Ford Focus/Fiesta Clutch Stuck Engaged P2872. Easy Fix. Save Money $ 

Man, I have this car and I was really freaked out after hearing how much the repair costs and how many people have this problems. Was about to sell it to avoid the trouble in the future, but now I actually have some peace of mind. Thank you very much!

You helped me a lot. Thank you very much, you are helping hundreds of people with this video! Thank you

No mechanic was able to fix my ford in El Salvador. I found your video, bought all tools and boom 💥… I fixed it 🫡🇸🇻

All that dust can't be good for the lungs. I know as guys some of us are too tough/macho to think/use safety gear but cancer does not discriminate between genders. For your health/well being I strongly recommend you use an appropriate respirator for the job. These things tend to catch up to us as we age. Trust me on this. I'm 49 y/o, worked as a mechanic for 20 yrs. Your call brother. Thanks for uploading.

I was struggling with transmission issue since one year and nobody gave me a clear explanation about the weird sounds I hear even Ford! Now all is clear! thank you so much

Thanks for the free knowledge, I see this job coming my way in the future

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You’ve inspired to make some videos on things I know real well.

watching from the Philippines and I was surprised at how easy it was. I was quoted 5500 USD by Ford Philippines. but now I pulled out my car from them and let someone do it by outside shops. Thanks for this man!

Thanks, good job! FYI, I used to drive through that intersection all the time!!! LOL, small world.

Excellent video. Thanks for being so helpful. God bless you! Same issues with my Ford Fucus 2013. Viktor from GDL Mexico.

Good video my guy!!!! Helped a lot of us!!!!!

I just want to say thanks man you helped me out alot with your videos. My wife has a 2014 focus and 2 days after buying it from a dealer the TCM went on it and we had to fight with them to replace it and 3 weeks after getting it back it's having shifting problems again. After watching your other video I'm going to clean the actuators.

Thank you for this video really learned a lot about DCT

Nice tutorial.....so informative thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Great Video! Very Helpful. Just bought a 2016 Focus 2.0. No codes or anything, but certainly felt like from 1st to 2nd slipped or was "rough." I did as you suggested, but didn't spin the actuator. Just vacuumed, sprayed brake cleaner let it sit, then WD40. Put it back in with screws and turned key a few times to light up panel and engage actuator. Repeated 3 times. Runs great now! Is this something I should do every year? or XX miles for maintenance? I have no desire nor skill to remove and take apart the transmission.

working on mine now. got quoted 3100 at the dealer. Thanks for the guide

Man this video is gold love from Senegal

Nice video, thanks for the info. It would be so simple for ford to engineer a rubber boot to go around the fork mechanism with just the tips of the forks sticking out. The boot would keep all the dust off the mechanism. Focus titanium cars are really nice and they get 40mpg at highway speeds.

Excellent commentary appreciate it

Great job, God bless you man

Hi sir, your videos are very helpful, i wanna try pulling down my transmission on my own but i dont know how to, if you have a step by step guide on how to pull it down that would be great! 🙂

Great, Clean tutorial !!

Ford's DCT is the most misunderstood transmission in history. I have a Mexican Ecosport with The 2.0 and DCT tranny. Traveled from Dallas to CUU, even Puerto Vallarta and Dallas to Chicago. I'm at over 115k miles now. Clutch A is getting stuck and I had the same plan as you just explained in the video. Thank you for sharing bro.

thanks for the information , it was so helpful

Easy, when you have the funds, and the correct tools to fix it, having the funds everything is easier.

Thankyou, for sharing your information and knowledge , how to fix the dual clutch problem , on the ford fiesta and focus , it just no were for the clutch dust to get out and build up , it a wonder Ford didn't make an inspection holes at the bottom of the bell housing to let the dust out , and you could put a air hose to blow the dust out for cleaning , some manual trucks have inspection plates at the bottom of the bell housing for inspection and adjustment ..

Very helpful videos and easy way to explain everything THANKS .. i have focus 2012 and message say can not engage gear 2 .. what do you think is it cleaning needed to the forks like you did from the actuators? Just need your opinion thanks

Thanks amigo for helping all of us God B U 🙏

Thanks a lot for excellent video.

good info. My daughter is dealing with this now on her focus. They want 3K to replace the clutch. I think she is trading in the car.

