2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

THIS IS AT LEAST THE 3RD TIME THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH BEYER FORD AS WELL AS THE FORD DEALER NEAR MY PARENT'S HOUSE IN PA WHERE I OFTEN TRAVEL. THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR. FORD TELLS ME THAT THE SYMPTOMS ARE 'NORMAL' AND WITH IN THE CORRECT RANGE BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN. FOR AWHILE NOW, THE CAR CONTINUES TO JERK, SHUDDER, AND SPUTTER THROUGH GEARS AFTER A STOP. CAR NOTICEABLY VIBRATES AND THERE ARE LOUD, RATTLING AND GRINDING NOISES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUE ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY AN ISSUE ON HILLS. THE CAR HESITATES TO PICK UP SPEED AND SEEMS TO 'CATCH' FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN I GET JERKED BACK AS THE CAR TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD. SOME DAYS THE CAR RUNS SMOOTHER THAN OTHERS BUT THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THERE ARE MAJOR ISSUES. TEMPERATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE-IT'S ACTUALLY MORE NOTICEABLE ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN WARMED UP AND HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR AWHILE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR WOULD NOT START OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND THE STARTER TURNED BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT FIRE. EVENTUALLY THE CAR DID START, BUT THE SHAKING AND GRINDING WAS EVEN MORE NOTICEABLE THAN USUAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER THE VEHICLE COOLED OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO GIVE A VISUAL WARNING FOR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALERSHIP FOR MY DAUGHTER AS A CAR FOR COLLEGE. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN STUTTERING WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH AND REPROGRAM IT. AFTER ANOTHER PERIOD OF TIME THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING, AGAIN WE HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING REPROGRAMMED. 4 MONTHS LATER IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF AS IT HESITATES AND SHUTTERS WHEN OPERATING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE SHUTTERING AND HESITATING IS VERY NOTICEABLE AT CITY DRIVING SPEEDS. WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH WHY IS THIS NOT BEING LOOKED AT CLOSER BY FORD?

WENT TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT TURN ON AT ALL. THERE IS JUST A CLICKING NOISE, SO THE STARTER IS GOOD, HOWEVER THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I JUMPED STARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. MY INFORMATION SCREEN SAID, "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION PLEASE SERVICE NOW". THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN AT 4,000 RPMS BEFORE SHIFTING WHEN USUALLY IT'S SUPPOSED AND DID SHIFT AT 3,500 RPMS. AS I WOULD BRAKE AND BE UNDER 5MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND I WOULD HAVE TO SLAM MY BRAKES IN ORDER TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP AND AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK IT BACK HOME AND HAVEN'T DROVE IT SINCE. TODAY I TRIED TO UNLOCK MY CAR WITH MY WIRELESS KEY FOB AND THE DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK. MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER. ON THE FORD WEBSITE FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE, IT SHOWS I HAVE FIELD SERVICE ACTIONS. FSA TITLE: TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER / TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT SEAL WARRANTY EXTENSION. 150,000/ 10 YEAR WARRANTY. FSA TITLE: TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. I HAVE LEARNED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE CAN END UP HAVING A SHORT AND YOUR CAR CAN SHUTTER WHEN IT SHIFTS AND IT CAN LOSE ALL POWER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY FORD AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN AUG 2013 CAR BEGAN HESITATING AND JERKING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MORE THAN 4 OR 5 TIMES WITHIN 3 YEARS AND FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE LAST TIME IT TOOK ALMOST A WEEK TO GET THE PARTS AND TO REPLACED IT. THIS IS REALLY INCONVENIENT ESPECIALLY THE FIRST FEW TIMES THEY DID NOT PROVIDE NO LOANER. BUYING THIS CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF MONEY BECAUSE AS SOON AS THIS WARRANTY ENDS, I WILL END UP PAYING FOR THESE REPAIRS. FORD IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REPLACING THE CLUTCH IF THERE IS STILL WARRANTY.

CAR BEGAN HESITATING AND JERKING, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT WOULD BOG DOWN WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE, GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AFTER A STOP CAR WAS ALMOST HIT A NUMBER OF TIMES DUE TO CAR STALING . MY WIFE AND I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON OCTOBER 20TH 2015 FOR THE 4TH TIME, THEY SAID IT WAS CLUTCH AND THEY REPLACED IT THEN CALLED AND SAID IT WAS TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THAT. WE DIDN'T CAR BACK UNTIL JAN 16 2016 I TOOK THE CAR TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATING AND JERKING. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE TRAINED. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK OCTOBER 1ST 2016 DUE TO THE CAR STALING IN THE INTERSECTION AND ALMOST BEING HIT AGAIN THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE CLUTCH AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS ON BACK ORDER, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD BE AND THEY ARE WAITING ON PARTS, AS OF TODAY OCTOBER 26TH 2016 MY CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER. THIS IS A REPEAT ISSUE, I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE CAR. THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLUTCH AND WAS A "KNOWN ISSUE" THAT FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT OTHER THEN WAITING UNTIL THE WARRANTY IS UP AND FORCING YOU TO EITHER DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OR BUY A NEW CAR.

WAS TOLD TPS WAS BAD VEHICLE SHUTTERS AND LOOSES POWER SHUTS OFF ON FREEWAY VERY DANGEROUS THE HOLE THROTTLE BOD MUST BE PURCHASED TO FIX BUT WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD RUNS FINE AFTER 3 TIME WHEN IT WAS DOING IT AGAIN WENT STRAIGHT TO DEALER TOLD ME IS POSSIBLY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR MAY BE PROBLEM

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHILE ACCELERATING, IT FEELS AS THOUGH CAR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT SPUTTERING. INITIALLY CAR DRIFTED BACKWARD WHILE STOPPED ON A DECLINE. TRANSMISSION WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED, HAD MORE PROBLEMS AFTER REPAIRS, HAD TO REPLACE TWO FRONT TIRES, NOISE CAME FROM FRONT TIRES AND DASHBOARD VIBRATED. NOW TRANSMISSION IS SPUTTERING AGAIN WHILE ACCELERATING

MY SONS CAR BEGAN HESITATING AND JERKING, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT WOULD BOG DOWN WHEN TRYING TO GO, GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY WAS SCARY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON AUG 19TH THEY SAID IT WAS CLUTCH AND THEY REPLACED IT THEN CALLED AND SAID IT WAS TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THAT. WE DIDN'T CAR BACK UNTIL OCT 6 MY SON TOOK THE CAR TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGAN TO WHINE AS WELL AS AN ODOR HE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MY HUSBAND WENT AND GOT THE CAR. THE DEALER PICKED THE CAR UP FROM MY DRIVEWAY LEAVING A PUDDLE. THEY ARE TELLING ME IT IS STILL THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE WAITING ON PARTS, AS OF TODAY OCT 25TH MY CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER. *TR

CAR SPUTTERS ON TAKE OFF ALMOST DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. RADIO ELECTRICAL SHORTED OUT THE FIRST 3 MONTHS AND SMOKE FROM HOOD. THE RIGHT REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY