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Used 2018 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M) Consumer Reviews

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5 out of 5 stars

Amazing car - I couldn’t be more pleased

Doris B., Rothville, MO, 05/13/2018
Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Got the 6 speed. It’s got plenty of pep, great sound system, and comfortable. Quite happy with this purchase.

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5 out of 5 stars

GREAT VALUE!

Rich, Clarksboro, NJ, 12/17/2020
Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Excellent car for the budget minded consumer! Ford made a mistake dropping production of this vehicle after the 2018 model year! 36K miles on this car with no defects! Change the oil and rotate the tires when recommended and you're good to go!

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2 out of 5 stars

Ford has yet to get the CVT transmission right

Kcp, Midland, TX, 11/15/2018
Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M)
23 of 39 people found this review helpful

Before considering the purchase of any low-end Ford (fiesta and focus)With an automatic transmission, do a Google search on ford powershift transmission class-action lawsuit. They have been putting unreliable and unsafe transmissions in their economy cars since 2011. I am a former owner of a 2011 Ford fiesta. I got tired of ford lying to me after they replaced the fourth clutch assembly in my car with less than 50,000 miles and telling me everything is fine. And a cruel twist of fate put a 2018 Ford focus SE in my driveway as a company work vehicle. It’s brand new. Same crunching and clicking sounds in the transmission. I already know this car will let me down based on past experience. Same power shift transmission.An almost equal annoyance is the fact that this car‘s Driver seat there’s no lumbar support adjust mechanism. I didn’t know they still made cars Without adjustable lumbar support. My lower back started hurting about a week after driving this thing. Consider another brand. Ford tends to cut corners and issue recalls later

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1 out of 5 stars

The worst car ever made....

scotty, Vicksburg, MS, 02/16/2023
Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I used to think that perhaps Ford was getting a bum wrap about their vehicles. I was wrong and I will not go into all the problems I have had and still have with this broken down pile of junk. My advice is to never buy a ford and more importantly never buy a car without thoroughly checking it out.

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3 out of 5 stars

Weird transmission, Beautiful car.

Megan Parton, Mansfield Center, CT, 02/09/2022
Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (1.0L 3cyl Turbo 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful

I have driven this car for a month now. I have become familiarized with the reality that this car has a "Dry Dual Clutch Automated Manual Transmission". The transmission has a higher than average rate of problems. Mine has behaved within the range of normalcy. It can shudder at low speeds when I have been driving for awhile and the car is hotter, but the car seems to perform better when I accelerate more generously and avoid creeping or inching forward. Despite the downsides, I actually enjoy the exciting character of this transmission. The 2018 Ford Focus is a very handsome vehicle despite its dated interior design. It is just pleasing inside and out. Had I done more research and had more options I would have probably not bought this car, but since it was pretty much what I had to take given my circumstances, I am happy as long as it continues to perform as well as it has on the road. The car is safer than most other cars the same size when it comes to side impact crash tests and its design. A lot of anecdotal reports of people being well-protected in T-bone crashes.

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