Your videos are great! Thank you for making them. Where do you get replacement forks?

Great video. Thanks.

Thanks for that video. Best instructions so far. Startet the job today. Only missed out on marking the clutch and fly wheel position and no yellow arrow to see. Just one question. The one I am fixing is a ECOSPORT 1.5L 2015. That should be xactly the same clutch as Fiesta and Focus?

Wow u made it look ez ur a good teacher n mechanic my wife’s 2015 ford focus got a code that the b side actuator is bad so my brother replaced both a n b side so now the reverse doesn’t work on it I’m bummed about this

Great Video!!!!

Absolute Star !!

Awesome explanation. I've had so many issues. Short on cash so I can't get the tools or obd tool. But if I do I can follow this video. Thanks for upload, and thanks to @eddie for the health warning.

Tanks for this video.

excellent video

Great video. when you remove trans it pays to mark clutch height by scratching or paint marker....for confidence

Here in the Philippines many Ecosport owner was having a problem with ABS related DTC and mostly the diagnose is ABS module replacement. I do hope you could make a video about ABS issue or trouble shooting

Thanks for the videos dude, they helped a lot with diagnosing my car. I got my mechanic to drop the transmission and clean it out, then installed new clutch and shift forks, and finally reprogrammed the tcm. Drove fine every time after it got reprogrammed but if you shut off the car for 5-10 minutes it will lose reverse again. Looks like my next step is to replace TCM

I know videos a little old but when having to replace the drum should I get a kit with the hub also? Seem to be having trouble finding compatible drums to my current gear hub

Muy buen video primo toy investigando eso mismo y voy a entrarle a acer eso tengo ese mismo problema con un yonke 2012 focus

Great vid. Thx!

This video is amazing. Thank you. Where did you get your scan tool?

Thanks for the video

Hi thanks for this free tutorial. I have a ford focus 2013 and had it since 2014. Bought it near new from the dealer 13k kilometers only but after almost a year of use it seems shuddering is already annoying me when driving and brought it back to the dealer. That time I already received a notice of recall regarding this shuddering issue and the service department said it was covered under warranty and a new clutch assembly will be installed. They hold my car for a couple of days for that service but only slight improvement. I have no way of verifying if the new clutch assembly was really installed. It only shows in paper report service that a new clutch assembly was installed. I was checking it under the hood and looking at all the bolts holding this transmission and to me it looks like never been removed. I just convinced myself that they did a pretty good job removing and installing it back like nothing happened. I used it for years until 2020 which a no reverse issue came out. Luckily there’s a recall with the tcm and they replaced it with new tcm. Here I was able to verify physically the new tcm cause it’s attached outside the transmission. It’s been two years since the tcm change and shuddering and sometimes slipping and grinding noise occurs which annoys me. I really love this car except that transmission issue. I have never trusted the dealership service cause the first annual service that I paid them was a disaster. Imagine when I picked up my car after that service and opened the hood there was oil everywhere They left the oil cap sitting in the engine bay. Lucky I didn’t drove away immediately. They cleaned it big time and after that I was servicing my car for the past 8 years on my own except transmission problem. Now that I’ve watched your videos I am now convinced that I can service this time with the needed tools you’ve mentioned. Lastly, will my Autel MK808TS can program the adaptive learning of this transmission? I have owned the new scanner for a couple of months only since buying a European VW Tiguan 2011. Sorry it’s a long story but I just want you to see where I am at this time. Hopefully when I give a crack in servicing the focus transmission I can ask some questions if I will encounter some issues along the way. Cheers bro and keep helping DIY people like me. God bless you

Thank you !!!

Hey! Awesome video! What do you torque the flywheel to clutch nuts to when reinstalling the transmission? Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. I have a question about if I only clean up the forks bearing and the old Clutch needs to be reset when install ? Or Just install the clutch without reset?

