Hey Scotty, I've got a 2018 Ford Focus SE with an 2.0 Liter 4 cylinder engine (not the flex fuel engine) but the standard 4 cylinder engine. It is an Automatic. It currently has 50,825 miles on it. I just recently change the oil and oil filter in it ; along with a new air filter. I'm going to change the cabin air filter when it starts to warm up here. Should I go ahead and change the transmission fluid in it now or wait till the 60,000; 70,000 or 80,000 mile? What type of transmission fluid do I need to get and how many bottles does it take? It's the only vehicle I've got that I drive back and forth to work in. I also use it to Door Dash and to Instacart with it. I sometimes use to go on vacation trips with it instead of renting a vehicle. I also heard that the Ford Focuses have transmission problems where they shift rough from take off. This is what mine is doing from take off. What should I do about this also? Please help and thank you for all that you do.
The dual-clutch transmissions on those cars have a terrible reputation and resulted in a class-action lawsuit against Ford. It's possible that there have been improvements made since the last year included in the lawsuit (2016), but it is a fundamentally flawed design for anything but the smallest cars and engines. Changing fluid frequently and babying it will give you the best chance for it to last for a while.
http://www.fordtransmissionclassaction.com/
your owner's manual will have what transmission fluid to use and quantity.
The owners manual will provide the total capacity but not how much is in the pan. If the OP is just draining the pan, he'll have to determine how much came out in order to determine how much to put back in. Hopefully the OP will have a transmission fluid dipstick.
What is OP and no the vehicle does not have a Transmission Dipstick to check the Fluid.
city driving can be hard on a transmission. I would do it sooner than later.
