Dct are great for a track car that's full noise or full brake. Cruising and creeping in traffic is NOT how they're designed. However, Ford fucked the dct as badly as Nissan fucked the CVT. They made an unsuitable product worse.
i was going to take my wifes auto fiesta when she bought a new car- i always liked it more than she did. but the trans was so bad i sold it and bought a used 5-speed fiesta... gearbox designed in the 70's. love it
@idkwhattoputformynameyt yours is a unicorn. I have a buddy whose altima went through 2 transmissions right around 60-70k miles each and he was always terrified of it happening, so he had transmission services done every 20k miles. It didn't matter in the end
@@idkwhattoputformynameytI agree somewhat on the CVT, I own 2 Nissans with one having 153k miles and regular fluid changes. There’s certain early year CVTs that just aren’t as reliable as the later variants, no matter how you drive and maintain them, same goes for Ford’s DCT units. My aunt went through 2 in her Focus before she junked it. A lady in my fitness class has an updated Focus with the original DCT and no issues. Some are just going to fail early..
"If you like the feel of a manual transmission, but aren't interested in the clutching and shifting part." My man, this advertisement couldn't have been more accurate.
Its most moronic and illogical advertising ever. If you like manuals, you want to shift and to clutch and to have these actions feel good and not be done badly, not have it eliminated and replaced by a dumb computer and and another system to fail and cost you.
If you're not interested in shifting and clutching your own manual, our inexperienced teenage driver robot can do it for you with 2 clutch pedals and 2 shifters
@@Kacpa2 They are talking about the driving feel, not the shifting feel. With a traditional torque converter (paired to an auto), there is only a viscous coupling which makes the car feel disconnected from the engine until converter lock-up speeds are reached, and this hurts efficiency. With a modern TQ (like in a zf-8), this lockup can happen much sooner and take advantage of the higher efficiency of a direct connection while also using a viscous coupling to pull away from idle.
My wife had a 2012 Focus Titanium with the DCT trans. During its life, it failed FIVE times. Ford repaired it the first 4 times; when it failed for the FIFTH time, they said WE had to pay for the repair. I contacted Ford Customer (dis)Service and told them I owned over 24 Fords in my life; they said too bad. So we contacted a Lemon Law attorney who took our case. Two months later, we got a $20,000 check from Ford, who bought the vehicle back from us. It was 8 years old with over 80,000 miles on it. I'll never own another Ford product. By the way, we were one of the cars featured in the Detroit Free Press investigative series on the defective Ford transmission.
I owned one bought new in 2016, owned it 55,000km and had the clutches done 7 times!!!! I took ford to court and they bought it back in early 2018. I ended up getting a 6 speed 1.0 eco boost most reliable vehicle I ever had
My first car was a 2010 Focus. That thing ate through a transmission yearly like clockwork. The day I sold that car three transmissions later was happier than the day I bought it. It’s the reason I’ll probably never buy another Ford.
I've fixed 3 of these things in my driveway and helped a neighbor do theirs within the last year and a half, all clutch fork problems and that's it. And in my experience, Ford, dealers, and mechanics almost alway get this easy, simple, and now cheap to fix (because of so many used parts around now) wrong from the start. I took the time to figure out the problem, fixed the damn thing, then figured out ways to prevent the problem from happening again via cleaning and spraying some simple wd-40 through some strategically drilled access ports.
Ford instructed service departments to actually tell customers, there isn't any reports of failures, and talked to owners like they had never seen the issues before.
That’s TOTALLY UNTRUE. Ford sent out MANY technical bulletins from DAY ONE. They did instruct us to inform the customer that even in normal operation, it would feel differently than a conventional automatic because it would feel like a manual. There were 2 types of complaints. 1. The ones where the customer simply didn’t like the normal operating characteristics. 2. The ones that had problems such as shuddering, delays, and slippage. In the first instance, THATS when the customer were told it was normal. In the second case, Ford offered MANY solutions and in no way encouraged dealers to deny coverage. They even gave us an expedited testing procedures to more accurately identify problems. And even before they had a real fix, they allowed us to replace the clutch or Control module as many times as needed.
Shuddering, delays and slippage should never be considered normal in any transmission. Multiple replacement of the same part is not fixing the problem. The transmission should have never been released on the public like a virus in the first place.
100% can confirm they only admited a known issue after I took it to them 3 time. I maybe wasted 30-80hours in service departments for them to tell me "YUPPERS its all FIXED NOW"...(THERE WAS NEVER A FIX- AND THEY KNEW IT..THEY LIE. FORD LIED AND I WILL NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE OF trusting Ford again. IF ford goes out of business GOOD. I honestly will not bail them out next time.
@@baffledbyit True, it shouldn’t have been released. And no, the shuddering etc. were NOT considered normal. That’s NOT what they were trying to portray as normal. Again , those complaints were legitimate. But the fact that it felt like a transmission with a clutch was normal because it IS a transmission with a clutch. When working PERFECTLY it’s still NOT equipped with a torque converter. So it WILL feel a bit different because the hydraulic dampening of a torque converter is not present. And I agree that simply replacing the part with the exact same part was not fixing the problem. But they did fix the leaking seals. They revised and improved the seals. Some of the updates did correct the problem for SOME customers. And FINALLY they revised the design of the replacement clutch. So the ones we’ve been replacing since around 2016-2017 don’t seem to have repeat failures. And they did extend the warranty to 7 years/100,000 miles. We were replacing them right and left at Fords expense for a while. So they cost THEMSELVES a lot of money especially since they replaced multiple clutches on many cars. And the cars were already their LEAST EXPENSIVE models. In addition, they extended the Transmission control module to 10 years 150,000 miles. And if the vehicles have already exceeded that number, they’ll still replace it one time until June of 2025 I believe. So their stupidity did cost them. But they NEVER instructed us to discourage customers by telling the that abnormal operation was normal. If a dealer did that, it was THAT DEALER. It was NOT Ford. Don’t let an individual dealer lie to you. Ford developed a program to specifically show that when a clutch was shuddering. It’s a finite value that eliminates ALL subjective feelings. If it’s above x value, it’s bad. If it’s below X value, it’s ok. Likewise if a test shows that the problem is the transmission module, it gets replaced. Period.
“Ford - Feel the Difference” oh I felt the difference alright. Three replaced transmissions and TCMs later. Best day of my life was saying goodbye to my 2013 Focus SEL. Sucks, because I grew up a Ford guy and that’s the last Ford I’ll ever own. I almost got killed on I-35 in Austin when the transmission decided to slip and enter limp mode while I was going 60mph, reducing power dramatically and not allowing me to get over in time.
