Check your gear oil level and engine oil level. or else drive back to nearest SC.

This is probably the reason why he's having problems with it. I 'palm' the sensor when I want to lock the car.

You're welcome. =) That's what this forum is for. This car has quite a few things to learn about!

Anyways, pictures to share.

yes bro.. no auto lock.. u have to manually lock it..

I was browsing from the 1st page of this thread until the 31st page for about 2 hours. Several questions as follows :-

1) I read that the 0-100km/h acceleration of the Focus is 8.0s. Does this apply to both Sport and Titanium models? Where does this figure come from? Is it mentioned in the brochures or somebody tested it in real life? The reason I asked this question is because most 2.0 litre sedans register 10.0s to 10.5s from standstill to 100km/h. Some of the powerful (non-turbo) cars manage to go down to 9.0s. In my mind, 8.0s is quite excellent for a 2.0-litre family sedan.

2) Is the car reasonably quiet when cruising at 150km/h to 160km/h? (Engine/wind noise)

3) Anybody tested the top speed of the Titanium?

Thanks.

Just to add: just found out that:

- the only door 'lock' is a lock button on the central control panel). None of the doors (including the drivers) has lock devices
- the lock is purely to prevent people outside from getting in. At any time, unlocked or locked, any door can be opened directly.

Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.

Does the wind noise happen at one windscreen or all windscreens? Usually wind noise happens when the interface between the windscreen and the rubber seal around it is not entirely tight, perhaps due to unevenness in the rubber seal or hardened rubber. The tiny little gap will cause the wind sound. If entirely tight, there wont' be wind sound even when traveling above 170km/h, in my experience.

I went to SC last Friday to complain about the car juddering at low speed. They installed a new software for me and that changed the way the clutch engages and also the way the gear changes.

I noticed 2 significant difference:

1. With old software, when I press the accelerator suddenly, there is a lag in the throttle response then the gear suddenly drops and then the car would just suddenly accelerate.
With the new software, the gear drop and almost instant and the car's acceleration is more predictable.

2. At low speed, the rpm is not a lot higher. Seems like the gear is not fully engaged and rpm around 1.1K even when I am not pressing on the accelerator. The juddering I guessed would be reduced because the car now revs higher with clutch semi engaged. I am just worried if this would affect fuel consumption and worse still wear the clutch quicker.

Anyone installed the new software. Comments???