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Originally Posted by Chris56
Absolutely not, i've known plenty of people with high-milage Mondeos and have owned them without problems.
As Nick said, plenty of diesel Mondeo taxis about - says something
The worst horror stories I've heard have related to German cars.
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I'm in the middle of a horror story right now with my wifes 2.2 HDI peugeot 807.
Snapped timming belt - less than 3 years / 30,000 miles since new one fitted, along with water pump idler etc...
Wasn't due for another 2 years.
We couldn't get the head off because of seized injectors. It cost me £240 for a guy to hydraulically pull them out (18 tones of force he reckoned)... He snapped 3 in the process, then the remains had to be spark eroded out.. £370
the head is finally back, 1 valve replaced, skimmed and new rockers, ready to fitted to the engine. I'm £1500 down so far including all the new bits required
Stay away from the peugeot HDI engines
The car is ace but i was shocked by the poor design of the engine / injectors. Apparently premature failure of the timing belt is common on these too.