Sorry you made a statement that is entirely untrue, one that if anyone reading this thread and was maybe considering the Ford Focus as a future purchase might read and be put off a potential purchase.
It is not "entirely untrue" unless no 1.0 Ecoboost engines have failed on cars younger than 2013. Which isn't the case.
The problem may be exaggerated, but without knowing just how many failures there have been out of the total cars sold with the motor, it is at best difficult to assess just how much of a risk buying a used one is. But it is also true to say that though the percentage of failures might be very small, the sheer number of cars with that engine fitted means there is going to be a fairly high overall number of cars (and vans of course) whose engine will fail.
In the case of the OP's car, I suggested hanging on to it myself because it is now 6 years old. Presumably it hasn't failed so far (?), so unless the OP regularly thrashes it, neglects it (re servicing) or both, I don't see it as being a particularly high risk.
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