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Has any owner experienced tan mission vibrations when gearbox changes to a gear that shows around 1500 rpm. ANY SPEED. FORD FOCUS 8 SPEED BOX 1000CC ENGINE 

Thanks this is very annoying

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    The MK 4 Focus has cylinder deactivation and it's possible this is what you might noticing. Try putting the vehicle in sport mode to see if it goes away.

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    Thanks 

    It is not  a transient vibe it just gets progressively worse until you force the gearbox to change down and increase the revs. By accelerating pressing L or bliping the throttle this only works for a short while and the gearbox just changes up again 1500 revs and starts vibrating.

    Thanks for your help john

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    8 hours ago, gds1972 said:

    The MK 4 Focus has cylinder deactivation and it's possible this is what you might noticing. Try putting the vehicle in sport mode to see if it goes away.

    I have tried sport it does not vibrate but it does not select a gear which results in 1500 rpm

     

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