Man that's almost my story exactly. Grew up on ford escort, cortina and so on. The stupid car almost got me into an accident when the gear slipped while i was taking over another car. Will never touch a ford again.
Every time I asked Ford Canada why they can’t replace the transmission I was never given an answer. Instead Ford Canada put in four clutch packs because the seals kept failing. As well, the car had to have the TCM replaced. The car stalled on a slight incline in a Costco parking lot and then reverse stopped working. I don’t panic while driving, but put someone who panics easily behind the wheel of one of these cars and I’m sure fatalities resulted. I was so happy to get rid of it in May 2021. I will never buy another Ford product for the rest of my life. It’s been great owning a Toyota now and having a company actually stand behind its products.
It's sad that so many consumers got screwed yet the executives that made bank with high initial sales numbers weren't even given a slap on the wrist. If a customer stole as much from the execs as they did (thru Ford) from customers, they'd be put in jail for decades.
Corporate Boards often make horrible decisions that only make sense when you consider the compensation for said Board Members... Consider GM's: lack of more efficient autos requiring a bailout, Toyota's brakes, rust prone frames, horrible LE Van, etc. Most of the CVT Transmissions except the DAF original CVT, Nissan having to kill off the Datsun brand because they exported non-US spec cars via the Virgin Islands to the US, Honda's Oddessy Minivan that came with a weak automatic transaxle for a car, Chrysler Minivans that came with the Mitsubishi drive trains that sucked, etc. etc....
How funny it is that the industry standard is to use a wet clutch in this application so Ford chooses to use a dry clutch. Disaster ensues. Furthermore, it is industry standard to use dry timing belts if you're using a belt instead of a chain. So naturally, Ford uses a wet belt. Disaster ensues. Hmm...🤔
Hyundai has a dry clutch DCT from the same era and I won’t argue that it’s perfect, or even good, but it’s been a hell of a lot more reliable than these shitboxes. I haven’t had any problems related to mine, though they’re not known for being very reliable. Hyundai also has a 150,000 15 year warranty that transfers to used owners too so if it did it’d likely be covered. They’ve since switched to a wet clutch system and don’t offer a dry at all anymore, while Ford is still selling select models with this same Powershit “transmissions”
It's got nothing to do with wet vs dry clutches. Ford uses a wet clutch on the 6DCT450 (Mondeo) and it's also sh*t, so much so that they had to shorten the service intervals on them to make them last until the New Car Warranty expired.
I bought a new 2013 Ford Fiesta with the 5-speed manual. The dealer didn't have one at his lot, they had to bring it in special from another dealer in Little Rock. Ten years later I still have it. So glad I didn't get the DCT model.
MY daughter bought a used 2011 fiesta. If it had a manual trans, it would have been a great car. Very nice riding. But the automatic trans was just garbage. The fix was easy. Sold it.
i still have my focus with the dct and it has almost 300000 Kms on it and had the tcm replaced at 50000 Kms when a updated version came out. I drive it in sequential mode and drive it hard and the car loves it. No shuddering or lurching forward hard. All smooth engagement and gear changes. Also don't let the car move forward slowly in city traffic because it can roast these dry clutches which is where most of the issues came from as the people who bought it didn't understand the trans lol. Cant blame a car for breaking because of user error.
It came out that the engineers had even told ford management that the transmission couldn't work when it was still in the design phase, before production and they were threatened with lawsuits and termination. What a classy auto maker
@gradystephenson3346 with the 6.0, it was actually pretty reliable for navistar international (the designer) Ford wanted more hp while at the same time, ran them hotter, and made penny pincher decisions that made it less reliable. Less fuel filtration, no coolant filtration, higher cylinder pressure, smaller cooling system. The engine as designed was good, it was just adapted and implemented in such a way that it was going to fail.
@@tangydiesel1886 The original engine also had no EGR because it was for school buses and they had to add EGR it was never intended for to use it in pickups.
The problem that Ford used was they tried to make the dual clutch feel like a traditional automatic. Its not a trad automatic, its a dual clutch. Because it uses clutches, not a torque converter, it needs to shift more like a standard transmission, rougher, more immediate. This relaxed shifting caused extra wear on the actuators and the clutches, which was the reason for the failures. I had to get my TCMs (which had the actuators integrated into them) on my Focus replaced about 3 years ago, and immediately after I got the car back, I custom tuned it to shift more aggressively, and I also drive it like it has a manual, I dont let it creep forward at stop lights (riding the brake letting it creep slowly), I don't try to do jumpstarts, if I want to accelerate hard I let it roll a foot or two to make sure the clutches are engaged and then I hit the throttle, things like that. Ever since, I've had zero problems, and I've put about 25k on it since then.
If it was a wet system like all the other DCT's it wouldn't even be an issue and you could drive it normally. Ford wanted to try and eek out another MPG and it bit them in the ass.
@@666cemetaryslut A wet system would have allowed them to make it drive like a trad automatic, with smooth shifts. There isn't anything inherently wrong with a dry clutch, since that's what standard transmissions use. The problem is how they went about integrating everything, making the transmission feel too much like a regular automatic
@@richardmillhousenixon An automated system cant work the clutch like a human which leads to overheating the clutch. They went dry to try and get better fuel economy. It works in some scenarios but not city driving (where someone who buys a Focus will do most of their driving)
@@666cemetaryslut Yes it can, because if you tune it to shift more aggressively (not easing into the clutch, just engaging it and disengaging it) it works great. You can see the difference on the diagnostics if you have a scanner that can read the full ECM data (your cheap 20$ parts store reader can't). It has sensors to tell if the clutch is overheating, which is what often malfunction, which causes the errant shifting into neutral and lagging on shifts, so you can see the difference.
Wife and I had a 2016 Focus with over 150k on it before we got rid of it. Never had an issue. After looking into these transmissions more, I consider us one of the lucky ones.
Powershift cars that had a lot of highway miles are much less likely to have issues than those with fewer miles but most/all city driving. Sitting on the highway cruising in top gear causes practically no clutch wear, while stop and go traffic (especially creeping forward repeatedly as automatic drivers are used to doing) will quickly roast the clutch.
Indeed you were. I LOVED my Focus. I thought I'd bought a later model with fixes applied; I was wrong. They replaced the clutch pack under warranty, which solved my problems... for two year, when the TCM failed and I could only have gears 1, 3, and 5. No reverse. In spite of extending the warranty, my Ford dealership WOULD NOT HONOR that warranty, so I was out about $700 to fix a warranted item. I never drove the car again- I simply walked to the showroom and said "I'm here to sell you my Focus." I'll never pay money for another Ford product. Which is a shame, because I love most of their products.
