When you’re talking about the PowerShift, it’s hard to ignore how many issues the dual-clutch transmission in the Fiesta and Focus had and continue to have. Adding insult to injury, the newcomers ...

Before a recent trip to Las Vegas, I reserved a rental subcompact car online from Avis. Bottom feeders like me never know what car they’ll get until they are handed the keys at the counter. The keys I ...

A new class-action lawsuit has been brought against Ford for problems with the company’s PowerShift transmissions, as covered by CarComplaints. The new lawsuit concerns US market models of the ...

FORD TO INTRODUCE FUEL-EFFICIENT DUAL-CLUTCH POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION IN NORTH AMERICA IN 2010 DETROIT, Jan. 21, 2009 – Ford Motor Company announced today it will introduce an advanced dual-clutch ...

Many Ford Focus and Fiesta owners across the country say their transmissions are shuddering, slipping out of gear and stalling, and no one seems able to fix the problem. Hundreds have filed lawsuits ...

DETROIT -- Nearly 7,000 Fiesta and Focus owners are suing Ford Motor Co. over defective PowerShift transmissions in some small cars, a problem that has plagued the automaker for years. The suit claims ...

AN OLD stereotype is at the centre of a potential billion-dollar case against Ford over 70,000 allegedly dodgy cars. That old stereotype is at the centre of a potential billion-dollar class action ...

Ford is excited to announce the start of production for its new six-speed PowerShift dual clutch transmission, set to appear in the new Fiesta, is now underway. “Who cares,” you’re most likely ...