Ford Fiesta Complaints (2013)

668 consumer complaints on file.

#10532179July 28, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I ALMOST DIED IN THIS CAR TODAY. I RENTED IT FOR MY TRIP IN MAUI. IT WAS PRACTICALLY NEW WITH ONLY 10,000 MILES ON IT, SO THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYTHING WRONG, EVEN IF THE PEOPLE THAT RENTED IT BEFORE ME DROVE IT HORRIBLY. TODAY I DROVE IT INTO THE HILLS (UPCOUNTRY MAUI). I WAS ON A ROAD WITH A CLIFF ON THE LEFT SIDE AND A DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH WAS A HILL GOING UP, AND EVERYTHING WAS INITIALLY FINE, THE CAR WAS GOING UP THE HILL JUST FINE, BUT A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY UP THE HILL THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING/MOVING. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BUT IT HAD NO RPMS AND THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. SUDDENLY, THE TRANSMISSION (?) KICKED IN AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AT 20MPH. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, WHERE THERE WAS A PARKING LOT. HAD THE TRANSMISSION NOT KICKED IN AT THAT SECOND, THE CAR WOULD HAVE ROLLED ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND OFF THE CLIFF. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL OR NOT PRESSING THE GAS. I WAS GOING UP A HILL AND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT TO ROLL BACK, SO OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE MY FOOT PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS IS FURTHER EXHIBITED BY THE FACT THAT THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF NOT MOVING, SO I DEFINITELY HAD MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR THE WHOLE TIME. I HAVE READ ONLINE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING/MOVING WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS, SO THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS RIDING IT IN THE HILLS OR MOUNTAINS? PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CAR BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525079July 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WITH IN 2 DAYS OF DRIVING MY NEW CAR OFF THE LOT I RECOGNIZED A RATTLE/GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR. IT VARIES IN LOUDNESS AND IS PRIMARILY HEARD AT LOW SPEEDS WITH AC AND RADIO OFF. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER SHORTLY AFTER AND THE SERVICE GUY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH ME PRESENT TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A QUICK FIX OR NORMAL FOR THE CAR. HE HEARD THE NOISE AND WROTE A TICKET FOR REPAIR. NEXT DAY THEY CALLED ME AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524870July 15, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION MADE A CLANKING NOISE AND RESPONDED WITH SLIGHT HESITATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER DRIVING BETWEEN 10-60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE. THE TRANSMISSION CYLINDER BLOCK, GASKET AND HEX HEAD WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THE SAME DAY THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520875June 20, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WITHIN THE FIRST WEEKS OF OWNING THIS NEW CAR - I WAS DISTURBED TO HEAR A GEAR CHANGE RATTLE/NOISE ON TAKE OFF UP TO AT LEAST 30 MPH. THE CAR ALSO HESITATES ON START WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FRIGHTENING WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AND WAS TOLD "OH THE COMPUTER IS ADJUSTING TO THE WAY YOU DRIVE - BY THE TIME YOU REACH 500 MILES ON THE CLOCK IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT" !!! I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIT OF !!! BUT GAVE IT THE CHANCE. BY THE TIME I REACHED 500 ON THE CLOCK IT WAS STILL A WORSENING PROBLEM..AND I TOOK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON PICK UP I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND ALL IN ORDER. THE PROBLEM SEEMED GET WORSE AND A FAMILY MEMBER DROVE IT AND THOUGHT IT MAY BE TRANSMISSION RELATED. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS AND I WAS TOLD 'THIS SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM'... IT DIDN'T. I HAVE LESS THAN 2500 MILES AND IT IS 6 MONTHS OLD NOW. I HAVE TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM AND I CONSIDER IT UNSAFE WHEN IN BUSY COMMUTE TRAFFIC. I AM WAITING FOR THEM TO RESPOND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520904June 20, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, A GRINDING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SOUND THAT WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520592June 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW DROVE IT HOME ABOUT 65 MILES. WIFE DROVE IT ANOTHER 150 ROUND TRIP OUT OF TOWN. WE NOTICED A SHUTTERING FROM A STOP AND WHEN SHIFTING. