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The Ford Focus 2012 prices range from $5,500 for the basic trim level Hatchback Focus Trend to $32,890 for the top of the range Hatchback Focus RS.
The Ford Focus 2012 comes in Hatchback and Sedan.
The Ford Focus 2012 is available in Unleaded Petrol, Diesel and Premium Unleaded Petrol. Engine sizes and transmissions vary from the Hatchback 1.6L 5 SP Manual to the Hatchback 2.5L 6SP Manual.
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$2,900
$22,990
Are there any known transmission issues with a 2012 Ford Focus manual?
By buying a manual Focus, you neatly sidestep the biggest problem with this car, that of the perennially faulty DCT transmission. As a rule of thumb, the advice is to never buy a Ford with this transmission, purely because its failure is a question of when, not if.
The irony is that the rest of the car was actually pretty reliable, so as long as the recall for a potential fuel leak caused by a blocked carbon-canister has been attended to, you stand a good chance of buying a reliable car.
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I need a new front driver's door for my 2014 Ford Focus, will a 2012 or 2016 Ford Focus door work?
Ford used the same body on its Focus from 2011 until the model was replaced in 2018. On that basis, the front door from either of the cars you’ve listed should fit your car perfectly. You don’t even need to worry about finding a door from a sedan or hatch as opposed to a two-door Focus, as Ford didn’t offer that model in Australia in a two or three-door (which would have had longer doors). Even the sportiest Focus, the ST, was a five-door hatchback. Ford did give the Focus a mild facelift in 2015, but the styling changes were restricted to the front and rear, with the doors not altering at all.
Finding a second-hand door shouldn’t present too many problems the Focus sold in reasonable numbers and many ended up in recycling yards. You might even strike it really lucky and find the door in the same colour as your car which might negate the need to have it painted.
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Ford Focus 2012: Does the manual gearbox have problems?
The auto had serious problems with the Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmission, so serious that it’s a car to avoid, but of course those problems don’t affect cars with a manual gearbox. The manual is a good little car that can be bought with confidence.
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* Price is the median price of 244 listings for the Focus 2012 for sale in the last 6 months. The Price excludes costs such as stamp duty, other government charges and options.
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