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The car shakes and shutters. Rough when shifting. The speed will quickly change sometimes has problems starting. Not safe to drive. Ford dealership near where I live says it is the clutch and wants $1500 just to figure out exactly what is wrong. They highly suggest replacing whole transmission $5700 because if they fix one part and another breaks it will cost $1500 just to take apart again. Crazy because it has only 91000 miles and is only worth $4500. Help I don't have this kind of money for fixing this unsafe car
The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While accelerating from a stop light, the vehicle vibrated violently. The vehicle was taken to multiple independent mechanics who stated that the transmission and fuel injection needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to citrus motors Ford (1375 S woodruff way, Ontario, ca 91761, (855) 451-7126) where it was diagnosed that the transmission clutch and shaft needed to be replaced. The transmission was replaced, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
The transmission has been shuttering, stalling and jerking irraticly while in motion, on the street/ highway sometimes rolls backward and forward on reverse have notified manufacture they won't help put in shop replaced transmission cost 1700 and the problem still exists but worse now when turning jerks and shakes and is leaking tried to get it fixed again no mechanic will do the work plus now my warranty is expired and I can no longer afford repairs. This will be the third attempt on repairing the vehicle transmission. This car is very dangerous to be driving on the road can cause many accidents due to power train malfunction. Ford and other mechanics don't want to do the work to repair the car plus all models transmissions are faulty regardless if it gets replaced. Car needs to be recalled!!
Transmission will not change gears. Ford has extended warranty but it expires at 100000 miles. Its a know problem with Ford Fiesta and Focus during a few years that Ford has not addressed. Car was parked and as I started driving it was jerky and gears would not shift correctly. Problem is not constant. It comes and goes.
The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While driving approximately 5 mph, the maintenance warning and major engine malfunction indicators illuminated. The vehicle failed to shift in different gears. The vehicle was taken to elder Ford of tampa (9560 N Florida ave, tampa, fl 33612, (813) 498-0779) where it was diagnosed that the clutch needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the clutch warranty expired after seven years. The approximate failure mileage was 68,800.
- Tampa, FL, USA
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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that the transmission malfunctioned. While driving 20 mph, the vehicle hesitated and would not reverse. The dealer (santa monica Ford Lincoln, 1230 santa monica blvd, santa monica, ca 90404, (310) 451-1588) stated that the warranty for the recall had expired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated the same thing as the dealer. The failure mileage was 50,000.
The contact owned a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While making turns at low speeds, the vehicle experienced hesitation and independent shifting. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to kovatch Ford (423 w catawissa St, nesquehoning, pa), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer informed the contact of a 'silent recall' for the transmission. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was approximately 59,582.
My husband and I bought a car from them. It is in my husbands name. My husband is not from this country and doesn't know what things mean in their context. This car was sold to us as is with a branded title. We accepted that. However, the car was sold to us with broken parts and the repairs that were done to it were not done to standard oem specifications. The car was sold to us with a broken front axel. This is a major safety issue because had this completely broken going down the road and we were in a wreck that would have been bad. The car is not fixed at this time and they refuse to fix it due to the papers that were signed by my husband that of which I am sure he didn't know what he was signing being someone who has never bought a car before. I do T feel that this car lot should be allowed to sell the car in this condition even as is. Please let me know if we have any rights here. Thank you!
I've only owned my Fiesta for 2 years and now my car won't move when I am in drive or reverse as I step on the gas peddle to accelerate. Before this, my car would jerk forward when I would go to accelerate and act as if it was going to stall out in the middle of traffic. I've taken it to Ford before to get the recalls fixed because my passenger door swung open while I was driving and they fixed the transmission and clutch recall but now I'm having problems again.
I was driving to work on the highway, it was slow traffic, and upon slowing down, I felt a lurch and a high pitch. The car continued to drive, and upon arriving to work a few minutes away, the car began to smell bad. I parked and turned the car off. I turned the car on again and it would not change gears. I had to get my car towed. The car is currently at a mechanic, and he sublet the job to a Ford tech who is now saying that the transmission blew up. So now a transmission, trans computer, clutches, and fork have to be replaced and they are charging $5250 for the job. The car showed nothing wrong aside from the weird lurch. There was no check engine light, no trouble codes. The only thing I saw was after parking the car and turning it back on, a popup flashed on the screen saying transmission malfunction.
My son was almost killed over the holiday weekend when his vehicle power went down to around 35 in a 55 mph zone and would not get over the 35mph. This is the fourth time this has happened, but the closest time he has come to losing his life by being hit. We called Ford and they said someone would call back as we have seen a recurring them of people having the same issues as reported on the internet but Ford has not been responsive and it has been almost two months. He is to afraid to drive the car any longer so it just sits unuseable in my driveway.
My 2011 Ford Fiesta with only 94K on it has a automatic transmission failure and starting issues. There are recalls on where Ford extended the tcm warranty to 10 years 150,000 miles which I believe may have lead to the failure of my transmission. The Ford dealership in ankeny Iowa says they will not do anything for me to fix this problem..
