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The displays are illuminated by LED"s but also contain a colored layer of foil that is embedded between the layers of glass. The green displays have a green colored foil while the red displays have a red colored foil.

Installing a MK2 instrument cluster with green illumination or MK2.5 instrument cluster is perfectly possible. Since 2008 I have done this at least a dozen times. Even an RS instrument cluster is fully compatible with any MK2/MK2.5 Petrol version. Installing an MK2.5 instrument cluster can also be quite cheap. Recently I bought a low mileage, mint condition MK2.5 instrument cluster with large display from a UK based scrap yard I paid less than €100,- including P&P. The Focus MK2/MK2.5 instrument cluster can easily be configured/reprogrammed using a cheap ELM327 in combination with the free ELMconfig and Forscan software.

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SHANGHAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will recall 191,770 cars in China from Friday to replace some parts after a quality watchdog found a fuel leak risk in the Ford Focus, the country’s best-selling compact sedan.

Ford’s Chinese venture Changan Ford Automobile Co Ltd will recall New Focus and Classic Focus sedans produced as far back as 2009, China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement on its website.

The Ford Focus was the best-selling model in the compact sedan segment last year with sales of 403,600 cars and remained top of the ranking in the first seven months of 2014, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

The Ford recall came after an inspection by the quality watchdog in response to customer complaints over fuel leak issues that experts say could potentially lead to fires.

Changan Ford had launched a customer satisfaction scheme but decided to upgrade it to an official recall to ensure all cars in question were covered and to “alleviate any potential customer concerns”, Ford China spokeswoman Claire Li said.

Ford’s China sales are already showing signs of a slowdown, posting a 9 percent year-on-year volume increase in August, down from double-digit growth in all other months this year and a 49 percent surge in 2013.

Changan Ford, Ford’s venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co Ltd, said it will replace the necessary components for free to eliminate safety hazards, according to Friday’s statement.

Ford plans to launch its premium Lincoln brand in China later this year with eight Lincoln retail outlets in seven Chinese cities from October. (Reporting by Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada; editing by David Clarke)

The 2015 Ford Focus is a compact sedan that can be found used from $7,488 to $20,123. There are mechanical problems and quality issues that make this a difficult car to recommend.

A 2015 Ford Focus is a vehicle that seems to have been overlooked by Ford in many ways. In overall quality, the Focus loses out to the competition. In the end, it just is a low-rated compact car.

2015 Ford Focus: Quick OverviewThe 2015 Ford Focus scores below average for reliability. They can be found used for $7,488 to $20,123. The ST is the most desirable model.

Ford offers four Focus models in 2015. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)  gives the Focus a five-star crash test rating, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded it a Top Safety Pick.

The 2015 Ford Focus ranks at the bottom of the list for compact sedans. For buyers looking for an affordable sports sedan, the ST model is fun, but the other models are not. There are better compact sedans on the market.

I love my Focus. It drives incredibly smooth and easy. The breaks are really sensitive so no issues there. It has wonderful gas mileage. On highway you can get over 450 miles before needing to fill up. I haven"t had any issues with the car at all. It is deceptively large with amazing legroom and trunk space. You can comfortably fit four large adults without worrying about space issues. The sound system is basic but gives a really good quality full sound. I would recommend this car to families, single people, basically anyone. Read more chevronRightAlternative

Transmission clutch replaced due to shudder during launch from a stop which was covered thankfully by ford but no other concerns since owned. Great gas mileage during interstate driving. Just keep up with maintenance as needed with any ride. Good ride. Read more chevronRightAlternative

I love my ford focus! It has great gas mileage, more room than you think and offers a variety of features including a backup camera. The great gas mileage is a huge bonus for me as well as the very large trunk! I love the sleek yet simple design of all the interior as well! Read more chevronRightAlternative

The car has no function problems. The performance is really good. The reliability is great. The seats are comfortable. The features of the car is Bluetooth availability, a rear-view camera, and a security system. The car is performing very well for the few days I have had it. I would recommend this car as a starter vehicle for anyone who wants to pay a reasonable price and comfortability of driving. Read more chevronRightAlternative

My focus is great. The seats are comfortable and have a wide range of adjustments with the bonus of having seat warmers. The speakers are incredible, no matter what music I am listening to. There"s never been any problems with air conditioning or heating. It is always a smooth drive. Read more chevronRightAlternative

There are known transmission problems that we didn"t know about until a year or more after purchasing the car. Many other issues that require taking it and leaving it for days at the dealership. Read more chevronRightAlternative

The car drives ok but everything seems to break. Almost all the problems are cosmetic. The emergency brake casing started to fall apart. Read more chevronRightAlternative

I am part of a class action lawsuit over their faulty clutch. It is a manual clutch put in an automatic transmission. It has caused the book value of the car to plummet. I have had the clutch replaced. And the problems just start back up right away. I am waiting for the resolution of the suit to get rid of this albatross. Read more chevronRightAlternative

Second time transmission has failed me. Only 133,000 kms. Within minutes of posting, 3 friends indicated tranny troubles as well at 170,000. Don"t know vehicles their year. Dealership said they can"t help me. Never buying another Ford Read more chevronRightAlternative

The most common problem reported with the 2015 Ford Focus involves its transmission. There is an issue where it will make the vehicle shudder while accelerating. It can eventually lead to transmission failure in higher-mileage vehicles.

