4/16/2023 0 Comments Ford fokus 2013![]() ![]() but, sometimes it only worked if the phone wasn't playing music already. and it would only pick up music from the USB connection on a random basis that sometimes involved shutting off the car, then opening and closing the doors, then restarting the car with the phone/mp3 player plugged into the jack already playing the music. if you ignore that the Sync system never really worked and really wouldn't play audio from my iPhone or Android over Bluetooth, other than actual phone calls (which would still randomly go into "privacy" mode after you answered the call, which translate to the handset while you were driving after you used the car to answer it). Ford denied it was a problem for about 2 years, then did a "recall" for the problem (which essentially was just a new program for the transmission) and VIOLA!!! it was fixed and the car was great. Only problem at the beginning was that the transmission seemed off and it hesitated a lot when trying to get started from a red light. Liked it so much that I convinced my wife to buy a Ford Escape a year later (also a mistake). Great ride, handling (at least until the factory tires hit snow for the first time), large enough trunk to put almost everything I have ever needed it to do. Buyer beware, this is the lemon that I'd always been afraid of. I've submitted a claim for the Ford Transmission Class Action Lawsuit. There have also been 10+ recalls on it OUTSIDE of the transmission/clutch issues. I've spent probably $3,000 in repairs already. After towing it to a nearby repair shop, I find out that the whole transmission needs replacing and it will cost around $4,000. This past weekend, my car stopped accelerating in the middle of the street. Prior to that, it had broken down on the interstate multiple times for various other failures. After doing that, I still have issues with the same thing (though not quite as often as before). This kept going on for about a year before someone finally told me that the clutch needed replacing. Within 2 weeks of buying the car, it was stuttering every time I would accelerate from a stop. When it was time for an upgrade and the dealership said they had the same car but a newer version, I was elated! However, they took me for a ride on the price (it was my first time buying a car on my own- I didn't know any better) and it's been nothing but issues since. Tires: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2, 235/40R-18 95Yīrakes (F/R): 12.3-in vented disc/11.I previously owned a 2005 Ford Focus and loved it. Turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injectionīrakes (F/R): 12.6-in vented disc/10.6-in disc But we opted for the standard Euro-spec car for this comparison because the wait for a GTI in the States is already long enough, and the conventional differential works quite well.įront-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door hatchback We drove a European Performance-package car alongside this test’s GTI and can report that no matter how imprudent you are with the acceleration, the differential holds the cornering line as if the car were tethered by an invisible string. We’ll also get the optional Performance package that increases horsepower by another 10 ponies and adds an electronically controlled torque-vectoring differential, but not until late 2014. With the addition of variable lift on the exhaust valves, the new engine is now similar in spec to the version Audi has been using in the A4 for several years. will likely come with 210 horsepower (10 more than before) and 258 lb-ft of torque (51 more than before). Power comes from the third generation of Volkswagen’s direct-injected, 2.0-liter turbo EA888 engine. There’s more space inside, and the interior décor, while familiar, is also completely updated. Longer in wheelbase and overall length by 2.1 inches, the GTI is within an inch in other dimensions. At a glance, it does look a lot like its predecessor, but the metal is more tightly folded and the roof is lower. A new platform called MQB is both lighter and stronger than before. Volkswagen has not slacked off for its seventh GTI. And, like all breakthrough ideas, it spawned imitators, all promising the same mix of virtues. The super Golf was and remains the great egalitarian performance car, the first to so effectively combine power, economy, handling, practicality, and price. It’s not free bread, but it does represent a revolution. Parked outside the cafeteria is a 2015 Volkswagen GTI, the seventh generation of the hatchback that brought a taste of speed, in a dinner-roll-shaped package, to the common man. Every New Car You Can Still Buy with a Stick Shift. ![]()
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