Ford and Getrag moving away from Dry clutch Powershift to wet clutch versions and 6F

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by GTP534

We've just taken delivery of a Focus Titanium. I took the Extended Warranty out on it primarily for "insurance" for any gearbox issues.

The salesman did say it's a manual transmission that shifts itself and that it was best not to be hesitant when driving off, like accelerate, lift off, accelerate.

I've found no juddering (yet) and the hill hold function is very useful.

Ford factory backed extended warranty of the dealer one??

[jpd80]

I just thought of 7,000 reasons to go buy the inferior Mazda 2 or Mazda 3...
I think the chances of an Aisin auto box stuffing up are way less...

[madmelon]

Some of the prices quoted in this thread are outrageous but as I said before- it's probably more down to the clutch supplier than the workshop. Expect typical service time/costs to remove and replace transmission- no escaping that.

There have been reports of issues including judder etc in the US on the Fiesta/Focus. This is likely to be a software issue rather than a mechanical issue but not resolved in a timely fashion, it has a chance of causing a mechanical problem.

As for mass- the whole transmission including flywheel/clutch module is about 75kg for the DQ200, the 6DCT250 and the Hyundai 6 speed DCT. I think what the service rep was alluding to might be a dual mass flywheel. These are installed on manual transmission vehicles as well as DCT and basically have a service life of about 100,000km before they start to squeak etc, regardless of DCT or manual. There's a reason Subaru offer a standard flywheel with their clutch kits...

[madmelon]

...and for the record- whole transmissions with low km can be had from wreckers at pretty cheap prices.

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by jpd80

I just thought of 7,000 reasons to go buy the inferior Mazda 2 or Mazda 3...
I think the chances of an Aisin auto box stuffing up are way less...

And it's a pity.