Ian,
I'm glad to read that you are happy with you change to a Merc. They must be good cars otherwise you wouldn't see so many of them.
You may recall that I was having the same problems as you had with the GDI engine but, fingers crossed, the up grade seems to have sorted them.
Why these problems should have occurred is beyond reason as this engine must be out there in Ford Land in their millions being used as cars, not looked after particularly well but serviced once a year and just driven
I do hope that MMC do have a spy "lerking" on this forum so they can see the level of dissatisfaction their customers have with their Customer Care.
Good luck with your new toy and I wish you many happy miles and blast the depreciation.
