I Went to Visit a Friend That is a Tech at a Ford Dealer

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 07/12/2017 at 21:45 • Filed to: None

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And you’ll never guess what was on his bench waiting for a rebuild! A Fiesta/Focus PowerShift, which he refers to as his bread and butter.

Also, it was after work and he was changing the oil/rotating the tires on his FiST, and I got to look fully underneath. So many low lying parts.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 21:59

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What is the powershift?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 07/12/2017 at 22:02

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It’s the one that is currently under a class action lawsuit. It’s the automatic that comes in the Fiesta/Focus. It needs a rebuild every 40-50k miles.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 22:04

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Wow that’s worse than land Rover coolant hoses, driveshafts, and transmission fluid.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 07/12/2017 at 22:06

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He works at a smaller dealership and still sees them all the time.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 22:06

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PowerShift?

I think you mean Power Shit.

We used to have a 2012 Focus SEL Sedan and I can confirm it’s the worst transmission available in a car. We traded it in for a new 2014 Passat TSI Wolfsburg Edition because we hated the PowerShift THAT much.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 07/12/2017 at 22:08

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#manualmasterrace

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 22:10

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My parents will agree with you.

The ZF 8HP is the only reason I prefer automatics.

/I’ll show myself out. Pls tell the mods I’ll leave my Oppo card on the coffee table.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 07/12/2017 at 22:14

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Its the DCT Ford uses in the Focus and Fiesta that turns into a jerky broken mess constantly.

Under_Score > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 22:14

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How do you know if a transmission has gone bad? This is gonna sound like a dumb question from a car guy, but I’m just curious. Sometimes, the transmission in my RAV4 hasn’t been able to shift out of park, and I have to turn the car off or put the parking break down to get the transmission to shift. Is this a sign of an issue, or is this normal? Thank you.

daender > Under_Score 07/12/2017 at 22:26

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When’s the last time the transmission fluid has been changed? A change in fluid can make a world of difference for a transmission.. Alternatively, if your Rav4 has a cable-shifted automatic, then you might want to try and crawl under to see if there’s slack in the cable that’s preventing the transmission from shifting gears.

Under_Score > daender 07/12/2017 at 22:28

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It’s getting another service tomorrow, which I want to also look at the A/C issue. I think it was a fluid issue in the transmission, as my RAV4 has had a service after I last had the jerky transmission (last fall). Thank you for your input.

C62030 > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 07/12/2017 at 22:32

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But...but...S Mode!

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > C62030 07/12/2017 at 22:39

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Ah, yes.

Shit mode.

Svend > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/12/2017 at 22:40

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Ahem.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Svend 07/13/2017 at 06:53

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ST!

Svend > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/13/2017 at 09:25

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Ye’, the non-STs get black gearknobs.

From a 1.5TDCi Zetec, Style.

Pickup_man > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/13/2017 at 09:57

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My mom must be lucky, she’s got 85,000 miles on hers without issue, yeah it shudders a little on initial acceleration, but no major problems (knocks on wood). We’re aware of the problems with these cars though and she is looking to get something else.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Svend 07/13/2017 at 11:10

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They are also 6 speeds, not 5 speeds. I also see that suprisingly decent shift knob nearly every day.

Svend > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/13/2017 at 11:30

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I’m not sure of non-STs with 6 speed gearboxes.

I don’t know much about Fords.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Svend 07/13/2017 at 11:32

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All non-ST manuals are 5 speeds, at least on that generation. The new gen replaced the 5 with a 6.

Svend > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/13/2017 at 11:38

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Thanks. I tried looking at the Ford website but it’s got the new Fiestas up.

Autotrader turned up just five speeds for non-STs also.