I have had my XR5T for 5 mths now and have done a little over 5000km's.
Most of that is travelling the Stuart H/Way between Katherine and Darwin, a 650km return trip at speed (the limit is 130km/h..but it's a little flexible..
)... So far,touch wood, not a rattle or squeek to be heard.
The Mondeo is one of the most comfortable, safe and enjoyable cars I have ever driven.. Luckily I have not experienced any of the problems discussed in this forum. My only complaint is that the Ford dealers, service dept's in particualr, know nothing about the cars, particulalry the XR5T...
When I had the car in for the 3000km service, the service advisor spent 10 minutes running around thinking they had lost the keys...They didnt know it had keyless start ...
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