2012 FORD FIESTA Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.

FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH CVT TRANSMISSION. THE SEALS LEAK. THEY GIVE LIP SERVICE TO REPAIRS. I WENT MANY TIMES TO LAFAYETTE FORD. THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SEAL. THE TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS. NOW THEY SAY IT IS THE CLUTCHES. FORD HAS THE PART, ON BACK ORDER. I HAVE ASKED, FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE FORD AREA MANAGER SAID NO. THE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OF THE CVT, ON 2012-2014 FOCUSES AND FIESTA. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. IN LOW GEARS IT OFTEN LURCHES, SHAKES, AND STALL OUT AS IF IT'S GOING TO DROP THE GEAR. THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING/RATTLING SOUND WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS. IT FEELS VERY UNSAFE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR IN CITY CONDITIONS. THE ISSUES WITH THE LURCHING GEARS AND DROPPED GEARS ALSO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY. THIS MAKES MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY UNSAFE. *TR

ITS ROLLS BACKWARDS, AGAIN AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IT HAS DEFINITE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SOMETIMES IT WON'T SHIFT VERY WELL AT ALL. HESITATING AND FEELS LIKE IT WILL STALL AT ANY MINUTE. HILLS ARE THE WORST, VERY HARD TO GET UP THEM. NOT ONLY DOES IT SPIT AND SPUTTER SHIFTING UP BUT YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THE CLUNKING OF THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT SHIFTS DOWN. *TR

MY CARS TRANSMISSION IS NOISY, IT GRINDS, IT SLIPS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL AND I'VE HAD IT AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY REFUSE TO TOUCH IT. THEY TELL ME IT'S NORMAL AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT SAFE. IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE AND IT DOES SLIP OUT OF GEAR. *TR

THE CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE IN THESE CARS. WE HAVE HAD OUR CLUTCH WORKED ON TWICE SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR. IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10K MILES AND THEN IT WILL START SHUTTERING AS WE START FROM A STOP. IT WILL ALSO NEARLY STALL OUT AND SHUDDER GOING UP A HILL. FORD SAYS IT IS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM YET I HAVE READ A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE ISSUE. I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. *TR

AFTER PURCHASING IN DECEMBER OF '12, THE FIRST PROBLEM AROSE AFTER ONLY 15 000 MILES. THE CAR WAS MAKING A S NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TWICE, FIRST TIME THEY DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THEN AT 30000 I NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. TURNS OUT IT IS THE OIL LEAKING INTO THE BELL-HOUSING, CAUSING THE CAR JERKING,STALLING ON HILLS AND FREEWAYS-VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT. SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 4 SECONDS AFTER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL FOR CAT TO REACT(VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGE ON FREEWAY OR CHANGING LANES) AND THE DEALER WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ME IN UNTIL NEXT DECEMBER BECAUSE THERE IS NO NECESSARY PARTS. AND STATED "WELL IT SHOULD BE FINE UNTIL THEN." I'VE HEARD THAT ONE PERSON ALREADY WON THE LEMON LAW CASE AGAINST FORD REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. ONLINE FORUMS AND REVIEWS ARE FULL...

FEELS LIKE IT STRAINS AS IT SHIFTS, FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT RIGHT. I AM MADE TO FEEL LIKE ITS NOTHING AND I KNOW IT IS. I BARELY DRIVE IT OVER 25 MILES PER HOUR UNLESS I GO OFF THE ISLAND AND OFCOURSE THERE HAVE BEEN TIRE ISSUES, KUMHO SOLUS TIRES, TIRE SIZE 185/60/15. I NEARLY HAD A DEADLY CRASH WITH A SEMI. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT ALSO. THE SYNC SYSTEM SEEMS TO MESS UP ALOT ALSO AND GETS WORSE WITH TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE GEAR, SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT MOVED IN REVERSE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ALSO SPUTTERED AS IF IT WAS CHANGING GEARS IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER AND THE FAILURE CEASED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

I PURCHASED MY "NEW" VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2012 AND VERY SOON THERE AFTER I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP MADE A DATE FOR ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE NOISE BUT THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM. CLOSE TO MY SECOND OIL CHANGE DATE I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD AGAIN TRY TO HEAR THE NOISE BECAUSE IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. THEY AGAIN STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR THE NOISE AND THAT FORD IS AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM. ON MY 10,000 CHECK UP I AGAIN ASKED THAT THE SERVICE PERSON CHECK OUT THE NOISE WELL APPARENTLY BY THIS TIME FORD HAD FIGURED OUT THAT THERE WAS A SHIELD IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS TO BE SEALED. ON MAY 16TH...

