Ford Tech/Service Writers: 2014 Focus question

We took in our 2014 Focus SE for the transmission warranty renewal (finally!), and were informed to replace one of the engine mounts. The service writer said that it's pretty common so they keep them in stock.

Question: what is the chance that the engine mount broke/wore out due to the shuddering from the clutch issues? Or, what causes the engine mount to fail regularly enough that they keep them in stock?

 

Different mounts for different things. Some are just rubber. Some are hydraulic. Some even have vaccum lines going to them.
Every car has problem areas, a motor mount is a pretty small one to be honest. Don't over think it.

 

Some motor mounts dissolve if exposed to oil leaks for a long period of time. I don't think that would be the issue on a 4 year old car, though.

I've ridden in one of those problematic Focuses, and I could be persuaded that the transmission shudder could have sheared a motor mount. YMMV.

 

50/50. It either did or it didn’t.

Underengineered as a cost savings, weight savings measure.

 

As an aside, I was told by a longtime independent shop owner that if a dealer has a part in stock, it's something the dealer has to replace on a regular basis.

In other words, it's a well-known chronic problem.

 

This was my thinking, that the shudder contributes to the mount issue. Part and parcel with the "chronic failure part" mentioned above.

 

$415 to replace. Of COURSE I'm going to overthink this.

Granted, we have owned the car for 5 1/2 years, and that fact that this is the first "major repair" (compared to the 2002 Passat fiasco), we think that we're getting away fairly lightly.

 

Glad I have a manual transmission.

 

Some parts are just poorly designed.

 

This one is manual as well. It's the clutch that's an unmitigated disaster. But, the warranty has been extended to 100k for the parts and 150k for the electronics. It will be a GREAT beater for my daughter when she starts (legally) driving in 18 months. And it's been a great all-rounder for us in the last 5 1/2 years, again, compared to the Passat.

 

I wasn't aware the manuals had a problem or the extended warranty applies to them. Its very specific to the dual clutch automatic from everything I've read and heard.

 

it's a Ford, it probably applies to everything that left the factory.

 

Sorry, my poor term usage. It's a the auto clutch model that I thought was attached to a manual transmission. I made an assumption that the transmissions were the same with a different clutch actuation method.

 

There are very few transmission that were ever designed this way, the original SMG back from like 2006 in BMW is one. Literally a normal manual trans with the SMG crap stuck on front. Come to think of it, it was a giant pile of crap too. Maybe your on to something lol.

 

Nope Nope Nope

 

Didn't Alfa Romeo do this back in the late 90's/early aughts? I mean, if you are going to eff it up, go Italian first, right?

 

And if the part is on back order, they're replacing a shit ton of them.

 

DSG has two clutches..mo manual [emoji16]

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