Bernie, man you are a good Diagnostician...I am impressed how you diagnoses these vehicles..Man we need more people like you in the industry. I just subscribed to your channel and gave a thumbs up!

This man is so smart. I can’t keep up

Absolutely brilliant diagnosis! Love your videos. Apparently the clutch replacement on these cars can go sideways six ways to Sunday! God help anyone who needs one and brings their vehicle to a flat rate shop or dealer without the correct tooling, knowledge and (most importantly) talent!

This is something that can only be diagnosed through knowing how the system works , symptomatic failure reports would help or TSB's but i think Mister Thompson said there weren't any . So with knowledge of the system and one of the best automotive oscilloscopes money can buy and of course the known how to use it you can be successful in diagnosing these string but true failures also . l personally thank mister Thompson for his time and effort thank you again and i hope to learn much more !

👍 someone out there is gonna save a ton of time after watching this! Thanks!

Thank for the tips Good information Those clutches have been a pain since they came out

Wow! Absolutely amazing!

great video this will be a great help would like to see the repair sequence he did to cure this problem

Bernie,is the man!!!!

Impressive trick. Thanks!

Great information! Thank you!

great job BT

I love your Videos , I’m really considering getting some of your products,

This guy is awesome! I would love to see a diagram of the trans. as he talks through the operation. However.. without this mans skills we all might as well roll our cars off a cliff lol

thanks thats really good help

I like how you troubleshoot. You think out of the box. You take nothing for granted. You look at signals for answers. You remember the steps the transmission needs to take to go in the right gear. Its too bad auto repair is under appreciated and under paid.

Thanks for sharing... Cheers.

I really don't want to do a clutch but thanks very much for the help.

Great Teaching! thanks

Reminds me from the past! when they first started introducing computers! Ford was mainly a computer system that actually needed to be hard tested most of the time to get diagnostics! almost sounds like they're going back to the old way! new transmission system-hard mechanical testing in order to find diagnostics?

Great diagnostic and backed up with the data. What year is that firebird in the background?

I have a 2014 Ford Focus SE with 119K miles. Had the TCM replaced along with the two transmission actuators. Was running fine for roughly 2 days and it shut down on me while waiting at a intersection for the light to turn green.Tried to restart it. No cranking at all. Turned the ignition and nothing. Power was there, lights/turn signals, radio. Gages were not acting funny/fluctuating whatsoever. Both starter and battery are OEM/had been recently replaced at the Ford dealer. Gages were not doing anything weird. Swapped 15A F26 fuse for TCM with F27 fuse for A/C clutch relay. After I did that the car started right up! . No DTCs/service engine soon light. Before I swapped the fuses around I had disconnected the negative cable at the body post for a few seconds then reconnected. Still did not start. Doing this may have cleared any codes that may have been set. Not sure. When I took it to the dealer they drove it for roughly 10 miles/put their scanner on it and nothing. Car drove fine. Did not shut down on them. I picked it up/drove it back home from the dealer which is approximately 2.5 miles from our apartment. No problems. Later on I checked the continuity on the two fuses that I swapped around and both showed continuity. There was another fuse that I had checked that felt a bit loose. I pulled it out fairly easy. This fuse was not OEM though It is F38, also for the TCM according the owner's manual. Also for PCM so a lose fuse here could have cause a problem/short causing the PCM to shut the vehicle down. Not sure though. Replaced it with OEM fuse. Ran the car for a while no shut downs. Will drive it around the block for a while to see if it will shut down on me again. More to come. Thinking of getting rid of this car. Has been a pain. No longer trust it. Fine one moment the next it shuts down on you. Never had a problem with Ford cars in my life until now wth this little monster. 😈Anyone else have the same issue with their 2014 Ford Focus SE? Would like to hear back from you please.

why you didn't use your eScan Elite?

Brilliant thanks Sandy

Can I ask what was the problem with the clutch?? Had the same problem, the shop was not able to callibrate the clutch (the car was driving just fine but they accidently reset the cluch)and i was told that the only solution was changing the clutch for a new one and it was very expensive...

What about the parameters? Does ford give input and output saft parameters at all?

I want to ask a question about my Ford Focus.I live is TURKEY. It’s 2015 model , 1.5 tdci powershift. Recently I had a warning on the screen as ‘’ Battery shut downed the system to keep itself’’.I called service and they offered to replace the battery because it is low or overed. WE replaced it with a new battery, after that I had another 3 more faults. 1- Engine fault 2- AutoHold is not used 3- Transmission is in limited mod. But nearly for 20 days these faults havent been apparead again.Authorized mechanics advise to change TCM and test again, İt may be need to be replaced all transmission unit . Fault code is P2855. What do you you advise us ? Can it be solved by reprogramming the TCM by computer ? , İ hope to hear from you worriedly

I’ve watched most all these videos. I cringe when I see someone make a comment like this; however I think this is worthy commentary. I’m a ford tech with 100 or so of these clutches under the belt. Following the factory flow chart you will see that the two input shafts speeds should match, the shaft may turn, but unless clutch is applied output won’t happen. I also may not be in a “clear” mind right now though 😆

At some point, the clutches wear down and slip like a normal clutch. Can the scan tool indicate how much clutch life is left? What is the max mileage you have seen on an original clutch? Would I be crazy to buy a 2014 Fiesta w/150k on it that has had mild shudder for years?

great video bro

Good work. I'm having a problem where the tcm is not storing the programme for the transmission to shift. Any help thanks

Have 2012 focus p087a no reverse..I swapped the actuators a and b and still same thing but now car won’t go into drive either..swapped back same thing..just p087a still..pinpoints test indicate tcm faulty but I’m not convinced

I am getting a failed communication error to Transmission. Could this still be an issue with the clutch? For a 2012 ford focus. Thank you!

Hello! I have the same transmission in my Smart 453 from 2016, unfortunately I have some error codes in the gearbox, I reprogrammed with a new software but in vain. error codes: U0028,U010187,U010182. Do you know anything about them? thank you

I wonder what this clutch problem can be?

Thanks, you're smart.

Sorry if I sound stupid here, but I don't work on transmissions. I thought i heard him say the transmission was replaced for this issue along with the tcm. If so, wouldn't the clutch be new?

Where are located?

same trans giving problems on volvo

I watched a man clean the grounds and clear the code and it went into reverse and drove great wasnt the clutch!

Clean grounds battery ground on frame remove the paint clean the 2 grounds on frame under air filter for transmission

Really good video but my question is who was the brain surgeon that designed this transmission and thought it was a good idea

Bernie, añadele subtitulos en español 🔩🔧👍

That clutch is an over complicated lot of nonsense,why bother??Why make it over complicated?Oh yeah,to stop us home diy guys! I love that scope,unfortunately i'd have to sell my mother to afford it,i'm going to miss her!! ;-)

The Ford Focus with this electric clutch is a piece of junk. Ford finally admitted it and ended u replacing the transmission/clutch on these. Still, problems continued with vehicle shuddering on acceleration. Frustrating situation for car owners.

Ah yes the Ford PowerShit transmission. No thanks I'll stick with my 2012 MT Honda Fit

Im glad this junk has been discontinued