2012 FORD FIESTA Power Train Problems

I PURCHASED MY FIESTA IN MARCH 2012. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SHUTTERING AND HESITATING ISSUE DUE TO THIS NEW CLUTCH DESIGN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED IT THE FIRST TIME THE CLUTCH ISSUE WAS REPAIRED THE SECOND TIME THEY INSTALLED A PART OF THE CLUTCH SYSTEM. THE THIRD TIME IT WAS IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THERE WAS NO REPAIR DONE. THE WARRANTY GUIDELINES REQUIRED THE FAILURE TO RATE AT A 270 MY FAILURE WAS A 250. I HAVE CONTACTED A LAWYER TO GET ME RELEASED FROM THIS "DEATH TRAP". ON MARCH 6, 2015, I WENT TO TURN LEFT ACROSS TWO LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND IT SHUTTERED AT ACCELERATION AND NEARLY STALLED. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS AUTOMATIC. I WAS NEARLY BROAD SIDED. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A VEHICLE BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THERE WAS A DELAYED RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I BOUGHT A 2012 FORD FIESTA AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. DID NOT DRIVE THE CAR 5000 MILES AND THE TRANS SENSOR MESSED UP AGAIN CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WITHOUT HESITATION AND VIBRATIONS. SHIFTS FINE FROM SECOND ON! PER THE DEALER THEY STATED THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH FIESTAS AND FOCUSES FROM 2010 AND UP! *TR

CAR SHAKES AND IT FEELS LIKE THE TIRES SKIP. IT HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE CAR IS WARM AND I'M GOING AROUND A CORNER. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME THING.THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND DID OTHER THINGS BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERS (ROCHESTER INDIANA FORD)AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS LAST TIME I WAS DRIVING ON ICE AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING.I LOST CONTROL AND WENT UP A CURB. I POPPED THE TIRE. I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE IF THEY WERE STANDING THERE.IT WAS VERY SCARY AND I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN KNOWING IT'S NOT SAFE. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD AN ABNORMAL IDLE WHILE AT A STOP, AND WOULD SOMETIMES STALL. UPON ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND JERK FORWARD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODE FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BUT THE INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ON A CAR THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS OLD. THE INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT A COST TO ME OF $245.99. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, ABNORMAL IDLE, STALLING, AND HESITANT AND JERKY ACCELERATING. AGAIN, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH FRONT SEALS, INPUT SEALS, AND AXLES SEALS, CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID, ADDED 2 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION FLUID....

THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CAR WILL START GIVING OUT AND WHEN YOUR TRYING TO DRIVE IN ROAD IT WILL START TO SLOW DOWN. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR FOR SERVICE TO FORD FOR THE SAME REASON AND OTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW FROM FORD. I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE BOUGHT BACK I HAVE TO KEEP TAKING IT TO GET WORK DONE ON IT. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2012 FORD FIESTA (NEW) IN DECEMBER, 2012, IT BEGAN SHUDDERING WHEN CHANGING BETWEEN GEARS. IT ALSO MADE A "RATTLING" NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING OR SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN CRUISING AT A STEADY SPEED. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT IT FOR A FEW DAYS BUT TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME I BROUGHT IT (OCTOBER, 2013, APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES) THEY KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND TOLD ME THERE WAS SOMETHING LEAKING ON TO THE CLUTCH AND THEY FIXED IT. NOW, AT 57,000 MILES, THE CAR IS SHUDDERING WORSE THAN EVER, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, AND THE RATTLING NOISE HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. PEOPLE RIDING WITH ME CONSTANTLY ASK WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I FINALLY BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT HAS NOW BEEN FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY'VE...

I LEASED A 2012 FORD FIESTA IN MARCH 2012. SHORTLY AFTER, I CONTACTED MY DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT GRINDING/KNOCKING NOISES WHEN I ACCELERATE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE "NEW" TRANSMISSION IN THE FIESTAS. THE NOISES GOT LOUDER AND MORE FREQUENT SO I TOOK IT IN. THEY HEARD NOISES AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO SERVICE, HAD PARTS CHANGED WITH NO CHANGE IN NOISES. ON ONE APPOINTMENT, FOUND THEY HAD TO PULL MY TRANSMISSION FOR MULTIPLE LEAKS, NEW SEALS, ETC. CAR WAS OK FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT CONCERNS BACK WITH NOISES, JOLTING, JERKING, LACK OF ACCELERATION. DEALERSHIP WOULD TAKE IT OUT AND SAY THEY EXPERIENCED WHAT I HAD BEEN SAYING, BUT NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ACCORDING TO FORD, IT WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. AFTER SOME TIME, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK AGAIN FOR SERVICE SO I BEGAN GOING ELSEWHERE....

WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP (USED IN 2014) I NOTICED THAT IT SHUDDERS WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL; HOWEVER IT HAS SEEM TO GOTTEN WORSE. IT NOW ALSO MAKES GRINDING NOISES ALONG WITH THE SHUDDERING WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL. I T ALSO JERKS WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE LOWER GEARS. I HAVE SINCE DONE RESEARCH TO FIND THAT NOT ONLY ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF OTHER FORD FIESTA OWNERS THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT THERE IS ALSO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AGAINST FORD FOR THIS ISSUE. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO RESOLVE THIS? *TR

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR NOISE IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND TRANSMISSION JERKING WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS ,CHANGING LANES ON A HIGHWAYS TAKING TURNS AND GOING UP AND DOWN HILLS. THE CLUTCH SYSTEM IS CAUSING SHIFTING PROBLEMS AND EVERY TIME I SLOW DOWN OR BRAKE THE RATTLING NOISE UPFRONT GETS LOUDER, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING LANES WHEN THE CAR JERKED GEARS DID NOT SHIFT AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAVE BEEN GETTING A RUN AROUND ABOUT GETTING IT FIX.THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION'S ELECTRONIC CONTROLS TO SHUT DOWN OR NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO START AT ALL, AS I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICER I LOOKED IT UP AND OTHER CARS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I NEED ASSISTANCE AS I DID MY RESEARCH FOUND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FORD FIESTA THAT...

AFTER 13 DAYS OF OWNING THE CAR, THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE GRINDING NOISES AND WOULD SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING IN LOW GEARS. THE NOISE AND SHUDDERING WAS SO BAD THAT I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND CLUTCH IS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO WWW, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND OFTEN PROGRESSES TO THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. I FIND IT APPALLING THERE HAS YET TO BE A RECALL... *TR

TRANSMISSION/SHIFT VIBRATES AND SHAKES WHEN IT SHIFTS AND ON OCCASION DIES AT STOPS. HESITATES SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIME, THEY APPLY SOFTWARE UPDATES AND DENY ANYTHING IS WRONG. DEALER AND FORD MOTORS SAY IT IS WITHIN GUIDELINES AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER.. *TR

I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO MY 2012 FORD FIESTA WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE2014. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SAID THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THE ISSUE PERSISTED AND WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER WHO UPGRADED SOFTWARE. VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR A MONTH,NOW WORSE THAN EVER. WAS TAKEN BACK TO SAME DEALER AND WAS TOLD YES, WE HEAR GRINDING NOISE, AND WE FEEL THE SLIPPING BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WHAT KIND OF SENSE IS THAT!!! I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND SAME RESPONSES FROM THE FORD PEOPLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! FORD SHOULD TAKE SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS ISSUE MY CAR IS SO BAD,MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE FEARING SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE A LEMON LAW SUIT WITH...

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN THE WRONG GEAR. MAKING A NORMAL LEFT TURN, PULLED UP TO THE LIGHT AND WAITED FOR CROSS TRAFFIC TO CLEAR, WHEN CROSS TRAFFIC CLEARED PRESSED ACCELERATOR TO GO AND THE CAR BARELY RESPONDED. ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. *TR

GOING UP A HILL IN TOWN THE TRANSMISSION WENT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, ALMOST COULD NOT MAKE IT UP THE HILL BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT STAY IN GEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN SECOND GEAR, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,500.

CAR ACCELERATED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED. THIS WAS NOT A SINGLE EVENT IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

I PURCHASED A FORD FIESTA 2012 A MONTH AGO, AND HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE SINCE. AT REGULAR IN TOWN SPEEDS, THE FIESTA SLIPS GEARS SOMETIMES CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL BACKWARDS. RECENTLY I WAS IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC AND ALMOST HIT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THE CAR JERKED SO MUCH NOT KNOWING WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. MY CAR JOLTED BACK AND FORTH. I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS THEN TAKEN TO FORD AND THE COMPUTER FOR THE TRANSMISSION WAS RESET, THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR 1000 MILES AND TO BRING IT BACK IF NOT FIXED. THE CAR WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING ON DAY 1 OF RETURN, THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO ME OR OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE STUCK IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR ALSO MAKES GRINDING...

