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The contact owns a 2018 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The engine failure message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. No further information was available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 37,000.
The component that failed was the clutch pedal assembly. The part is currently still installed in the vehicle. The clutch pedal randomly will stay full depressed, and requires manually reaching and grabbing the pedal to pull it out. The operator being distracted because they cant get the car into the correct gear and have to pull off the road to reset/pull the clutch pedal back into position. The component has not be inspected. There were no warning signs or symptoms before the failure happened.
Vehicle driving on interstate when a vibration was felt through the steering wheel, then the vehicle started lose power. Gear shift still in drive engine still running and coasted to a stop on side of highway. Vehicle was rear ended found out that the left drive axle had become disconnected at the transmission end. When this happens the sv has no way to maintain a safe speed.-++++++
Car shudders upon acceleration from standstill. Loses power severely going uphill. Engine/transmission shakes shudders engine races and quickly accelerates after loss of power then decreases again. When moving from stop car shudders makes a grinding noise and then slowly accelerates before decreasing RPM and then races again.
While driving the automatic transmission shutters when going into second gear and stalls before accelerating. Some times the car won't start and it's not related to the battery or the starter. It also had a purge valve replacement three months after purchase. A few months later I had to replace it again this time it wasn't under warranty. I purchased this car brand new in 2018 and it had all these issues in 2018 and October of 2019 is when the transmission began to shutter.
- Washington, DC, USA
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The car was driving at 68 mph and approximately 2500 RPM started to loose speed down slight hill and rpms increased to 5,500 RPM. Let off the accelerator 3 seconds rpms decreased reapplied accelerator and operated properly.
Been noticing now with the Ford Fiesta 2018 that my third gear. Loses the grip going up hill. Been like this for a few weeks. I have taken the car to the dealer. Two times have they repair it. Yet, sadly seems that this will be the third and final time. Can't believe Ford doesn't do durable manuals anymore. The issues are a lot on the highway. Can't afford a crash or accident.
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- Washington, DC, USA