The car handles the snow amazing for a front wheel drive but only after installing snow tires. Which is way better then the Fusion I has in 2011 but so many more headaches. After having a tech in the car to see what I was talking about they said they may have to replace part of the exhaust. WRONG! This week at 32k my car is going back into the Ford dealer to be repaired because it is now shifting before it should and is very noisy and sluggish when it does so. I was assured when I purchased the "17 I would not have the problems the '14 had. (Same as the 2014) So I let them know how upset I was because this is why I didn't want to buy another focus. The dealer had it about a week and told me they had to replace the clutch. Well at 31k a little over a year of having the car, I had to take it in because the car would shake when shifting or slowing down plus it was dripping oil. I didn't want another Focus after the issues I had with the 2014. I felt the car was a lemon and was scared to commute with it so I traded it with 64k miles on it for a 2017 Focus SE. I had a focus hatchback 2014 and had horrible clutch problems which took Ford over a year to fix. Please, think twice.think 10 times.before buying a Focus with an automatic/manual mess of a transmission. Have they forgotten that there ARE other car manufacturers? So, this is the nail in the coffin of my relationship with Ford.I have had my car back for less than 2 weeks and already it's back to its' same transmission antics. They obviously don't care AT ALL about their loyal customers. BUT.at just under 36,000 miles? WHERE are these parts coming from, the salvage yard? I'm really disgusted with this car, primarily because Ford KNOWINGLY continues to put this trashy transmission in the Focus. So far, the rough idle has not reappeared, so the motor mounts may have been the problem. They also.get this.replaced the bushings on the motor mounts, which they said were the problem with the rough idle. They replaced the clutch AGAIN and had the nerve to tell me that the transmission only has problems in hot climates! Guess they think all women are totally ignorant about cars. By September, it was back at the dealership for transmission problems and rough idle. I drove it on a 1000+ mile road trip in June, then again in late July. I was pretty happy with my car for a year, then everything went to hell in a handbasket! I took my car in for slipping transmission in June of 2018, they replaced the clutch. It's a pretty little car with a sporty feel and solid gas mileage, though it was an adjustment for me coming out of a Fusion. I bought my 2017 Focus SEL in June of 2017.
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