Galaxy Problems Galore

[crafty]

Hello Al

Great forum - Ive been reading pages and pages here today.

Can anyone tell me why I cant look at pictures in posts - I get an error message saying I dont have permission?

Anyway I have the following faults on my 2001 1.9tdi

 

Front Wipers slow and occasionally stop

ABS light always on

Alarm goes off whenever it likes (nearly always at night)

Rear washer doesnt work

Auxilliary heater u/s

Screen always foggy when raining

 

These have crept in over the years but the abs light was the final straw and Im gonna have a go one by one eben though I only have 1 spanner and a pair of pliers!!

 

I decided to start on the wipers as it seems common and not too difficult but I cant see the photos to help - any advice?

 

Thanks

Crafty

[big_kev]

I beleive Admin deliberately b*gger up the priviliges for new users either to keep the spambots out or because they like doing it.

 

Front wipers...clean and degrease your spindles as in http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...pic=6863&hl

 

ABS light on...indicates failure of ABS system...nothing to worry about just means your ABS is not working, debatable whether this is good or bad...lots of differnet opinions about ABS..however this will be an MOT fail....could be a number of things but most likely problem with sensor...check they are not caked in mud and the wiring to them is in good order...they rarely fail but a good ford mechanic will happily change them for new ones...charge you the earth and leave you with the same problem.

 

Alarm....not familiar with the alarm on the MK2....if it has a motion detector it will probably go of if any windows are open...hopefully someone else will help you with this.

 

Rear Washer....could be the obvious blocked or faulty water pipe...think this is the one that leaks underneath the passenger seat....alternatively could be the electrical connection...the wire tend to get broken as they pass through the offside rear frame to the door....check for voltage at pump if fitted at rear door...again not to familiar with MK2 the pump could be in the front.

 

Auxilliary heater ......I assume you mean the external heater underneath the car...if so search the posts for booster heater lots on this...if you mean the rear heater inside then check the fuse first...cant remember which one check manual or again search the posts.

 

Screen always foggy.......could be blocked scuttle drains...this could also affect your wipers as the motors could end up in a puddle

 

 

If these are your only faults you've got a good one

[crafty]

Thanks for taking the time to answer Kev - I'll tackle them one at a time as I cant afford to have 'em all done at the garage!

If anyone can help with the problem I have with not being able to see pics, that would be a big help in me being able to fix these things

Cheers

Crafty

[tim-spam]

ABS problem could also be one of the toothed rings on the outer CV joints - this is not unheard of.

[crafty]

Thanks for all the advice. I tackled the wipers today. Thanks to all the info on here (by the way I can now see pictures so thanks to whoever fixed that!) One side very tight and freed off ok with wd40 and a clout. Other side completely seized (had to get a scaffold pole on the end to move it (how on earth did the motor move that?). Finally got it free using wd40 and in the end a blowtorch and alot of clout. Anyway they now work like a charm and I can spin them with me fingers! Total time 4 hours. Wold have been less had I not put it all back together with one of the spindles 180

[maximus]

Do they all have aux heater? And where is it? I've got a GhiaX so lot of toys but there are no controls in the rear of the car for heater so I asume that means it doesn't have one?

 

Good luck with the ABS, I'd say check the wiring to the seatbelt pre-tensioners, it used to play up on my old Xsara all the time!

[Guest wolfie]

if you have Climate control you wont have the button on the dash or the controls on the head lineing, the buttons on the clock is for presetting a warm up time for the aux heater

on the climate panel you have two sets of controls to adjust fan speed and temp, IIRC the controls on the left control the front and the ones on the right the rear

 

 

Good luck with the ABS, I'd say check the wiring to the seatbelt pre-tensioners

 

what wiring? there isnt any on the Galaxy! it's a purely mechanical/explosive :lol: set up!

[maximus]

Cheers Wolfie!

 

I guess I should read the manual, doh!

 

As far as the pre-tensioners go, I'm just going on past experience, my Xsara used to do it all the time.

So does the Galaxy not have pre-tensioners?

[Guest wolfie]

it has them but they are purely mechanical! hit something or get hit hard enough and off they go!

[big_kev]

Pre-tensioners on Galaxys work fine.......had the bruises on my chest and shoulder to prove it......kinda negated the airbag going off though !