Ford Focus and Fiesta Lemons Increasing!

Ford’s is facing a growing number of complaints about the Fiesta’s and Focus’s new dual-clutch automatic transmission.
Ford is quietly replacing Fiesta and Focus transmissions on owner complaints. The all-new Powershift is essentially two three-speed manual transmissions merged and shifted electrically with two clutches. Using electrical controls rather than traditional hydraulics is supposed to help the transmission boost the fuel economy of the vehicle. Yet since its launch, a sizable number of consumers have reported problems with the Powershift, both online and to U.S. auto safety regulators, ranging from hard shifts at speed to not engaging any gear. Several have reported having to get new transmissions, and there’sreports of multiple transmission failures. A typical complaint from one board:
We had the same issue with our 2011 Ford Fiesta…a few times it started rough..clicked three times then started..It happened in the cold weather then my wife backed out of the drive way one day and it wouldn’t go into drive. We had it towed to the dealer and they said when they got it off the flat bed they got in and drove it into the garage no problem. They ran a bunch of tests on the system and couldn’t get the car to do it again.
Owners have filed complaints with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the Powershift, with somereporting they were given replacement units. Other owners on the Ford Fiesta forum say they’re having to wait for replacements, with their Fiesta sitting in a dealer’s lot:
Ford says only a small number of transmissions have been replaced, in part to diagnose what was causing them to fail, and that the low-voltage issue was an early production issue that’s since been fixed. The numbers are not bearing this out — sounds like Lemon Law Help is needed.