MY 2012 FORD FIESTA, LIKE ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2012 FIESTAS AND FOCUSES, HAS DEVELOPED CHRONIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS -- SLIPPAGE, RATTLING, GRINDING, SHAKING -- WHILE SHIFTING FROM A STOP INTO FIRST, SECOND INTO THIRD, ETC. THESE PROBLEMS WERE SLIGHTLY NOTICEABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND, THREE WEEKS LATER, ARE MARKEDLY WORSE. *TR

TRANSMISSION MAKES A GRINDING SOUND AND SHUDDERS WHEN SHIFTING. WHEN YOU GO TO TURN A CORNER THE CAR SHUDDERS SO BAD IT ALMOST STALLS. WHEN DRIVING UP HILLS WHEN THA TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IT STARTS TO SHUDDER AND YOU ALMOST STALL. *TR

CAR MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AT LOW SPEED ACCELERATION. *TR

THE "AFFECTED PART" IS THE TRANSMISSION. THE "INCIDENT" THAT OCCURRED IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CAR'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS IN "DRIVE" OR "REVERSE", AND THE DRIVER TAKES HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR, THE CAR ACTS AS THOUGH IT IS IN NEUTRAL FOR ABOUT 1 SECOND. IF THE CAR IS ON A HILL, THE CAR WILL ROLL DOWNHILL DURING THAT BRIEF PERIOD WHEN THE BRAKE/ACCELERATOR IS NOT APPLIED. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DRIVING THE CAR YET, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS THIS COULD CAUSE. IF THE CAR IS STOPPED ON A HILL AND THE DRIVER LETS OFF THE BRAKE/ACCELERATOR, DESPITE ANY ACTION OF THE DRIVER, THE CAR MAY ROLL DOWNHILL AND HIT A CAR BEHIND IT. ADDITIONALLY, PARALLEL PARKING IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN NEUTRAL FOR THAT 1 SECOND, AND EVEN ON A...

HIGH PITCH NOISE/SQUEELWHEN CLUTCH IS USED FROM A COLD START FOR THE FIRST FEW MILES. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND REPLACMENT IN TWO MONTHS. *TR

OCTOBER 24, 2012 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. I ACCELERATED VERY GINGERLY (THE POWERSHIFT IS EFFECTIVELY TWO THREE SPEED MANUALS SO YOU CAN'T JUST JAB IT) TO PASS. THE CAR GEARED INTO A LOWER GEAR AS EXPECTED AND THE ENGINE RPM'S SPIKED AS EXPECTED. THE LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION WAS TURNING RED SO I BRAKED EASILY TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP. AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS HOLDING THE LOWER GEAR AND REVVING OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR (AS IT WAS TRYING TO OVERPOWER THE BRAKES) AND PLACE IT INTO NEUTRAL WHICH STOPPED THE PROBLEM. THE CAR THEN DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. I RESTARTED THE CAR. AS I WAS GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE, I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION GEARED DOWN AGAIN. THE PROBLEM REPEATED. I TRIED PLACING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AGAIN, HOWEVER, THIS DID NOTHING....

THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR ,PURCHASED AT FULLER FORD IN CINCINNATI OHIO, TWO DAYS IN MY POSSESSION, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND STARTING BURNING, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL , IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD , THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR EVEN DEATHS, FORD KNOWS ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEING BAD AND SHOULD NOT BE SELLING THESE CARS . NOW THEY THINK I SHOULD KEEP DRIVING IT AND BREAKING DOWN UNTIL THE LEMON LAW CAN BE ENACTED, I AM NOT DRIVING THIS CAR AT ALL , EVER AGAIN. IT IS DANGEROUS, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THESE AND HAD THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I CALLED FORD CREDIT AND TOLD THEM TO CANCEL THE LOAN , I WILL NOT PAY A PENNY FOR THIS CAR! *TR

WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED WHILE IN DRIVE THE CAR ROLLS BACKWARD AT TIMES. FORD SERVICE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS DUE TO THE DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSON. THE DRIVER HAS 3 SECONDS TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE THE BRAKE RELEASES. *TR