I will monitor further on the inconsistent blower speed but it's still not very serious in my case to the point of passing it as a fault. So far there are no issues in the vehicle, only very minor ones such as plastic rattling sound in the steering wheel when the vehicle goes over some bad surfaced roads, but I don't think the guys at the SC can do anything on it, and it's not exactly a big issue for me.

As for the grinding sound when going uphill, I will monitor it further. So far I don't hear it much when going up steep ramps at low speeds on car park ramps. Maybe the tyre friction sound when going over grooves and rough surface of the ramps have masked the grinding sound. I'll try to listen for the grinding sound when going over steep roads at low speeds, particularly those with bumps in between, but not many chances I will drive through these roads. In Setia Alam I know of one stretch of steep road with bumps, the one near the Peugeot showroom. I heard the grinding sound very clearly when I drove through this steep road more than a month ago.

i do not feel the vibration at all. the car is super quiet and calm when idle. i'm nearing 10000km already.

yes i face the same symptoms. servicing the car in 2weeks and will ask them about this.
also, when you on the blower to your legs i notice the blower to the cabin is so weak. like 80% of the air goes to the leg area and only 20% to the cabin.

unfortunately my car vibrates even after reservice

close to 13500km

This post has been edited by craving: Dec 4 2013, 11:49 AM

Similarly, I feel sorry for you. I hope the service centre will have a permanent solution to your problem.

FWIW during the first month when I had the Focus, I did not lock the car when it was parked in the car porch overnight. No problems with restarting the car whatsover. I only started to lock the car at night once I fiddled with the positioning of the car seat. I am shocked that the car seat can still be electronically adjusted even though the engine is switched off. In this sense, I think the car consumes a lot of battery power if it is left unlocked. From that day onwards, the day I figured out the position of the car seat can be adjusted electronically, I started to lock the car everytime it's not in use.

please share the reply from SC, thou I don't expect much from Sime Darby for their after sales services.

Just wondering if there is any autolock function? For example, you forgot to lock your car and went away, and after like say 5 mins, the car automatically lock itself??

Yikes! That would be kinda scary.... what if there are people waiting in the car, and the driver gets out? I think the car locks itself only in the case where:

- the car is already locked, then
- unlocked but
- without any door being opened after x minutes, will lock itself again.

This is to prevent your accidental unlocking eg. if the key hob presses against another key/coins in your pocket while you are walking away from your car.

Does anyone have any experience or got any feedback regarding this AutoFoam treatment? According to the writeups, by injecting this rigid foam into the hollow spaces in the car's chassis, it can improve soundproofing as well as chassis rigidity, thereby improve handling.

What think you?

This post has been edited by lowkl: Dec 4 2013, 04:11 PM

Ive read somewhere (forgot which forum) ... There are no significant diffrrence after u injected the foam...if ur pocket is thick maybe u can opted to have this foam installed....but this feel kinda subjective tho...u might have a go...and feedback here..if good...i oso wanna try it

How bad is the vibration bro?

front passenger can feel the vibration

i felt an ever so slight vibration at idle at the traffic lights during the test drive. did you try tuning the idle revs higher? if you step on the gas pedal to get the revs higher, the vibration is eliminated.

battery died again !! is getting on my nerves...

i've been very careful past few days and make sure i lock the car at all times. now i need to send to service center...need to arrange auto assist to jump start... another day wasted..

The car will auto lock again if and only if you unlocked the car, didn't open any door for about 40 seconds or so, it'll auto lock again.

I'm just wondering, sometime I walk away from my car while the engine is ignited, the engine doesn't get turn off, just a warning sign on the dashboard screen "key not in car", what will happens if someone actually drive away without the key? What would happens?

I think it's a waste of money, for better handling, just go with ultra racing bars or stiff rings, but these can't help with sound proofing though.

Personally I don't recommend this foam la, if your pocket is thick, just go for some bars and add another layer or two of sound proof mat.

Thanks for sharing, but I think most of us here don't need it as this car just launched last year Sept, maybe next year end, some of us has to start looking for this (some travel a lot and 60k in 2 years are quite common)

omg, I think something wrong with your wiring cables, get the SC to check thoroughly instead just simply recharging or replace the battery!

I have continuously read about your battery being dead, for the 4th time already isn't it? Personally, even if you don't lock the car and the battery still goes dead when the car is only less than 6 months old, then I think something is wrong with the electronics of your car. Sorry to hear about your problem and I hope the guys at the SC will manage to find out the root of the problem and resolve it once and for all.

so sorry to hear tht , hope SC settles ur prob with no repeats of same prob.

Do SC change you battery already? Must be something wrong with the battery.. Just start my car this morning after 3 day idling.. No problem at all..

This post has been edited by aneip: Dec 5 2013, 01:40 PM

arranged to have the battery changed today. I will leave my car unlock and monitor the start up. should the battery fail again. im going to have ford check the car from head to toe.

if problem keep recurring, i should make a youtube video smashing the car in front of ford hq....hahaha