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Interesting that they've already bought back only 2,666 of these vehicles at a cost of $47 million!!!  This thing is going to haunt them for the next 5-10 years and I think they deserve it. Just a POS product that has pushed customer's away from ever buying the product ever again. 

 

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2020/01/25/ford-fiesta-focus-transmission-settlement-deal/4554381002/

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36 minutes ago, kyle said:

Interesting that they've already bought back only 2,666 of these vehicles at a cost of $47 million!!! 


You won't get them to buyback a car that is outside of the factory warranty and at this point anything pre MY2016 is probably going to be out of warranty, and anything made after that don't seem to have as many issues by many accounts. 

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37 minutes ago, kyle said:

Interesting that they've already bought back only 2,666 of these vehicles at a cost of $47 million!!!  This thing is going to haunt them for the next 5-10 years and I think they deserve it. Just a POS product that has pushed customer's away from ever buying the product ever again. 

 

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2020/01/25/ford-fiesta-focus-transmission-settlement-deal/4554381002/

 

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The 2-1 appeals court decision also suggested the class-action lawyers didn't sufficiently represent consumers but rather pushed through the settlement based on their own financial interests. The agreement called for them to get nearly $9 million in fees.

 

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It’s always this way with settlements, the lawyers get paid first and their clients  get what’s left. The only up side to this is that Ford will either keep fixing fiestas and Focus until customers are done with them or buy them back as trade ins on new Fords

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9 hours ago, jpd80 said:

It’s always this way with settlements, the lawyers get paid first and their clients  get what’s left. The only up side to this is that Ford will either keep fixing fiestas and Focus until customers are done with them or buy them back as trade ins on new Fords

Ford will be lucky to get that far. It was sad seeing these former Ford owners say they will never buy another Ford... 

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4 hours ago, probowler said:

Ford will be lucky to get that far. It was sad seeing these former Ford owners say they will never buy another Ford... 

It’s hard to judge the mood of the entire two million owners. While some owners have been really let down, the later vehicles seem to be holding up better. 

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On ‎1‎/‎26‎/‎2020 at 3:04 AM, jpd80 said:

It’s hard to judge the mood of the entire two million owners. While some owners have been really let down, the later vehicles seem to be holding up better. 

A good friend of mine is a Ford loyalist. He owns one of those Focuses, as does his daughter.

 

His car has not given him any problems...but his daughter's has been nothing but trouble. It left her and her family stranded in Tennessee during a vacation - Ford ended up paying a considerable sum for towing fees and repairs.

 

He obviously believes that the problems are real, but would still buy another Ford. Don't know about the daughter and her husband.

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