NHTSA Complaint #10735913 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

ISSUES WITH CAR WEAK PERFORMANCE, CAR SHUDDERING, GRINDING NOISES IN ENGINE, STALLING WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED WHILE IN DRIVE GEAR, CAR LUNGING FORWARD AND NOT WANTING TO ENGAGE, NOT WANTING TO GO AFTER A COMPLETE STOP, NOT ENGAGING IN REVERSE, AND ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON RANDOMLY. ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A CAR BEHIND ME CAME TO A SCREECHING STOP BECAUSE OF THE HESITATION TO ENGAGE IN FIRST GEAR. TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A DIAGNOSIS FEE. BECAUSE IF IT DID NOT TEST AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE THE DEALER WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE TESTING OR REPAIR. I STATED I HAD A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 12MO1 LETTER FOR THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT MATTER. I LEFT THE DEALER VERY UPSET AND DISSATISFIED. DROVE THE CAR AND THE SYMPTOMS WORSENED. I GOT INTO MY CAR ONE DAY AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. LUCKILY ON WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND COASTED OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NEW CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN STOCK. I THEN ASKED FOR A RENTAL UNTIL THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY DAUGHTER IN WITH THE PROBLEMS IT WAS HAVING, I WAS TOLD NO. SO I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH THESE PROBLEMS FOR A WEEK UNTIL THE FORD DEALER RECEIVED THE NEW CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THIS CAR IS A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE TO HAVE ON THE ROAD NOT ONLY FOR THOSE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BUT ALSO FOR THOSE CAR THAT DRIVE BEHIND THESE CARS. FORD ABSOLUTELY KNOWS THEY HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH SYSTEM. REGULAR CLUTCHES ARE CONTROLLED HYDRAULICALLY BUT THESE DUAL CLUTCHES ARE CONTROL ELECTRONICALLY BY THE TCM WHICH HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 14M01 THAT FORD HAS SENT OUT. BETWEEN THE LEAKING TRANSMISSIONS SEAL CORRUPTING THE CLUTCH AND THE TCM FAILING THAT CONTROLS THE CLUTCH THAT IS A DOUBLE JEOPARDY SITUATION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAR TO HAVE ON THE ROADS.