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE BUT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CALL THEM. ONLY HAVE HAD THE CAR 6 DAYS. THEN WE ARE DRIVING AND HEAR A GRINDING/CRACKLING NOISE FROM THE LEFT SIDE SOUNDS AND FELLS AS THOUGH THE CV AXLE IS GOING TO BREAK OR SOMETHING. CALL ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY TOW IT IN. WAITING UNTIL THE AM TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY. THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING WRONG HERE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME THE NOISE AND VIBRATION ALMOST CAUSED US TO WRECK DUE TO IT SCARING HER WHEN IT STARTED IT. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT AND SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520274June 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DURING TEST DRIVE, CAR RAN WELL BUT IT WAS NOT REALLY WARMED UP. SALES AND MANAGEMENT NEVER MENTIONED TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THIS DUAL CLUTCH 6 SPEED POWER SHIFT TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE FIRST WEEK...IT BEGAN SHUDDERING WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND WAS TOLD IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER 1,000 MILES AS THE CLUTCH IS "GREEN". THEY EVEN PRINTED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IF IT PERSISTS THEIR TRANSMISSION GUY SAID HE COULD UPDATE THE SOFTWARE (ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS AND A WHOLE LOT OF PROCEDURES THAT HAVE TO BE SPOT ON). NOW IT ALSO FINDS FALSE NEUTRALS WITH THE ENGINE REVVING LIKE IT IS OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD. ALSO, THE RIDE IS VERY JERKY BACK AND FORTH AT LOWER SPEEDS AND VERY BAD WHEN THE A/C IN ON. THIS IS PRIMARILY MY WIFE'S CAR AND I DON'T FEEL IT IS AT ALL SAFE FOR HER TO DRIVE. I SAT DOWN WITH ONE OF THE MANAGERS AND ASKED ABOUT A BUY BACK BY FORD...HE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE. I ALSO FOUND THAT CAPSTONE LAW APC HAS INITIATED A CLASS ACTION SUIT AND HAVE SIGNED ON, HERE IS THEIR WEBSITE: HTTP://CAPSTONELAWYERS.COM/ WE PAID $17,840 DELIVERED FOR THIS CAR AND I'D LIKE IT ALL BACK AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIGN OFF ON THE TITLE AND SURRENDER THE CAR TO FORD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516166June 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN I FIRST DROVE THE CAR IT WAS SO SMOOTH AND QUIET; BUT THAT DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK A HEARD A GRINDING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE CAR BEGAN STUTTERING WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THE GRINDING NOISE BEGAN TO GET WORSE AS THE WEEK WENT ON. I HEAR IT WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN, AND BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL AND DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO FIX IT. I TOOK IT THAT EXACT SAME DAY TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE IT WAS STILL MAKING THE EXACT SAME GRINDING SOUND. THE MECHANIC THERE TEST-DROVE IT AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT NORMAL TO BE HEARING THAT SOUND. HE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT. I READ ONLINE ABOUT MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FIESTA TRANSMISSION; AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT FORD IS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. A SOUND LIKE THAT AND STUTTERING DOES NOT LEAVE ME TO FEEL SAFE WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516234June 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED MY 2013 FORD FIESTA 3 WEEKS AGO WITH 37 MILES ON IT. MY FIRST INCIDENT HAPPEND AT APPROXIMATELY 620 MILES WHERE THE CAR STARTED HESITATING WHEN I WOULD ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND OCCASIONALLY WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POINT. THE CAR NOW, WITH 750 MILES SPUTTERS AND JERKS AND LUNGES, AS IT SEEMS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE CARS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP LAST SATURDAY AFTER IT HAPPEND A FEW TIMES. THEY TOLD ME THERE MAY BE A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH, BUT ULTIMATELY CAME BACK SAYING THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED AN "UPDATE" AND THEY PROCESSED THAT. I PICKED THE CAR UP. ON THE WAY HOME, IT WAS MUCH WORSE. IT JERKS ALMOST EVERYTIME I PULL AWAY FROM A RED LIGHT/STOPPED POSITION. IT IS ONCE AGAIN AT THE DEALER. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER. HE TELLS ME THIS PROBLEM IS MORE COMMON WITH THE FORD FOCUS AND THAT HE REALLY FEELS MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE "WORN IN" UNTIL 1500 MILES AND THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT IT, BUT LIKELY NOT DO ANYTHING...THAT I BASICALLY NEED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND DEAL WITH IT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY REASONS TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I FEEL THAT I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. IT ALSO WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO ME ON TEST DRIVE/PRIOR TO PURCHASE ABOUT THIS "NEW" DOUBLE CLUTCH AUTO MANUAL TRANSMISSION..WHICH I FEEL IS A DISGRACE TO FORD AND THEIR PRODUCTS. I AM