Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost Powershift

[Craig_]

You do know that Sport mode has nothing to do with performance? Just traction.

I do the same when planning an overtaking move, the car gears down in anticipation and revs higher, gear changes feels a bit faster as well.

Edit; Don't see how sport mode affects traction?

 

[qscwbt]

You do know that Sport mode has nothing to do with performance? Just traction.

Like other Powershifts, there’s a Sport mode to hold revs before upchanges for livelier acceleration and for overtaking. And you can hold ratios using an up/down button on the shift lever

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/ford/ford-fiesta-10-ecoboost-powershift-2014-road-test/

 

[Gunner182]

Like other Powershifts, there’s a Sport mode to hold revs before upchanges for livelier acceleration and for overtaking. And you can hold ratios using an up/down button on the shift lever

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/ford/ford-fiesta-10-ecoboost-powershift-2014-road-test/

Was driving in sport mode yesterday from Cape Town to Worcester. Could here the revs climb and soon as I put my foot down I got a burst of acceleration and revs go back down again. Sport mode makes the car feel much more responsive.

Side Note: Anyone know where I can buy a cover for the tow hook for the front bumper in CPT? Have called a couple of dealerships and :wtf:

 

[Curious_Al]

I’ll drive mine in sports mode this whole weekend. Will post the outcome

 

[Nithan15]

So time to revive an old thread

TCM packed up on the powershift. I have only gears 1,3,5 no reverse no 2,4,6.
Got an independent person look at it, should cost around R40 000.00 to fix
Check the Ford recall website and entered my VIN number and guess what there is a recall for TCM on my car. Dropped off the car yesterday afternoon to Ford in Roodepoort, got a call this morning they putting through the extended warranty claim under the recall. So will wait and see now.

Anyone else had the TCM failure on the Powershift?

 

[Ivan Leon]

Ford Powershift transmission problems: $10 million fine - John Cadogan​

Federal Court hands down a $10 million wrist slap to Ford - but the penalty doesn't go far enough or help nearly enough affected consumers. Here's why.​

Ford will also - and this has really gotta hurt - finally have to address customers’ PowerShit transmission issues and - heaven forbid - actually comply with Australian Consumer Law, as interpreted by an independent umpire.

Unfortunately, the official review program that flows from this ruling will only help a fraction of the 70,000 people who bought Focus, Fiesta or EcoSport shitheaps.

Ford Powershift transmission problems: $10 million fine — Auto Expert by John Cadogan - save thousands on your next new car!

Federal Court hands down a $10 million wrist slap to Ford - but the penalty doesn't go far enough or help nearly enough embattled consumers

autoexpert.com.au

 

[Ivan Leon]

Ford Knew How Defective Its Fiesta and Focus Transmissions Were for Years: Report - Jalopnik​

I’d call it an open secret in the world of cars but for the fact that everyone knows about it: the dual-clutch transmission in the last-generation Ford Fiesta and Focus was an utter disaster. The gearboxes are plagued with problems like sudden acceleration, sputtering, and slipping into neutral at highway speed.

Now, a thorough investigation by the Detroit Free Press based on internal documents, emails and court records reveals that Ford knew about these problems—potentially dangerous problems that have led to 50 previously unreported injuries, by the newspaper’s count—through engineer and lawyer warnings, but sold them anyway.

The story centers on the DPS6 transmission, also called the Ford PowerShift transmission, a six-speed dual-clutch automatic found on the 2012-present Focus, 2010-present Fiesta and other cars sold in the past decade. (Both the Ford and Fiesta are being phased out in the U.S.)

Yet the Freep estimates 1.5 million cars still on the road have this gearbox, and many of their owners continue to experience problems.

In the years since the cars went on sale, Ford has faced class action lawsuits in the United States and other countries, fines in Australia, countless owner complaints and endless criticism.

Yet while the Focus and Fiesta have been recalled for other defects, the DPS6 itself has never been recalled.

But today’s Freep story reveals the depth to which Ford knew about the problem, then reportedly ignored all that and sold the cars anyway.

Ford Knew How Defective Its Fiesta and Focus Transmissions Were for Years: Report

I’d call it an open secret in the world of cars but for the fact that everyone knows about it: the dual-clutch transmission in the last-generation Ford Fiesta and Focus was an utter disaster. The gearboxes are plagued with problems like sudden acceleration, sputtering, and slipping into neutral...

jalopnik.com

 

[Ivan Leon]

Ford Faces $4 Billion Lawsuit for Allegedly Lying About Faulty Transmissions - Jalopnik​

Around the world, 1.9 million customers who bought a Ford Focus or Fiesta are taking the automaker to task for selling faulty cars to unsuspecting customers. Ford is facing a potential $4 billion lawsuit, though the company denies knowingly selling poorly built cars.

Ford customers specifically found problems with their 2012-16 Focus and 2011-16 Fiesta sedans. According to the legal filings, the dual-clutch transmissions were prone to “shuddering, slipping, bucking, jerking, hesitation while changing gears, premature internal wear, delays in downshifting and, in some cases, sudden or delayed acceleration,” the Detroit Free Press reports.

This is a huge complaint. People have been unhappy with Ford’s gearboxes for years, including plenty of readers here at Jalopnik.

That’s not the ideal experience to have behind the wheel of your car. Ford’s lawyer Ryan Wu argued last month during a U.S. Court of Appeals hearing that judges that they should lower the settlement from $4 billion to $35 million.

Judges argued that Wu’s settlement was unfair to the millions of customers who were affected by their faulty cars.

Ford Faces $4 Billion Lawsuit for Allegedly Lying About Faulty Transmissions

Around the world, 1.9 million customers who bought a Ford Focus or Fiesta are taking the automaker to task for selling faulty cars to unsuspecting customers. Ford is facing a potential $4 billion lawsuit, though the company denies knowingly selling poorly built cars.

jalopnik.com

 

[epah]

1 liter ford ecoboost coupled to their powershift transmission sounds like a recipe for a land mine. that thing will explode guaranteed.