2015 Ford Focus Titanium 1.0 EcoBoost 125
Summary:
Expensive mistake
Faults:
Bought as a project car with rod knock, the engine was running but defective and needed rebuilding.
Pulled the engine, regrind of crank, new bearings, new belt, water pump and various other parts.
Sold after the engine was rebuilt, this is when the fun started:
Turbo blew after a couple of months.
Needed a new head gasket the month after.
Then the engine developed a knock after less than a half year - needed new rebuild.
I had to reimburse the purchase price and take back the car.
Gave up and sold it to a mate as a project car.
General Comments:
I just love this generation of Focus and with the 125 hp version of the Ecoboost it's quite peppy and frugal. These cars run very well and the 1.0 is much lighter than the 1.6 TDCI and it feels it in the handling. In this segment the Focus is a good contender. The safe option has always been the TDCI engines and manual transmission, this combo is pretty bulletproof.
Everybody knows the 1.0 Ecoboost is a gamble, but how bad can it actually be?
Let us find out.
I found out how bad these are the hard way.
As a professional engine builder told me after the fact: nobody rebuilds these engines for good reasons. These are as solid as melting snow.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 17th May, 2026
5th Nov 2016, 00:27
As has been said more than twice on this site... you bought a 16 year old car and expected it to behave as if had come through a time warp directly from the factory.