Focus TDCI 2010: Transmission Malfunction!

**teammate** · December 14th, 2010 03:49 PM

I drive a Focus tdci powershift and last friday, right when I got out of the parking lot in Makati the car made a warning sound and the message "Transmission Malfunction" showed up in the dash LCD.

It came out of nowhere, it happened when I was driving at around 20-30kph. Recent symptoms prior to this was that the Focus was lugging when driving slow, parang mali yung timpla nung clutch kung manual yung kotse.

So anyway the malfunction started, but the car was still running. I pulled over, restarted the engine and the message was gone. After a minute of driving after the restart, it happened again. The main problem is that although the car runs, shifting gears is very very jerky, which is why I started driving using the manual gearshift mode so I could monitor and control the shifts. It felt as if (in a manual car) you let go of the clutch pedal immediately, pag hindi tinimpla yung clutch and gear, it will jerk.

So I brought it to Ford Libis (wheere it was bought) nung Saturday, the car's still there. The service rep texted me a few hours ago saying that the car seems to be okay na daw, roadtest nalang then cleared to go na. I asked kung ano yung naging sira. Service rep said:

"Yung turbo hose sir may ngatngat ng daga."

?!?!?!!?!!!!???

Transmission then turbo? Anyway sana lang naayos na yung problema. At sana covered ng warranty, I dunno. As far as I know wala namang daga sa pinaparkingan ko.

Also my Focus has always had noticeable turbo lag (feels almost like a full second before it kicks); my friends say na it's as if bumubuwelo yung Focus bago sumipa. Proud pa namang sinabi nung sales person dati that only Ford and Hyundai use VGT for mass market vehicles, and minimal na dapat yung turbo lag. My mom's CRDI Sta Fe naman is VERY snappy, mas snappy pa sa focus ko. Ganun ba talaga siya or could it be related to the hose leak (which could mean matagal na yung sira nung hose?)

Thanks!

**niky** · December 14th, 2010 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by teammate

I drive a Focus tdci powershift and last friday, right when I got out of the parking lot in Makati the car made a warning sound and the message "Transmission Malfunction" showed up in the dash LCD.

It came out of nowhere, it happened when I was driving at around 20-30kph. Recent symptoms prior to this was that the Focus was lugging when driving slow, parang mali yung timpla nung clutch kung manual yung kotse.

So anyway the malfunction started, but the car was still running. I pulled over, restarted the engine and the message was gone. After a minute of driving after the restart, it happened again. The main problem is that although the car runs, shifting gears is very very jerky, which is why I started driving using the manual gearshift mode so I could monitor and control the shifts. It felt as if (in a manual car) you let go of the clutch pedal immediately, pag hindi tinimpla yung clutch and gear, it will jerk.

So I brought it to Ford Libis (wheere it was bought) nung Saturday, the car's still there. The service rep texted me a few hours ago saying that the car seems to be okay na daw, roadtest nalang then cleared to go na. I asked kung ano yung naging sira. Service rep said:

"Yung turbo hose sir may ngatngat ng daga."

?!?!?!!?!!!!???

Transmission then turbo? Anyway sana lang naayos na yung problema. At sana covered ng warranty, I dunno. As far as I know wala namang daga sa pinaparkingan ko.

Also my Focus has always had noticeable turbo lag (feels almost like a full second before it kicks); my friends say na it's as if bumubuwelo yung Focus bago sumipa. Proud pa namang sinabi nung sales person dati that only Ford and Hyundai use VGT for mass market vehicles, and minimal na dapat yung turbo lag. My mom's CRDI Sta Fe naman is VERY snappy, mas snappy pa sa focus ko. Ganun ba talaga siya or could it be related to the hose leak (which could mean matagal na yung sira nung hose?)

Thanks!

While there's a slight delay due to the drive-by-wire, it should only be momentary. You shouldn't feel any sense of "lag" during the acceleration itself. Yes, it might be due to the broken hose. Also, inconsistent boost pressure might have triggered the strange transmission behavior. Since it's an adaptive transmission, it could have been learning around improper load parameters, and fixing the hose and resetting the ECU could have cleared the issue.

Hopefully.

Kind of strange to have a broken or chewed hose... maybe you should spray them with pepper?

**indiej** · December 14th, 2010 08:08 PM

oohhh. so the subtext can be: Turbo Hose Leak! Need a cat.

**beni23** · December 15th, 2010 12:00 AM

Nakuha mo na ba sir? Naayos naman nila yung problem?

**teammate** · December 15th, 2010 02:37 PM

Hindi ko pa po nakukuha eh. Actually my brother and my dad said na baka niloloko daw ako ng dealership kasi parang ang labo naman na daga yung nag cause ng damage eh ginagamit ko naman daw yung kotse araw araw. Pero i checked tsikot and mukhang nanyayari naman nga daw talaga yung rat damage. No matter, basta sana naayos na nila yung problema. At sana mas bumilis yung kotse ko hihihi

**mojojojo** · December 23rd, 2010 02:26 AM

Do you regularly open the hood of your car and do some checking around? You'd be surprised that rats do climb up to your engine compartment. For what reason, I do not know.... maybe the heat??? Its cold these days you know

I was surprised to see rat s**t and weewees around the cylinder head in one of our cars and it stinks! Dont be surprised and say walang daga sa amin. I said that to myself but you dont actually see them climbing into your car

Its when you are asleep or away that these anomalies happen.

**Chuckomenda** · December 23rd, 2010 11:48 AM

best to have a pusakal (pusang kalye) do the guarding

ganun sa parking ko. Downside , mas awful and amoy ng S**T!

What hose on Turbo is the culprit? Can this be thermo-wrapped as an added protection?

**desert fox** · December 29th, 2010 08:32 PM

whats the update with the turbo hose?

**mrkreaganc** · February 7th, 2011 10:42 PM

Hi bro, ano update dun sa auto mo? Just curious cause i'm experiencing the same problem "transmission malfunction". Hope you could reply, kasi baka pareho lang ng problem.

**hondaboot** · February 7th, 2011 11:28 PM

madami na ganyan cases ngaun, yun Sta Fe ko nga nawalan ng freon eh, diagnosis may ngatngat din ng daga yun hose. and to think i park in a clean garage as well as office condo parking

ibang klase na kase mundo ngaun, sa sobrang dami ng tao matatakaw at sala-ula dumadami din scavengers like rats and cats.