Test Ford Eloctal: Surprised by simplicity. Why PowerShift boxes from Ford price in Russia and competitors break

Transmission PowerShift®

6-speed automatic transmission PowerShift® is installed on the models of 2015 Focus, Fiesta and Ecosport with 1.6 L engines, providing greater fuel consumption efficiency and ease of driving. Due to its uniqueness and the latest constructive transmission improvements, the following information can help you better explain the advantages of this transmission.

Benefits:

Increased fuel use efficiency:

Provides a reduction in fuel consumption by 7-9% compared with the traditional automatic speed switching box;
Dry clutch design eliminates the loss due to pumping transmission fluid;
Smaller size \u003d reduced weight;
Good performance;
Faster speed switching;
Double clutch technology provides permanent torque on driving wheels.

PowerShift® features:

Designed in the form of two separate transmissions installed in a row, one with transmissions 1-3-5 and the other - 2-4-6;
The design with double dry clutch with electronically control Switching speeds. As a result, it takes less space (since it does not have a torque converter) and helps to reduce the total mass of the car;
Creates a direct mechanical connection with the engine, combining automatic and mechanical switching Speed.

Constructive improvements:

New transmission numbers with a wider range, to improve efficiency;
Improved transmission management for more smooth switching;
Improvements in part of calibration, providing a smoother movement at low acceleration and when driving under high alignment and / or at high air temperature;
Improvements in part of the efforts attached to the gear lever due to changes in the transmission blocking system during parking, facilitating touching from the place, especially when stopping on the slope;
Changing the clutch material for better work in a wide range of temperatures;
Improvements for more smooth switching speeds at low acceleration;
Improvements in terms of effort attached to the gear lever due to changes in the transmission blocking system during parking, facilitating touching from the spot, especially when stopping on the slope.

What to expect? When operating the transmission of PowerShift®, the following manifestations may occur, which are the norm:

A small vibration with a weak acceleration or during inertia movement when the transmission increases or lowers the transmission;
Rigid gear shift during aggressive acceleration;
Mechanical sounds when switching gear - or after the engine is turned off.

For more smooth operation, refrain from the frequent sharp pressing of the gas pedal when driving;
When starting with a place, greater acceleration will provide a smoother clutch operation;
When moving with frequent stops, leave a sufficient distance between your and ahead of the car; This will allow you to move smoothly;
When you stop on the slope, keep your foot on the brake pedals until you are ready to move from place; The slow motion of the car on a slight bias without acceleration will lead to clutch wear;
PowerShift® has a period of development during the first 1500-2000 km when it constantly performs electronic settings to optimize the switching speeds and acceleration.

The ECO ristament in the title hints at saving money, and Sport here is chess here. Test Ford Ecosport showed simplicity and secularity affordable modelBut a small sediment from this combination remained.

During the presentation of the new ford crossover EcoSport most often sounded the word "simply". It is simple in design, created for ordinary people and even his name is simplified as much as possible. After all, the crossover is not at all about saving fuel and not even about ecology. ECO prefix means nothing more as saving customer money.

Ford Ecosport (Ford EcoSport) is the most affordable crossover in the Fords line (from 699,000 rubles). Designed and produced in Brazil, collected in India, Thailand and we have in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Well, Sport, of course, also not about powerful motors and dynamics, but rather about chess or what drivers still play there compact crossovers Where the SUV fever reigns. In Russia, Ford Ecosport will face successful rivals of the type or or.

The one who sits in Ford EcoSport will see a typical Ford Design of the cockpit in which the usual multifunctional display with a nubble resolution is first rushed into the eye, as well as the climate control control panel. Next, we paid attention and felt generously used hard plastic. Having pleased the leather handleka steering (equipped with an electric powerful), boxes and manual brakes. Starting the engine with the button, windshield is stitched with electrical heating threads.

The name of EcoSport has come to us from a distant-distant Brazil, where under the same name was sold very popular with us FORD FUSION.. Such a small, but very successful car created on the basis of a miniature Fiesta. And then then the Brazilian version had a more impressive ground clearance, but spare wheel It was put on the back door.

Outlet on opening sideways rear door Rather, designer is a matter than a technical need to give Ford EcoSport Offroad-Flair spirit and extending it up to 4.27 meters. Without a wheel and his casing, it would be only 4.01 m, which is less than even compact SUV competitors on good 20 cm.

So the current crossover is based on a compact chassis, but the road clearance rose to an impressive 200 mm, while the past Fusion was only 155 mm.

Ford Ecosport - Road clearance 200 mm. The angles of entry and the congress (22/35º), as well as the depth of the fusion (550 mm) allow you to perform long-range rods in bad roads. Front suspension Mac-Ferson, rear in versions with a 2-liter engine - multi-dimensional, with a 1.6-L engine - elastic beam (in the photo). Motor compartment It would be nice to cover with a solid metal sheet. Graduation system Vulnerable, yes, how else.

