Ford B-MAX Powershift - Is it reliable?
My wife is thinking about buying a Ford B-MAX petrol auto, second hand, either two or three years old. There seem to be many issues with the Powershift gearbox as detailed In your car by car info. Should we steer clear of this car or is it still only a few bad apples?
Asked on 6 April 2016 by pab107
Answered by
Honest John
Like most car manufacturers, Ford never discloses when it fixes an issue because that opens it to liability for all the cars before it fixed the issue, so I can't tell you. I can only give you the databank of recorded failures.
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