Vehicle lighting and electrical appliances Ford Mondeo 3

Description of electrical equipment
Without a battery, starter, alternator and about 17 kilometers of copper wire, almost NOTHING works in your Mondeo – at least not in a coordinated way: with a discharged...

Contact care
ORDER OF EXECUTION Wash off the crystal oxides on the battery terminals with a warm soda solution. It is even better to use a special cleaner "Neutralon" for this. Then...

Starting the engine «from the side» with a wire
To make starting easier, use only the special electronic cable, thereby protecting the electronic components of your Mondeo from the dangerous effects of voltage peaks....

Pushing a car
If you want to enjoy the trust of your automatic transmission, never push your "striking" Mondeo. And for other versions, it makes sense to use your "pushing force" if...

Towing a car
As a rule, cars with automatic transmission cannot be towed - the torque converter prevents a power connection between the transmission and the engine. However, for...

Identifying secret electricity consumers
If a perfectly good battery suddenly becomes "sluggish", then most often some "silent" consumer is sucking its "juice" from the on-board network. Check the voltage. If...

Replacing drive belts
In Mondeo engines, an automatic belt tensioner keeps the poly V-belts in a tensioned state. So you don"t have to worry about belt tension any more. However, the pressure...

Replacing the belt pressure roller
Carburetor engines ORDER OF EXECUTION Remove the drive belt as described above and... ...then unscrew the fastening nuts (indicated by arrows) on the pressure roller....

Outdoor lighting
The Mondeo's exterior lighting consists of the headlamps, tail and brake lights, reversing lights, front and rear fog lights, direction indicators and number plate...

Replacing incandescent lamps
The low beam, high beam, parking light and turn signal bulbs are all located together in the headlight housing. To replace the bulb, you need to remove the headlight:...

Adjusting headlights «in front of the wall»
If you want to adjust the light properly and quickly, find a dark wall as a screen and do the following: ORDER OF EXECUTION Fill up your Mondeo completely or put about...

Signaling devices
With the help of your Mondeo's signalling devices, you inform other road users of your intentions. If, for example, you wish to change direction, you turn on the...

Checking the brake light switch
If all three brake lights do not work, this means that there is no trust in the brake light switch. It is located in the passenger compartment directly on the brake...

Checking the sound signal
Horns do their job in a modern car – protected from dirt and injected water – absolutely reliably: in the Mondeo, the horn is located under the mudguard at the front of...

Tools and control devices
As soon as the ignition key is inserted, many technical components between the front and rear wheels are under electronic "supervision". This increases your safety –...

Checking the operation of the switch
Sometimes even a faulty switch can "confuse" the electric current. In the Mondeo, however, different types of switches are "in honor". It is better to check them with a...

Dismantling and installation of the combined instrument
ORDER OF EXECUTION Disconnect the battery and remove the upper and lower steering column trim. Unscrew the instrument panel mounting screws and... ...take it off. Now...

It's not always easy to follow the «winding» paths of wires
Most current consumers in the Mondeo operate with double terminals. However, to the battery or to the generator, you can often find only one wire. The other ends...

Fuses in the passenger compartment and engine compartment
In your Mondeo, numerous fuses protect the on-board electrics from overvoltage. Their protective function is activated at the theoretical maximum load of an individual...

Replacing fuses
Most fuses are located in the passenger compartment on the left under the steering wheel. Some relays are also located there. Additional fuse and relay boxes can be...

Distributes high operating currents — changeover relay
In the Mondeo there is a group of consumers that require a high operating current for themselves compared to others. In order to guarantee maximum safety there, with the...

Layout of fuses and relays
Fuse Current in amperes Color Electrical circuit with consumers 60 25 transparent Electric window lift left 61 25 transparent Electric window lift right 62 15 blue Front...