Ford Ecosport received all-wheel drive versions, but with them, the situation looks not entirely unequivocal. In total, the crossover has three transmission options, although ideally there must be a minimum of four. With a 122-strong motor of 1.6 liters offered only front-wheel drive With a mechanical or 6-speed PowerShift robot with two clutches. In a pair with all-wheel drive transmission, an exceptionally 2-liter motor capacity of 145 hp is possible. and 6-speed mechanics.

Those who expect to receive Ford Ecosport with a full drive and automatically forced to go to competitors. There is no such model even in Ford's long-term plans.

According to the part of "minced" Ford Ecosport disappointed a little. Even in maximum configuration It is not provided for navigation, there is no rear-view chamber, and about focus sizes like adaptive cruise control, a car parker or the function of tracking the dead zones in the mirrors, it is better not to ask. After all, before us "just Ford." Not that it was truly useful functions, but they show the overall level of the car.

For example, without a camera to take back complicated. Despite the modest dimensions, the overview is limited by a spare wheel on the rear swing gate. The stabilization system must mimic the blocking of differentials during diagonal hanging, but with its duties copes to the triethon.

But, the transfer of backstage backs made it possible to enhance the trunk and reduce the loading height. As a result, even despite the modest body length, Ford Ecosport turned out a very spacious trunk, in which things are more convenient to have standing.

There is no second bottom under the floor. Bottom reducer and suspension levers. For the country seedlings, such a layout, of course, is not too convenient, but the boxes or suitcases will quite fit. A split back friendly to the long periods.

There is not enough space in the trunk, you can fold the rear sofa. The step on the floor, of course, will remain, but with such a loading height you do not expect. In a well-accessible trunk, there are 333 liters of boot - a value that can be increased up to 1238 liters by folding the rear seat.

The off-road ecosport is not just Ford, but a small all-terrain, if with a full drive with a multi-disc electron-controlled clutch of the company Dana. According to its abilities, he may argue with Renault Duster.

But if Renault Duster immediately makes it possible to understand that he is a rustic shirt-guy, completely refusing to drive quickly and tiring the driver not the most successful ergonomics, then Ford Eosport turned out to be quite secular. Even with a motor 1.6, he even basically, but still accelerates to 150 km / h, and in his salon you can go through the most different roads.

Refrain only from the version with a leather interior - these chairs turned out to be completely vague and almost without lateral support.

A robot with two clutches of the DPS6 with six transmission works as comfortable as possible and it can even be confused with the traditional machine. He switches a little later than on volkswagen modelsBut it promises a larger box resource, albeit in exchange for some increase in consumption. The speaker with the robot does not suffer at all, so the 1.6 liter motor can be considered sufficient for everyday ride. In addition, it is adapted to 92nd gasoline, which is a logical addition of the image "just Ford".

The high center of gravity requires victims in the form of enlarged body rolls. This is especially annoying when there are no ceiling handles. It may be when we will weld the body and hold the final assembly, think about the handles in the ceiling.

But a 2-liter engine, as the Test Ford Eosport showed, disappointed unexpectedly. Not only that with the 95th gasoline, he gives out only 145 hp, it does not provide any worthy dynamics. The difference in acceleration with a motor 1.6 if there is, then minimal.

Even on the track, the powerful Ford Ecosport does not shine with dynamics and forces often move from the sixth transfer to the third and unscrew the motor to maximum revolutions. In addition, this version is already 100 thousand rubles more expensive (basic price of 899,000 rubles) than the similarly equipped version of 1.6 with a robot. Doubtful turning out, exclusively for enthusiasts full driveBut then it is better to pay attention to larger models. No matter how cool, and our Test Ford Ecosport could not reveal the qualities of a serious SUV, for this, the ecosport is too simple.

Video and technical characteristics at the bottom:

Ford EcoSport.

Robotic gearboxes with two clutches are not a conspiracy manufacturers. This is an attempt to combine in one unit all the advantages of the classic machine and mechanics. From the first preselective "robots" daily comfort got, from the second - the total efficiency and relative cheapness of manufacture. The bonus owner receives a high speed of shifts, and most importantly - the continuity of the thrust flow. Who tried - he understands, and who did not have a headache with a "robot" - never refuses him!

The Fordovskoy Transmission PowerShift is perhaps the second mass of the "robot" in the automotive industry after the notorious DSG, and the Russians with this unit are familiar with this aggregate. Preselective gearbox is installed almost all modern models Ford.However, today it will be discussed about the most problematic version of 6DCT250 - with "dry" clutches. Today it can be found only in a bundle with a 1.6-liter atmospheric atmospheric at 105/125 hp, and earlier such a box was combined with a 2-liter engine.

After restyling, the role of the flagship engine took the 1.5 liter ecoOst turbo engine at 150 hp, which is equipped with an ordinary machine.

