Transmission issues can be detrimental to a car's drivetrain, leading to costly repairs. These are the car brands and models to watch out for when buying used.

By buying a manual Focus, you neatly sidestep the biggest problem with this car, that of the perennially faulty DCT transmission. As a rule of thumb, the advice is to never buy a Ford with this ...

Racing driver and super mechanic, Emelia Hartford bought a Ford GT40 with a swapped motor and new transmission but the car did not run ...

2012 Ford Focus, featuring a 2.0-liter direct-injection gasoline engine and Powershift dry-clutch six-speed automatic transmission, incorporates Ford's patented Torque Hole Filling (THF ...

Well, sometimes that doesn't help, which is why these six cars are notorious for having bad transmission problems. The Ford Focus is considered fairly dependable, but the 2012-2016 models equipped ...

I'd say you're looking at two different problems ... to make the transmission work properly. Even if the transmission in question was a manual which requires much less in the way of electronic control ...