Ford ecosport

chrishunter · 2026-01-18T22:18:58+0000

I`m thinking of buying a ford ecosport ,has anyone any experience of these or any reviews.??

Boris7 · 2026-01-18T22:25:12+0000

Never owned or driven one.

One of my neighbours has one and swears at the thing a lot. In his opinion (not mine) it’s not fit for purpose

SimonM · 2026-01-18T22:29:45+0000

Are you talking about the 1.0 turbo car?

If so run away from it as fast as you can and count yourself lucky

They are renowned for engine overheating issues, so bad the engine cannot be repaired they have to be scrapped.
Also if it is the oil bath cam belt version, the Kevlar belt wears away over time, losing particles of rubbery belt into the oil passages, eventually clogging them up and again scrapping the engine.

My mechanic pal has seen rather too many of them and has warned me off them.

trevskoda · 2026-01-18T23:18:11+0000

Walk away they are sh-t, go buy a skoda fabia 4 cyl 1200 estate, toyota or a suzuki , look up online best cars machanics buy.

molly 2 · 2026-01-19T00:37:20+0000

You can't beat jap built toyota

caledonia · 2026-01-19T08:07:57+0000

Known as Ford Ecoboom in the trade

trevskoda · 2026-01-19T08:24:13+0000

Always buy a estate car, when selling it on every dog walker plumber painter and diy person will be standing with cash to buy.

ricc · 2026-01-19T09:33:38+0000

Only thing that beats a Berlingo multi space is the Peugeot partner we replaced it with

barryd · 2026-01-19T10:47:30+0000

When I was looking for a cheap run around a year ago I came across the same engine in the fiestas I think and yes they call it the Eco boom! Shame as on paper they look fun in a little car. I got a Suzuki Swift 1.2 in the end having done extensive research on reliability and its an absolute hoot. Had it a year now and its been pretty good so far.

Wooie1958 · 2026-01-19T11:19:04+0000

Back in Penwortham a neighbours daughter bought one ( 1.0 ecoboost ) from Ford that was very low mileage and only 18 months old.

It spent most the 4 weeks she had it back in Ford being repaired as soon as she got it back part-ex`d in for a Skoda Yeti and loves it.

trevskoda · 2026-01-19T12:52:22+0000

Wooie1958 said:
Back in Penwortham a neighbours daughter bought one ( 1.0 ecoboost ) from Ford that was very low mileage and only 18 months old.

It spent most the 4 weeks she had it back in Ford being repaired as soon as she got it back part-ex`d in for a Skoda Yeti and loves it.

Yeti is a supurb bit of kit but out of my price range.

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