2014 Ford Focus SE (DPS6) Transmission acting up again! This time it was a shift actuator.

EDDIE LEAL
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Published 2021-08-12
Had TCM (Transmission Computer Module) on Dual Powershift Transmission(DPS6) replaced by Ford dealer. The car fine for part of the day then started to act up again. Transmission started to shift erratically , would default into neutral after warning pops up that transmission is overheating. stopped for 5 minutes then I could move again. Brought it back to dealer and was told the transmission actuators were bad. had them replaced. Cost me just over $300 after some discounts. Has been running fine after that. No transmission/drivability issues as of yet. I have my fingers crossed.

Some background information on this problem car. Ford Motor Company knowingly launched two low-priced, fuel-efficient cars with defective transmissions and continued selling the troubled Focus and Fiesta despite thousands of complaints and an avalanche of repairs, a Free Press investigation found.

The cars, many of which randomly lose power on freeways and have unexpectedly bolted into intersections, were put on sale in 2010-11 as the nation emerged from the Great Recession. At least 1.5 million remain on the road and continue to torment their owners — and Ford.

The automaker pushed past company lawyers’ early safety questions and a veteran development engineer’s warning that the cars weren’t roadworthy, internal emails and documents show. Ford then declined, after the depth of the problem was obvious, to make an expensive change in the transmission technology.

Ref article link: www.freep.com/in-depth/money/cars/ford/2019/07/11/…. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press
Published Jul. 11, 2019 Updated Dec. 14, 2019