Ford ecosport

[chrishunter]

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

 

[Boris7]

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]

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]

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]

You can't beat jap built toyota

 

[caledonia]

Known as Ford Ecoboom in the trade

 

[trevskoda]

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]

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

 

[barryd]

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]

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]

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.

 

[clive1]

You can't beat jap built toyota

Or the bullet proof Mazda

 

[barryd]

Or the bullet proof Mazda

Had a few of those and Hondas. Pretty much bullet proof.

 

[chrishunter]

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.

I`m looking at the 1.5 diesel turbo.

 

[trevskoda]

I`m looking at the 1.5 diesel turbo.

Dont buy a moderen diesel as to many things give trouble on the recycle gear which clogs up and costs a fortune to sort out.

 

[barryd]

Dont buy a moderen diesel as to many things give trouble on the recycle gear which clogs up and costs a fortune to sort out.

Thats what most mechanics say as well, or at least they have to me. Anything diesel after 2009 unless you do a lot of motorway miles should be avoided.

I only ever had one diesel car and it was a MK4 Golf from the last century. Absolute stonker of a car. The electrics let it down in the end but the 1.9tdi engine would probably have continued working another 100 years.