I PURCHASED A FORD FIESTA 2012 A MONTH AGO, AND HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE SINCE. AT REGULAR IN TOWN SPEEDS, THE FIESTA SLIPS GEARS SOMETIMES CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL BACKWARDS. RECENTLY I WAS IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC AND ALMOST HIT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THE CAR JERKED SO MUCH NOT KNOWING WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. MY CAR JOLTED BACK AND FORTH. I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS THEN TAKEN TO FORD AND THE COMPUTER FOR THE TRANSMISSION WAS RESET, THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR 1000 MILES AND TO BRING IT BACK IF NOT FIXED. THE CAR WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING ON DAY 1 OF RETURN, THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO ME OR OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE STUCK IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR ALSO MAKES GRINDING...

2012 FORD FIESTA: PURCHASED 12/4/12 ORIGINAL OWNER! HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS SINCE MY I PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT WITH, THEY TOLD ME NOTHING ABOUT THE AWARENESS OF THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. IN FACT I RAN INTO THE SALESMAN WHO STATED HE JUST FOUND OUT HIMSELF AND IS HE HAD KNOWN HE WOULD NOT ADVISED THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. SINCE THEY HAD BEEN REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH WITH NO COST OUT OF MY POCKET, I CONTINUED TO HAVE THEM REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. BUT, I HAVE NOW SPENT MORE TIME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEALER AND HAVING TO LEAVE MY CAR FOR DIAGNOSES AND REPAIR WORK AND IT IS GETTING VERY OLD. NOT TO SAY WHAT THIS DOES FOR THE RESALE OF THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH HAVE BEEN ENDLESS, REPLACING SEALS, REPROGRAMMING COMPUTERS ETC ETC....

I BOUGHT MY 2012 FIESTA IN SEPT 2011. WITHIN LESS THAN 1 MONTH, WE NOTICED THAT IT WOULD GET STUCK AND UNABLE TO PUT IN REVERSE, THEN WOULD MAKE AN AWFUL GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT WOULD FINALLY GO IN. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO ISSUE. NOW, AT 80K MILES, THAT PROBLEM CONTINUES BUT IS NOW LOSING POWER WHEN UPSHIFTING AND JUMPING WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS. HEADED BACK TO THE MECHANIC TOMORROW BUT SO FAR FORD SERVICE HAS BEEN PISSPOOR AND FAR TOO MANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR

THE CAR MAKES GRINDING NOISES FROM TRANSMISSION AND WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE CAR STALLS I ALMOST GET HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE AT LUNGES FORWARD ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER CAR. AS OF TODAY CAR HAS BEEN IN SHOP 3 TIMES ON THIRD TIME THEY FIXED THE CLUTCH IT DID FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW ITS DOING IT AGAIN AND THEY ARE CLAIMING ITS NORMAL. I'M AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,121.

SIX MONTHS AGO I HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERS FOR A FAILED DOOR LATCH ON MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND LIGHTNING STRUCK AGAIN. I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A PRO. WENT TO THE STORE AND LOADED THE FRONT SEAT THIS TIME WITH GROCERIES AND WENT TO CLOSE IT AND IT JUST BOUNCED BACK. IN A WAY I WAS GRATEFUL BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING? I WAS IN A LOCATION WHERE I COULD RETRIEVE A BUNGEE CORD FROM MY PLACE OF BUSINESS AND LUCKILY IT WAS A SATURDAY AND FORD WAS STILL OPEN SO I TOOK IT IN AND THEY COULD LOCK IT UP UNTIL MONDAY. THEY OVERNIGHTED A PART FROM ANOTHER DEALER AND WERE ABLE TO INSTALL IT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT AS IT SO HAPPENED PUTTING THE LATCH AND DOOR BACK TOGETHER, THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW...

