Manual For Ford Focus 2015
Review The Ford Focus seems like a decent car on the lot. It looks sporty, the backup cam is nice, the seats adjust for quite a bit of leg room even for a very tall person. Doing a 20 mph test drive around the suburban streets near the dealership, you may think it rides smoothly and accelerates nicely. It may seem to be made well, but what brand new car doesn't? You read the reviews on Car and Driver and Edmunds and think you're making the right call. THEN you try to drive the car home on the highway and realize the car isn't actually automatic, it is a 'computer controlled manual', which slips, gets confused if you even lightly reduce pressure on the gas pedal, refuses to grip when you press the pedal to the floor, and generally handles like a drunk robot from a 50s scifi movie is driving a manual tractor after dunking his hands in cooking oil.
Further, the build quality is awful. My car is 2 years old.
In that time, I have developed problems with the trunk hinge, with my wiper fluid hose, interior liner falling, plastic becoming discolored, a massive array of weird noises, and due to some design flaw in the wheels, perpetual air loss. I have even changed one of the tires and still experience this. Thankfully, your Ford Focus is equipped with a delightful dinging sound so that you can be harassed for 3 minutes when you get in the car about the low air pressure.
I have only ever had my car serviced at the Ford dealership, and they lie through their teeth about their 'report card'. When I picked my car up one day, the wiper fluid tank was totally empty (it was not when I dropped it off) and wouldn't spray- Yet I saw 3 spots where a 'Ford Certified Mechanic' gave the wiper system, sprayer, and hoses a green light. Makes you feel real confident about the breaks.
I complained to the shop, and they said that 'little critters' must have damaged it in the parking lot after they serviced it. Despite the fact the hose was snapped clean off in 2 places and the brackets that held it were smashed. Must have been a Ford Certified squirrel. I contacted Ford Corp, and after a month, I got a letter saying I could pay to have my wiper hose fixed at any Ford Dealership.
In conclusion, the 2015 Ford Focus is a Kia Forte, but you pay an extra few grand for them to replace the normal automatic drive engine with a ride-on mower that is shifted by a rock-em sock-em robot. They truly honor George Orwell's 1984- War is Peace, Service is Damage, and Automatic is Manual.
Review The power shift transmission is the worst thing to have been put in a car. It's given me nothing but problems in 2+ years of ownership. 2 parts replacements and 3 software resets of the transmission computer.in 45,000 miles. And now the airbag light is on. Other than that, I really like the car because performance-wise it's pretty nimble, it rides quietly and comfortably, it has a nice tech package for a mid-level car, and it looks great. Update: I dumped this car at just over 50k on the odometer after another transmission problem.
Manual For Ford Focus 2015
Do not buy a Focus.