I got a question i have a 2013 fiesta 1.0 ecoboost with the dps6 transmission and I'm trying to figure out a slight noise problem before having it checked by a professional. When instantly driving i have a scraping sound from something that is rotating and once it fully rotated the sound gets slightly louder and by the sound of it it must be something lager than a baring or gears the sound it produces reminds me of a steam engine and that sound disappears while driving and switching into neutral I'm wondering if it could be the flywheel or clutch doing the sound thank you for any information

Great info video. Did or do you have one on aligning the clutches by any chance? Thank you.

Excellent video! Thank you! You mentioned not using the scan tool occasionally, when you don't use the scan tool to relearn the clutch, is it just simple daily driving it gently to get it to relearn? No major throttle input, just basic stop and go/run through the gears? I don't mind buying the tools to reset the clutch/press in the bearings, but not sure I can swing $700 for the scan tool for a one or two time use.

I've got a 2013 Focus that threw 3 codes P0882, P287A and P2872. Is that part of these extended warranties? Or am I gonna be stuck having to just sell or trade my car? And I have a new battery and new starter

Ford TSB for shuddering works for a while if you are just having the 1st-2nd gear shudder. Have a 2012 that's had the TCM reprogrammed at 80k but still shuddered from time to time. Every so often, I've ran the TSB and in doing so, 'scrubs' the clutches enough to keep the shuddering at bay for another 20-30k miles. You will have shudders throughout most of the life of the car in those first two gears. 230k on ours now and it's finally slipping in the 1st-3rd-5th gear clutch and has finally thrown a code indicating a bigger problem. Will reply back with report on code(s) found.

After putting 1 c clip you put sprocket with the white line you aline, but mine doesn't line up ? Will it vibrate if its one off?

Chris, any suggestions on what to do? He just got it running and he's now driving it to retrain there's no Reverse? Which never happened before. He went ahead and replaced the forks and bearings with the new Luk He's taken the transmission out so many time.. He's driving it now to let it relearn how to shift and now all the sudden there's no reverse.. 😢😢 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Thank You.

Hey man, thank you for awesome content. I have a question, how long does it took you to get the clutch out? I think you said it was your record time of 1 hour.... My Ford place told me that they will need at least 10 hours to get to the clutch... Seems tooo long?! Thank you

Sir, Do we have to get clutch replaced of Ford Focus, Fiesta with DCT DPS6 Transmission on regular intervals?

great video. What scan tool / diagnostic software are you using there? for the re-learn procedure.

Can I use the Hex sockets on the acuators? the bolts seems like six point stars, I don't want to destroy them.

I am currently having tranny issues with my one of my Ford Focus. What scan tool are you using? I have an old basic scanner that that is too basic

Is it possible to just blow compressed air and brake clean thru the holes when the actuators are out to get some improvement? Honestly, I'm just being lazy, I've put far too much money into my 2015 Focus already and prepared to sell at a loss but it'd be a lot easier to do if I could get into some state of driveablity

What’s up man what brand tools did you get? A lot of mixed review from eBay and Amazon. Thanks man!

Regarding the cost in a certified garage it was quoted with 4.700$ here in Cambodia and 4.000€ in Germany. I bought the while OEM kit Made in Germany in Thailand from Ford and it was 2.200$. I wont tell you what I charge but the client still saves over 1.000$. The critical point is reseting the clutch. Did you say the clutch is reset already when you buy a new one from the dealer?

Good job

Hai.. Saya rahmat dari Indonesia.. Video yg sangat bermanfaat..tapi alangkah baiknya jika sudah dibongkar seperti itu lever clutch nya diservis /dibongkar untuk penggantian pelumas/Grease AS lever clutch nya.. Agar bertahan lebih lama..

hey man, quick question for clarification, you said that the tcm & clutch on these is under recall?

What would be your thoughts on drilling a hole in the top and bottom to flush out and lube the actuators?

Would putting some vent hole in the bell housing area help with the dust? Just wondering if u could just put an air nozzle and blow it out once in a while?

Hey I just wanted to know what kind of tester you using if you don’t mind

Have you ever had a tranmission issue with hard shifts at low speed, rattling sounds in transmission and a P07A5 Code? I'm thinking its possible that it's not the clutch but the actuator/roller bearings/shift fork... somewhere in there anyway.

Did you happen to check to see if the new revised, brown input shaft seals had been used? If they are leaking that could have lead to the excessive amount of clutch dust that had accumulated.