WAITING FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO CALL ME AND TELL ME IT'S "FINE" AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEP NEEDS TO BE..BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519387June 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION STARTED SHUDDERING SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR. I BELIEVE IT IS ALSO DOING THE SAMETHING GOING INTO 4TH GEAR. UPHILL SOMETIMES IT CAN'T GET OUT OF IT'S OWN WAY. HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. CAR WAS FUN TO DRIVE AND GETTING 40MPG. TAKING IT TO DEALER TOMORROW. WE'LL SEE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515006June 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR SHUDDERS AND SHAKES BETWEEN 1ST AND THIRD AS IT CHANGES GEAR MAY BE TPS OR TRANNY DEALER SAYS NOTHING FOUND FORD IS INVESTIGATING!!?? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514384May 30, 2013
POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT 2013 FORD FIESTA ON 5/16/13 WITH 40 MILES ON IT. AFTER THE SECOND DAY DRIVING IT STARTED HEARING A GRINDING AND RUBBING TYPE NOISE FROM FRONT LEFT SIDE OF CAR. TOOK IT TO ONE DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT SINCE I DID NOT BUY IT THERE THEY CANT HELP ME. SO THE NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT. THE MORE THE CAR WAS DRIVEN THE WORSE THIS CONDITION GOT! WITH 700 MILES ON THE CAR THE DEALER AT FIRST TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, BUT AFTER A RIDE ALONG THE STORY CHANGED FAST. AFTER 4 DAYS I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT A BUY-BACK SINCE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. AT 1 WEEK IN THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THEY WONT DO A BUY BACK BUT FIX THE CAR WHEN THEY KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS. NOW I GOT A CALL THAT ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CAR AND HAS A TSB ON IT. WE WILL SEE IF THIS WORKS I GUESS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513820May 28, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WE PURCHASED 2013 FORD FIESTA IN NOVEMBER 2012. SINCE THEN WE HAVE EXPERIENCED GRINDING NOISE FROM LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, PLUS BURNING SMELL. MOST NOTICEABLY AT CITY SPEEDS AND FROM TAKEOFFS. THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS SNOW TIRE ISSUE BUT WHEN WE TOOK IN FOR FIRST SERVICE, FORD SERVICE RECOGNIZED THE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, BUT GAVE NO EXPLANATION OR FIX. WE WERE TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE BUT HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK SINCE, NO FOLLOWUP AT ALL. THEY ADDED 'YOU DO HAVE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE' AS A RESPONSE. ARE WE TO WAIT FOR THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY FAIL OR GET IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513305May 23, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND THE CENTRAL COMPUTER WAS RESET HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512464May 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
FOR THE FIRST 9,000 MILES EVERYTHING WORKED WELL. THEN TROUBLE. NOW, OUT OF THE BLUE, THE VEHICLE STUTTERS, OR SHUDDERS, SOMETIMES QUITE VIOLENTLY AT VARIOUS TIMES WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. IT'S HAPPENED IN ALL SIX GEARS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE ENGINE FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL, USUALLY WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, UNTIL IT'S DEPRESSED BEYOND WHERE IT SHOULD BE, AND THEN THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY "CATCH" AND LURCH FORWARD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT NEVER WHEN THE CAR HAS JUST STARTED AND IS STILL COLD. I DO A LOT OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DRIVING, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE SLOW RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL PUT ME AT REAL RISK. I'M TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER TOMORROW TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511760May 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING UPHILL. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED POORLY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER RE-CALIBRATED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, THE POSITION CONTROL MODULE, AND RESET THE COMPUTER HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,745.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511214May 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
