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Just thought I would add a note, when my Gal was in fault condition the door LED did not light, and this shows that the correct key has been inserted and the immobiliser is disarmed, and the fuel pump can be heard priming when the key is turned to pos 2, ready to crank, with normal dash lights and indicators on, so its good to know this to eliminate the immobiliser. I guess the immob is fed from relay 30, and thats why the diagnostic kit could not get a response from it when tested, anyway thanks again for your help and suggestions...it all helped to solve the problem!!

Got the Gal towed to a garage who had a look, and diagnosed relay 30...they had a spare test relay so in it went and problem solved!!! Just got to put the trims back on around the fusebox, so thanks to everybody's input got there in the end. For the record my gal would not crank and I could not hear the fuel pump start either so it looks like relay 30 can throw up a multitude of symptoms...beware!!! I have had the case off the faulty one and can see the soldered joints are all cracked so any one of them could be the culprit...anyway a massive thankyou to everybody who helped with this tricky one...!!!

Ive tried both the keys, (which operate the c locking ok) and tried removing the transponder coil from the column, its the same with or without transponder,which leads me to think this may be an immobiliser problem.. I had a look into the fusebox/relay box, and could not see relay 30 or 27, are they somewhere else? The keys have not been apart so Im sure thats not the problem. The led works/flashes when the car is locked, but I seem to remember either someone telling me or on one of the forums that the led should flash when the key is inserted into barrel and turned to ignition on as if its ready to start, if it does not flash the system has not 'seen' the key...is this right or am I dreaming?(it was some time ago.:) I cant hear the fuel pump start up either when the ignition is switched on..can anyone who has a galaxy the same have a look at their led and confirm if it flashes when the key is put in the barrel and turned to position 2 please? Thanks!!!

Hello Galaxy Pepes, Im a newbie with my first Galaxy problem...its a 2002 2.3 manual ghia, had it for years now, always been good, but for some reason refused to start at the weekend. The central locking works fine, when I put the key in to start the engine it turns to the crank position but does nothing.I think the fuel pump is starting although its hard to hear it. I seem to recall being told that the door led should flash to acknowledge the correct key being used, but it does not light. The RAC tech had a look, he checked battery connections, bypassed starter relay circuit so the engine cranked but did not fire, did diagnostics on it which showed a prob with the immob, but reading other posts relay 30 or 27 causes the same symptoms? Unfortunately the gal is not athome its parked a mileaway so checking anything is a problem...has anybody else had this trouble? The car has been fantastic over the years, but Im afraid of letting a ford garage near it...does anybody know a good place to source the relays from? Does anybody have the same car and can confirm what the door led should be doing? Please help...shes not ready forthe scrapheap yet!!! Thanks in advance Brooksiexx