Thanks for making this great video. I think I need to up my game as far as a scanning tool goes. What kind are you using in this video?

Thank you. Like really though. Thank you.

Hello Brother, I am very grateful for your video that helped me to take out my transmission, replaced broken z washer that ford dealer calls cylinder and one of A fork . Unfortunately I created more issue when I did put everything back. I did use wrong screw between trans body and engine and I did punctured the freeze coolant liquid cap and causing all the coolant to leak.. I am not sure if any high temp sealer will help to seal this leak.. for those who will do this job in DIY, please take time to mark or number every screw where it belong and will save you half day to figure out where the screw belong. If you have any advice how to fix this punctured plug, please respond to me , please… thanks.

did you use impact to run forks out?

How did you use the tool in the blue box?

How would I get a shop to do this for me? and is there anything else I should have them fix/replace while they do it so I don't pay for them to just blow it out with air?

Hello…..my son’s 2017 Ford fiesta is giving us codes saying that clutch fork this clutch fork that……but the car’s original problem was that it wouldn’t start….so we replaced the battery and starter…..now it cranks but it won’t start…..I’m thinking fuel pump problem but it still gives us the same codes (clutch-fork problems)….have you run into my problem before??

Hey bro. I have a 2012 focus. Transmission gets tuck. Am in Burlington NC. You mentioned NC. Would you be interested on working on it?

Thanks for the video.. i so wished u would have explained setting up clutch tool on vice.. do know what u did.. i just swapped a complete trans from another car with the matching clutch from that donor.. i did try swapping actuators so not sure if same actuator went back from either trans.. but it shifts hard like someone just popping clutch to early what are u thinking it could be? The tcm if swapped into donar trans and kept with the car

I may have messed mine up using WD-40 lithium type you think I may have plus I used brake parts cleaner . I'm sure I've broken B actuater

Ford needs to watch this and do a service bulletin for all existing cars no need for removal can be done ever 10000 miles, remove actuator spray brake clean then wd40 done fixed.

Will bad actuator cause clutch stuck and engagement too slow?

Can you please explain where you put the floor jack on the trans did you use wood to block it. It looks as if you split the the video. And is it ok to let the engine hang without blocking it? I would have liked to see how you did this and put it back in? Mine has no reverse and intermittent drive, New TCM can't be learned, my codes are P2837 and P287B? I suspect something on gear portion is bad on mine...

Just curious if you know why Ford says that the serial numbers on the fork springs have to match the forks? I snapped the bolt on the original spring so I used a different one from a junk yard trans (Same B fork and side) before I re-install the clutch and trans I would like to get a second opinion if this is a bad idea or not! Thanks!

Man, you about the first guy I've ran across who was actually dealing with the same issues. Question, Would you be willing to give me a step by step process from beginning to end on how to do this procedure, and where to get the tools and parts. My daughter has been getting jerked around by every mechanic she talks to , and I would be willing to compensate you for the knowledge.

6mm LN key work best as special tool to operate forks

thanks for the video, Ford has already changed the forks for me but I notice now that the shifter is loose and sometimes i cant remove the key, do you think that they miss something in the repairing?

Thanks for the info....just a question once you take the clicth out don't u have to reset it before reinstall???? Thanks Also if that is no oil/fluid in the trans will not start? Thanks again

Ok so I have a question. Are the A&B actuators clocked ? Say for instance you had a could for one and you replaced it. Not knowing the fork is stuck? Or can the actuator be installed anyway.

What scan tool are you using and we’re can you find it

Are these the tools I would need?

One other question. . When you manually engage the shift forks 14 turns and then remove the special tool the forks snap back to the front.. the A fork is snapping back strong and loud however the B fork is snapping back but seems only about half the force of the A fork. Is that normal? Both fork were thoughly cleaned and re-lubricared, as well as the bell housing. I tried to watch and listen to various videos but I couldn't make out a definitive answer.

I have questions what diagnostic computer you recommend to me please for work on transmissions please

I’ve changed both actuators and still clutch B is sticking. I’m not sure I feel comfortable doing this myself. What would you consider a good price for someone to charge me to do this just to give me a ballpark figure on what to expect?

Hi, witch app or scanner do you use??

Yes