NHTSA Complaint #10676331 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

FIRST INCIDENT, I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, STARTING POPPING OUT OF FIFTH GEAR. EVENTUALLY HAD TO SHIFT INTO FOURTH GEAR TO FINISH THE DRIVE HOME. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC TO LOOK AT, COULD NOT FIND ANY EXTERNAL CAUSE (I.E. LINKAGE), AND THE CAR FELT FINE DURING TEST DRIVE. A FEW DAYS LATER, HAD TROUBLE ENGAGING INTO FIFTH GEAR. FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP ENGAGED WITHOUT IT POPPING OUT OF GEAR, WHICH LASTED FOR A COUPLE DAY. YESTERDAY (EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT), WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (APPROX. 70 MPH), HEARD LOUD CRUNCHING NOISES, THEN LOST SPEED. DOWNSHIFTED TO FOURTH GEAR, AND WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A WHILE, THEN TRIED TO CONTINUE DRIVING. COMPLETELY LOST FIFTH GEAR. CAR CAN BE DRIVEN IN FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GEAR, BUT JUST REVS IN FIFTH. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGED CORRECTLY IN REVERSE, BUT NEVER IN THE REST OF THE GEARS. *TR