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If you are an owner of one, then you probably know why I started this thread, lol Yes its about that abhorrent hunk of metal known as the PowerShift transmission and all its woes. If you are not an owner, surely you've heard. If you haven't just do a google search for 'ford po-' and it will fill out the rest. You will see. I'm a car person. I understand the things better than most mechanics. Why don't I be a mechanic? Because I hate trying to get any of these new fangled failures of rolling tech shows to cooperate with me. The majority of issues experienced today are software issues. And I'm supposed to trust the advent of autonomous vehicles when we still can't get an autonomous standard transmission to act properly. I once knew everything about every car on the road. Seriously. Then I took up aviation. Had to learn a lot of new things and put my library of car knowledge aside. During that hiatus I missed out on DCT transmissions hitting the market. Simply put, they are manual-shift transmissions that operate their clutches and shifting mechanisms on their own. A computer handles the servos and actuators that move the clutch release and shift levers. See... I've never owned (or hardly driven) a car with an automatic transmission... until NOW. The Ford Focus hooked me somehow. I traded in my '02 Sentra SE-R which I loved the heck out of, but she was getting old.. and tired... I reasoned I should just buy a new car. And like a true 'murican moron I bought the Focus... ... I feel like the car gods are punishing me for trying an automatic... List your problems/known issues if you don't have one. Here are just a few of mine: 1) Take off? What's that? Oh when you press the accelerator and go? Nah takes up to 3 seconds, depending on how much you give it. More power means more delay. 2) Stalling. OMG the stalling 3) Inappropriate shift scheduling. Shifting into 6th while trying to ease up a hill behind grandma at <30mph 4) Which also means stalling 5) Loss of 'pull' during 3rd and 4th gears with constant accelerator input. upon reaching 5th gear, tangible acceleration is regained. 6) Driving at 65mph. Release accelerator. RPM falls to... WTF seriously 300RPM?! Also headlamps die due to insufficient alternator RPM. Hit accelerator. 2 whole seconds later, hard jerk, engine brought to redline.