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Hi I have got a 53 plate galaxy. I had a similar problem as this. It normally happened above 40mph and hard acceleration. Different road surfaces gave different results. At one point I thought the engine was going to jump out of the engine bay. I had my wheels checked and a tyre replaced to no avail. Changed the outer CV in the local garage and they road tested it saying it was fine. Next day took it down the motorway. Same problem. In the end a friend of mine jacked up the car and removed the passenger side wheel. Then he started the engine and put it in gear and revved the engine. The wheel hub started vibrating. The fault was the inner CV had gone, on the passenger side. My friend also said that that this would have been hard to detect when test driven as he checked the physical play in the joint and he said the movement was acceptible. This fault took over a month to diagnose and few hundred pounds wasted. I wish I had contacted my friend first. Might not be the problem you have but it is well worth checking. John

hi well i have the same sort of problem on my 03 19 tdi it seems to be vibrating but seems to be coming from the front wheels im gonna get it checked out friday hopefully its just a cv joint tyre or engine mount but it is shaky on the steering and feels worse when i turn left its not the balancing as i have had that done last week

Hi Jason Just to give you some info about the alternator lead. I had the same problem with the fuse box and burnt out alternator lead, mine is on a 53 plate, 1.9 Tdi 130bhp Ghia. When I fitted a new alternator lead from Ford I found the copper lead was thicker than the original one fitted. My friend has a 2005 Seat Alhambra (same engine) and he had the wider copper lead fitted as standard. Seems Ford has now upgraded this lead so that it can carry the current. Hope this helps some one who is not sure what to do about there alternator lead. John