A neighbour had the car repaired at a specialist a few weeks ago, £700 less than a ford dealer quote, and as i drove to bring her home, I said get shut of after. They were given a 1 year warranty. It failed last week and was taken away on a breakdown truck.

I have repeated my advice.

will they listen?

It's a diesel by the way and mostly used aroun town, low mileage, 34,000.,2014/64 reg

The real HJ would be pulling his hair out (metaphorically) at anyone driving a diesel short distances. Im a bit surprised they've had gearbox issues and not DPF issues driving an average 5000 miles p.a.