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Yeh, I've got a rattle behind the glove box and I can't seem to sort it. I'm beginning to think it's the linkage on the side of the heater, it's driving me nuts!

OK I know it's a bit of a grey area but just what sort of consumption figures should I be getting from this car of mine? I hope someone from Ford Motor Company sees this because to say the least I am one unhappy customer . The reason we purchased this Fiesta 1.6 Econetic was the amazing fuel consump...

I spoke to a workmate last night who's son has a Mk7. Guess what, he's had his fan flatten his battery just last week. The dealer has changed the relay for him .

[quote="Ben..."]My fan comes on a lot, sometimes even if I've moved the car about 5 meters I went shopping a couple of months back and parked in a multi story car park, and I came back to my car and the battery was flat I remember Vaxhall had a similar problem with heated screen relays years ago. Ow...

[quote="StewartM"]I think there is more to the Fiesta cooling fan than Ford are letting on. I think you're right Stewart, I was working in the main dealer when electric fans and those awful viscous fans came in. The whole point of them was to save fuel, a traditional cooling fan takes about 5 HP to ...

[quote="jam_rs"]Cant say ive heard anyone else saying about this yet. What exactly did the dealer say? I think the dealer has done things right, probably checked the operation of the fan and put the car on the computer. Twice they have looked at it with the same outcome, no fault found. The point I ...

Been having some strange behavior from my cooling fan on my Econetic since the car was new, it's had me a bit worried. With the lack of a temperature gauge It was a bit disconcerting to say the least when the engine cooling fan cut in during normal driving. It ran for a long time when on the flat at...