Hopefully Someone Can Help With Answers To A Few Quick Questions!

[R4CH]

Hello nice people of the forums.

 

Just wanted to ask a couple of questions to anyone out there that may have some info and be kind enough to share their insight with me please.

 

I've owned my Mk1 (1998) Galaxy for many years now and absolutley love it - even though I've had multiple problems with it, the most irratating being the rain water in the footwell problem that many of us have experienced.

 

As it's an old car now my local garage drilled some small holes under the footwells to stop the rain water from accumulating but I'm still getting a lot of water accumulating in the clock area (direct centre of the upper windscreen area) which is really annoying as it comes flying out at all angles when you start driving the car after it's rained.

 

I have a sunroof and have had it checked and it seems to be okay and is sealed properly but I'm struggling to find where the drainage pipe is for this that I was told could have become detatched and causes the flooding.

 

Does anybody have any detailed instructions on where this drainage pipe that are straight forward enough that even this 39 year old female can follow!!

 

 

 

Also in the past few months my cigar lighter (needed for phone charger etc) has stopped working and also the electric sunroof no longer works. my side lights come on when I use my indicator also so I wanted to ask if these problems are due to the water problem or is it something else that can be easily fixed - any ideas please guys?

 

 

 

My last question is I have my eye on a 2003 Ford Galaxy 2.3 Ghia (as it's 6 years newer than mine!) and I asked the owner if she suffers the same problem with water getting in to the footwells and she said YES!!

 

I was amazed by this and wanted to ask if anybody knows if this is a problem that happens on ALL Galaxy's or was it permanently fixed once and for all on a specific year or model??

 

What year of Galaxy would I have to buy to ensure I don't suffer the dreaded flooded footwell problem??

 

Huge thanks to anyone that may be reading and able to answer :)

[chrispb123456]

Hello Damsel

 

Right first thing to do is remove the screws from the rear part of the front wheel arch liner this is where the pipes exit from the front end of the sunroof, all the dirt and muck collects here, get a hose pipe and clean this area then direct hose over windscreen to make sure the scuttle drains are clear, make sure there's no rot there before replacing wheel arch liner.

 

Probably a fuse gone on the cigar lighter look at number 7

 

check the wiring in the tailgate gaiter these wires get broken and can short circuit, causes all sorts of problems. Assuming you have no towbar/socket fitted as this may cause problems aswell.

 

Water in the footwells is a problem but can be caused by a variety of things one of which already discussed other things can be;

 

1.Scuttle drains blocked, causes rainwater to flood in through heater vents

 

2.Rear washer pipe become detached, (left footwell only)

 

3.Sunroof drains detached/blocked

 

4.Windscreen bonding leaking

 

See how you get on, don't forget to report back with what you find