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This is a description of fault and solution for my Ford Galaxy V6 2001 with an VR6 24v engine. I hope it will help someone in the same situation and it could save you a great deal of money if you fix it yourself. Although the Galaxy is still a common car, the engine itself is rather unusual in the Ford series of cars. It's a Volkswagen engine, mostly found in Volkswagen cars such as the Sharan and Golf. In my seven years of ownership, it has proven to be a very reliable engine, even in the severe weather conditions here in Sweden with temperatures sometimes down to -25 C. Reliable except for one thing: coil packs. The first incident was att 9500 km. One of the fuses (no 29) kept going over and over again, which stalled the engine, and I couldn't figure it out. So I had to get the car to the mechanic and he replaced one coil pack (at cylinder 6) and that was it. The second incident was just now at 13000 km. Suddenly I got a blinking check engine light CEL and a lot of trouble codes; P0507, P0300, P0301, P0303, P0306 which in short meant multiple cylinder misfires in cylinders 1, 3, 6. Engine was clearly running badly with maybe only 3 cylinders. I feared the worst, and even though I suspected coil pack failure, searching the web led me to believe that multiple coil pack failure at the same time was not likely. So I took it to the mechanic again, and he told me that there was one bad coil pack. Only one? With so many misfires? He later rang me and said that he had to replace two coil packs at cylinder 3 and 4. That sounded more reasonable. So I got my car out and it ran smoothly as ever for a whole day. The next day I got the blinking CEL again, now with P0304 and P0305. What the hell? I had a strong hunch that more coil packs had failed, so I took a chance and ordered three new ones (from Bougicord as they seem to be a serious parts maker) and replaced the old ones myself according to this do it yourself instruction; http://www.billswebs...arkplug DIY.pdf Problem fixed! My recommendation for all VR6 owners: if you still have your (notoriously bad) original coil packs, replace them all at once and spare yourself a lot of future trouble as they most likely WILL fail.