Ford Mondeo engine light on - cost for diagnosis?

corkalien

I've a engine management light on (not flashing) on a 03 Mondeo for the last week. She seems to be running fine though.

I'm going to bring it to a garage to hook it up to the diagnostic machine and see what the errors are. Does anyone know how much I would expect to pay to get it looked at? I don't want to get anything fixed, just a diagnosis.

Nonoperational

Depends where you go. Main dealer prob €50+. A smaller guy might cut you a deal, or try see is there anyone around with a code reader that'd help you out.

Wicklowrider

My mechanic ran the diags on the spot, in my case exhaust lamda probe.
He ordered part and then fit it ( few minutes to fit).Total cost for his work a very reasonable €30!

Helium

Brought my 02 Mondeo to a Ford garage for diagnosis @ 160 yo yo's

corkalien

Rang the local garage there and yer man said €30 for a diagnosis.

Not bad to be honest.

My own mechanic (down the country) said that usually if the car is running fine that the lamda sensor is the issue. You could run for 6 months with that not working.

Wicklowrider

corkalien wrote: »

My own mechanic (down the country) said that usually if the car is running fine that the lamda sensor is the issue. You could run for 6 months with that not working.

Got mine fixed asap because I'd be concerned you would miss another warning due to the light being already on.

corkalien

Wicklowrider wrote: »

Got mine fixed asap because I'd be concerned you would miss another warning due to the light being already on.

My mechanic's opinion was that if the light was on and there was something badly wrong with the car that you'd know about it from the performance.

How much did the part set you back?

smokie2008

corkalien wrote: »

I've a engine management light on (not flashing) on a 03 Mondeo for the last week. She seems to be running fine though.

I'm going to bring it to a garage to hook it up to the diagnostic machine and see what the errors are. Does anyone know how much I would expect to pay to get it looked at? I don't want to get anything fixed, just a diagnosis.

Where do you live?? I've a computer that'll read it!

1948Wolseley

smokie2008 wrote: »

Where do you live?? I've a computer that'll read it!

Beat me to it, I've one too! I'm in Cork city, PM me if that's any good to you.

Wicklowrider

corkalien wrote: »

My mechanic's opinion was that if the light was on and there was something badly wrong with the car that you'd know about it from the performance.

How much did the part set you back?

300 euro :eek:

Hal1

Wow, you'd probably buy one for that price. :eek:

corkalien

Well my procrastinating saved me 30 bucks yesterday. Got into the car to head home and the light was gone off!

More than likely it could be the lamda sensor so.

Wicklowrider

corkalien wrote: »

Well my procrastinating saved me 30 bucks yesterday. Got into the car to head home and the light was gone off!

More than likely it could be the lamda sensor so.

If your light went off maybe you justhave bad connection?

I'm definitely no expert on this so take anything I say as amateur.
When Mine went I tested the connections - clean, tight connection etc.
When light didn't go off after that tested with multimeter - confirmed that 1 sensor was gone ( there are 3 on my exhaust). You may be lucky.

analfabets

On some engines loose petrol or oil filling cap can cause the engine management light to come on.

billbond4

Bought a cable on ebay to plug into my laptop, cost 10€ so I can now read the codes on cars.
Handy to have yourself, and if your ever thinking of buying a car, you can stick it in just to see if there is any fault codes showing up.
Argos sell them as well

Wicklowrider

billbond4 wrote: »

Bought a cable on ebay to plug into my laptop, cost 10€ so I can now read the codes on cars.
Handy to have yourself, and if your ever thinking of buying a car, you can stick it in just to see if there is any fault codes showing up.
Argos sell them as well

Good info - saw cable alrightt but don't you need software? If so can you reccomend any? Thanks!

billbond4

you can get free obd software on the intendt