2013 FORD FIESTA BOUGHT 11/23/12. PROBLEMS WITHIN 4 DAYS; IT'S DEFINITELY A DEATH TRAP. TO REPAIR SHOP 11/27/12, 11/30/12, 12/12/12 & 03/27/13 FOR INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. INITIALLY STARTED HEARING A BUZZING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR & SMELLING SOMETHING HOT LIKE RUBBER BURNING. THE ORIGINAL PROBLEMS WERE JOINED WITH A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR (LOUDEST BETWEEN 32 & 42 MPH), IT BEGAN TO HESITATE, SHUTTER, STALL, LURCH, NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL HIGH RPMS REACHED & THEN IT SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD. DIFFICULTY PULLING STEEP HILLS/DRIVEWAYS & DOESN'T REVERSE AT TIMES. WE'VE NEARLY BEEN REAR-ENDED & BROADSIDED ON MORE THAN ONCE; I ALMOST REAR-ENDED SOMEONE ELSE. CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM ON INTERSTATE COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY FAMILY KILLED; TAPPED BRAKES TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL AS I WAS BEING PASSED ON ONE SIDE & WAS APPROACHING A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. I PULLED TO THE LEFT LANE & PROCEEDED PAST THE SLOWER VEHICLE BUILDING MY SPEED BACK UP TO 70; I PUSHED THE RESUME BUTTON & SUDDENLY THE CAR'S SPEED DROPPED DRASTICALLY & THEN JUMPED BACK UP CAUSING THE RPMS TO REV VERY HIGH BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME; IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE OTHER LANE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A SEMI-TRUCK. THE CAR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP MORE PROBLEMS EACH DAY. IN APRIL 2013, THE CAR WAS PARKED ON A LEVEL STORE LOT. MY SON HAD JUST ENTERED THE CAR & I WAS GETTING IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I HAD JUST GOT MY BUTT ON THE SEAT & MY RIGHT LEG IN THE CAR WHEN I HEAR A CLICKING NOISE, THEN THE CAR STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD; I IMMEDIATELY JERKED MY LEFT LEG IN & INSTINCTIVELY PRESSED THE BRAKE & REACHED FOR THE GEAR SHIFT THINKING I FORGOT IT IN GEAR BUT TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS IN PARK. NOW I ALWAYS PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE & AT HOME FOR ADDED SAFETY I PUT A BLOCK IN FRONT OF THE TIRE ALSO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509380April 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I'M WRITING ABOUT OUR 6 MONTH OLD 2013 FIESTA, 11,000 MILES. I LOVE IT EXCEPT THE 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MOST OF THE TIME THE SHIFTING IS SMOOTH, BUT THERE ARE PERIODS OF TIME, SAY A DAY OR TWO, THAT IT SHUDDERS GOING INTO FIRST GEAR, THEN SECOND. THE OTHER DAY I WAS STARTING UP A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY (UPHILL), AND THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED RIGHT ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE DRIVEWAY, AND I ALMOST RAN INTO THE HOUSE I WAS VISITING BECAUSE OF THE SURPRISE. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. TO ME, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BOTH MY WIFE AND I FEEL VERY UNEASY ABOUT THIS AND DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CALLED NORMAL. WE HAD THE 10,000 MILE INSPECTION, COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THEN, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM - BUT THEN AGAIN, IT WAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN ANALOGY TO THIS IS AN ATHLETE GETTING READY TO RUN AT THE START LINE. IF HE STUMBLES, HE MAY TRIP AND FALL, AND FOR SURE WILL NOT DO WELL IN THE COMPETITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509404April 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WITHIN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF OWNING THIS CAR, I NOTICED A GRINDING RUBBING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AS I WOULD ACCELERATE, GENERALLY IT WOULD STOP AFTER 2ND OR 3RD GEAR. MY HUSBAND MADE SURE NOTHING WAS RUBBING UNDER THE CAR BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED. AS WE DROVE MORE MILES, NEW SYMPTOMS APPEARED SUCH AS LURCHING WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND DEPRESSED, SHUTTERING UPON ACCELERATION TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR BARELY MOVES, WHILE IDLING AT A STOP IT SOMETIMES LURCHES AND BUCKS, AND DOWN SHIFTING WHILE ACCELERATING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV TO 2500RPM WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR WILL DOWNSHIFT AND REV WITHOUT PROVOCATION JUST DRIVING ON A FLAT STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND DRIVES ME TO WORK SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE CAR IS SO UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS, I'M AFRAID I WILL GET STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION AND GET BROADSIDED OR I'LL LURCH INTO ANOTHER CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508739April 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND AND THIRD, IT SHUDDERS LIKE DRIVING ON A CORRUGATED ROAD. DURING THIS TIME, THE CAR ACCELERATES ONLY VERY SLOWLY. I AM AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO NEED TO GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S WAY OR TRYING TO PULL ONTO A ROAD, GET STUCK UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND BE HIT. THIS IS WITH THE 6-SPEED DOUBLE DRY CLUTCH TRANSMISSION ON THE FORD FIESTA. THE CAR ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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