2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

MULTIPLE ISSUE'S WITH MY FORD FIESTA (2013) TRANSMISSION. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FORD DEALER TO GET THE TCM RE-PROGRAMMED ABOUT 3 TIMES AND HAD IT REPLACED TWICE. TAKEN IT BACK FOR THE SHUTTERING ISSUE.CAR WOULD STALL AFTER MOVING FORWARD FROM A COMPLETE STOP. HAVE HAD THE CLUTCHES REPLACED IN IT. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN ON JULY 5TH 2019 FOR AN ISSUE WITH IT SLAMMING INTO REVERSE. WAS TOLD IT WAS READY ABOUT A WEEK LATER ON JULY 11TH. AFTER PAYING $60, THE SERVICE GUY TELLS ME IT WILL NOT GO INTO DRIVE AFTER LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE. I KEEP CALLING AND KEEP GETTING TOLD THAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR A TOOL TO COME IN TO TRY AND GET INTO DRIVE. TODAY IS JULY 24TH 2019 AND STILL NO CAR.

STARTED THE CAR ON ONE HOT AND HUMID DAY AND, WHILE WAITING FOR MY WIFE AND AUNT AT A DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GEAR SHIFTER, I SAW THE GEAR DISPLAY MOMENTARILY JUMPED FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK TO PARK ON THE DISPLAY PANEL. IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD. THE CAR HAD ALREADY UNDERGONE THREE TRANSMISSION OVERHAULS BEFORE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED SO I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED THE CAR, FROM GRINDING GEARS TO SHUDDERING AND SLOW SHIFTING IN LOW SPEED OR AT AN INCLINE, ALL I HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE. BUT THE SLIPPING GEAR WAS NEW. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT AT FIRST AND DROVE OFF WHEN MY WIFE AND AUNT GOT ON. AT THE SECOND STOP SIGN, THE GEAR SLIPPED MOMENT AFTER I ACCELERATED FOLLOWING THE STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL ' NO ABNORMAL SOUND, NO WARNING MESSAGE, NO ENGINE LIGHT ON OR BLINKING. THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THERE WAS NO MORE POWER TO THE WHEELS. ONLY THEN DID I NOTICE THE GEAR DISPLAY SHOWED THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL, BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS STILL IN DRIVE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND US. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED MOVING THE GEAR SHIFTER BUT IT WAS STUCK IN DRIVE WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. I STOPPED THE CAR AND TRIED AGAIN, TO NO AVAIL. I THEN TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO PARK. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO DRIVE, AND THE GEAR COOPERATED. I TURNED AROUND AND GOT BACK TO HOME SAFELY. I HAD COPED WITH ALL OF THE EARLIER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, THE TROUBLE OF GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP REPEATEDLY, AND EVEN ADJUSTED MY DRIVING HABIT WITH THE UNIQUE TEMPERAMENT OF THIS CAR. HOWEVER, WITH THE GEAR SLIPPING FROM DRIVE WITHOUT ANY FOREWARNING, I DID NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANYMORE. WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE GEAR HAD SLIPPED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2012 IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO FORD THEY WOULD TELL ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT OR THAT IT WAS SOMETHING I DID. I TOOK IT BACK IN A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BUT IT STARTED BACK UP SHORTLY AFTER. SO I JUST STOPPED COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SINCE IT SEEMS IT'S A WILD GOOSE CHANCE. ALSO MY STEREO HAS COMPLETELY CUT OUT AND I'VE HAD IT CHECKED AND MY MECHANIC CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A ANYTHING WRONG WITH OR WHY IT HAS CUT OUT AND IT'S BEEN A YEAR I STILL HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TAKEN TO ROKSTAD FORD MERCURY (476600 US-95, PONDERAY, ID 83852, (208) 263-3127) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,183.

07I HAVE HAD MANY INSTANCES OF HESITATION, SURGES, BUCKS, JERKS ON ACCELERATION. GOT ERROR MESSAGE "GETTING HOT, PULL OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF". ON LONG TRIP TRANSMISSION OVERTEMP LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH IT WOULD GO OUT OF GEAR AN SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH THEN IT WOULD GO BACK INTO GEAR AND SPEED UP AGAIN. CLUTCH ADAPTIVE NEEDED TO PERFORM A RELEARN. SHIFTS ROUGH OR JERKY WHILE DRIVING, SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP.

WHILE ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION STUTTERS VIOLENTLY BEFORE 'KICKING INTO GEAR' AND ACCELERATING LIKE EXPECTED. IT'S EVERYDAY.

I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER OWNING THE CAR A FEW MONTHS. AT ONLY 30K MILES. THANK GOD IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT INTO A DEALER SINCE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN REGARDING THIS CAR. THE CAR CONTINUES TO JERK FORWARD WHEN MOVING FROM A STOP. THE CAR CONSTANTLY SHUDDERS WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. I EVEN HAD TO PULL THE FUSE OUT FOR THE RADIO BECAUSE THE SPEAKERS WOULD CONSTANTLY POP, EVEN WITH THE RADIO OFF. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE EVEN WITH NEW TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS CAR. IF THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED, THE SAME PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MONEY TO KEEP FIXING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FIXABLE. I WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT I FEEL UNSAFE IN UNTIL I CANNOT ANYMORE. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ON THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" FIELD, I PUT TODAY'S DATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.

TAMARA RECALL...I AM NOT SURE OF THE YEAR OF THE FIESTA, BUT I RENTED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT LAX AND NOTICED TO MY ALARM THAT IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING AS I DROVE THROUGH MANHATTAN BEACH. FINALLY, IT JUST PLAIN DIED OUT AND I COASTED IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD THE RENTAL GUY COME AND GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR AND RIDE THE PITIFUL FIESTA BACK TO THE AIRPORT, ASSUREDLY IN THE TOW TRUCK. IT WAS THE MOST PITIFUL PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM A RENTAL AND RUINED MY OPINION OF THE AGENCY WHO RENTED IT.

TRANSMISSION IS JUNK AND THE RADIO DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE AND HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDOWS

I'M GETTING U3003, AND JUST DRIVING LESS THEN 40 MILES PER HOUR MY CAR JUST SHUTTER-AN LOSE POWER HAVE TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD. THEN WOULD SIT AWHILE TRY TO RESTART IT GIVE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I ALMOST GOT HIT ON THE ROAD ON CITY STREET IN MOTION. HAD BUY ANOTHER CAR IT SIT IN PARKING LOT NOW.