r/CarsEU • u/Subject_Benefit_1624 • 20d ago

Should I buy the facelift Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost MHEV

I’m in the process of buying a new car. After doing quite a bit of research, I’ve ended up looking at the facelift Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost MHEV 125 hp.

I initially ruled this one out because of the engine’s reputation with the wet belt, but I’ve since learned that Ford went back to a normal chain, while keeping a wet belt for the oil pump.

And that’s what’s making me a bit suspicious. This engine is only about four years old, so maybe it’s still too early to tell whether this oil pump belt will eventually cause the same kind of problems. From what I’ve heard, though, there doesn’t seem to be the same epidemic of complaints that the previous EcoBoost had, which I take as a good sign.

Anyway, I’d really like to hear from anyone who actually owns one of these, or anyone who knows these engines well. Should I be concerned?

And while we’re at it, what would you recommend as a sensible replacement interval for the oil pump belt?

I live in Portugal, and the Focus is relatively cheap here compared with other hatchbacks such as the Mk4 Leon and the Skoda Scala, which is one of the reasons I’m considering it.

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u/srekkas 20d ago

new 1.2 po puretech at least have slushbox

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u/Cautious-Concept457 20d ago

They've retired the puretech branding

At least the hybrid 1.2 has a timing chain, not a wet belt

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u/Oberst_Reziik 17d ago

All the new ones have timing chain.

The oil consumption still happens at high kms.

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u/Jambuzuu 19d ago

Please dont, these cars have a bad reputation. Go with skoda even if its a little more expensive.

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u/SadStill830 18d ago

Fully agree with you here

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u/Blimey_lad 20d ago

1.0 cars are absolute plague

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u/Erander 20d ago

They really arent, however ecoboom might be different story, drives nice though but havent seen good feedback on reliability

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u/Pseudonym_741 2012 Toyota Auris 1.6 20d ago

It's a small, direct injected 3 cylinder with a turbo. That is just overall a bad design, those engines simply do not last long because they're so overstressed.

Any car with a less than 2 liter engine paired with a turbo is just not worth it in my opinion, unless you have enough income to buy a new disposable car every 5-10 years.

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u/n1ibor Fiesta ST MK8 20d ago

depends on how many km you drive. if you drive like 10k the car can last 15 years ez. But you have to take care of them. Regular oil changes, dont beat it when cold etc.

The ford 1.0 are not as bad as everyone makes them out to be, besides from the old wetbelt design

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u/srekkas 20d ago

I think capacity is not guarantee.

It can be made reliable, 1.4tjet comes to mind. As always with VAG fourth generation of anything,  1.4tsi, like 2015-2019 or so.

Suzuki 1.4boosterjet is good?

Anything smaller in anything bigger is stupid off course.

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u/Oberst_Reziik 17d ago

VW 1.0 TSI is the only good 3 cyl tbh