2015 Ford Mondeo Estate Titanium Power-shift 2.0T EcoBoost petrol from UK and Ireland
Summary:
Avoid!
Faults:
Coolant and oil leaks.
ABS.
Keys sometimes go out of sync, even after new batteries.
And lately the auto-box "Power-shift" is playing up. I have been quoted a very expensive price for replacement/repair.
General Comments:
When I bought it last year it was working perfectly and was a fantastic looking and driving car!
Titanium model has the lot, very nice interior and plenty of options, very comfy seats.
Good looking exterior, white estate car with alloy wheels.
2.0 petrol engine, not that economical, but has decent power. Much quieter and smoother than the diesels.
But avoid one of these cars if they have an automatic gearbox. EcoBoost engine isn't great and the "Power-shift" has known problems as well if you do research online, which I should have done before buying this car! I needed to purchase in a hurry and needed a spacious family car and thought how bad can a modern car be? Well very bad let me tell you! It was well looked after as well with full history and only one previous owner. When it is fixed I will sell it and try to recover some money. I had to find an independent gearbox specialist - my local Ford dealer didn't want to know, very unhelpful.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 30th July, 2025
3rd Aug 2025, 09:02
2015 Mondeo in the UK could be the Mk4 or Mk5; they sold the older one for another year after the newer model was introduced.
Either way, the gearboxes in these cars were not great. I know local taxi drivers that run both the diesel and petrol version of these cars, either with manual or automatic gearboxes. At higher mileage they had problems with the gearbox across all models, power-shift versions or not.
Shame really, the Mondeo is a fantastic car otherwise, but there are only a few engines and gearboxes in these cars worth going for; most are best avoided as they are older now, unless there is evidence of major engine and transmission overhaul work.
3rd Aug 2025, 14:47
It must be the older mk4 model registered late in 2015. The newer petrol engines did not come with power-shift, only the later diesels in the newer mk5 model.
Either that or the original reviewer is mistaken, but an easy mistake to make, there is lots of negative info out there on the internet about the automatic transmissions on these cars, and most are powershift. Either way, the automatics in Mondeos are not great, it does not surprise me it is failing at only 80,000 miles or so.
2nd Aug 2025, 00:58
Would the 2015 be the Mk5 model? I didn't know they still had any PowerShift gearboxes then, because it was replaced by a conventional automatic after the Mk4.