QUOTE(kelvinftg @ Oct 5 2014, 10:10 PM)
Another update. Mileage is currently at 37,000km+.
The problems I were facing earlier are still present, car still vibrates like an old car with bad mountings at idle. I don't quite care about the transmission jerks and noises as those are the characteristics of the gearbox and dual clutch. Shifts are still as fast as brand new. Another complain however, is the big block of sensor connected to the rear view mirror buzzing and vibrating with music on. As if it was not stuck onto the windscreen properly or it has slowly deteriorated.
I will be giving a long list of things for them to check when my car goes in for the 40k major service.
Recently I have also been pushing my car pretty hard whenever I drive. Especially uphill to Genting Highlands. Pushing it to its limits and keeping revs at around 4k to 7.5k rpm with mostly only 2nd and 3rd gears. I realised that the car does not always allow me to downshift from 3rd to 2nd even though I know the rpm will only go up to about 5.5k rpm from doing so. This is quite annoying, you will just see the gear number blink instead of going down.
Another major major turn off is that when Traction Control comes on, it forces me to HEAVILY understeer and end up going straight unless I apply the brakes. Releasing throttle does not help. This means I turn a hard right (not high speed) and control my throttle, I can literally feel them braking my front left wheel more than my front right wheel, resulting in you not turning at all unless you apply brakes.
While this is happening, I question myself where is the Torque Vectoring which is supposed to do the OPPOSITE? Which is braking the right wheels to increase traction while turning right. There is no Torque Vectoring felt at all, only ESP and Traction Control.
So this has prompted me to finally try turning off my Traction Control. I have yet to try it with hard cornering but there were some immediate changes felt.
Throttle response is definitely increased, low gear changes are slightly harder and not as smooth, sort of gives you a kick. The feeling of delayed throttle response is greatly minimised, especially when you slow down for Smart Tag and accelerate after boom gate opens.
Owners should give it a try.
37,000km mileage. You have certainly clocked a lot of miles on the car.
I don't experience bad vibrations at idle although there are minor vibrations from the engine at traffic lights. Though the mileage on my vehicle is a low 13,000km+. Perhaps you should really get it checked during the 40,000km service.
As for downshifting the gear manually, you can't do that in Sports mode with the + and - buttons on the gear lever?
You seem to be pushing the car hard. ALthough I occasionally put the car to its paces, the Traction Control didn't come on. If you plan to turn off the Traction Control, the logo of the Traction Control will be lit, yellow in colour. Somehow the lit logo of the Traction Control gives the impression that something is wrong with the feature. Anyway, perhaps you can give it a go. Maybe I should try turning the Traction Control off and see what difference does it make vs. Traction Control on in everyday driving.
Not too sure about the understeer part and the behaviour of the car when the Traction Control comes in. Perhaps the Torque Vectoring is just some term but in real life action it isn't too useful. I've not been able to see the Traction Control or ESP warning light comes on in all my cars so perhaps I'm not driving hard enough(usually it's the tyres that give up first).
Sep 26 2014, 07:42 AM
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since this thread is dedicated for Focus owners. I follow this thread in LYN becoz too bad that no dedicated Mondeo thread at LYN, due to it is a super cold car, i guess. The Mondeo owner thread at Autoworld is so damn cold & quiet, end up I am here lor 
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