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It's been a while, mainly because this Galaxy is only used about once a month. However, thanks to a load of stuff stored in the garage and a badly parked car on the drive I managed to catch the OS door mirror on the door frame and bits of plastic everywhere. I have a replacement coming but I cannot see how it all comes off and I don't want to start stripping bits off unnecessarily. Can anyone help please? I have scanned through a few previous replies but the links don't work.

Hi Seatkid, As I remember things it was you that was always helping others to keep things going not the other way around. I can fully understand your reluctance to let the old girl go. I handed my MK2 Gal to my son 5 years ago when I landed myself with with a MK3. I got it back 1 year last November when his garage wrote it off and spent less than £300 getting it back on the road and the next 6 weeks trying to convince him to let me keep it but lost. It is still running and passed it's MOT first time. The MK3 is still rarely used but it seems impossible to find a replacement. I looked at the Skodas but the only one that I could get into was the Yeti although I can still get into a 1960s Mini. The way things are I might just try to put in an offer for your old Seat. :) I always believed you'd keep the Alhambra for ever. My old Gal scored all zeros on it's last MOT with 200k on the clock so I can't see any justification for forcing them off the road.

I think it depends on what model you have now and what you think is important. "I upgraded" from a 2002 ghia to a one year old Titanium 2.0 diesel and fortunately the old car is still in the family with £200K on the clock. In the opinion of the entire family, this remains by far the better car for comfort, ride and driving pleasure and several other minor points. If yours is the Ghia version I should say think very carefully but the choice is yours.

I am just finishing this short story as, for me, all problems are now solved and it may help someone with similar issues. For my March 2012 Galaxy Titanium the correct part is indeed 1 757 231 Priced at about £80 but I got mine for about £35 on Ebay. The official information is that this will need to be programmed by Ford and the helpful fitter at the local tyre place confirmed this warning that he believed that the Ford system could only cope with 4 sensors. He also told me that they could supply a compatible item and program it by copying the ID from the original but I didn't check the price. I simply drove the car home and within a few hundred yards the car had obviously picked it up and I had 4 tyres on the display all showing updated pressures. The fitters originally set the pressures at 32 psi but I asked them to increase it to 35 and over a short journey in near zero temperatures the computer registered 38 rising to 40 after 4 miles. I had a complete set of Landsails fitted, 2 new on the day and 2 new which I had purchase earlier about 3 years ago, one on a brand new alloy and one to ensure an axle match for when I used it. Total cost including changing the valve on the new alloy and rechecking balance - £100. or £200 for the complete set. The old tyres had done 38K and I now have a good spare only slightly more than half worn complete with the correct valve. I have nothing bad to say about the Landsail tyres.

Glow plugs may be a problem but it can be influenced by mileage and lots of short runs. Not the same but my wife's Xsara Picasso is much the same and a new battery and glow plugs effected only a slight improvement. You could just put up with it and wait for warmer weather then give it a long run. Alternatively, I have found that a short turnover followed by another a couple of seconds later helps with the old Picasso.

It now seems that none of the parts I have been offered is correct. The local Ford parts dept. has offered me 1 757 231 at about £77 and it still needs to be programmed in. This seems to require a special piece of kit which some accounts tell us is quite cheap but seems to be a bit difficult to find followed by a procedure which seems to resemble that used to remove evil spirits from a lady's bed chamber. I found just one on Ebay for £36 while all others on Ebay were asking £70 + so the game will continues once I get a delivery and head for the local tyre fitters. What a bl00dy palava and all because a load of irresponsible dimwits decided we didn't need a spare wheel.

Perhaps we should have a whip round to see if we can find someone to fix it. :48:

Thanks Gregers, Is there summat wrong here? I've been watching and according to the display there have been no views or comments. If I hadn't just popped a couple of replies in and noticed that they had been added to the topic but not to the top level I should not have bothered reopening this topic. there are 2 others and now this showing no views or comments. However, what little info there is about seems to be conflicting - hence the question. And now, it is good to see you are still on the ball. Judging from your signature you've had a bad year, that looks pretty rough. Sad news mate.

