2012 diesel Focus - is it broken?

[anonymous-user]

My wife's 1.6 TDCi 115 Focus has never been brilliant on fuel since we bought it new 2 years ago. It's now done 37k miles and on a run will get up to an indicated 48mpg. Combined (mixture of town and A roads) we are getting 44mpg which is rubbish considering our old Mk2 1.8 TDCi struggled to get below 50mpg. I know it's not all about mpg but the whole point of buying a 1.6 diesel was it was supposed to be good on fuel. It's also been a bit sluggish and thrown up a couple of "check engine" messages which the garage could never read.

I'd be grateful to learn what other owners are getting. Is there a problem, or do they all drink fuel in this way? Published Mpg is 67 top the gallon which seems like a joke.

[anonymous-user]

Sorry, should have stressed the point - I know older 1.6 Focus models were great, ours is the latest model with the daft Eco stop start thing. From my research, I'm starting to learn I may not be the only one questioning the economy of this model. I'm really trying to work out if there's something wrong with it or if they are all crap on fuel. Dealer is telling me it's fine.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks for the replies, looks like it's within a couple of mpg of what others are seeing. I thought diesel technology had moved on but clearly not. Shame , as the old 1.8Tdci we had went like the clappers, steered better and still managed 50mpg. New car appears to be better made but the slow and thirsty engine is a let down.