@@SASMacDroid that's more or less the first signal that something's wrong, dad's Focus started its troubles like that and soon after started getting worse.
I bought a 2013 focus in 2016 with 90k miles for cheap because of the stigma and didn't have a problem with the transmission at all. I sold it later at 130k. Funny thing is, I didn't know about the problems until after I sold it, so I kind of felt bad for the person that bought if from me lol
Steve Lehto has done some nice work reporting on legal aspects on this debacle. Seems issues stemmed from taking fluid cooled design and cheaped out making it air cooled. Daughters 2013 Focus delivered from Brondes Ford in Toledo, OH with transmission already leaking from factory. Ohio Lemon Laws were a nightmare, but Ford did call us the night before we were scheduled for arbitration and agreed to full refund - without trying to deduct mileage driven. Got our money back and never looked back.
Oh god I remember this. My mom went to look at one of these at a dealership (because they were being "heavily" discounted for this exact reason, and the dealer actually told my mom that they would sell her a new one (I think it was a 2014 Fiesta S Hatchback) for $10,000 out the door price, taxes and fees included. She test drove it for 2 minutes and turned down the offer because she said "This thing kicks harder than when I was learning to drive a stick shift!" The dealer sighed and told her he understood. They had about 20 of these on the lot (all automatics) and they stayed there for the next year and a half before all disappearing. I assume Ford had to take them back. So freaking glad she didn't get one of these!
I bought a brand new Focus in 2014, I specifically said I wanted a manual transmission & was told I needed to do a factory order. I did and my Focus came in several months later. 10 years later I still have it & no regrets about getting a manual.
I ordered mine with a manual as well; unfortunately, it arrived at the dealership with the PowerShift. I loved the car, and purchased it anyway---biggest financial mistake I ever made. If mine had been built as spec'd with the manual, I'd no doubt still be driving it after all these years. I truly loved that car.
@@randyrohe More than likely the car DID come correctly configured the way you ordered it. They just sold it before they notified you it arrived, and placed your special order slip on one on the lot. If you ordered it through the stealership there is a section in the contract that says they can sell the car to anyone. It happens all the time.
I have a 2012 Fiesta with this transmission and mine is working fine. I changed the 1 qt trans fluid ($50 for the fluid alone!) at 25 and 100K. The dealer "reprogrammed" the trans, and I also found the RU-vid video about correcting the faulty ground. That was an easy fix taking about 15 mins. The car is worthless as no one would buy it due to the cursed trans, so I figure I'll just drive it 'till it drops.
It's a shame they don't make a transmission which allows the user to change the speed by themselves. It would make everything more reliable and simple. Maybe one day.
Yes, they are called Manual Transmissions. I have never paid for an automatic transmission rebuild in decades of driving because I refuse to buy a car with an automatic transmission... [ I had to replace a very high millage manual trans on my 1971 VW Westy, two crappy Honda manual transmissions made of pot metal, one horribly designed Toyota manual transmission that ate reverse in about 30k, with ones from salvage years. I then sold said crappy Japanese cars and have been driving mostly Ford's & VW Group cars, since...]
There is just some technology that adds complexity but makes it worth while. You could have a fire place that burns logs in the winter but investing into HVAC tech for your home makes more sense. Same logic applied to cars and so much else. Hundreds of millions of people gre up with stick. More and more of those people go to automatics because the pros are more valuable to them.
I see what you did there! Yep, the car I replaced my Focus with is indeed a MANUAL... with three working pedals! And it sure as heck isn't a Ford, I'm afraid.
I remember working at a local Ford dealer in the service department back in '19, there was almost always at least one of these in the bays with a transmission out of it. Was crazy how quick the guy we had doing them could rip one out, replace clutches and dump it back in the car. Now I work for an independent, still replace a lot of Ford transmissions, but it's the bigger stuff thats got issues now. The pickup 10 speeds and the 8 speed they put in the Edge are awful units too
Ford in Australia recently lost a lawsuit which found that the PowerShift was defective and that Ford knew about it but refused to deal with the issue. The lead plaintiff and class action members are currently waiting to find our how much compensation they will be receiving.
I drove a focus as a delivery driver for a while. It felt really jerky and shuddery between some gears. When my manager asked which cars of the fleet should be retired I recommended the focus. Even though it was in better overall condition than other cars in the fleet I knew that transmission wouldnt cooperate much longer.
Something I never understood was why Ford didn't stop building these models with the Powershift transmission and convert to the conventional automatic transmission used in the 2 wheel drive escape models. If I understand correctly both the Focus and the Escape were based on the same platform. It seems to me that the escape drivetrain should have fit with minimal modification.
That’s what Ford had to do in Australia. Ford yanked out the 2.0L GDI/PowerS**t and installed the 1.5L EcoBoost and 6 speed automatic transmission. Even Fiat got rid of the dual-clutch in the 500L after problems surfaced…
That would bump up their CAFE rating by a fraction of a percent and get them in deep shi(f)t with the NHTSA. Big corporations and government entities, gotta love 'em.
I never understood that either, granted those transmissions aren't known for reliability either, but comparatively it's a lot more reliable than the dual clutch was
1) That would be too costly and time consuming for the assembly plant in Mexico to make a changeover. Once they are committed to the the transmission, they are stuck with it. The decision has to be made several years prior to actual implementation. 2) Ford thought the Powershift tranny would be improved with updated parts, which it was. I drove a 2014 Fiesta which was much smoother than a 2012 Fiesta.
I used family members DCT focus a few years ago and I immediately thought it felt like a teenager learning to drive a manual. You can definitely tell a lot the flaws are software related. The computer and transmission just don’t work well together at all..
I just got rid of my 2012 focus for this exact issue! I spent a fortune to replace the transmission last year after it completely failed, but with time I began to experience extreme vibration and lurching in low gears. Glad to know it wasn’t just me
@@Network126 Yes it's true. I'm very sorry to hear about your current circumstances. I hope things get better for you and urge you to stay resolute. I realize you say the transmission was no good but was it replaced at any point? You can be compensated by Ford if so
5:14! The “Random shifts into neutral” bug is the thing that saved me from buying one of these cars. Late 2011, I was on a test drive with a 2012 Ford Focus. The vehicle shifted to neutral randomly and then left me stranded at a light until I restarted the car. That one glitch is that convinced me to not buy that car. Ended up with a 2012 Subaru Impreza that I still serving a family member well to this day.
Ford has always had "issues".. mostly with drivetrain development. They have a bad habit of blaming vendors for internal malfeasance. I worked at Ford ATNPC (Auto-Tran Dev Center).. from '96 thru Fall of 2001.. Getrag had some sucesses but this "mystery box" of marbles was a great idea, but full of blunders.