2012 FORD FIESTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHAKE, MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, JERK, VIBRATE, HESITATE AND SLIP OUT OF GEAR. *JB

THE PROBLEM IS WHEN I WAS ON A HILL AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE THE CAR WOULD ROLL BACKWARD. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME SEVERAL TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A HILL. THEN I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULD MOVE JUST ENOUGH TO GET ME INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION (SLOWLY) AND BEGIN TO SHAKE, JAR AND SHUTTER, ALMOST FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. I WOULD CONTINUE PRESSING THE GAS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. FINALLY IT WOULD ACCELERATE RAPIDLY LURCHING FORWARD. MY CAR BEGAN HAVING THIS PROBLEM BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2013. I KNEW THIS WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION MODEL IN THE CAR, BUT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A NORMAL THING. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEMS WERE "NORMAL". THE PROBLEMS PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. FAST FORWARD TO MARCH 2014 I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE...

THIS CAR IS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. I FIRST STARTED NOTICING PROBLEMS BEFORE I EVEN HIT 15,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR SHUDDERS AND JUMPS WITH ACCELERATION AND TURNING. I HAVE GONE IN NUMEROUS TIMES TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THE PROBLEM IS NEVER FIXED. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THE CAR HESITATES WHEN I NEED TO MAKE A SPEEDY DECISION PUTTING ME IN DANGER BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T REACT THE WAY ITS SUPPOSED TO. NOW MY ENGINE OVER HEATED AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT HAPPENED. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING TO MY 2 YEAR OLD CAR. I AM SERIOUSLY THINKING OF JUST TRYING TO SELL IT AND GET A NEW CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I THINK THE ENTIRE LINE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND PEOPLE SHOULD GET THERE MONEY BACK. *TR

THIS IS AN ON-GOING ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS OR WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY OR AT A TRAFFIC STOP THE CAR WILL SHUDDER, PAUSE, JERK FORWARD OR PAUSE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I HAVE NEARLY BEEN IN A COLLISION BECAUSE OF THIS CLUTCH PROBLEM. THE JERK REACTION OF THE ACCELERATOR HAS CAUSED THE MOST CLOSE CALLS, AS IT CAN HAPPEN WHILE DECELERATING AS WELL. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO MY LOCAL DEALER'S ATTENTION AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF 3 WEEKS OR MORE WITHIN A 6 WEEK PERIOD RECENTLY. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD THE CLUTCH SYSTEM WAS RESET AND HAD TO RE-ADAPT TO MY DRIVING, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM START AGAIN WITHIN A DAY OR TWO UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAVE TO BRING MY CAR IN YET AGAIN FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

TRANNY JERKS AT STOPS ACTS LIKE SHIFT BOGS DOWN IM ALWAYS BEING HONKED AT TO MOVE IM AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR THEN I TAKE TO DEALER WHICH TOOK 3 WEEKS N THEN TOLD HAD TO PAY $100 TO HAVE CHECKED OUT WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY ITS UNDER WARRANTY CALLED FORD AT LEAST 8 TIMES N NEVER RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTION IT WAS CHECKED MY THE DEALER I BOUGHT FROM N THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VIBRATED AS THE CONTACT APPLIED FORCE TO THE PEDAL AND THE SPEED DECREASED WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT OBSERVED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THERE WERE NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS PERFORMED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I BOUGHT A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2012 FIESTA IN LATE FEBRUARY 2014. I HAD SERIOUS ISSUES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS: LURCHED WHEN ACCELERATING, SO SEVERELY THOUGHT IT WOULD HIT CARS IN FRONT; NOT SHIFTING RIGHT BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS, AT TIMES ALMOST STALLING; ALMOST IN ACCIDENT WHEN CAR WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED OR GO INTO GEAR IT SEEMED; NOT PICKING UP OR GOING INTO GEAR; VERY LITTLE PULL UP HILLS FROM A STANDSTILL OR LOST A GREAT AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM MID-HILL (ALMOST REAR-ENDED AS A RESULT); REVS HARD FROM NOWHERE; AIRY, GRINDING, SCRAPING SOUND. SPOKE TO FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER NUMEROUS TIMES. THEY CLAIMED THE SIX-SPEED TRANSMISSION PROVIDES "AN UNUSUAL DRIVING EXPERIENCE." I EXPLAINED I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. I REQUESTED AN ADDRESS FOR SENDING A COMPLAINT LETTER AND THE WOMAN SEEMED TO DISCOURAGE THAT, STATING THAT THE DOCUMENTATION FROM MY PHONE CALL WOULD BE SENT UP THE...

