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 the drivers ...

Those last-generation Ford Focus and Fiesta models are no longer found on dealer lots, but they're still on the roads and many still carrying the automaker's faulty dual-clutch transmissions. In the ...

Not all transmissions are created equal. Here's a look at some of the most notorious examples of systems that have left ...

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 ...

Michelle Hughes' red 2012 Ford Fiesta is running better. The way that happened is extraordinary. Ford's North American powertrain executive quality manager, identifying himself only as “an engineer,” ...

Explore the Ford Fiesta's legacy, from its controversies like the PowerShift transmission to its driving dynamics and design.

A host of Ford Focus and Fiesta owners have reached out to The Detroit Free Press shortly after it emerged that Ford knowingly launched and sold these models with defective dual-clutch transmissions.

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 the drivers ...