August 17, 2020
A California federal judge has overturned a $23,000 trial award against Ford in multidistrict litigation over its PowerShift transmissions, saying a couple who leased a Ford Focus simply didn't provide enough evidence to prove their case.
June 08, 2020
Ford has urged a California federal judge to scrap a jury's finding that it violated California's lemon law by refusing to buy back a Focus with problems in its PowerShift transmission, arguing its $23,155 trial loss was the result of a "strategy of pervasive misconduct" by the plaintiffs.
December 11, 2019
A former Ford engineer told a California federal jury Wednesday that the carmaker knew its PowerShift transmission had safety issues long before a Los Angeles couple leased a 2014 Ford Focus with shuddering and stalling problems.
December 10, 2019
Ford violated California's lemon law by refusing to buy back a Focus with transmission problems, a California jury heard during openings Tuesday, kicking off the latest trial in multidistrict litigation over its PowerShift transmission following the carmaker's $64,000 trial loss last month.