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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2015 Ford Focus & its "Powershift" transmission has a defect trend where the car shudders when accelerating, especially when starting uphill.

Most owners have reported their Ford Focus remains driveable while the vehicle is still at low mileage, but the shuddering is annoying & unpleasant & may reduce the resale value of the vehicle.

However, owners of higher-mileage vehicles from earlier 3rd generation Focus model years report transmission failure & a host of other major & expensive transmission-related problems. Potential buyers beware.

10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
7,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. software update for adaptive bi-xenon (1 reports)
2015 Ford Focus lights problems

lights problem

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2015 Ford Focus Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 052016

Focus Titanium Ecoboost 1.5 110kw

  • Manual transmission
  • 6,959 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Adaptive bi-xenon headlamps stay too low if they are frozen and they are -20C. You can't see in dark forward as you should and it is a significant security risk to owner and other drivers on the road. Lights show only 20meters forward.

Update from Apr 23, 2016: Ford has fix the problem. Lights software was update and it adjust temperature "window" larger scale. Lights stay low because adaptive light system protect itself very low temperature (below -20celcius)

After update system seems to work as it should be.

- Tomi V., Kajaani, Oulun-lääni, Finland

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