Recent content by TimG

I knew of the inspections but had to prompt the dealer to stamp the book

I hope its well tied down, its quite a sail if the wind get under it. Ganted its still open at the back

Yes the head lights are poor , dip especially. Worse than my previous with halogens. The GT has now departed for an electric vehicle. Sorry to say that the MachE was not in contention owing to most of the control functions being on a touch screen. I had the GT for 5 years & 9 months & got back...

If its size is between a match head & 5p coin it should be repairable. If its within the wiper swept area it may be an MOT fail. You want to avoid a screen replacement as these days they a bonded in as part of the structure & have sensors that would need recalibrating so dont put off a repair.

You could disconnect the battery, If possible take the battery out to leave it on a battery tender else where. Ensure you know how to open the car with the key blade in the fob before you disconnect. It would be less hassle to get a new type 075 battery.

5 - 10 minutes is probably not long enough, it may not have replaced the starting hit. Can you hook it up to a battery tender then it would be good after a several weeks? My 2016 car did seem that the battery was not holding a charge as well as when new. After a 40 mile run last Thursday &...

My 2016 GT manual box showed a yellow spanner symbol when I switched on & started. A message said refer to manual. I switched off & looked in the handbook for warning lights but its not shown. Anyone know what it means? I restarted it was clear & I've not seen the spanner again after several...

I have just noticed surface corrosion on the leading edge of RH front wing where it buts to the plastic bumper. I have the body inspection stamps in service record. Its a May 2016 reg so what change Ford would repair it?

Earth connection? Have you a voltmeter or test lamp to check continuity?

At 5 years service & 20k miles I was told my GT needed new brake discs & pads front & rear but they did not have the parts & were waiting on notification of delivery time. It was said to be OK to drive till MOT expired. Three days later I was told that delivery was over two weeks. They phoned...

My 2016 GT is approaching its fifth it service. I had new brake fluid last year but its never had the antifreeze changed. What is the recommendation, should I get it renewed?

I was at a tyre supplier having winter tyres fitted. There was a guy there with an X3 having the winter tyres he'd had fitted removed & the original summer tyres refitted. The winters were not BMW approved & his dash was throwing up error messages about the transmission which he put down to the...

When I bought the wheels I could get no sense out of Ford or 2 dealers they were saying I would need the sensors recalibrating every time I swapped wheels at £50. Cancelled the ford sensor order & took the ones from tyre supplier

When I bought winter tyres to go on a second set of wheels the tyre supplier read the code off the existing wheels & coded the sensors they supplied to match. Mark your tyres when removed so they go back on same corner. TPMS tools are available on Amazon & ebay

Keyless entry is not a convenience feature it just makes the car easier to steal. Faffing around with a Faraday pouch is far more trouble than getting your key & pressing open button. Many cars let you disable keyless entry in menus otherwise get the dealer to do it for free. At very least keep...