There are eight recalls affecting the 2015 Focus. Issues listed include charge cord failures, transmission clutch slipping, a canister purge valve, and doors opening while driving. All recalls are fixed by Ford dealerships for free.

The 2015 Ford Focus’ refreshed four trims include fiery ST and luxurious Titanium. The 2015 Focus can be found used from $7,488 to $20,123 depending on the model and mileage. When it was new it had a retail price of $17,170 to $24,370.

A 2015 Ford Focus will last about 150,000 miles with proper care. The most expensive problem they face is transmission failure, which can happen around 125,000 miles.

The 2015 Ford Focus’ four peppy but not too powerful engine options offer decent mpg and 0-to-60 time. Owners report the 2015 Ford Focus feels nimble to drive, and the engine in the ST model is relatively quick. It does 0 to 60 miles per hour in 6.3 seconds, which is fast for its class.The base engine is a 2.0L four-cylinder with 160 horsepower.

We find the 2015 Ford Focus is a very safe sedan. The NHTSA gives it a five-star overall crash test rating. This includes five-stars in frontal crash, side crash, and a four-star rating in rollover.

The IIHS awarded the 2015 Focus a “Top Safety Pick”, which is the second-highest award they offer. It scored “good” in all categories except “small overlap front driver side” where it scored “acceptable”. The Focus can protect you and your passengers in the event of a crash.

The 2015 Focus is similar in size to most other compact cars on the market. It has average cargo room for its class, with 13.2 cu. ft. of space in the trunk. It is enough to fit three to four standard suitcases. Owners report there isn’t as much rear legroom as the competition, and it can feel cramped.

In the compact car class, the 2015 Ford Focus ranks in last place. One competitor is the Hyundai Elantra. The Elantra has better reliability, a nicer interior, and more up-to-date technology. Both compact cars are similar in size, but the Elantra rides better based on owner reviews.

Another competitor is the Chevy Cruze. The two compact cars two rank very close to each other, but the Cruze is more reliable and powerful. It also gets better fuel economy than the Focus. Overall, the Focus is not the best choice if you are looking for a compact car since it has some serious reliability issues.

No, the 2015 Ford Focus is not a good car. It has some good aspects, such as its safety ratings and the ST model’s more powerful engine. The main issues are reliability, and overall quality. The Ford Focus just isn’t as nice as other cars on the market. The interiors feel very bare, even for the compact car class. If you want to buy a compact car, there are better options to look at.

The days are long gone when a single vertically-integrated manufacturer like Ford or General Motors could design and manufacture all or most of the subassemblies and components it needs to make a finished product. Technology is just too complicated, and it is impossible to possess all the skills that are necessary in just one place. Consequently, manufacturers have turned to specialists and subcontractors who narrowly focus on just one area — and even those specialists have to rely on many others. And just as the world has come to rely on different regions for natural resources like iron ore or lithium metal, so too has it become dependent on regions where these specialists reside.

For example, the display is made up of a number of components. At its heart is a thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel, which is mated with a backlight assembly and bezel. The TFT-LCD panels are made by a handful of Asian manufacturers in large, capital-intensive factories — the most recent of these cost more than $6 billion each to build and equip. These panel makers, in turn, are dependent on others who supply essential raw materials such as optically flat glass sheets, polarizing films, flexible circuit connectors, display driver chips, and a host of other inputs. The display driver chips are made in semiconductor factories (“fabs”) spread around the world.

One of the characteristics of modern manufacturing operations is a keen focus on operational efficiency. Factory managers might track a number of key performance indicators, all of which motivate them to size their operations with minimal surplus capacity.

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is the percentage of time that a factory is truly productive. A score of 100% means that you are producing 100% good parts (no defects) as fast as possible and are never stopping production. In practice, most production lines schedule downtime for preventive maintenance or changeovers, so scores of 85% are considered good. But given their focus on OEE, managers are reluctant to install excess capacity. That means they size a factory to handle the expected demand, with some surge capacity but not a lot of excess capacity.

Capital efficiency — how much capital you have deployed in your business — is another thing that is important to shareholders and Wall Street analysts. Nobody wants to pay for idle or underutilized capacity, and in sectors where the capital expenditures for plant and equipment are extraordinarily high (think semiconductors, flat panel displays, automotive assembly, materials processing), investors applaud the outsourcing or offshoring to someone who is willing to invest or to a geography where they can receive subsidies.

The desire to avoid capital investments also leads to risk aversion to investing in new manufacturing technologies. I worked with a company that was supplying quantum dot backlighting technology for LCD flat-panel displays. Manufacturers were insistent that any new technologies had to fit into their existing capital-intensive workflows. I also heard a leader of a U.S. Department of Energy R&D group worry about how the extensive battery-manufacturing infrastructure in China had moved so effectively down the cost curve that it made it difficult for a potentially superior new technology from several MIT spinoffs to compete let alone raise the capital for a new production facility. The problem for the United States is exacerbated by countries like China that subsidize the construction and equipping of new production facilities.

