elize

another strange one for no reason at all the key in the drivers door does not operate any of the locks but all the windows Will come down THEN the remote butons on key will open all doors when siting in car windows wind down but will not go up again but with key in ignition with ignition on and a key in the ldrivers door lock turned to the unlock position windows will wind up again get out of car lock car with remote Key all doors lock apart from drivers door it does click a few times as if it is trying to THEN all doors lock and unlock with remote key but manual key locking still does not work seems as if it is not catching a mechanical link if there still is such a simple thing left in these cars today do i need to scrap this car ????? The ford dealer ship seams to lack any expierience expertese or knowledge that comes with mature and enthusiastic. they just seem to employ youths that are only capable of running up a lardge bill for you with no positive out come

seems to be a very common problem with these cars even the nearlynew ones on the forcourts all seemed to hav ea wet footwell and ford do not seem interested one bit. The anoying thing is you cannot hear or see where the water is getting in it just apears there and stinks after years of frustration and trying everything we removed the inner wing cover just a few torxs screws and a bit fidly to get it out with the wheel still on and found a build up of muck behind it at the very bottom cleared all this out and a small drain hole in the sill at the bottom of the wing right next to a nut and bolt and have not had a problem since and we have had a lot of heavy rain i rely do think this has cured this frustrating problem will keep an eye on this drain hole and keep it clear

have had same problem glow plug no brake lights etc Had this switch out a few times now and run servisol through it ,it was a Pig first time { doesnt want to fit properly does it } but easier after a few times, it also has some weird rachet mechanisim on the plunger {god Knows what for} i just cant understand why this dam thing needs to be so complex its only a switch for gods sake It is playing up again so will finaly get a new switch but have found to get you out of trouble when out and about Just pull over get out of the car press the brake pedal down with one hand run your finger up the top face of the pedal lever under the dash and your finger will be stoped by the switch plunger just pull this plunger back down onto the pedal lever with the end of your finger you will hear or and feel the rachet clicking and your brake lights are back in business

Hi we have exactly same problem with ABS light lots of posts and advice on these forums that may help you, Have not looked at ours yet but Seem to be another of many common wind you up no easy answers problems with this car Having said that the car is really worth its quirks Good luck 1999 Ttdi

REPLY....... Just one bleep , and it Does allways start first time from cold Must be just one of those things better to just live with it instead of {like the air con} wasting endless time strees and money trying to sort it The manual that comes with the car is as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike no mention of beeps in fact it is vague on every subject in there eg there is an aux heater somewhere around the premises of the car the manual mentions it but dosnt even say what its for Superb all purpose comfortable vehicle though, great MPG, would find ordinary car very hard to live with now, so worth puting up with all its anoying problems

We are having exactly the same problem with our 1999 TDI, intermitant at first and now it seems to happen nearly every time. When it finally starts an audible beep follows???? very strange, does anybody else hear this bleep Elize

The exhuast was leaking around the catylist joint advised by local exhaust fitters to weld the hole as catalylists rareley go faulty and a catalyst section alone would cost over 200 quid. Was also advised that the rest of the exhaust was in reasonable condition and was pretty sure it was all the original one fitted to the car when new. Have had so many vastly different quotes on fitted exhausts , and found catalyst sections to buy for under 40 quid and complete systems to buy around 100 quid or less, and with the original ford exhaust 7yrs ,120.000miles later, {with its

Hi Me and my other half regularly compete to see who can get the best mpg out of our gal (sad I know). Constantly amazed by ours (diesel 99reg). We normally average around 53 on most journeys though we have had it up to the 70s with a fair bit of coasting. My main arguement for not buying the gal was worries over fuel consumption upgrading from a very economical diesel escort. I am happy to of been proved wrong. Definately have the last laugh on all those squeezed into expensive petrol guzzling saloons. A friend has gone from a diesel gal to a very posh vauxhall vectra petrol saloon with three kids and two dogs. She is getting an average 28 mpg!!!! The husband choose the car and he's not very popular now. Having the mpg on the dash has definately changed the way I drive. I can think of a lot better things to spend money on than fuel especially with the latest 2p stealth tax "but that's another rant for another day".

we allways had water in the drivers footwell sogy carpet even splashing. Tried everything and looked every where, could not find the source of the leak ,everytime we bailed it and dryed it the next time it rained carpert soaked again then all of a sudden for what apeared to be no reason it stayed dry and has been dry ever since the only thing we have ever done is during a couple of days of dry weather decidedto straiten out crushed sills {yes we have them} with a pair of grips and filled a rough gap at the very bottom edge of the sill {is this between inner and outer sill?} and painted everything over with Hamerite smooth Silver Metalic paint exellent mathch far better than fords touch up I can only presume this has cured the wet foot well problem havent altered anything else and still bone dry. 1999 1.9 tdi Galaxy ghia

Gave up on ours, Ford dealers useles just employ uninterested kids, cost us alot of money for nothing and damaged our galaxy in the prosses we just open the rear windows in the lugage area and with the climate control managing the fan speed it copes not to bad at all will still look out for good enthusiastic ac engineer dont mind spending the money with somebody that is interested and keen to make the effort to help you

have allways used mobil 1 in my cars since early 90s and have never had any engine probs. apart from one jaguar all cars have been old bangers. changed the oil for the first time on my 1999 tdi galaxy discovered fords had cross threaded the sump plug suprise suprise inexperienced uninterested kids again managed to force sump plug back on again and filled with mobil 1 have noticed an average increace of around 4 to 5 mpg on my 12 mile run to work this may be due to the oil being new just hope this 0 w 40 oil is ok for the car elize

jackthehat Good luck in your search for a good galaxy. Other probs we had were: Radio would not code. Apparently it's not easy to replace with just any radio especially if you have the control stick on the steering wheel. We ended up at RDS in chester. They were fantastic but it was still

Hi Huge thanks to littledaz for his excellent advice on alternators and pulleys. Here's an update. We contacted E & M Motor factors in Aberystwyth and they could supply re-con alternator for

We have now removed alternator completely. Can spin the pulley both ways independantly from the internal fan. This is making that awful screech niose. There is also lots of red dust so I pressume this is definately the pully and pressume the alternator itself is fine. There seems to be a cartel getting a lot of money from us folks for unnessesary parts. Did you take yours for repair or fit part yourself. Can I ask cost? Thanks Elize P.S. As I live in the back of beyond getting parts or anything is near to impossible