I was at the rocky mountain national park when my car wouldn't start. I have a aaa membership so they came and jumped my car. We drove a couple miles bought a new battery but it was was not shifting properly. We called our Ford dealership in Wisconsin that we always go to and they told us the transmission control module will prevent car from starting, drain your battery, and not allow car to shift properly. The drive down the mountain was very scary the car would not shift right and jerked the car violently. The drive on the highway was not much better, we had semi's almost hit us. Flashing lights at us because we could not speed up. We called around no one had the part we needed. With it being the weekend some Ford service shops weren't even open. We were told not to shut car off because it might not start again so we drove all night long for 26 hours home at 50 mph because we could not go any faster. The speed limit was 75 mph and several times we had cars get right on our bumper and switching lanes at the last second. Finally my husband put our hazard lights on so other drivers would realize we were unable to go fast. It was a scary and nerve racking experience. The Ford Fiesta has a really bad transmission that has broken on us before and Ford keeps extending the warranty but that doesn't give us peace of mind when traveling. I have to worry every time I travel that this car will break down. In fact I have rented cars 3 times to travel because I don't trust my Ford. This vacation I decided it was a waste of money to rent a car for a week and I took my Ford and it let my family down for the last time. This car should be recalled because it is not safe. You have to make sure that you have a lot of room to pull out at intersections because it shifts so slowly and does not take off like most cars. Please help get this unsafe car off the road. Thanks
5 times repaired for some of the same thing. Clutch replaced 3 out of 5, shaft seals replaced, reprogrammed several times PCM/tcm, pp test shudder, performed several adaptive learn strategies. In summary we have a lemon. If my son needed to get out of the way in a hurry, and couldn't due to the faulty parts on his car. He could be killed or injured real bad. Then there would be a big law suit.
My car has been repaired 3 times and needs another repair for the transmission once again. In the past month this car has died on me while driving first time was at a intersection luckily I was able to pull into a gas station it was towed to carmax where they took it to joe myers Ford they had it for week and some days. In which case they couldn't recreate the problem so carmax had it for almost a month and couldn't recreate it either so they had no other choice but give me back the death trap that will take my life. Since having the car back it has died on me twice I called Ford joe myers they don't offer loaner cars and I don't believe I should pay for a rental for their problem. In both cases I was driving when the tool light came on and malfunction appeared. I was just driving minding my own business when it started to slow dow and stop. When I turn the car off it's like it never happened. Please help
Transmission shudder and unreliability: My car frequently shudders when I start and, sometimes the automatic powertrain briefly detaches; in other words, applying pressure to the gas pedal on such occasions simply makes the engine whine, with no propulsive response. This has become a dangerous circumstance -- must be able to rely on the transmission responding to changes in pressure on the gas pedal. The problem is most acute when I'm accelerating from a stop; on the most recent occasion, I began forward motion at a stop light, but then the transmission detached and I just 'floated' into the intersection. Removing my foot from the pedal and reapplying pressure overcame the problem, in that instance. The car also shudders violently as I start, or if I am going uphill slowly (such as in stop-and-go traffic). I thought there had been a recall of the Fiesta to address transmission shudders, but I see no such recall on the NHTSA website.
The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. While waiting at a red light, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated and rear ended a utility vehicle. The contact depressed the brake pedal down to the floor, but the vehicle kept accelerating on its own. The contact opened the driver side door and ran to the sidewalk. Directly behind the contact was a fire truck and the occupants witnessed the entire crash. The contact was advised to leave the vehicle and the fire department was able to turn off the engine. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact also stated that the tipm was replaced twice. The first time was by huntersville Ford in huntersville, North Carolina in August of 2015. The second time was by salisbury Ford in salisbury, North Carolina in August of 2016. The huntersville Ford dealer also replaced the clutch twice. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 67,378.
My cars transmission jerks, powers down, hesitates. I have taking it back to the dealer several times and was told there is nothing wrong, one time I had a computer update. I had a lot of close calls due to the way this car operates. April 2015 my luck ran out. Evening traffic was heavy and sitting at a red light and when it turned green the car did the hesitation and this time my daughter was in a head on collision and the car is a total loss. My daughter had a neck injury and second degree burns to her arms.
My vehicle developed a low speed acceleration shudder. It was "fixed" under warranty. When it reappeared I found out it was a design flaw in the transmission and it would continuously reappear. I was fixed again under an extended 100,000 mile warranty at 86,000 miles. Occurred again at 96,000 miles but it "passed" the shudder test and wouldn't be fixed under warranty. It is now shudders terribly and at 104,000 all future repairs will cost $2000 each time.
There was an active recall on my 2011 Ford Fiesta hatchback ses that I aquired from an auto dealer but not from Ford. Took it to Ford when I later found out about the recall on door latches and went to have the latches fixed and later that day the front passenger window pops off track and my window on the drivers side has issues with going up and down. The Ford place said that in order to fix the windows it would cost $100 dollars to fix and they swear up and down thst they didn't work in the doors but the had to replace the latches. The windos wasworking fine until I took it to shaffer Ford.they said in the shop that there was a recall on the transmission clutch and the control module but it seemed to shift fine and I now have a wrench light and not the oil light beside the wrench one but another one and the transmission malfunction alert comes on in the display. My girlfriend is pregnant and when it jerks when I come to a complete stop it pulls the car seat tight on her belly and everytime it hurts her. I believe it's a safety issue and my only means of transportation. If I knew about this car before I stated the finance, I would of purchased something else. Just wanted to say thank from all us folks who got the Ford Fiesta. They are junk. I hope
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- Breckenridge, CO, USA