The facelifted Ford Focus is officially out in China, showing its mild styling differences compared to the European model that debuted last year. The model is available in both sedan and hatchback form, coming with a single non-electrified four-cylinder petrol engine under the bonnet.

The Chinese 2022 Ford Focus leaked last February but the new press photos give us a better look into the updates, with every bit of information available on the official website. Styling-wise, the facelifted model is closer to its European counterpart than before. However, in the Chinese Focus the grille merges with the headlights for a more aggressive look inspired by fighter jets, while the LED graphics are also different. Also, the black trim on the grille and the intakes is contrasting with the body-colored wings on the front bumper.

The profile remains unchanged while the rear end gains a slightly sportier diffuser with dual exhaust pipes. In terms of length, the hatchback measures 4,401 mm (173.3 inches) and the sedan measures 4,664 mm (183.6 inches) while retaining the same 2,705 mm (106.5 inches) wheelbase. Chinese buyers do not get the Active crossover-style variant but they get the sporty ST-Line and the new S Edition inspired by the discontinued Focus RS. The ST-Line is fitted with 18-inch charcoal grey alloy wheels with red brake callipers, while the S Edition comes with high-gloss black wheels alongside a black rear spoiler and a set of racing decals.

Inside the cabin, we find an 8-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen incorporating the SYNC + Zhi Mo infotainment that is developed by Ford and Baidu (different from the SYNC 4). Equipment includes a B&O audio system, and the Ford Co-Pilot360 ADAS suite offering Level 2 autonomous driving. Depending on the model, we find black and blue upholstery, carbon-fibre style and suede-like trim, blue seatbelts and a perforated leather steering wheel with red stitching.

Unlike the EU-spec Focus which is available with a mild-hybrid turbocharged 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine, the Chinese model gets a more powerful non-electrified 1.5-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost unit producing 178 hp (132 kW / 180 PS) and up to 270 Nm (199 lb-ft) of torque in Overboost mode. The mill is exclusively mated to a sporty six-speed automatic gearbox that is different from the European seven-speed dual-clutch automatic and comes with three driving modes – standard, economy and sport. Power is sent to the front axle allowing a 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration in 7.9 seconds.

Ford says it has retuned the suspension and steering in the facelifted model, while the ST-Line and S Edition variants get a sportier chassis setup sitting 10 mm (0.4 inches) closer to the ground. Brakes are also upgraded with 308 mm (12.1 inches) front discs and 302 mm (11.9 inches) rear discs.

The updated Focus will be produced by the Changan Ford joint venture in Chongqing, China. Note that this is the second facelift for the fourth-generation Focus in China, following the debut of the original in 2018 and the first facelift in 2020.

A typical motor vehicle can contain anything between 15,000 and 25,000 component parts – depending on how they are measured and the design engineering of its major systems. That is a lot of material to bring together and provide integrity for the final product. Indeed, it is no mean feat to put all those parts together in the right order. Every car in existence is a tribute to process planning, organisation, production engineering and manufacturing logistics. Once upon a time, vehicle manufacturers were highly vertically integrated, but that approach gave way to divested (anyone recall where Visteon came from and the tangled web of companies that comprised General Motors’ Automotive Components Group?) and specialist parts suppliers who could focus on product development and operate more efficiently on higher scale to more than one customer.

In the past, natural disasters and their concentrated impacts on locations have impacted automotive companies and illustrated the fragility of automotive supply chains. After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, there were several notable examples of disruption. A global premium car manufacturer had problems in terms of supply or a red paint pigment single sourced in Japan. Floods in Thailand later that year caused a shortage of supply of LCD screens for vehicle info displays. OEMs and dealers had to adjust to shortages accordingly.

Attempts to restart factory production in the second quarter of 2020 also proved problematic as companies sought to understand unprecedentedly low levels of demand that could bounce back quickly amid chaotic parts inventories and supply chain breaks. The highly variable public health crisis impacts across countries added to problems and factories were forced to operate at low levels of utilization and consider turning capacity over for other purposes (such as PPE or ventilator production) rather than simply ‘mothballing’.

Other pressures on supply chains have come from other sources (sometimes pandemic related) such as unforeseen labour shortages and much higher international container shipment prices. Furthermore, the pandemic itself has turned out to have a sting in its tail in the shape of the uncertainties presented by new Covid-19 variants. In 2021, when southeast Asian countries experienced new waves of infection caused by the CV19 Delta variant, government restrictions on populations caused yet another round of supply chain disruption, this time causing problems for companies highly reliant on that region’s low-cost supplier base.

Technology has also played a part in encouraging single sourcing as companies – including those in tiers 3 and 4 – have typically been able to centralise expertise and investment in one facility dedicated to high-volume manufacturing. The problems come when something goes wrong that scuppers plans (the fire at a Renesas microprocessors plant last year, for example).