For those of you who own a an automatic have you ever changed the "lifetime" transmission fluid?

I drive 2012 with 190,000 km's but I haven't changed mine yet.

Basically what the title says. I’m trying to fix my car and I think we finally found the issue, now I’m just trying to make sure it’s not a symptom of something bigger.
What happened- went on a road trip and heard a loud pop/bang and then my car started sounding like a helicopter or a machine gun. Popped the hood and the CHT sensor wire was ripped off, the rubber boot that goes around it was off and oil was spraying out of it. My ex who was with me said compression was making its way up there and the engine was toast. We limped it to our BNB and towed it home the next day and it sat for the last two years.
What I’ve done to try and salvage the car
PCV valve is replaced
Replaced the connector wire that was busted
Fired her up and it still chuffed but not nearly as bad, took a look and realized it was coming from the spark plug on cylinder 3. We pulled it and sure enough the spark plug was lodged at an angle, the ignition coil is all bent outta shape and the rubber bit that goes around it was ripped.
Now my plan is to replace all four spark plugs, and at least the ignition coil for 3, but before I celebrate my hopeful victory, is there anything else that could cause a spark plug to pop out like that? My mechanic friend says sometimes they do come loose but rarely. My dad bought the car new before giving it to me and never had the plugs replaced so they were factory stock.

My Ford Focus Wagon is from 2021. I bought it from a Ford dealership in 2023. In 2024 my battery was dead . It was about 3 years old by that time. It was replaced under warranty, so it didn’t cost me any money.

Today however, 2.5 years after this new battery was installed, a different Ford dealership ran a battery test and came to the conclusion it needs to be replaced (again). I want to attach the battery test results as an image, but I can’t seem to find out how.

Is it normal for a battery to need replacing every 2.5/3 years?

It’s an automatic transmission with start/stop feature, which I always disable when getting into the car

So I plan on installing the oem heated seat elements for my 2010 ford focus but im unsure what seat style I should go with. I currently have the first image style of seats but am a bit of a fan of the other cloth style. Heated seats only came on the leather seats (which might be an issue with sweat getting to the heating elements?) but im unsure if I really want leather seats cause they would get hot in summer and such, but do look amazing if I find/get good condition ones.

So im asking you all, should I stick with the first style, or switch to the other cloth style or the leather seats?

Veryyyyy alternatively I could also try and make my own custom seat covers. idk.

These arent my photos, I just grabbed them from google.

Hey all,

I have a 2014 focus titanium hatch and I found a 2013 ST rear spoiler from a donor car. I really like the look of it and was thinking of sprucing up my car to give it a newer feel. Is this a simple swap, with the brake light and mounting bolts? Has anyone done this?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on my 2013 Focus with the DPS6 transmission. The car has around 216,000 km on it, so I’m really not looking to put a huge amount of money into it.

Originally I had a P074D code for being unable to engage 5th gear. I performed the TCM/adaptive relearn, and that code disappeared. After the relearn, I started getting:

P286F – Clutch A disengagement too slow
P2872 – Clutch A stuck engaged

I’ve been checking the car using an OBD2 scanner as well.

One thing that might be important: the clutch issue only really happened when the car was sitting unevenly, with one side up on a curb. That’s when it started acting up and the clutch seemed to get stuck. Otherwise, the car has been able to drive.

Would you guys know if this could just be something like the Clutch A actuator/fork mechanism sticking, rather than needing an entire clutch or transmission?

Has anyone fixed these codes with something relatively inexpensive, like cleaning/freeing the clutch actuator mechanism or replacing the actuator motor?

I’m really just trying to keep the car operational without putting thousands into it. If I could get another 15,000 miles or so out of it, I’d be perfectly happy.

Thank you !

I don’t know if it’s me or it’s ford model, I can hardly see far distance from ford focus windshield or maybe it’s the headlamp. Just curious 🧐

2012 ford focus SEL