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN JULY OF 2012 AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE MAIN ISSUE BEING THE HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SPUTTERS AND SHAKES UPON TAKE OFF; THE RPMS REV UP VERY HIGH AND YET THE CARE GOES NOWHERE; THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR, BUT DOESN'T; THERE IS A HUGE DELAY WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS, THE CAR SITS THERE BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES ANYWHERE; THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD WHEN YOU ARE IN SITUATIONS LIKE STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS AND THE CAR HAS HAD 3 CLUTCHES SO FAR. THE NEWEST PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS A HORRIBLE SQUEALING COMING FROM THE BRAKES. I'VE HAD TWO NEW SETS OF BRAKES AND A DEGLAZING OF THE BRAKES, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. I'VE TAKEN THIS CAR...

CAR STARTED TO JERK WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. AND CAR STARTED TO TURN OFF AT RED LIGHTS. AND NEED TO BE STARTED UP AGAIN TO GET GOING . *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION FROM SHORTLY AFTER THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT SHUTTERS, LOCKS UP AND CANNOT SHIFT GEARS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR ME? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED TO SHIFT WHEN A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,171.

CAR INCREASINGLY SHIFTING HARD. ACCELERATED FROM GREEN LIGHT. CAR JERKING SO SEVERELY ALMOST LOST CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. CAR REPROGRAMMED COUPLE TIMES BUT NEVER LASTS. SHUDDERS, JERKS, AT TIMES WON'T SHIFT. DEALERSHIP MECHANICS ADVISE THAT CAR SHOULD NOT SHIFT IN THAT MANNER. UNDER WARRANTY. IN DEALERSHIP SHOP NOW FOR LAST 6 WEEKS CLUTCH REPLACED BUT LEAKING WATERPUMP ON BACK ORDER. ALL MY WARRANTY PAPERWORK WIT DATES IN MY CAR AT DEALERSHIP. IF NEED MORE PRECISE DATES, LET ME KNOW. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FIESTA THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN MARCH 2012. AT RANDOM TIMES I FELT THE CAR SHUDDERING DURING ACCELERATION WHEN GOING INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY CAUSING MY CAR TO SHAKE. AT TIMES IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WOULD DIE OUT. I FINALLY TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD STILL AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE CLUTCH SYSTEM HAVING TROUBLE CATCHING. THIS WAS REPLACED IN JANUARY 2014. 10000 TO 12000 MILES LATER AROUND THE END OF MAY 2014 THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN. AT THIS TIME MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SHAKING UPON ACCELERATION AND ENGINE LIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS EXPECTED WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THE BUILT OF IT AND BLAMED THE THROTTLEBODY (ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSIS)...

TRANSMISSION LURCHES, BOGS DOWN AND HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF. FORD SAID THE CLUTCH PACKAGE WENT BAD AND IT COST $1,724 TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. LESS THEN 65K ON A 2012 AND THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. THIS CAR BELONGS TO A 16 YEAR OLD. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TRANSMISSION GRINDING,LURCHING, RPMS REVING, SLOW TO RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL DEPRESSION, ROLLS BACK AT STOP ON INCLINE, BRAKES WENT BAD AT 25000, TIRES WENT BAD AT 28000, TRANSMISSION CLUTCH REPLACED CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES. *TR

VEHICLE SHUTTERS, GRINDS, RATTLES, AND JUMPS WHEN VEHICLE REACHES 20 MPH OR HIGHER. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES...THEY CLAIM ITS "NORMAL". IT IS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS. FORD HAS VERIFIED IT BUT BASICALLY TOLD ME TO "TURN UP THE RADIO AND IGNORE IT". THE GRINDING IS LOUD AND SOMETIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE THEN THE RPMS WILL JUMP VERY HIGH ALMOST TO 6000 BEFORE THE VEHICLE SPEED INCREASES. THIS CAR IS A DEATH MACHINE ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM SCARED THAT IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT ISSUES OR WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION JUMPING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. *TR

TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS, GEARS GRINDING, CAR SHAKING WHEN ACCELERATING, SHIFTING UP AND DOWN WHEN DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED. *TR

VEHICLE SHUDDERING AND GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GAUGE ACCELERATION RATE. THIS IS A REAL AND DOCUMENTED SAFETY CONCERN NATIONWIDE. *TR

