Hello all, I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on a problem that I've encountered with my 2007 Ford Focus Ghia 2.0 Duratec.

I've had the car around 8 months, it's now done 69,500 miles with a full service history, I had a new clutch kit fitted roughly 7,000 miles ago as the slave cylinder decided to break, meaning a clutch change was appropriate while the gearbox was out.

So then, the car has been very good, some odd problems every now and then, the pedals can make strange noises on bumpy fast country roads, but nothing major.

Today, I started the car as normal, allowed the revs to settle down, put the car into first with no problems and set off normally. I put the car into second, and the vehicle started to judder aggressively, with a complete lack of power (almost as if you're trying to drive in fifth gear). When I went to select neutral to see if disengaging and re selecting second would help, the car would actually brake when I pushed the clutch in (which is the opposite to what it should do when power is taken away from transmission).

All gears where juddering with no power, pushing the clutch in caused the car to slow down as if I'm pressing the brake, something wasn't right. After looking for leaks on any of the hydraulic lines (there was non), and restarting the engine, everything is absolutely fine, after a 30 mile drive no further problems.

The other day, also, at a roundabout, upon stopping, the engine was hunting at idle, nearly causing the car to stall a few times whilst I waited for an opportunity to pull out into traffic.

I'm not sure what's going on with my Focus, I'm hoping somebody can help.

Its not uncommon for new slave cylinders to fail I'd take it to who did the clutch look under the car at the gearbox for oil also check the brake fluid as it feeds the clutch also....it could be so many things from clutch to a sensor to an engine issue electrical issue a.b.s issue the list goes on do the dash trick and see if any codes are stored

the vehicle started to judder aggressively, with a complete lack of power (almost as if you're trying to drive in fifth gear). When I went to select neutral to see if disengaging and re selecting second would help, the car would actually brake when I pushed the clutch in (which is the opposite to what it should do when power is taken away from transmission).

All gears were juddering with no power, pushing the clutch in caused the car to slow down as if I'm pressing the brake,

The way you describe this it sounds as if something caused the brakes to come on so hard the ABS cut in. Obviously if the brakes were on then as soon as you declutched the car would slow down. I've no idea what could cause it unless something very strange has happened in the brake servo.

If the brake fluid is too low or the slave cylinder or master cylinder leaking that may cause similar symptoms so IDE check the brake fluid level

Thanks for your comments guys. I had a good look around the gear box, and all over the engine bay to check for any leaks or signs of fluid, checked all the fluid lines, nothing. Can't seem to replicate this fault in any event if I tried. I've never had anything like this happen before, when the clutch slave cylinder broke last year, the clutch pedal simply went to the floor, and the car was undrivable.

It was just strange for the car to have no power in any gear, and when depressing the clutch to the floor that the vehicle was braking fairly firmly.

Drove the car yesterday, with no problems. This car certainly loves to keep you on your toes that's for sure haha.

I'll check the fluid reservoir, just to ensure it's not low on fluid. Thanks for taking the time to reply.