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I have a 2015 Ford Focus

Ford extended the warranty on the TCM and the Transmission Hardware because they have had so many issues with it.

The TCM is still covered for me (hardware is not); however the TCM is also on national back order from Ford as there are so many vehicles requiring replacements.

Ford recently stopped manufacturing their line of Sedans; so they are now a truck company with the Ecosport as an outlier.

Good old American Ford; I’ll never buy another in my life.

End Rant.
 
I had a Mazda designed by Ford. Nothing but problems. Lasted to 180k miles but the check engine was on for half of those
 
I've rented a few Ford Focuses. I liked driving them, the adaptive highbeams were cool. Wouldn't buy one though.
 
My first car was a 99 Ford ranger. It had its share of problems but it was fun to drive I suppose.

I don’t think I would buy a Ford again though
 
PDXFonz said:
I have a 2015 Ford Focus

Ford extended the warranty on the TCM and the Transmission Hardware because they have had so many issues with it.

The TCM is still covered for me (hardware is not); however the TCM is also on national back order from Ford as there are so many vehicles requiring replacements.

Ford recently stopped manufacturing their line of Sedans; so they are now a truck company with the Ecosport as an outlier.

Good old American Ford; I’ll never buy another in my life.

End Rant.
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F.O.R.D. Fix Or Repair Daily
 
I bought a ford focus hatchback in… 2008? Was a year or two old? Had it for two years and put almost 3k into it. Sold it and will never buy another.
 
PDXFonz said:
I have a 2015 Ford Focus

Ford extended the warranty on the TCM and the Transmission Hardware because they have had so many issues with it.

The TCM is still covered for me (hardware is not); however the TCM is also on national back order from Ford as there are so many vehicles requiring replacements.

Ford recently stopped manufacturing their line of Sedans; so they are now a truck company with the Ecosport as an outlier.

Good old American Ford; I’ll never buy another in my life.

End Rant.
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I had the same issue with mine. Before it got too bad I sold the car.
 
I've had several fords and liked all of them. Drive an Escape now. Excellent vehicle.
 
Their new E mustang looks pretty nice and the E 150 is interesting also.
 
We had a used F150 for a couple years that we bought because we got a great deal on it. Sold it for as much or slightly more than we purchased it for. Otherwise, I would only drive Fords when in Hawaii and needed a rental - we'd get a Mustang convertible for cruising the island.

We had a Ford Tempo way back in the day. UCD could tell more about it, cuz I was just a wee lad, but that thing was a lemon from day one. All it took was for it to totally die and leave us on the side of 205 on a Sunday afternoon before they finally realized it was time for a new car. I believe the muffler fell off of it in our neighborhood at some point. Comedy of errors.
 
By the way... just in general... cars are so damn expensive these days. I saw a Nissan Sentra for $24K. A brand new one was like $6K back when I was in HS (2 decades ago, sure).
 
Thatbpguy said:
What up, old timer?
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We're all old timers to you. But guess what? You're on the train to old timers burial ground along with the rest of us. You're just on a car a little farther back. Have you got a little bit of a pot belly? Don't shriek with horror the pot belly is a natural progression.
 
barfo said:
I had an F-1 once, with 3-on-the-tree (whippersnappers will have to google that, I imagine).

barfo
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I once had an old Chevy truck with a 3 on the tree. Drove the piss out of that thing.

Hated driving it though, it would never shift out of 1st.
 
When I still lived in Portland I was looking for an Alfa Romeo Giulia (the old ones, from the 60s). Unfortunately, most of them were so rusted that I never bought one. I did however drive one that had a 5 on the tree... both engine and transmission were wonderful. The rest of the car was falling around the drivetrain - but it sure was unusual to have 5 speeds on the tree...
 
julius said:
I once had an old Chevy truck with a 3 on the tree. Drove the piss out of that thing.

Hated driving it though, it would never shift out of 1st.
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My father had a '63 Chevy pickup with three on the tree. That was my first tree shifter, I think. I cut my teeth on my mom's '61 Renault Dauphine. I can't remember if her Dauphine was on the floor or on the tree but it was three speed with reverse.
 
andalusian said:
When I still lived in Portland I was looking for an Alfa Romeo Giulia (the old ones, from the 60s). Unfortunately, most of them were so rusted that I never bought one. I did however drive one that had a 5 on the tree... both engine and transmission were wonderful. The rest of the car was falling around the drivetrain - but it sure was unusual to have 5 speeds on the tree...
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When I was in the market for my new car, I was very strongly considering one of the new ones! Test drove it!!!! Beautiful vehicle!
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MARIS61 said:
Ford was bad, but BidenHarris is worse.
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Worse than what, a giant pot of gold and a very productive diamond mine?
Now, if you want worse then you'd want Trump, by far the worst President this country has ever or will ever have.
 
PDXFonz said:
I have a 2015 Ford Focus

Ford extended the warranty on the TCM and the Transmission Hardware because they have had so many issues with it.

The TCM is still covered for me (hardware is not); however the TCM is also on national back order from Ford as there are so many vehicles requiring replacements.

Ford recently stopped manufacturing their line of Sedans; so they are now a truck company with the Ecosport as an outlier.

Good old American Ford; I’ll never buy another in my life.

End Rant.
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When I worked full time my municipality car was a 014 Focus. The Focus is well known to have transmission problems. Sorry you got screwed by corporate management. Fix Or Repair Daily.
Bro, get a used Honda Accord. The 013 seems bulletproof, as per YouTube vids. I have a 012 and it was known for solvable brake issues but after all these years it was and still is reliable.
 
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