CAR (FORD FIESTA 2012 PURCHASED IN MAY 2012) REGULARLY STALLS, JERKS AND SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING AND CAUSES CAR NOT TO MOVE AS QUICKLY. CAR MOVES SLOWER WHEN IT STALLS, JERKS AND SHAKES. DRIVER CANNOT GAUGE WHEN STALLING WILL OCCUR AND WHEN CAR WILL MOVE SLOWER. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF IN A SITUATION WHERE THE DRIVER NEEDS TO ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY, CAR MAY OR MAY NOT MOVE AS EXPECTED AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE (3/27/13 AND 12/21/13 FOR THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR. REPAIR RECEIPTS STATE THAT THE CAUSE IS LEAKING SEALS FROM CLUTCH HOUSING AREA. THEY HAVE REMOVED TRANSMISSION REPLACED INNER AND OUTER INPUT SHAFT SEALS, CLEANED CLUTCH AND REASSEMBLED. DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS WE CONTINUE...

FROM THE STOPPED POSITION, THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR SHUDDERS AS YOU BEGIN TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER, THEY (KOONS, SILVER SPRING) UPDATED THE SOFTWARE AND TOLD US IT WOULD TAKE 1K TO 1500 MILES FOR THE PROBLEM TO STOP BECAUSE WE HAVE 3 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DRIVE THIS CAR AND IT HAS A DRIVER STYLE MEMORY.. THE SHUDDERING ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH AND PAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO MERGE FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO 40 OR ABOVE MPH. A PROBLEM ONLY A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER CAN ADJUST FOR. THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS TO ALL ON THE ROAD. I WANT A RESPONSE FROM FORD OR A POSSIBLE RECALL. MANY BLOGS ALREADY ON THE INTERNET.

AFTER 6 MONTHS I STARTED HAVING VIBRATION/ TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE ISSUES. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIX THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. SIX MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE CAR WAS REPAIR 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME DEFECT. NOW IS 20,120 MILES STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT DON'T WANT TO REPAIR IT ANYMORE. *TR

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING THIS CAR THAT WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW, IT STARTED SHIFTING ROUGHLY. IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT WHENEVER WE MADE A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP, AND IT WOULD STUTTER AND JERK WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS. EVERYONE WHO RODE WITH US OR DROVE THIS CAR ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 TIMES, AND EVERY TIME I BROUGHT IT THEY SAID THEY CHECKED IT OVER AND IT WAS FINE (AT FIRST, IT WAS "LEARNING" HOW WE DRIVE, THEN WE WERE "DRIVING IT WRONG" AND NEEDED TO REALLY "PUNCH IT" STARTING FROM A STOP). GAS MILEAGE WAS TERRIBLE TOO, AS WE WERE SLAMMING THE GAS TRYING TO KEEP THE CAR FROM STALLING. I BROUGHT IT TO MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO SAID THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BROUGHT IT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS IN A JERKING MOTION. IN ADDITION, A CLICKING AND GRINDING NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

AS I ACCELERATED, THE GEARS BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. THIS CAUSE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS OCCURS 80% OF THE TIME WHEN I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR AND START ACCELERATING. ALSO, WHEN I TRY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT SLOWER SPEEDS BETWEEN 30-45 MPH, THE GEARS GRIND CONSTANTLY AND THE VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE, IT WAS VERY MINIMAL VIBRATION AND/OR GEAR GRINDING. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW AND IT NOW HAS 40K MILES ON IT. THE GRINDING NOISE IS NOW VERY VERY LOUD AND THE VEHICLE SHAKES EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE WHEN ACCELERATING. IF I HAD THE RATE THE VIBRATIONS/SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE OUT OF 10, I WOULD RATE IT A 9. WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM BACK IN APRIL 2012, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED ONCE THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

MY CAR HAD SOME SUSPECTED ISSUES FROM THE BEGINNING (GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS) BUT I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE DUAL TRANSMISSION THE CAR DROVE LIKE A MANUAL. I HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SHUDDERING BUT I WAS ASSURED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS. IN DECEMBER WHEN MY CAR WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD AND I HAD ABOUT 32,000 MILES ON IT THE NOISE INTENSIFIED AND BECOME WORSE, IT WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE CAR SHUDDERING ALMOST CONSTANTLY NAMELY AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT SOMETHING SEEMED OFF WITH THE TRANSMISSION SO I MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A FORD DEALERSHIP LOOK AT IT SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A GREEN LIGHT AND MY CAR DID WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SEMI-STALL, THE CAR DIED FOR...