son in law's Mondeo ST24 (R Reg 1997) and we were expecting issues but it passed after replacing headlamp bulb  - total cost including MOT £36. Unbelievable. There is a string of advisories but none too severe. An issue i with old Mondeo's is that when you move front seat you sometimes get airbag light on which then goes off after a few days. Up til now this is not a fail issue but next year will be apparently.
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: zirk on 07 February 2012, 15:12:13
Amazing result - my VX dealer did MOT on my son in law's Mondeo ST24 (R Reg 1997) and we were expecting issues but it passed after replacing headlamp bulb  - total cost including MOT £36. Unbelievable. There is a string of advisories but none too severe. An issue i with old Mondeo's is that when you move front seat you sometimes get airbag light on which then goes off after a few days. Up til now this is not a fail issue but next year will be apparently.

Result, I take it you mean the light goes off after a few days and not the airbag! ;)
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: pscocoa on 07 February 2012, 15:20:31
Amazing result - my VX dealer did MOT on my son in law's Mondeo ST24 (R Reg 1997) and we were expecting issues but it passed after replacing headlamp bulb  - total cost including MOT £36. Unbelievable. There is a string of advisories but none too severe. An issue i with old Mondeo's is that when you move front seat you sometimes get airbag light on which then goes off after a few days. Up til now this is not a fail issue but next year will be apparently.

Result, I take it you mean the light goes off after a few days and not the airbag! ;)

er..yes the light only :y
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: adey2 on 07 February 2012, 15:42:58
seat pretensioner wiring fault, take seat out or as far forward, disconect wiring and push a pin down the outside of the yellow female conectors to close them up a little, reconect and refit seat and will sort fault, hope this helps you
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: pscocoa on 07 February 2012, 16:06:43
thanks adey2 - I will probably trigger the bag in process!! :-X
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: henryd on 07 February 2012, 16:53:13
thanks adey2 - I will probably trigger the bag in process!! :-X

So long as ignition is turned off and keys removed system is dead :y
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: pscocoa on 07 February 2012, 17:02:01
thanks Henry
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: geoffr70 on 07 February 2012, 20:02:00
thanks adey2 - I will probably trigger the bag in process!! :-X

So long as ignition is turned off and keys removed system is dead :y

Id still be bloody careful. The smallest amount of static can set airbags off. I've seen loads go off they're bloody horrible things
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: blackviper90210 on 07 February 2012, 22:51:07
thanks adey2 - I will probably trigger the bag in process!! :-X

So long as ignition is turned off and keys removed system is dead :y

Id still be bloody careful. The smallest amount of static can set airbags off. I've seen loads go off they're bloody horrible things

Sounds like SWMBO ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: 2woody on 08 February 2012, 09:10:52
warning lights are FAIL from April onwards
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: adey2 on 08 February 2012, 14:38:01
if you were closer id do for you, i had 4 mondeos at one time and everyone ended up with the problem, light flashes 3 times then stops and cycles like that, never had a airbag deploy on me yet so must be doing right
Title: Re: Mondeo V6 ST24
Post by: pscocoa on 08 February 2012, 15:37:23
if you were closer id do for you, i had 4 mondeos at one time and everyone ended up with the problem, light flashes 3 times then stops and cycles like that, never had a airbag deploy on me yet so must be doing right

very kind - having got the MOT through I suspect that he may now try and off load the Mondeo and get something else - Insignia diesel is top of sensible list but he has another list which is crazy.

I think the Mondeo he has is solid and the few jobs that are required shoud be done. Fuel consumption is only downer on this and a switch to something more economical would save £80 a month - but that saving does not justify major capital expense in my view (but does justify modest car replacement cost).