They seem to have had issues because they cut costs everywhere. Imagine if the engineers actually had proper budgets for the things they're building. Ford in my opinion are a rather frustrating brand. They have such strong points like being very fun to drive compared to the competition, while being complete disappointments in others (sometimes it's interior quality, sometimes it's reliability, sometimes it's something else).
Yup. My first car was a Ford Taurus and found what sort of quality to expect from them pretty quickly. It actually turned me off from buying any American car.
I had a 2014 Focus I bought new. Sadly it was my dream car as my mom dad and aunt all had early 2000s models that were essentially bulletproof. Mine jerked and hesitated. It stalled a few times as well. Ford replaced the clutch packs 4 times. Something in the transmission disconnected one day driving home from work and it left me stranded during rush hour traffic. After 3 years I was DONE with it and traded it in.
My first car was a 2011 Ford fiesta with a power shift. I had it for a little over a year until the TCM started having major issues, rendering the car undrivable. My parents bought this car for me, thinking it was a super reliable option, based on my step father having an ecoboost model as a work car years ago, and his daughter also owning one (same year as mine). The moment my car started having problems, my parents didn't want to believe that the car was a lemon like the rest of them, and actually blamed me for it. The TCM failed at 77k miles and they blamed the way I drove it. Keeping in mind my step father was a mechanic (a really good one too) for decades before his current career path. After months of waiting for an OEM part to come in (they were on backorder at the time), I said fuck it and purchased a reman from Dorman. The same day I got the car back, it started having the same issues. It was around this time my parents stopped giving a shit about what I did with the car, they really didn't want me to get rid of it "because it was a gift, and I'm being ungrateful for wanting a different car." The next day, I drove that pos in limp mode to a used car lot, traded it in for something else, and have been happy since then. Ironically, about a month after I traded my fiesta in, my step-sister started having the same exact issue with hers, and traded hers in for something else... I still miss the fiesta sometimes, I just wish it didn't have that god awful transmission. Parents specifically were against me owning a manual, despite me knowing how to drive one.
Damn I'm a Ford fan but I'd never recommend anyone getting the DSP6 powershift, my manual '12 Fiesta still running strong with little issue, I know some people with the regular 4 speed automatic also said it's been pretty reliable. I had no idea what Ford was thinking putting this kind of transmission into their cheaper car when the old 4 speed automatic work just fine. Are they against you owning manual so they can also use your car ? I see no other reason other than that, manual car just simply way more reliable and low maintenance.
@@GjordDeLad05 I totally agree that the Ford fiesta is an amazing vehicle when it's paired with anything but that transmission. I would definitely own another if given the chance. As for my parents, both of them have their own cars. They just seemed to have zero faith in me when it came to driving stick, thinking I would burn up the clutch within the first week. They also used to have little faith that i could be a mechanic, and wanted me to shoot for a more white collar career path.. or something in healthcare. That's in the past though, currently, I don't live with them anymore, work on mine and my partner's cars myself, and I'm gonna be studying to be a mechanic as soon as I am more financially stable (im a 20 y/o broke bitch). An added plus is that my parents seem to be more supportive of this career path now that I have had the chance to do some of my own repairs.
@@schizophrenicgaming365 I've known this lol. I love my mom to death, and my step father too, but I cannot stand living with them (and I don't anymore). I feel like if my birth father was still alive today, he would have had my back 100% of the time.
@@GjordDeLad05 i still have my focus with the dct and it has almost 300000 Kms on it and had the tcm replaced at 50000 Kms when a updated version came out. I drive it in sequential mode and drive it hard and the car loves it. No shuddering or lurching forward hard. All smooth engagement and gear changes. Also don't let the car move forward slowly in city traffic because it can roast these dry clutches which is where most of the issues came from as the people who bought it didn't understand the trans lol. Cant blame a car for breaking because of user error.
I made the mistake of not doing enough research when I bought a 2014 Focus used in 2016 with 19K on it and this POS transmission. A brother had bought one earlier in the year and it was later he, and later me would have the problems with this transmission. Not even 5 years later, at least one adjustment by the dealer done, the shudder becoming worse. I had to get rid of this car in September 2021 despite having less than 60 K on it due to the inability for Ford to fix it, parts unobtainable due to the massive need and Pandemic supply shortages and the extended factory warranty at the time running out. (7 yr/70K). It also had been in a significant crash, and although fixed professionally, the trade-in value was only $1500 on a new Mazda CX-30 chosen in large part as didn't have a CVT, but a real 'traditional' automatic and from research not a problem part. It sickens me that while the rest of the car was very good, that these transmissions made them worthless. The Detroit Free Press did and extensive investigative article that exposed the gross incompetency of Ford, more trying to extend highway mileage on them so could sell other larger, more profitable and fuel thirsty models.
I remember back in the day when VAG DSG transmissions where aweful at times, I drove a Ford rental with a Powershift and saw how much worse it can get :) VAG started in 2003, for many the MK5 GTi with DSG was the first touch with DCT´s, and now years later the DSG got alot better in my current Passat TDI wetclutch DQ381 but sometimes its still not perfect enough after 20 years in development. VAG also had problems with their dryclutch DQ200. DCT´s are very efficient but need alot of development time...
I agree, I think Volkswagen Group have sorted out their DSG woes. My Mk4 Skoda Octavia has none of the jerkiness or shudders associated with early DCTs. On the other hand we own a Mk4 Ford Focus wagon. It is nothing like the Mk3, but it still lags behind anything from VAG in terms of refinement. Plus there is an annoying delay when you shift into reverse.
My very first new car was a 2012 Focus which, and I thank God to this day, I decided to lease. Everything was great until about 10,000 miles in when I noticed new and unnerving noises coming from the transmission between shifts, and the shifts got noticeably slower. It only got worse from there, with alarming gaps in power delivery between shifts. My lease was only 2 years so I just lived with the poor performance at the end. The day I drove it back to the dealer to turn it in, it decided to pop itself into neutral on a busy road and had I not been close to a business with parking I would have been the guy stuck in the middle of the road during afternoon rush hour traffic. The worst part, the rest of the car was fantastic. It drove very well for a small car. The interior felt amazing for early 2010's economy car. The engine was a peppy high-compression naturally aspirated 4 that made good power and was efficient. It was my first hatchback and I loved the utility. Anyone that got a 5-speed probably got the best small car Ford sold in the U.S. The powershift probably played a huge part in destroying the Focus brand in the U.S., combined with the complete lack of attention to their other cars, it's no wonder Ford just abandoned the car market all together.
