This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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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.
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.
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.
I have had nothing but transmission problems with this car since the first day I bought it and drove it home. I am part of the law suit against Ford with the transmission case
Many dangerous instances when the car wouldn't accelerate, jerks, lurches when "accelerating". had the car in for "repairs" well over 10 times and it is not fixed. I cannot afford another car and these problems have been going on for years. Shouldn't have to feel like my life is at risk every time I am driving to and from work.. I have to make decisions when driving with the consideration that the car may not accelerate due to know transmission issues. Many times on the highway when in a dangerous situation I could not accelerate to get out of the situation. Lucky I haven't been injured due to these known faulty transmissions that executives at Ford released anyway.. when turning, 99% of the time there is no acceleration whatsoever until the car straightens out. Lurching, lunging uncontrollablly and constantly. Very dangerous when putting the foot on the accelerator and all that happens is the car revs up. Lurching, lunging, bumping, grinding. Fords explanation is that it is a hybrid auto/manual transmission and people that own this type of transmission are not used to it. No. I have owned many manual transmissions. The design is faulty and they should be take responsibility for putting profits over the safety of their customers.
I have had my car for over 2 years now and in the time it's been built it's working on its sixth dps6 clutch replacement ! average failure is every 20,000 miles ! it now has 96500 on it and the warranty is close to expiring and Ford shows no interest in coverage after the expiration of said warranty at 100K miles
Transmission shudders, stalls, eractic starts, excessive transmission noise and stalls out with rpms going to over 5 while the car stalls. When stall happens it takes about 40 second to re engage then that a hard shift. This car should have a recall on the transmission. Also the dealer and Ford both knew of this problem and neither advise me of it. If I had know of this problem I would not have purchased this car. In less than one year Ford has replaced the clutch twice and it is in need of a thrird repair.
Delay in accelerating especially at highway speeds. I can't even attempt to pass on two-lane roads because I can't trust the car to accelerate. In cruise control, sometimes it won't decelerate (although it responds to braking). The transmission is now dead and must be replaced despite the car having only ~85K miles. It was serviced by Ford under the power train recall a couple years ago. I don't expect action on this. I'm just frustrated to have to spend $2K on a 2013 car. I refuse to let Ford work on my car because they have never fixed it. I trust my mechanic more.
Takata recall - on Tuesday 25th of June, thecar started slowing down and acting a little weird. No matter how much I gave it gas it went into turtle mode and cut off. I towed it to darcars Ford in lahnam, md. The two warranties on the vehicle expired so I bought extended warranty. The warranty company is telling me they don't replace clutch barren- shift fork A- shift fork B and seat belt light which is on. Now I haft to pay $180 dollars for a diagnostic test and it still needs another test for the seat belt light. What am I to do if Ford does not help with this problem.
While on streets, transmission noises like rocks, clicking, and jerking occurs constantly contributing to failure to proceed smoothly from a stop and when attempting to slow down in preparation of stopping. At times, there is a sudden slipping with jerking forward, especially if traffic ahead is suddenly slowing dramatically. At times, while slowing to a full stop, the vehicle "jumps" forward then stops. While slowly turning left or right or a U-turn, the car deliberately bucks and hesitates before completing the turn. These conditions are a day to day common occurrence. Speed or the length of distance or time in use does not change the stated conditions, sounds, or occurrences. It has become scary to drive, especially after driving an hour or more on the freeway and when I exit the freeway, the transmission and braking conditions are so magnified that slowing at the end of a ramp to stop is forceful. Not normal. I have had the beginning of these problems since I purchased this vehicle 6/17/15. Of course the problems, the detection of noises and sudden unusual movements did not occur all at once. I took my vehicle to kingman's Ford dealer for all maintenance while in AZ and to a Ford dealer in ca. I asked that my description of problems I heard and felt be written in the report or complaint section of every service repair form but it was never done. On 4/8/2016, Ford dealer in kingman, AZ called me to inform me that they had just received the necessary parts to correct all the transmission and operating characteristics I was experiencing and gave me a 2 page powershift 6-speed transmission operating characteristics form dated 9/27/2012 and it contained the "common sounds a driver may notice" regarding: Double clicking metal sounds, coast down whine, clicking when engine turned off, low speed grinding. Documentation is with Ford.
When preparing to stop at a red light, the car suddenly surged forward. I pulled into a parking lot and again, when trying to stop, the car surged forward.
The automatic transmission fails to engage when shifted into any gear. The engine revs but the transmission doesn't go into gear and the car will no move. Sometimes the shifter will not come out of "park". sometimes the car will not start. Turning the key from "off" to "on" may, or may not, allow the car to start and the go into gear. This can happened after backing out of a parking spot, and then shifting into "D" (drive). It has also happened when stopped at a traffic light, and then the car will not move.
Shifting from first and second gear is getting harder and harder. Taking off and going to shift is getting where it feels stuck. It happens a lot when I'm taking off.
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