I've just bought a 1999 Fiesta which only has one key and no key number.
I've been told that I need to go to a Ford main dealer to get a new key cut
and chipped.  Anyone have info on getting a second key at a sensible price
in the UK?

I am, shall we say, mechanically challenged. I do okay as a Saturday
afternoon mechanic in that I can do my own tune ups, oil changes and
similar things. Now I have to change an inner tie rod end on an 1985
Tempo with power steering.

My 2002 Taurus SE (34,000) dies on me. I am the original owner.  No
problems before this.   Actually it conks our just when I start to
accelerate, after driving for 3 to 4 miles.  It restarts when I turn
the key off (won't start if I don't turn the key off, then on again),

A few`days back my car stalled when I shifted it from P to D after I
left it on a paking lot for a few minutes. I posted that question
before. Today something different came up.
I noticed somewhat unusual gear shifting and when I released the gas

I'm writing an article on auto repair fraud for a national magazine.
I'm looking for stories of consumers who have been ripped off by
incompetent or deceptive mechanics. If you'd like to share your story,
please email me at halkarp@hotmail.com. Thanks.

Left hand down, full lock there's a repeating "GONK" sound.
When going straight no sound unless over uneven surface.
Only a slight turn to the right and the sound appears again but no where
near as noisily as on the full left lock.

Hiya, Today my heater started playing up. When selecting a heating
direction on the controls i.e. floor or windscreen, the heater only blows
to the windscreen, wierd hu. I have checked silly things like fuses but
all seems ok, any ideas please? I have just changed my cutch cable, ...

How dificult is it to change Heater core in 84 Taurus,

DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. workers and local officials said Friday
they'll do everything in their power to keep plants open after a report
suggested Ford is considering closing five North American plants as part of
a major restructuring.

I have heard that most of them did not have the
air suspension when new.
I thought most of them had that.
Roughly, what is the percentage?

Jim,
Sorry to bother you so much recently, but I'm having the worst run of luck.
In a nutshell...
Tonite, just for the heck of it, I locked the front hubs on my 1980 Bronco for the drive home, and just a few blocks from my house shifted it into 4 HIGH. The roads are covered in snow ...

Odd complaint from the wife.  
Since temp got down below fifty, complaining that car doesnt start and
run properly when parked in lot at her work, it's on a slight incline but
not much.  And exposed to wind. Makes no diff which direction she parks

The reason of this might be cooling fluid which had to much water and might
be frozen.
Result is that car was unstable on low rpm, than it was hard to start, I've
checked an oil and there was light-brown fluid like a glue (very high

My dad was told by a salesman at a Ford dealer that the Crown Vic has been
discontinued.  I discounted that, until I had to be at a Ford dealer for
service on my van last week.  I didn't see a single new CV.  The Five
Hundred is, according to the sticker in the window, a "large" ...

i was told that there was another car that had interchageable struts that
could be used on my lincoln thatr wasnt air ride if anybody out there
knows could you help me out please thank you