Bought a focus new in 2018 cuz my friend worked a the local dealer and the “bugs had been worked out”. Started noticing things around 5k miles in. It shuddered, slipped, jerked and unless traveling an interstate, always felt like it never knew what it wanted to do. Dealer “ recognized” there was a problem but not over the threshold that Ford would repair it. I never fully trusted the thing and it mostly sat while I drove my work beater. Went back to my tried and true Japanese brand and unloaded that focus last Christmas.
Yep Japanese cars seem to be the way to go. Been burned on too many domestics myself and never had any issues with the Toyota (Scion) and Mazda I've had since. Not one mechanical issue in 15+ years.
Bought a '12 focus in '17 and still have it today. In the time i have had it the clutch has been replaced twice. The first one was due to shiftfork-A seizing in gear (operates 1,3,5) which burnt off clutch -B ( operates 2,4,6,R) and fried 3 servos as the repair bill was still cheaper than a tow bill to get it home 200 miles away. The second time was due to the main seal leaking after the first repair and creating a slick spot on the clutches. That was a few years ago and the car does have a sporty feel and tears up the corners. I also realized a long time ago you have to drive it with purpose, either give it fuel or dont, you cant baby it or drive it like granny. As long as you change up your aggressiveness it isnt able to learn 'bad habits' (it is self learning somewhat) and start shuddering. When it does start shuddering the unofficial service tech fix was to take it on a quite aggressive "test drive" and flog it up to around 60 mph and let it coast back down to first gear a couple times. Love the car and will drive it until it cant move, then walk away lol Transmission aside, by far the scariest component of the car is the 2.0L engine. It is an interference engine that is not keyed and the crankshaft/timing/pulley is held together by friction from a ($40) torque-to-yield 4 in bolt and a ($30) diamond encrusted washer tightened to 100nm+90deg
Yes I owned a 2018 Focus until I had to get the transmission repaired at 10,000 miles. I traded it in 2021. I can still get nervous thinking about how I had to worry about every shift that transmission made. You never knew what it was going to do. It's a shame to think Ford was capable of selling such a poor excuse for a transmission.
I'll never forget the time I was going about 20mph up a steep town road, and the car shifted into neutral so we started to go BACKWARDS. Thank goodness no one was behind us. It managed to get up after I hit the brakes and started it again, but damn.
I had one of these in a Fiesta. The damn thing kept leaking oil internally and contaminating the clutches. It was repaired once under warranty, then began slipping again a couple years later. I'll never again own a DCT on any vehicle.
The wet clutch DCT especially when not driven like an automatic are not bad. The one I have in my Volkswagen don’t have any issues and have shown to be very durable after 20 years of use.
@@MichaelJaysonWilson No. It was all covered by an extended warranty the first time. the second time, it was out of warranty and i'd have to fix it myself. I scrapped the car instead.
I have a 2018 Focus, and can confirm there are issues. Mine hasn't experienced any major issues (yet at least), but it does not like low speeds. If I'm in slow traffic where you are constantly pressing and releasing the accelerator it shudders terribly. It definitely drives differently than a conventional automatic.
I live in Australia and I had a Ford focus Trent 2 L engine and I had the power shift as well the problems that I had if I stopped then put the pedal back down it went straight into neutral and if I did a left-hand tone right right hand turn open around the corner where the keys were supposed to change it felt like it went into a higher gear and you felt like it shouldn’t be in that gear but for Australia in the dealerships here kept on telling me everything was okay even I told them about it used to go into neutral if I stopped and start again it was a headache stressful and it was a shit car but if I was on the open road it was good no problems but around town or the city it was shit and after a couple of years I’ve got rid of it now I drive a Mazda 3 and it’s fantastic
I have a Ford Kuga (Escape) 2018 with a 6DCT450 transmission, can you tell me what kind of transmissions they are? Are they good? I bought it used with 65000 MPH, so far it has had 2 oil changes and filter services and so far it is running great.
I bought Ford Focus 2013 with powershift 1.6 half year ago in october 2023 and been driving it since then. The car had 134k km on it and when I was going to purchase it I did some reasearch and I actually read that it is problematic transmission, however sometimes I read that it could be okay, and I decided to give it a try. The car itself were in a amazing condition because of the garage storing and and actually low mileage for 10 years. It actually looked and felt like a new car inside and outside, previous owners had been carrying this car in a very good way. It also has a great feauturs like heating of the frontshield, car blind spots, folding mirrors, cruise control, light sensor, rain sensor, sign reading system, electric windows on all doors and I paid 7700 euro in Germany for this car. In that range of price and features it was a good price on a market for this car. Of course, you can say I'm idiot buying this for such a price in Europe, however whatever, it was my first car and I didn't do a comrehensive research and I just wanted to buy a car and this one was a very good look and feature and drove well as well. Driving experience: The car handles just great, comfortable to be in it even for a long distance, and the powershift.....it is very weird behaviour in those 6 months that I've been driven thi car. When I turned it on and starting to drive - the powershift works very smooth, I don't notice how it shifts the gears, I do not have any shuddering and etc. But this is only for the first 20-30 minutes of driving. Then,, it start sometimes shuddering not knowing when to shift a gear but I'd say it's minot issue, as I can release the gas pedal of a second an the push it again and shuddering dissapears and it shifts the next gear as it supposed to be. I live in a city with hugh traffic (Warsaw) and being in trafic after 20-30 minutes, the powershift start to be much worse. It kicks badly when trying to shift from 1st to 2nd gear, from 2nd to 3rd could be ok but not always and highter is ok. The worst part is after being in traffic for a long period, seems like the transmission is heating and changing from 1st to 2nd is a pain and after each time I want to sell that car badly. When I'm not in traffic and just driving for about an hour or two - it just ok, minor shuddering and kicking when shifting might occur but they are "low" and insufficient to worry about. Also, one of the frustrated thing that were happening is I couldn't accelerate the car fast when I need to becase it started to kicking inside like hell, like the wheels are towing even if the road is dry. So I had to push the gas pedal gently in order to accelerate for at least from 0 to 10-15 and then I could accelerate it swiftly and gas pedal to the floor. I went to service station and guys did adaptaion of powershift which has taken about 3 hours. After that car became much better to drive - better acceleration, better smoothness, much faster response on the gas pedal and those kicks when I'm trying to accelerate fast had gone! I was very happy about it, however, shudderings and kicks after traffics still exists but in less proportions then it was before. After 2 thousand km, chec engine appeared and I went to official dealer and they said my catalytic controller is broken and I have to replace it. I also noticed that car started to behave like I'm towing something and I felt smell of a benzin when I turn it on. However dealer in Warsaw Poland, told that it would cost me 2100 euro for a new catalytics controller and 250 for work to replace it. I was like what? Are you serious? It's 1/3 of the price of the car! My friend bought in Germany Ford Focus mk2 2008 for that price! I was shocked to the the least. So I went to a service station aside and they charged me 450 euro for calaytics controller plus 200 euro work. It was not originial of course, however it's been fixed. So to summaraze: I have mixed feeling owning this car. It drives very wells, it looks nice, it has a condition of a new car, it has a lot of features that I love, like car blind spots, heating of a front winshield and etc. But powershift is dissapointing, however it became much better than it was after adaptaion. And of course broken catalytics controller has taken almost 700 euro out of me. When it drives smooth - I really like that car, however after traffic I'm just mad. And I don't know whether to keep it or seel, because when I'm trying to look what is on the market for fuch price (let's say 8000 euro) - there are very few cars that has those features, mileage and condition. I have to pay at least 10-12k euro to find an alternative, an I've been looking for a Mazda 3 as a replacement, but for a good competitor they are 12-15k euro. So, I really don't know what to do. If the clutch and transmission faile in the future and I have to pay 1000$ for replacement, of course it's a lot, however it'll be new and it will run without any issue as I've read in web comments of people who did that. And I either need to sell it and get some reliable car, or just keep it and just pay 1000$ to replace that transmission and drive then without issue for some period. Because overall I like the car despite the powershift. Very very very incomprehensible situation for me. But that's my review, maybe someone will find it usefull.
