Ford Mondeo Estate, Mk4 Estate

An enormous estate for the money, and it drives almost as well as the hatch.

Overview

The Mk4 Estate is the wagon Ford Mondeo, built 2007–2014 and facelifted in 2010. 4 standard engines are documented here, each with its own issue list, inspection sequence and price band. Asking prices across the standard range run €1,350–€6,050, and 0 of the 4 carry a risk level of 4 or 5; the facelift cars sit at a premium over otherwise identical pre-facelift ones. The 1.8 TDCi QYBA is both the cheapest way in, from €1,800, and the lowest-risk engine of the range, which makes it the obvious starting point. Prices are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology.

Body stylewagonProduction2007–2014
Platform siblingsMk4 hatchbackFacelift (LCI)2010
What changed at the 2010 facelift
New nose, lights and interior; Revised 2.2 TDCi; 2.0 EcoBoost petrol introduced. The engine changes are the ones that matter, a car built in the changeover year can carry either engine, so check the engine code on the block rather than the registration date.

Engine matrix: pre-facelift, 2007–2009

The 3 variants sold before the 2010 facelift. Power and years come from the variant records; prices are illustrative, not sourced.

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Badge↕EngineFuelYears↕Power↑Torque↕Risk↕IssuesPrice band↕Good buy↕Verdict
1.8 TDCiQYBAdiesel2007–2009125 PS320 NmR34€1,350–€3,700€1,800Buy w/ conditionsView
2.0 TDCiTXBAdiesel2007–2009163 PS340 NmR35€1,500–€4,300€2,000BuyView
2.2 TDCiKNBAdiesel2008–2009200 PS420 NmR33€1,900–€5,200€2,500Buy w/ conditionsView

Engine matrix: facelift / LCI, 2010–2014

The 4 variants sold from the facelift on, priced at a 9% premium over the pre-facelift car.

4 variants from the facelift on, carrying a real market premium of roughly 9% over an otherwise identical pre-facelift car. Variants appearing in both tables were sold either side of the changeover, the build month decides which one you're looking at, not the model year.

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Badge↕EngineFuelYears↕Power↑Torque↕Risk↕IssuesPrice band↕Good buy↕Verdict
1.8 TDCiQYBAdiesel2010–2012125 PS320 NmR34€1,450–€4,050€1,950Buy w/ conditionsView
2.0 TDCiTXBAdiesel2010–2014163 PS340 NmR35€1,600–€4,700€2,200BuyView
2.2 TDCiKNBAdiesel2010–2014200 PS420 NmR33€2,100–€5,650€2,750Buy w/ conditionsView
2.0 EcoBoostTPBApetrol2010–2014203 PS300 NmR33€2,250–€6,050€3,000Buy w/ conditionsView

Market availability varied by country; check the engine code stamped on the block rather than the badge on the boot. · Compare every engine side by side →

Model-year availability

Which engines were on sale in which year, from the year ranges in the variant records. Availability varied by country.

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1.8 TDCi QYBA●●●●●◐
2.0 TDCi TXBA●●●●●●●●
2.2 TDCi KNBA◐●●●●●●
2.0 EcoBoost TPBA◐●●●●

● full year · ◐ arrives or leaves mid-generation. Years from 2010 in the accent colour are facelift (LCI) cars. Verify the engine code, not the model year.

Rating map, price against risk

Good-buy price plotted against risk level for every standard engine, so the value corner is visible at a glance.

Every standard engine in the chassis, plotted at its good-buy price against its risk level. Cheap and low-risk is the top-left; expensive and fragile is the bottom-right. M cars are excluded, they would stretch the price axis and tell you nothing about the rest.

cheap · low risk€2k€2.5k€3kR1R2R3R4R5good-buy price →risk ↓1.8 TDCi QYBA: Buy with conditions, risk 3, good buy €1,8001.8 TDCi2.0 TDCi TXBA: Buy, risk 3, good buy €2,0002.0 TDCi2.2 TDCi KNBA: Buy with conditions, risk 3, good buy €2,5002.2 TDCi2.0 EcoBoost TPBA: Buy with conditions, risk 3, good buy €3,0002.0 EcoBoost
Buy / strong buy Buy with conditions Caution / avoidLeft is cheaper, up is safer. The top-left corner is where the value is.

Prices across the range

Where the money sits across the whole chassis. Every figure here is an illustrative placeholder, not a sourced market sample.

Every standard engine on one euro axis: the bar spans the 10th to 90th percentile of asking prices, the tick is the median and the green marker is the good-buy figure. ST/RS cars are excluded; they sit an order of magnitude above the rest.

Cheapest good buy€1,8001.8 TDCi QYBA
Median good buy€2,500across 4 engines
Dearest good buy€3,0002.0 EcoBoost TPBA
Full range€1,350–€6,050P10 to P90

Every standard engine · cheapest first · 2.0 TDCi TXBA highlighted as best value

€2k€4k€6kGood buy
1.8 TDCi QYBA€1,8002.0 TDCi TXBA€2,0002.2 TDCi KNBA€2,5002.0 EcoBoost TPBA€3,000

at or under the good buy · good buy · median · bar spans the 10th–90th percentile

Chassis-wide issues, every engine inherits these

Faults recorded against the bodyshell and running gear rather than one engine, so every variant on this page inherits them.

Rear suspension bush and subframe wearMondeo platform€250–€700
A knock from the rear over bumps, vague handling, and uneven tyre wear at the back. The rear multi-link bushes wear, and cars that carried weight or covered high mileage go first. Corrosion of the subframe is a second issue in salted climates.
Check: On a ramp, lever the rear bushes for splitting and look at the subframe for corrosion, then listen for a knock over rough roads.
SuspensioncommonPartly detectableevidence: documented130–230k km

Written once against the chassis and shown on every variant page below, so nothing here is repeated 4 times: ST/RS cars included, since the bodyshell and electronics are shared.

Buying summary

Our read on the chassis, built on the records above rather than added to them.

Identical engine and gearbox rules to the hatch. Most of these worked for a living, so the rear suspension bushes and the tailgate wiring are worth a look on a ramp, and a service history matters more than a low odometer. A late 2.0 TDCi estate with a fresh flywheel and a healthy filter is a great deal of car for very little money.

Cheapest and dearest in this chassis

The ends of the range by good-buy price. Useful for sanity-checking anything you're quoted.

Lowest entry price

1.8 TDCi QYBA : from €1,350, risk 3

2.0 TDCi TXBA : from €1,500, risk 3

2.2 TDCi KNBA : from €1,900, risk 3

Lowest risk

1.8 TDCi QYBA : risk 3, good buy at €1,800

2.0 TDCi TXBA : risk 3, good buy at €2,000

2.2 TDCi KNBA : risk 3, good buy at €2,500