Vehicle lighting and electrical appliances Ford Mondeo 3

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

Contact Care
PROCEDURE Wash off the crystal oxides on the battery terminals with a warm soda solution. Even better, use a special cleaner for this «Neutralon». Then lubricate the...

Starting the engine «from the side» with a wire
To make starting easier, use only the special electronic wire, thus you will protect the electronic components of your Mondeo from the dangerous effects of voltage...

Car pushing
If you want to have the confidence of your automatic transmission, then never push your «striker» Mondeo. Yes, and for other versions it makes sense to use your own...

Towing a car
As a general rule, vehicles with an automatic transmission should not be towed - the torque converter prevents a power-short connection between the transmission and the...

Identification of secret consumers of electricity
If a perfectly serviceable battery suddenly became «lethargic», then most often some «silent» the consumer sucks his «juice». Carry out a voltage test. Surround this...

Replacing drive belts
In Mondeo engines, an automatic belt tensioner keeps the V-ribbed belts in tension. Thus, you no longer have to worry about belt tension. However, the pinch rollers...

Replacing the Belt Pinch Roller
Carburetor engines PROCEDURE Remove the drive belt as described above and... ...then unscrew the fixing nuts (indicated by arrows) on the pressure roller. Loosen the...

Outdoor Lighting
Mondeo's exterior lighting consists of main headlights, rear and brake lights, reversing lights, front and rear fog lights, and turn signal and license plate lights....

Replacing incandescent lamps
Bulbs of lanterns of passing, driving, parking light and direction indicators are located all together in the headlight housing. To replace the bulb, the headlight must...

Headlight adjustment «in front of the wall»
If you want to decently and quickly adjust the light, then find, if possible, a dark wall as a screen and do the following: PROCEDURE Fill up your Mondeo completely or...

Signaling devices
With your Mondeo signaling devices, you inform other road users of your intentions. If, for example, you want to change direction, then turn on the direction indicator,...

Checking the brake light switch
If all three brake lights are not functioning, the brake light switch is not trustworthy. It is located in the passenger compartment directly on the brake pedal bearing...

Checking the beep
The horns do their job in a modern car - protected from dirt and injected water - perfectly reliably: in the Mondeo, the horn is placed under the mudguard at the front...

Instruments and controls
As soon as the ignition key has been inserted, many technical components between the front and rear wheels are under the electronic «oversight». This increases your...

Function test of the circuit breaker
Sometimes even a defective switch can «to confuse» electricity. In the Mondeo, however, «in honor» various types of switches. Their check is best done with a test lamp....

Removing and installing the combined instrument panel
PROCEDURE Disconnect the battery and remove the upper and lower trim of the steering column. Unscrew the mounting screws of the instrument panel and... ...take it off....

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

Fuses in passenger compartment and engine compartment
In your Mondeo, numerous fuses protect the on-board electrics from surges. Their protective function is manifested at the theoretical maximum load of a single electrical...

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

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

Fuse and relay layout
Fuse Current in amperes Color Electrical circuit with consumers 60 25 transparent Power window left 61 25 transparent Electric window regulator, right 62 15 blue Front...