Trevor from Cardiff Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Hello, Looking for some advice/guidance. I am looking at buying a 2012 Focus 2.0TDCi with the Powershift gearbox. The car has 60k miles on it and supposedly full service history. This morning I decided to try and do some searching on any possible problems that the car might have... And lots of threads turned up about the Powershift gearbox. I have test driven the car and didn't notice the problem. In fact I was really impressed. I know if you search the internet looking for problems there will undoubtedly be someone with the problems... :) But, are these gearboxes reliable? Would you recommend me steering clear of this car? I cannot afford to make a mistake as it's quite an expensive car for me and I would be in deep trouble if I had expensive gearbox problems...? What do you think? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Trev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linds Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I'd say this is worth a watch ... I find Cadogan an entertaining "know-it-all"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFocus Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 To be honest most DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) gearboxes are inherently unreliable; you may have heard about VW's DSG gearbox and its reliability and drivability issues too. The Powershift suffers from the same sort of problems like bogging down/juddering when setting off and also failures aren't uncommon; however Ford fit these gearboxes to thousands of cars so there may be an issue with a few especially where they haven't been serviced properly or had the fluid changed, but you'll get that with any car. Have a look here: https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/ford/focus-2011/?section=good Is there any reason why you need an auto? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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