QUOTE(xandercooper @ May 13 2016, 03:07 PM)
right now im looking for used fiesta 1.6 hatchback year 2012...but im not really sure want buy this car or not cause of many complain about the DCT...let say if i buy the car, warranty must be over after 5years right...so how much the gearbox if i want to repair or replace it after warranty over?
any advice?
the first major problem with high tech stuff in malaysia is maintenance as malaysians are typically stubborn and cheapskate yet want the latest tech to show off, when CVT's first launch sales was good people show off the great fuel economy of the CVT's from Honda, then when it was time for service they found out that CVT needed special gearbox oil at honda service centers so instead of just following spec many of these stingy & stubborn owners that think they know better and think honda trying to cheat them bring the cars out to XYZ workshop and put normal gearbox oil into the CVT gearboxes.....needless to say the vast majority of the gearbox failures and warranty not claimable are by these lot of people.
generally if it is well maintained the chances of failure is reduced.
secondly driving behavior although tested to withstand most people's driving behavior, if it is well maintained it should still be okay, drive like an idiot and skip maintenance is a recipe for disaster.
thirdly, no matter how good production QC is nowadays there is still the 1% chance of getting a lemon.
here is a quote from the link below:
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It’s been a few years since I’ve driven anything with Ford’s PowerShift dual clutch transmission, which launched in 2010 with more problems than an algebra book, some of which were real, while others were imagined by customers.
Ford made the mistake of calling the PowerShift an automatic, without explaining to consumers that the transmission was really a manual transmission that is shifted automatically. That blunder brought with it a customer expectation that the PowerShift would change gears just as smoothly and behave exactly the same as a regular hydraulic automatic transmission.
So, when the PowerShift didn’t behave that way, Ford’s complaint lines lit up and its quality scores took a big hit. There were a few initial technical problems that Ford engineers quickly addressed with a combination of redesigned parts and software changes.
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