California owners of certain diesel BMW vehicles now must take a closer look at their legal rights in the wake of a class action filing against the manufacturer for the alleged use of ‘defeat devices’ that result in excessive emissions, damaging their vehicles, reducing their value on resale and placing…
Source: Michael Karkafiris – Carscoops Ford is being sued by nearly 7,000 Fiesta and Focus owners over defective PowerShift dual-clutch transmissions. The issue is known to Ford for years, with the suit claiming that 2012-16 Focus and 2011-16 Fiesta sedans come with faulty PowerShift transmissions prone to “shuddering, slipping, bucking,…
Source: Justin King – Left Lane News Plaintiffs claim Ford’s PowerShift transmission experiences shuddering, slipping, bucking, jerking, hesitation, premature wear and sudden or delayed acceleration. Ford has been hit with a lawsuit over an alleged transmission defect in the Focus and Fiesta. The litigation focuses on the dual-clutch PowerShift transmission…
Source: Raphael Orlove – Jalopnik I don’t know how many Americans are even aware that Ford has been making dual-clutch transmissions for years now, and that’s possibly because Ford’s so-called Powershift has just been generally bad. How bad? Now Ford’s getting sued over it by Fiesta and Focus owners, as Automotive…