You probably should not have purchased this 2013 car even in excellent condition. Manual transmission Fords are not a problem. They are great vehicles. But the Powershift automated manual is not reliable. Ford improved the Powershifts in later year models but probably not in 2013. I know a friend that owned a 2014 Fiesta that worked well. I would purchase an extended warranty plan for this vehicle but a new transmission could cost thousands of dollars.
I had the same things you described in a 2015 focus. Turned out it was the transmission control module dying the whole time. Ended up replacing it with a new one. Get it diagnosed asap if you still have the car because a faulty TCM can destroy the clutch assembly.
Interestingly, we purchased a 2016 Focus SE 2.0 with the powershift trans back in 2018. It had 32k miles on the odometer. Today, we still have this car and drive it daily. It now has 216k miles and is still the original transmission. Periodically the transmission will shudder when accelerating, but hasn't caused any issue. Outside routine maintenance, the only issue we have had is I had to replace an EVAP solenoid a couple years ago. I guess we got lucky.
@@gregoryleo4640 Same story with my 2013 Fiesta, I'm at 188 or 189k now and its been great except for an electrical noise issue with the accelerator pedal sensor.
After years of driving used beater cars, I got financed into a 2018 Ford focus Titanium, it went in with five transmission Replacements and repairs in just one year. 3 months of first driving it and it was in the Ford shop. Unfortunately Canada's lemon laws are different and was excluded from the class action lawsuit. After the fifth transmission replacement the same day I went to a used lot and traded it straight up for a 2017 Corolla with a 6-speed
I bought a 2012 model in 2011 brand-new but specifically got a manual transmission. I already knew that dual clutch transmission by ford would be hot garbage in the back of my mind. Ford had a great handling and fun to drive compact here. Too bad it was poorly built and engineered. The manual was a blast to drive, but the paint was chipping and interior was falling apart within the first year of ownership along with electric gremlins starting to pop up. Ford wouldn't fix anything under warranty so I dumped the car after a year of ownership and will never buy another ford again. This was my first new car that I ever bought. What a horrible experience and I ate about 3 grand to get rid of it for something more reliable.
If you had a manual transmission, that would be the best to have. Don't quite understand what you are are complaining about because Fiesta and Focus are very nice vehicles other that the terrible automated-manual transmissions.
I just started driving a 2012 Focus SE with an automatic at work, it's a company car. From a full stop you can barely touch the gas and it will chirp the front tires, then it will rev up to 4k and slowly drop down in rpm as it barely accelerates. Slips like crazy until its past 2nd gear. Sometimes it will downshift and continue to accelerate after fully releasing the gas pedal. I'm so glad I didn't buy one last year.
Ford also used wet clutch DCTs. They work well and last well if maintained properly. A lot of the issues with the dry clutch versions are easy to fix if you know how. Unfortunately many transmission specialists and Ford dealers don't know how. Worst transmission ever? Don't know about that. When they're working well they're really good, unlike CVTs which feel awful as well as frequently being unreliable.
Nah, a good cvt is monumentally better than this ford dct. A honda cvt is decent, and if you can find a cvt without the fake shifts, those are the smoothest things ever
I bought my daughter a Fiesta Titanium for college. The transmission did not give us any issue over the 4 years she drove it, but those crappy HVAC diverter door motors went out all the time. Honestly, I don't see how Ford has such a loyal following after owning this thing. Once she finished college, she wanted rid of the car because she wanted her 1998 Jeep Cherokee (XJ) back. We came back with her car and were hit in the side the next day. Took it to the Ford dealership for repairs, and the minute it was fixed we traded it in, we never even left the lot. By this time I had heard about the transmission issues, so it was time to go elsewhere and not ever drive that car again.
I don't understand why new tech isn't quietly worked on in the background until it's perfected and proven ... and THEN released to the public. If they had done it that way, then people would currently be raving about the revolutionary and awesome Ford transmission now rather than complaining about yet more failed tech. If I ran a company, that's how I'd do it.
Because that would take a lot of time and way more money. People wouldn't be raving about it because it wouldn't be out on the market, and it wouldn't be revolutionary because other manufacturers would have beaten them to the punch. Some manufacturers do it better than others but basically nobody brings anything new to market that isn't pretty much being beta tested by paying customers. There's simply no profitable business model that works with your idea.
That wouldn't be the case with my company. In my company I'd only hire the world's best and the world's brightest. Sure, I'd expect a taut and orderly ship and a good solid day's worth of work out of them every single day, but in reward for their stellar work and dedication, they'd be richly rewarded and handsomely compensated. MY company would have had that transmission in testing 10 to 15 years ahead of the competition, why, they couldn't dream of the innovations MY team had coming down the pipe, and MY team would have that transmission functioning like a dream well before it appeared in practical application years and years ahead my bumbling short-sighted and narrow minded competitors. Failed attempts and pathetic recalls would never happen in my organization, and if my company wasn't the world's leading automotive producers and innovators, they soon would be.
