I'm experiencing low gear jerk (car like want to leap forward lol)

Hi all,

Just dropped by to take a look at the Fofo titanium...it's really beautiful...I haven't test driven the car cos I was rushing...

Currently I m on a vios...I m just concern that the rear seats are a little narrow on leg space...apart from that the interior n exterior are really good...

Will do the test drive maybe next week or so...meanwhile, went thru 119 pages of comments...phewwww....

Would u guys recommend a hatchback or a sedan? Is there a new 2014 model coming out?

Overall, I know it's stupid to ask, but I'll ask again, is this car worth every penny (just wanna convince myself further)? Hehe...hope to hear from you all

Thanks

worst than restless, whenever i see slopes am very worry especially with passengers. My family members already asking if I made a bad purchase *sigh*.
I like the Focus since first generation and didnt expect this to haunt me.

Oh my. From my readings, the usual solutions are:
1) Ford: Update the DCT software
2) Ford: Check the clutch assy
3) Owner: Re-learn right foot technique. No idea how cos me not Focus owner. Owners may want to help here.

Guess Focus is a car for driving (read:keep moving). If buy to use in city (read:slow crawl), then wrong car. Now I'm leaning more towards not signing my bank agreement and wait for the Mazda3 instead. Conti handling with Jap reliability. Really wanted to like the Focus but DCT issues mentioned here and other places keep erecting the 'dun buy' fence for me.

Hi all,
I'm facing the same problem -grinding sound and jerking whenever on the slope crossing the hump since the day one.
Complaint to SDAC Jalan Ipoh, update the software on May 13, the grinding and jerking was reduced.
Most surprise me when went for 20k mileage service. i have a very smooth drive - no grinding and jerking for 2 weeks and the problem back again, but for me, it is still tolerable.

Since then, I test with different petrol station and notice some differences
1. Petron - jerking and grinding is always there and the sound is loud.
2. Caltex - slight grinding, still within my torelance. But recently the grinding and jerking went worse and horrible. Suspect "contamination" on oil tank on the same Caltex station that has went for renovation and stop operation for 3 weeks.
3. BHP - switch to BHP TTDI last week, the grinding is minor, jerking is gone. Still under evalaution. hopefully it is the right petrol for my FoFo.

My car mileage now is around 26000km.

I've only tested up to 160km/h and I can feels there's still a lot of strong pushing power within it. This must thanks to the 170 horsepower from the 2.0 GDI engine, there's 25 more HP compared to the Japanese made 2.0 dual-vvti in the all new altis, or at least 20% more power from the same cc of engine.

We're still the king of stock, non-turbo 2.0 litre engine in Malaysia market, the next challenger would be the Nu GDI 2.0 litre engine from the Hyundai, on paper it's stated 180 HP, and 210 NM of torque, with their own developed auto gear box, I wonder in actual street, who will outperform better?

Top speed I have hit was closer to 220 km/h and there was a feel it could still go on a bit more, but due to traffic, had to slow down ..
Btw, was testing high speed against a C200K and a 2.4 Accord ..
Drive it the way the engineers design it to be ...
**evil smile**

I couldn't agree more, Mazda3 is wayyyyy over priced.
Thank my lucky stars i went with a Focus ...
Hehehe