NHTSA Complaint #11124273 — 2012 FORD FIESTA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A DELAY IN CHANGING GEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLOW TO ENGAGE WHEN DRIVING UP A HILL. RAMEY FORD PRINCETON (498 COURTHOUSE RD, PRINCETON, WV 24739, (304) 425-2128) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED ONE YEAR AGO PER AN UNSPECIFIED MANUFACTURER POWER TRAIN/TRANSMISSION CAMPAIGN AND THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY POWER TRAIN RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,500. **TR CONSUMER STATED I HAVE HAD THE CAR 5 YEARS AND THE CLUTCHES IN TRANSMISSION HAS WENT OUT 2 TIMES AND THEN NOW IS GOING OUT AGAIN. I THINK ITS WRONG THAT THEY CAN'T FIX IT RIGHT. UPDATED 11/1/18*JB