Mine has had this tendency at times but never gone completely flat and it sometimes sits in the garage for a month or more. I have had one of the internal lights left on which is not noticed in daylight. I have had an unlatched door causing it to sit there unlocked with the side lights on - not noticed when locked or later 'cos it's in the garage. Do you have a security camera you can point at it? These things are to smart for their own good these days and I shouldn't trust mine to be left to it's own devices for too long but I can't offer any more suggestions.

It seems very quiet on here lately and I'm no expert on these. The description is not over helpful but try starting from basics. If it struggles to turn over and taking into account it is now Winter the first thoughts go to battery. If you've spent all that cash I should expect someone has checked but who knows. In the absence of a meter do the lights go down when you try to start it could be poor connection, defective starter or just battery - check battery by replacement if necessary, maybe someone has fitted an underrated battery. If the terminal voltage is low the glow plugs won't work well, the starter won't work well and the fuel pump won't work well and you have the very problem. Do the battery terminals get hot when trying to start it? Until you have got past all of these you are just wasting time and money.

Can anyone give the correct part no or other useful information for a valve for my 2012 Titanium? I bought a new alloy (£140 + VAT) and tyre (Landsail £50) a few years ago to use as a spare which I thought was a better all round deal that the supplied option but it is now time to replace the set and want to cycle the spare into use leaving the best of the others as spare. To maintain pressure monitoring I need a proper valve but it seems that there is more than one type and costs vary alarmingly. (£25 to £85 each) The part 1708046 has been offered twice at about £35 but then I am told that the one I want is £80. Just out of interest, I ditched the run flats within a few days of buying the car with 8K on the clock and opted for a set of Landsails for £200 which at least convinced SWMBO that we should keep the car and we are now nearing 40K with some wear remaining but winter approaching so I see no reason for using any other brand. Any ideas?

I had a very similar problem but on the rear offside. This was caused by the brake pad first catching and then oscillating causing a huge vibration. The clue was that the brake disk and all around it was radiating heat to the extent that it could be felt from more than a foot away. Also, much earlier about 15-20 years ago, I had a very similar thing on two totally different vehicles several years apart. The first was on a montego and was caused by the hub which had been damaged by a hamfisted garage using a chisel to remove a wheel bearing. This ruined one tyre and two brake disks before I eventually found a garage who actually listened to me. The second was very similar in effect but on a low mileage Vauxhall Astra estate. The first was cured by a short careful bit of filing, the secong by replacing the hub. In both cases the garages insisted that it was all in my imagination because the problem only showed after a longish trip. The lesson learned from the Vauxhall was that a suspiciously low mileage can be the result of a rougue vehicle with an undiagnosed but annoying fault. I may be wide of the mark but your description of the problem is remarkably similar to my problem.

This is a link to a more general set of problems but the important bit is the loss of gears. The whole topic is 4 posts but it is the last which contains the useful information. http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?/topic/27396-garages-just-dont-understand-galaxys/

And finally..... My son managed to lose the gears again and I have redone the fix with a vengance and it now seems OK. However, It now appears that this problem is very common but then, why did I have to sort it out myself???? The good news is that the casting is available - Part no 7M3 711 046B listed as about £65 RRP. What that means as a final price is something to discover the hard way but I was sent the following link by a very helpful chap at TPS. https://www.partslink24.com/vwag/vw_parts/illustration-mailing.action?mode=K0LWRGBGB&lang=en Now all that is needed is a durable elbow length glove or a large box of plasters.

You started by saying that it loses power as if you've taken your foot off the accelerator. You must do something or you would just grate to a stop. What sort of speed/revs are you talking about and how long have you had the car? Did this just happen, has it developed gradually or has it always done it.? This is the sort of information which may help someone come up with some answers. If you can think of anything else which may be odd throw that in as well. The info about the MAF readings suggests that it is doing something but I don't think there are many 90bhp motors about so it is doubtful if anyone can verify that but the whole thing does not scream MAF unless someone has fitted the wrong one but that is still unlikely as the problem would show at other times in the form of poor performance. Is it possible it is just that the 90bhp unit isn't quite up to the job you are expecting? A lot or even a little information would be helpful. You are the eyes and ears of the folk who are trying to help.