Thousands of Aussie Ford owners could take part in class action over ‘defective automatic gearboxes’

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Personally I think it's a solution to a problem which didn't really exist ..

Being more optimistic I'd suggest it's the wrong type of gearbox for the vast majority of drivers applications .. not necessarily the drivers themselves. Most people aren't buying Focus/Fiesta for long, fast trips. They buy them to potter about in city traffic, inching forward, performing numerous tight turning and parking scenarios.

My Audi did 90% peak hour stop start city driving without issue, and I liked its direct power delivery in that environment. It's perfectly fine in every traffic situation.

Get in a manual car in peak hour traffic with some people and they struggle, other drivers ate fine.

Nothing wrong withe gearbox, some drives just have no idea.