Here, as describes the work of robotic KP PowerShift on "Focus" Manufacturer:

This modern 6-speed ACP combines convenience. automatic box and mechanical effectiveness. Powershift selects the following transmission in advance, which allows you to avoid power loss when switching. With this automatic transmission, you can quickly and at the same time smoothly change the transfer, reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emission level.

Of marketing Materials Ford.

In press release, everything sounds beautiful, but in practice? But in fact owners Ford Focus III generation I earned so much trouble on your neck that they would fit into the owners of the Lomuchi instances of the DSG! Thousands of angry posts on the club forums about breakdowns, hundreds of appeals to the Russian representative office of Ford - the scale of problems with PowerShift is amazed. The sores of this "robot" are immediately somewhat, but the symptoms are the same - jerks and vibrations when switching and touching from the place, as well as the transition of the box to the emergency mode.

The most common diagnosis is abundant leaks of the primary shaft, as a result of which the transmission oil falls on the clutch, which leads to their slippage. The trouble can adventrate regardless of the magnitude of the run - at least 5,000, at least 50,000 km. Often jershits the plugs on the clutch - they have PowerShift, naturally, two at once. The problem is solved by replacing the clutch, forks and seals (new sample). Many hassle delivers a module TCM with executive electric motors responsible for switching gear and pressing clips. There is no other administration, except for replacing an improved unit, except for the failing control unit of the RCPP.

The most sad thing is that these defects could fall on the head "focusing" not only individually and in different combinations, but also one lush bouquet! Avtovati simply could not pass by, without silent in the real cost of repairing "Robot" PowerShift. We took the worst case (and this, believe me, not uncommon), when in one order or another, it is necessary to eliminate all the above faults, and turned to official Ford dealers in Moscow.

This is what happened in the end: a set of two new original clutches costs 86,760 rubles, for the large and small plugs (actuators) of the inclusion of clips will have to put 67,780 rubles, and the TCM control module pulls at 48,920 rubles. I will add 1,300 rubles here for new primary shaft seals and another 17,850 rubles for work on the replacement of problem details. All together - 216 610 rubles! Absolutely shocking digit for owners of relatively budget Ford Focus ...

Spare parts

Installation work

The situation, of course, frightening, but not always fatal. Firstly, ford. Sollers are aware of weak places PowerShift and has already conducted work on the modernization of problem details. When breakdown "Robot" official dealers promptly carry out repair and change required spare parts As part of the guarantee. Secondly, the manufacturer exists a program extended warranty, when the Ford warranty obligations are expanded for a certain amount (we recommend using this service to the owners of those instances of Focus, which the box has not yet been repaired).

And if for select Ford. Focus III On the secondary, there is still increased vigilance, then new cars after restyling with the "robot" PowerShift seems to be bought more or less calmly. At least, the manufacturer swears that the number of complaints of the box complaints in such machines is almost reduced to zero.

Robotic transmission PowerShift is installed in the family of the family Ford Mondeo., KUGA, FOCUS III. Serial cars Tools with a transmission assembly, denoted as 6DCT250, 6DCT450 or 470. These "boxes" differ only to the maximum torque value that can be tested to the primary shaft. Next, we consider the principle of operation of the transmission denoted by the general name of PowerShift, as well as the features of its operation.

The Ford PowerShift box contains two rows of gear and two primary shafts located coaxially (the second shaft is hollow). Each of the primary shafts is connected to the flywheel through its own clutch, thus, the clutch nodes are also used two. The hollow shaft is designed to turn on even gear, and the internal primary shaft is for odd steps. In the PowerShift box, two transmissions are selected at the same time, for example, "1" and "2", but since one of the clips is separated all the time, the secondary shaft is driven by the only pair of gears. If one transmission is included, then the nearest gender to it is in engagement. Thanks to which, there is an opportunity to move almost instantly to the highest level.

The non-standard design of Powershift boxes causes special requirements that are mandatory to comply with the auto control. Consider them:

• After stopping the car, it is necessary, holding the brake pedal, to use the "handbrake", and only then translate the CPP to the "P" position;
• In the "R" mode, as well as "D" and "s", hold the car "on the brake" during a short time interval;
• To leave the engine to work in " idle move", Put the gearbox selector either to the" P "position, or use the" N "mode (turn on the parking brake);
• When moving in SELECT-SHIFT mode, do not hold the "+/-" key pressed.

Requirements for towing cars equipped with a PowerShift robot, differ little from recommendations that are relevant to transport with automatic transmission. For example, towing cannot be done if the selector is in the Position "P".

Service RCP Ford.

Once every three years or every 45,000 km of mileage in the boxes of the specified type replace the transmission oil. Also change the oil filter. Recommendations for choosing supplies Led in the service book. Many companies have recently released transmission oilsdesigned just for the RCP with dry clutch than and is the PowerShift box. But to recommend something definite is now impossible - there is no statistics in sufficient volume.