2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED FOR THE JERKING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/15/16*LJ

THIS WAS A BRAND NEW 2013 FORD FIESTA PURCHASED ON APRIL 2013 THAT HAS ALWAYS INTERMITTENTLY STUTTERED / BOGGED ON ACCELERATION WITH SOMETIMES A METAL NOISE. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS DUE TO THE "NEW" TYPE OF DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION DESIGNED TO IMPROVE GAS MILEAGE. CLUTCH WAS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE SHOP A MONTH AGO AS THE CAR WAS STUTTERING ON ACCELERATION FAIRLY BADLY AND TOLD THEN THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM.

MY 2013 FORD FIESTA SHUDDERS AND OR BUCKS UPON ACCELERATION. MOVING FORWARD THROUGH INTERSECTIONS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRANSMISSION. MY 2013 FIESTA HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON BY WAY OF A FORD DEALERSHIP AND PARTS REPLACED. I WORRY EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR THAT IT MAY BE THE ONE TIME I DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I WOULD NOT EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I HAD PROBLEMS WITH SHUDDERING THE DEALERSHIP HAD TESTED MY CAR AND THE SHUDDERING WAS WITHIN GUIDELINES OF PASSING UNDER THE FORD TESTS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR A CAR THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY BE A DEATH TRAP AND CONSIDERED UNSAFE.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS A RECALL ON IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND REPLACED 3X. IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. IT PASSES THE TEST WHEN ITS HOOKED UP TO THE MACHINE BUT WHEN DRIVEN IT FAILS AND GOES BACK TO THE SHOP. THE PROBLEM APPARENTLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH FORD AND HOW IT IS MADE. NOW A ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ALWAYS COMES ON. THE MANUAL SAYS THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE IT MAY NOT SHIFT. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN COUNTLESS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT. IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE. IT JERKS, SHAKES, AND GRINDS. I WROTE TO FORD AND THEY DIDN'T CARE. TOLD ME TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN NONSTOP SINCE I BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR TILL NOW AND ITS ONGOING. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CHILD IN THIS CAR. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

ON-GOING ISSUE W/ CHUGGING,GRINGIN AND JERKING-FRONT DERIVERS SIDE OF CAR. STARTED IN 2014- TOLD DEALERSHIP STEVEN FORD(PATCHOGUE,NY) THEY STATED NO ISSUE. NOISE GOT REPEADETLY WORSE OVER TIME. HAD MISSOURI DEALERSHIP LOOK AT WHEN I FOUNDOUT THERE WAS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION- STATED RESET COMPUTER ALL REPAIRED. CAME BACK TO NY WITH EXTENDED ISSUE TOOK TO TOWER FORD (GREAT NECK, NY) KEPT FOR A WEEK STATING THEY HAD TO DIAGNOSIS W/ 260 FEE. WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION - NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST $ 5,000.00 TO FIX. WAS TOLD I COULD DRIVE OFF LOT-TOOK TO OUTSIDE GARAGE IN GLEN OAKS, NY WHERE THEY INFORMED ME I HAD A HOLE IN MY TRANSMISSION THAT BY LOOKING AT COULD HAVE BEEN NOTED W/ NO DIAGNOSTIC NEEDED. TOWER CHARGED ME FOR THE 260 DIAGNOSTIC AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. FORD CORPORATE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF ALL ISSUES AND REFUSES TO HELP. I AM 8 MONTHS PREGNANT- DROVE THIS CAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NO ONE CONNECTED TO FORD WANTS TO HELP- IT IS A 2013! TOWER FORD TOLD GLENOAKS GARAGE THAT WE DID THIS TO THE TRANSMISSION WHEN WE DROVE IT 6 MILES FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE OTHER. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A DANGER TO DRIVE AND NO ONE ADVISED ME OF THIS EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION ISSUE!

70,000 MILES CURRENTLY, 2013 FORD FIESA SFE WITH 6 SPEED POWER SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANS. THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR IS A FLAWED DESIGN. SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR, THERE IS EXCESSIVE CLUTCH SHUDDER WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND FROM SECOND TO THIRD. IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE LOOSE MARBLES IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE TSB/RECALL PERFORMED IN APRIL OF 2015 BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS OPENED UP AND PARTS WERE REPLACED. TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOW WORSE THAN EVER. UNLESS I'M DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CAR IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD EITHER LUNGE FORWARD AND ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND STALL WITHOUT WARNING, OR FAIL TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD, AND STOPPED SUDDENLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

SLOW ON ACCELERATION AND THEN SHUDDERS AND JERKS. JERKY WHILE SHIFTING LACK OF POWER GOING UP HILL . HAS JERKED, THEN STALLED AND ROLLED BACK WHILE GOING UP HILL -CROSSING A BUSY ROAD IT ACTED UP AND IF THE ONGCOMING TRUCK HAD NOT SLOWED DOWN I WOULD HAVE GOTTED HIT AND T BONED-SCARY AND UNSAFE.

VEHICLE SHUDDER SHAKES AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, TYPICALLY IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR (6 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION). TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED SEVERAL TIMES, CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, CONTROL UNIT REPROGRAMMED AGAIN. ISSUES CONTINUE. VEHICLE LOSES ACCELERATION IN INTERSECTIONS AND POSES A RISK FOR REAR-END COLLISIONS, CANNOT SMOOTHLY ACCELERATE WHICH COULD CAUSE ISSUES.

NEW TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PROBLEM. FORD SENT RECALL. CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BUT I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE AUGUST OF 2015 FOR RECALL PARTS AS HAVE MANY OTHERS CAR JUMPS SHIMMIES AND RATTLES LIKE A BUCKET OF BOLTS. DANGEROUS MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS AND GETTING UP INCLINES ESPECIALLY COMING FROM A STOP. GETTING NOWHERE WITH FORD CORP OR DEALERSHIP.