My sister bought a 2013 Ford focus with a power shift. Should I take it back to the dealership 4 times because after the clutch recall it still have the exact same issues
my 2014 focus was a really good car. it only started doing the shudder and clutch damage when the either the rear main seal would fail or the input seal in the trans would fail, lubing the clutches. its really sad it was let down by "best price" seals. really wish it coulda been worked out cause i would still have it.
For me using the manual shifting mode pretty much resolved the issues. But then again what's the point of an automatic transmission if it doesn't shift automatically?
I worked in a ford dealership in the UK 2012-2015 and I remember the amount of kugas galaxy's and smaxs we had with powershift judder faults. I also remember that even with a new gearbox installed the problem would continue.
I have a 2011 modeo 2.2 TDCI on 167k miles and no real issues with the bo, (it is due a service which is getting soon) It would be nice if it didnt kick down so eagerly and was quicker in the change but that is what gearbox mapping is for. I understand the the main difference between the focus/fiesta and the mondeo version is that the mondeo is wet clutch and the light cars are dry?
I don't doubt your info- just consider yourself lucky. I loved my Focus dearly, but once they refused to honor the extended warranty, I knew I had to walk away from the car immediately.
My mother in law purchased an auto focus titanium right off the delivery truck. The day after she purchased it we had to drive from buffalo NY to Boston MA. by the time we got to Boston the transmission was acting up. It’s gone through one transmission and still acts up.
Drove a 2014 Fiesta for a couple years. Purchased in 2018 with 60k miles, put 40k miles on it 2018-2020. Had 0 issues with the DCT other than occasional hard shift. Car served me well for my long commute and the couple road trips I used it for. I never "hooned" it but I didn't baby it either. When I drove it normally it would get up to 39.5mpg, can't complain about that. What I hated about the car is that the water pump was on the serpentine belt, which broke at 65k miles. Thankfully my engine was undamaged and I was back on the road a couple hour later.
It's nuts to think how Ford was making this absolute turd transmission at the same time they had very reliable regular 6-speed automatics for sale. The 6-speeds in the Taurus/Explorer/Flex barely ever have issues besides TCs in 2.3EB models, which were fairly rare configurations. Heck, even the CVTs in the Fusion Hybrids were far more reliable.
IIRC, 1st gen Fusion/Escape Hybrid transmissions were made by Aisin, aka Toyota. And they’re absolutely bulletproof, like half a million miles without breaking a sweat bulletproof.
@@TekuTaurus I know my mothers 2010 Fusion Sport has the Aisin 6-speed with the 3.5. That car has been rock solid now for 14 years, only needing front wheel bearings as well as the usual consumables. I drove it recently and it feels like it might be...a 5 year old car. Amazing performance and longevity. I thought the Aisin shifted smoother and quicker than the Ford box in my 2020 Fusion. If Michigan winters weren't starting to take their toll on the metal bits, I could imagine her Fusion running great for another 10 years. I honestly can't imagine keeping my 1.5 Fusion for 10 years, it's just giving me bad vibes. (The vibes are mostly from the 1.5).
Conventional autos have marginally worse fuel economy compared to the powershit, shame they didn't spend a few more years in development because the later models are perfectly reliable
My grandpa bought a brand new focus with that transmission I remember telling him go with a Toyota or Honda but he’s a very proud American and wanted to buy domestic he had so many problems with that junk transmission seemed like they fixed it 3 times under warranty and finally the dealership was honest with him and said it will never truly be fixed, he finally traded it in for a Japanese car that sadly outlived him
Hi, My name is Gideon a South African, In 2016 we bought a New Ford Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost with a Powershift Transmission. All went well in the begin until 2020 the Transmission begun giving problems such as not engaging gears and if it did it will be shuddering eventually giving a rough and unpleasant ride.Eventually it just stop.Upon calling the Agents"Action Ford" and explained what has happened to the Vehicle we were told it was out of Warranty. And the Vehicle was still at 70500kms on the Odometer. We were stuck trying to raise funds to repair it until someone told us about the extended Warranty from Ford and we took the Vehicle to Ford they then replaced the TCM and quoted us R180.000,00 for a replacement Transmission or We must take it to Mayfair Gearbox Service at our own cost. I still find this unacceptable and very unfair by Ford Motors SA.Is there a way that we could still have a Valid Claim on this Transmission?
So my brother had a Focus with one of these and I drove it then. It definitely felt like it had a blender on pulse mode mixing ice for a transmission. My mom also had a Jetta with a DCT and that car shifted lightning fast and so smooth. I've said for years that the Americans don't know how to build cars lol. Even manual transmissions, having driven say an F150 and a Tacoma manual, the Tacoma feels like it's actually made of metal, not mush.
Being in the car business for the last 20 years, I always get ask this when it comes to fords cars(not trucks). People would ask, “should I get a focus or fiesta?” And I would say, “Only if it’s a manual transmission with 3 pedals. If not, move on to something else.” One ford dealership I went to, from a previous job, the tech was working on a low mileage Ecosport with 23k miles. I asked him, “WTF is that doing in the shop with the trans out? It’s only two years old.” He replied, “Trans blew up.” We both shook our heads. He was telling me that’s all he does is trans from fiesta, focus, escape, and ecosport built after 2012.😅😅😅
I was a temporary fleet manager for about 6 months and had to oversee nearly 50 Ford Fiesta's and Focus' in our company fleet. These transmissions were so notoriously unreliable. We had to send 9 of our vehicles to the dealerships for replacement, one of them had failed at only 17,000 miles, while another vehicle had to have its transmission replaced *TWICE*. First failure at about 25,000 miles (before I became the fleet manager), then again at 47,000 miles. Thank goodness our entire fleet had been leased from Enterprise Fleet Services. This experience solidfied my mistrust in Ford, and I've gladly stuck to Honda and Toyota.
Rebuilt a DPS6 for my nephew, new seals and clutches. someone at Getrag didn't take the transport springs off the clutch forks, one was ground up, pieces all through the clutch and behind the forks, the second spring finally danced up behind the B fork to jam it engaged. All new seals and a clutch kit, for 160k miles the car drives like a dream, shifts flawlessly now. Now a ford dealer allegedly replaced the clutch, I'm not sure what that meant but the dealer in question didn't unless there's some magic removal without taking out the ball joints. I think the primary assembly from Getrag needs some review, its easy to cut the seals if you're careless and that's going to cause a leak into the clutches. It was fun rebuilding it, took just a few hours in the driveway.
Yes I bought a Ford mondeo in England and had problems with mine eventually had it replaced at a cost of £2500! We bought the car second hand and purchased an extended warranty. At first the car company didn’t want to pay out insisting it must have been our fault! Luckily we has a very good lawyer who was going to take them to court after 12 months of wrangling the paid us a refund. While we were having trouble we did tons of research and found out it was a problem Ford knew about but here in the UK they didn’t admit a problem.
