The ford focus titaniums sixspeed powershift i recently tested is much improved and felt much more like a mainstream dsg at launch, creeping with feet off the pedals, and during shifts, and it. It concerns the 2012, and 14 ford focus and the ford fiesta. Richard truett covers technology and engineering for automotive news. Amid concerns over the dualclutch automatic transmission in its fiesta and focus sedans. Ford focus titanium to get manual transmission autoblog. Our 2012 ford focus transmissions come with a 1year warranty, free shipping and. In 2010, ford launched output of the powershift dualclutch automatic transmission for the 2011 ford fiesta. According to internal documents, as reported today. The 2011 2016 ford fiesta and the 20122016 focus have a dualclutch automatic. Ford focus is slick package, but gearbox is a drag the.
The worst complaints are shudder and vibration sounds on takeoff, multiple shifting problems, and transmission failure. A blue candy metallic 2012 ford focus sel sedan, left, and a lime squeeze. The ford powershift transmission in question is found in 20112016 fiesta and 20122016 focus cars. A primer on ownerreported transmission problems and pending. The ford focus was the hatch to buy back in 2012, and it has been excellent for me. As anyone who has ever driven one knows, the dualclutch transmission in many ford products has issues. The ford focus transmission problems hit the vehicles marketed between 2010. Consumers in california have filed a class action lawsuit, claiming ford failed to alert customers its powershift transmission in the 20112015 fiesta and 20122015 focus is defective. Fords focus powershift transmission is much improved.
Fords powershift dual clutch transmission was used in 2010. Ford focus automatic to manual transmission swap part. Fords internal 2016 dps6 update, marked secret on each page. Ford gets the powershift dual clutch transmission right.
The next hundred miles of driving almost caused numerous accidents due to lack of acceleration and uneven. As described by owners of the vehicles, the primary, recurrent issues are a. Fords transmission problem ford transmission problems. Amid concerns over the dualclutch automatic transmission in its fiesta and focus sedans and hatchbacks, ford announced plans to extend warranty coverage on key hardware for a. I see a lot of complaints about the dualclutch transmission and rightly. Drove it about three months, and started noticing the clutch problem, took it to. In this video i show you how involved a clutch replacement is on one of these and why you may not get a. Car complaints, car problems and defect information latest news. Wet clutch transmissions also use hydraulic actuation but the dry. This is the introduction video to a multipart series of videos where i show you the stepbystep process of converting a ford focus with an automatic transmission to a manual transmission. The 2012 ford focus gets a new set of efficiency technologies, pushing its fuel economy well into the 30s, but a sometimes clunky dualclutch transmission sours. August 14, 2019 in the wake of transmission concerns in its fiesta and. Access a large inventory of quality used 2012 ford focus transmissions online. What you need to know about fords powershift transmission.
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