Ford Focus Powershift 7,000 Complaints

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Bill M

The Focus is not on my shopping list anytime soon.

focus now has conventional 6sp auto.

[Vesper Martini]

Maybe they should have gone CVT

[Hawkeye84]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Maybe they should have gone CVT

Dear god no!

[Hawkeye84]

Originally Posted by prydey

focus now has conventional 6sp auto.

Yeap ever since the facelift

[deesun]

Was the Powershift used in England or Europe at all and if so why did it work there and not here, or was it a heap of doo doo over there too?

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by deesun

Was the Powershift used in England or Europe at all and if so why did it work there and not here, or was it a heap of doo doo over there too?

17 pages and almost 4 years worth of unhappy DSG customers.
https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11399507

The humor about the CVT trans, its 100 times better than the Focus DSG.
Without doubt the DSG Focus the worse auto ever driven and owned, best way to describe it ''dangerous confusion''.

Ford are actively seeking owners and offering deals to trade out of there DSG problems and into new models.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by deesun

Was the Powershift used in England or Europe at all and if so why did it work there and not here, or was it a heap of doo doo over there too?

Yes it was offered, but the difference is that they have real drivers there, the vast majority of whom choose manual. Focus and Fiesta are among the top three selling cars in the UK, because they are brilliant cars to drive.

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by NX74205

Focus and Fiesta are among the top three selling cars in the UK, because they are brilliant cars to drive.

True.
Fiesta no:1 by a mile 43,000 units ahead of the 2nd placed Vauxhall Corsa. Focus is 3rd.
http://www.best-selling-cars.com/bri...ng-car-models/

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by NX74205

Yes it was offered, but the difference is that they have real drivers there, the vast majority of whom choose manual. Focus and Fiesta are among the top three selling cars in the UK, because they are brilliant cars to drive.

Further to that, most of the Focusses (Focii?) and Fiestas sold in the UK are diesels, so even if a customer had opted for automatic (why would you?), the wet clutch Powershift transmissions fitted to diesels are not the same as the dry clutch Powershift ones fitted to petrols.

[Hemihunter]

What has the heater core failure got to do with the new improved clutch fitment ?
I am hearing lots about "new clutch" fitment and heater core failure a few weeks later?

[SpoolMan]

I got a letter from Ford in the mail yesterday although we traded ours 2.5 years ago we still get the mail, Ford our now guarantee this Powershift transmission for 7 years.

[Adamz Ghia]

Originally Posted by Hemihunter

What has the heater core failure got to do with the new improved clutch fitment ?
I am hearing lots about "new clutch" fitment and heater core failure a few weeks later?

I have no idea how it's related or if it even is but mum had a clutch replacement carried out and a week later the car was back in for a new heater core.