My aunt had a focus with the DCT and she had nothing but problems with it. Her car was in the shop CONSISTENTLY with transmission problems and she said it drove like how you would when learning manual for the first time.
I bought a 4-cylinder Ecosport. A raised Fiesta on the same platform. The Ecosport has normal torque converter transmission. Also, the 4 cylinder Ecosport does not have an Ecoboost turbocharger (unlike the 3 cylinder versions). I heard that Ecoboost engines are not reliable. So my Ecosport is the best combination to have: NO Powershift and NO Ecoboost.
I’m a diehard car guy. My best friend doesn’t know a thing about cars. He asked my opinion on a new car back in 2012 when his transmission failed on his Ranger. I suggested a Fiesta as it fit his needs perfectly… needless to say, he hasn’t asked my opinion on cars again 😂
Literally, we bought a Ford Fiesta with a manual trans just to not deal with that transmission, thing made it to 254k miles before we sold it and it's still driving, I was getting an average of 38mpg and I drive with a lead foot, very good car just poorly executed.
I have a 2012 Ford Focus, and it’s in the shop right now, and it out of nowhere showed a Transmission Malfunction Service Now message showing and it won’t let me start the car, and it was driving just fine before it did that a few days ago, what can I do about this?
My 2017 ford focus has just over 160k miles on it, and it’s finally starting to have some significant faults where it won’t go in reverse, it’ll rev up to 7000 rpms randomly, and just terrible shifting. Very early on, at 60k miles, it had rough shifting, trembling, and shuddering which I was able to fix by having ford replace the clutches under warranty, and remove all paint from any electrical connections. I also learned that releasing the accelerator once it revs up to 3500 RPMs allowed it to switch gears smoothly. The past 100k miles have been what I imagine ford hoped the PST could deliver, a smooth and fuel-efficient ride at any speed. I’ve beaten this thing into the ground, and hopefully the dealership can fix my issues, because this car has served me very well.
This fiasco with the PowerShift add a number of other defective designs over a long time period is why I have never and will never own a Ford. I have owned Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth cars over the course of my 67 years without a single major problem assuming excellent maintenance.
Another case of large greedy corporations saving r&d money by letting the paying customers be their guinea pigs & do the product testing for them... Wake up people,why enable these fat cats w/ your hard earned dollars 💸💸💸???
My mom & her boyfriend have an early Focus Wagon with an automatic. Well over a hundred thousand of mostly city driving and the only mechanical failure has been the relay for the cooling van failing, costing her a hundred bucks...
100 miles a day and 40MPG seems to imply a lot of highway driving, which isn't hard on these transmissions and they will usually be okay. It's the city driving and creeping forward in traffic that kills them, because the clutch is repeatedly being cycled and slipped.
Bruh this video is hilarious I’m glad you made it. My wife has a 2016 Ford Fiesta and the amount of issues we’ve had with this damn transmission is ridiculous. I’m sitting it in right now. I kind of want to talk about what we went through with this car, like when I first met my wife, her car wouldn’t shift beyond 4th gear so she was driving it around pegging out the RPMs on the highway. Finally Ford replaced the TPM and kept the car for three months. Finally we got it back and surprisingly it fixed it. It’s actually been working great ever since but god what a lemon this car has been.
This car (2018 Ford Focus) lost me as a customer PERMANENTLY. Ford class action suit tried to pay me $8 or some crap.....pfft. Keep it...and your Future business Ford. Toyota Replaced my 21 year old trucks frame because it COULD rust..."Mine hadn't had the problem being in Wyoming but they replaced it to be sure anyway....on a 21 year old truck. Ford don't support or even fix their broken crap...TOOO bad for you they told me...can we sell you another Ford product? .........(>.
I work on used cars at a dealer. The most recent Focus that came my way would decide randomly whether it wanted to use one of the clutches on a particular drive cycle. When it said no, reverse and all even number gears were unable to engage. The 1->3 shift was really harsh as well.
I have a 14, bought new in beginning of 15. Just had the TCM replaced at over 89000 miles. Working good, but these transmissions don't like being driven slow. If it starts to shutter, i drive it hard through the gears a couple times and the shuttering goes away. If I'm in stop n go traffic i turn the A/C off. Only thing i like about it is it's payed off and gas mileage.
I had one as a rental for a week. It was 4 years old at the time with around 60k. I actually really enjoyed driving it, especially in the mountains. Was it clunky? Yes! But it was the most responsive small car I’ve ever driven. I do have a friend who bought a new Focus Hatchback in 2015. It’s now sitting under a tree collecting mold due to clutch replacement cost.
I know friends that had these, they had no issues. Should have used wet clutches though. Although my ‘98 F355 F1 uses a single dry clutch. If this Ferrari F1 trans was sold to regular consumers, they too would have had a class action LS in terms of its quirks haha. However it is an amazing trans IMO, as you should always shift using the paddles (if you want to be smooth) and blip the throttle. Also the clutch is located behind the transaxle, making it a relatively simple 3 hour job to replace the clutch.
currently own a 2011 volvo v60 t4, which contains the powershift. ive had no problems with it and the car is at 135000 km's. seems volvos programing and implementation of a wet clutch helped a lot
2011 volvo xc60, purchased at 55k km and the gearbox was hunting. Thought i had bought a lemon. Changed the oil, 7.6 L worth, all good, now at 90k km. Due for oil change again at 100k km. Is it really the case that the ford version has no oil?
My wife had a Focus Titanium with it when we met and we still have it to this day. It stranded us several times over the years and Ford worked on it 5 times I think, replacing the TCM, clutches, and more. The last fix was at 80k and it has gotten us to over 100 now. I think they re flashed it in the end so it now shifts much more aggressively/rough. We have found that granny driving and stop/go traffic it is what causes the most issues. If you drive it harder it doesn't try slip and burn up the clutches as much. I was really hoping we could get a final fix in before 100k because its now out of warranty but so far so good.
there was a Volvo I owned with the wet clutch version of the PowerShift. couldn't confirm that the continual shuddering at 80kph came from the gearbox but it didn't go away after fixing the driveshafts many times... still gives me chills.
I just bought a used 2012 Ford focus five door. 167,000 miles. After watching your video, I am hoping that fixing my ground wires and cleaning out my actuators. Will help it last a little long. Wish me luck.
The evidence from this (and the similar failure of variants of the Volkswagen DSG double cluch transmission) that dry clutch DCT gearboxes are junk. So why do manufacturers keep making them?
