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Erratic shifting upon acceleration and deceleration, clutch shuddering on light acceleration, lack of power, and car jostling forward when braking at low speeds followed by almost stalling. This jostling requires me to press the brake hard to prevent a sudden forward-jerking motion. The jostling/jerking often happens when decelerating at intersections, making it dangerous for cars and people in front of me if I do not press the brake hard before coming to a complete stop. Since early July, the car exhibits the same symptoms all the time when driving, making it generally unsafe for regular use. See uploaded vehicle service assessment from Ford - they determined that there is a clutch and clutch fork B failure but no codes related to this concern were present during their diagnosis. The care was released and deemed "drivable" by the dealership.
I own a 2011 Fiesta with 130000 miles on it. As everyone is aware, they have transmission issues. I have had the tcm reprogrammed 5 or 6 time since purchasing the vehicle and replaced a clutch. They extended the warranty to 100000 miles but my clutch was cleaned in 2016 at approx 95000 miles before it was the standard for them to replace the bad clutches. Last September, at 120000 miles, iwas driving down a main road when my clutch quit working working while I was driving and stranded me in the middle of a main 7 lane road, wouldnt even go into neutral. I'm lucky there wasnt an accident with how suddenly it happened, after fighting with Ford for two months I had the clutch replaced in November and had to pay 1300 for what to me seems a major safety concern. Now less than a year later my other clutch is going out and again I'm outside of the 100000 mile warranty. I know 3 people personally who are also having G the same issue after having there clutch cleaned and then passing the 100000 mark. Ford has produced a car that failed in the middle of the road, will just quit working and will lurch forward and you are braking or when you are just starting to put gas on the pedal. I have personally experienced all of these issues and more(like my automatic vehicle revving and then starting to roll backwards down a hill while I'm pushing on the gas). I would like very much for Ford to be help responsible for this and have to extend their warranty past the 100000 miles. This is a known issue that they have tried to hide, then avoid and it is definitely a safety issue. I'm hoping someone can help with this.
The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While driving at any speed, the brakes squeaked, the steering lost power, and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to friendly Kia (877-544-6719, located at 5819 us-19, new port richey, fl 34652) where it was determined that the failure was due to humidity. The vehicle was then taken to Ford of port richey (727-233-7143, located at 10715 us-19, port richey, fl 34668) where it was diagnosed that the brakes, transmission, and battery needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the dealer. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 14,000.
The car shudders and feels like it os going to stall out. The car revs high when you press the gass but has no power. I've taken it twice to dealership and they say they have to fix the throttle body first before they can tell me if it's my transmission. Also when I'm filling up my tank it stops every few seconds and will not allow gas to go in the tank. They also said it's my filler neck.
- Kingwood, TX, USA
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While driving on highway the transmission bucks and shudders at times ! the tcm has been replaced twice and reprogrammed 3 times! same with transmissions clutch! car doesn't get enough acceleration going up hill either. This does this every time I drive ! it's having a hard time finding what gear to go in !
When turning the cv joint/axel makes grinding noise. I had serviced twice by Ford dealerships and symptoms remain. They replaced axel boot (left half shaft). Noise still remains. Hasn't been proven to fix.
The transmission shudders increasingly and had a loud grinding noise and was stalling so bad at take off. The engine would rev up but accelerating slow, then it will jerk into gear.
Car is parked, due to shuddering, stalling and lack of power. No faith in the vehicle, won't sell because I don't want it to become somebody else problem.
I firmly believe my vehicle was meant to be included in the dual clutch transmission recall but my VIN number was never included in recall searches. However, I had been having slight issues with it for a while, like it seeming to slip gears or even 'catch' at times. I had taken it to the dealership where I bought it and told them what I thought it could be. I'm a smaller female, and the man I said it to laughed and told me that was his job and not mine and that I didn't need to worry about it. Finally in may of last year, I was driving on the interstate (in a straight stretch about to get off an exit) and out of nowhere my car basically started stalling out, and jerking and kicking back. Getting it back home was a nightmare, due to it having such trouble going uphill or even taking off from a stop. After that happened, I called the dealership where I had purchased it and told them what happened. They again said my car was not part of that recall. I called the corporate office, I've done everything I can think of. That car has sat in one spot for over a year, I still make my monthly payments. I even got one of those code readers and ran it on my car, and sure enough it said what I've been saying all along. I had to quit a good paying job and start working at a nearby gas station because I have no way to get to a job further away, let alone enough to pay for a tow or repairs.
The transmission shuddered and delayed propulsion since I bought the car in 2011-12. Took it to dealers numerous times for "updates" and listened to a variety of excuses as to why the shuddering-- but they never fixed the problem. Eventually, last month a day after my engine light came on and warned of transmission problems, the Fiesta stopped propelling my car numerous times on the way home. After stopping along the highway for a couple minutes, the car would move forward again. My car now seats in my garage, undriveable with an apparently failed transmission. Service center that just examined the problem quoted me $4,400 to install new transmission!
My vehicle shifted out of gear in a dangerous area on the highway and I was nearly hit by another vehicle as my car slowed. I had to pull off the side of the road where I restarted the car only for it to engage "limp mode" which wasn't enough power to get me off the highway safely.
Car will stop accelerating or moving in the middle of driving and completely lock up. I am unable to go forward or in reverse when this happens. However the car will still rev just not move. This is so dangerous and has happened in intersections as well as on the freeway. I've had car looked at multiple times and have had to tow off side of freeway due to it not moving!
The contact owned a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle jerked, hesitated, and stalled. All the instrument cluster warning indicators were illuminated on the instrument panel. Also, the "brake not pushed" message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to North East Ford (182 route 44 East, millerton, NY 12546, (518) 789-4477) where it was diagnosed that the dual clutch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact no longer owned the vehicle and sold it for parts. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 55,000.
The car has had several transmission issues, without warning - the car would idle by itself when I was parked or at a stop sign. When driving the car would speed up without stepping down on the gas. In recent reviews it looks like the 2011 Ford Fiestas has defected transmissions?
Takara recall I've owned this death trap since 2012 and has had the dual transmission replaced at least twice.. it has always jerked and stalled out on me while traveling through intersections, pulling off from stop signs/red lights, and while driving up hills. It's embarrassing, but most of all unsafe for me, my children, and other drivers.
At 232 miles we started taking this car back to the dealer for transmission problems, and were told they had no clue what was going on, before 60,000 miles they replaced the transmission or did software updates numerous times, also after 60,000 it continued. In addition the frame and axels have had several issues when the car has never been in accident. I was told by a Ford mechanic the transmission caused that due to the severe shaking caused by the transmission issues. In addition the air conditioning had issues over and over and the electrical system also had issues after recalls for something to due with the battery harness, my lights went out, my radio stopped working, my air conditioning system and many other odd electrical things happened at this point this car sits in my driveway and is unable to be driven because of safety issues, while I wait and hope that Ford is forced to do a buy back. I purchased this car for my daughter when she went off to college in the hopes she would have a safe reliable car, it has been anything but that, so many problems over the years but unable to financially to purchase another and forced to spend money on repairs to keep this one running. I am so upset that they knew before they ever put this car on the road that it was unsafe just so they could make money at the risk they were putting people in, there were several times my daughters car would shake stutter and slow down that she had to pull off the road to avoid causing an accident.. I have all of the work bills do you want those?
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- Union, NJ, USA