Starting Monday, owners of certain Ford Fiesta and Focus small cars equipped with the automaker’s PowerShift automatic transmission can begin filing settlement claims that could top $20,000 apiece, ...

Ford has been hammered by Fiesta and Focus owners, as well as multiple law firms, due to its troublesome Powershift transmission. The six-speed, dual-clutch gearbox has forced customers into hefty ...

The six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission Ford launched in the U.S. with the Fiesta and Focus has had a seriously troubled life from early drivability and reliability problems that eventually ...

As an integral part of the car's drive train, the transmission is crucial for the proper functioning of the vehicle. Its sole purpose is to transfer the engine power to the driving wheels through the ...

DETROIT — More than 1.9 million unhappy customers who purchased or leased a Ford Focus or Fiesta say the company lied to unload cars with faulty transmissions on unsuspecting buyers and then blamed ...

Lt. Austin Cody Smith had just finished the night shift at the City of College Park Police Department in Georgia when he was driving home around 6:25 a.m. and noticed traffic on Interstate 85 merging ...

Following the success it had with the new Fiesta, American manufacturer Ford has decided to fit the Fiesta with the Durashift automatic transmission. The gearbox will be mated to the 1.4l Duratec ...

The Ford Focus and Fiesta are fading away in the U.S., but the headaches caused by the small cars' PowerShift dual-clutch transmissions live on. Ford Motor Co. never conquered the long-term ...

Ford Motor Co. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit with nearly 2 million owners and former owners of Focus and Fiesta vehicles with bad dual-clutch transmissions known as the DPS6, according ...