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RealLifeMama · 08-04-2019, 06:20 PM

We looked a couple of Ford Focuses. (Focii??) Both 2012.
One was just "meh" and a little more than what we wanted to pay, especially for a bare bones car.
The second was the exact price we wanted to pay, plus it had some really great features like heated leather seats (which I am guessing up North where she will be, that might be a good thing?) It has a back up camera, warning beeps when getting too close to stuff, parking assist, phone connectivity for hands free, etc.
New tires, too.
The thing is that now I am reading about transmission trouble in the Focus for the model year.
The person that owns it got it in 2015. He says it has had no trouble.
He bought it from Carmax.
All the people in reviews I am seeing have had trouble after a couple of years. I am thinking, if there was going to be a big problem like people are describing, which is a major design problem, there would have already been a problem before the car was 7 years old, right?

08-04-2019, 06:20 PM	#7
RealLifeMama Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18,256	Re: Ford Focus? We looked a couple of Ford Focuses. (Focii??) Both 2012. One was just "meh" and a little more than what we wanted to pay, especially for a bare bones car. The second was the exact price we wanted to pay, plus it had some really great features like heated leather seats (which I am guessing up North where she will be, that might be a good thing?) It has a back up camera, warning beeps when getting too close to stuff, parking assist, phone connectivity for hands free, etc. New tires, too. The thing is that now I am reading about transmission trouble in the Focus for the model year. The person that owns it got it in 2015. He says it has had no trouble. He bought it from Carmax. All the people in reviews I am seeing have had trouble after a couple of years. I am thinking, if there was going to be a big problem like people are describing, which is a major design problem, there would have already been a problem before the car was 7 years old, right? __________________ A, Mother of Dancing Diva, 21 Boy Wonder 19, Mr. Cool 15, and Ninja 13 Sunshine, 11, and 8 year old Joy Last edited by RealLifeMama; 08-04-2019 at 08:20 PM.

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