Funny noise at idle speed when the clutch is up (sort of rattle snake)
Intermittent wipers stopped where they are when I put them at off (front only)
CD player sometimes jumps
Tires too small for my concept a comfortable family automobile.
I put 205-70R14 tires (about 9.7% bigger in term of distance and 7.8% in RPM) which upgrade the comfort to the Taurus/Malibu class, but decrease available power. No proof that i'm saving more than 5% in gas mileage after 1 month experiment
In term of gas mileage I got
Summer: City from 37 - 42 mpg
Road from 38 - 43 mpg
Winter: City from 30 - 36 mpg
Road from 33 - 38 mpg (Quebec)
Let said that I'm always driving between 1,000 and 2,500 rpm (max: 70 mph) and most of the time on mexican overdrive in city (50%).
I got all statistiques for 1 year perior.
See 40mpg.org Focus for my techniques
It's a Ford so you don't expect to have Japanese fancier gadgets as Nissan, but when you go for maintenance, It's much cheaper and as good...
Sorry for my spelling, I also got a hissing noise from the air vents (probably a maple leaf stuck somewhere inside..;)
Never went back to my dealer for any trouble/maintenance, a good guy anyway.
It's really not the sportive package with the slugging base DOHC engine, but I got great fuel economy (6.34l/100km combined 1 year average).
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