 We bought this from German friends who were returning back home.  They kept detailed records and had every service done and every repair done imaginable.  I figured we should have a good run.  We bought it with 80k miles.  After 2 1/2 years, with only 98k miles I've had to repace the transmission. The door locks never quite work and the check engine light goes on every and ever trip to the dealer/service station costs at least $600 to fix it. I'm crossing my fingers to get six more months out of it as the inspection comes up at that time.  I'm fed up with all of the maintance costs for this poorly designed vehicle. Ford dealerships love all of the high margin work they get from this car.