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Join Date: Oct 2006
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When will Ford bite the bullet and offer a standard 5yr / 160k km warranty? Even that will soon be obsolete when more 6 and 7yr warranties are offered - but a much needed improvement on the dated warranty they still offer now.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Seems the "caradvice" website is about 3 months behind the times....
Owners were getting letters early in September, and it's taken this long for a website to catch up? |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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the extended extended warranty is almost up
and what does serviced mean are they offering to fix the seals , replace the dual clutch Owners who experience low-speed shuddering within the indicated time/kilometre limit for the warranty extension can arrange to have their transmission serviced as necessary free of charge.
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re: "clutch shudder during light acceleration" I drove a work mate's Skoda Yeti with DSG tranny yesterday and...dat clutch shudder during light acceleration tho.
Reminded me of my wife's Focus Titanium (now sold) great trans on the open road but inconsistent in stop start traffic and terrible when parking in tight/uneven spots. Ford need to revert to a traditional (bullet proof) slush box, and keep extracting economy and power out of the Eco Boost engines. Agreed that in this day and age, Ford should have longer warranty periods on all their cars. |
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Powder Shift Dual Clutch in new 2015 Mondeo http://www.caradvice.com.au/319720/a...-toyota-camry/
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Ford should roll out a (cost effective) program to retrofit those boxes to Focus, Fiesta, Kuga etc when the DSGs die or become too troublesome (either through dealerships or in partnership with third parties) |
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My mum's focus has this problem... and even though they are doing the recall (of sorts) it's only at the discretion of the dealer as to whether the transmission is bad enough to be repaired/replcaed! So even if your car presents the shudder and other related symtpoms, there's a chance it might be passed off as acceptable
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Regular Auto for EcoBoost Petrol
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Not that I really care because the wet clutch powershift isn't really plagued with the problems poor buggers with Focuses (Focii?) have had. |
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Get everything in writing. The "recall" notice and any decision made by the dealer. They cannot just say that the issue is not bad enough for replacement. If they do you must get it in writing for any future claim. There appears to be a problem and there is no "just a little bit pregnant" defense. The issue is present or it is not. |
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The US don't take diesel engines and have shown a distaste in Powershift Auto's. In Europe, diesel is popular and they have shown a preference for the more direct feel of Powershift. These two models are large volume players in the US, so the cost to have the conventional auto as well as the Powershift in production would be small.
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