The transmission keeps stalling and shifting in low gears. Stuttering transmission.
2012 Ford Fiesta transmission complaints
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This vehicle only has 80000 mi and has a engine code of p0606. The computer malfunction and stopped at the light and almost caused an accident. Something needs to be remedied about this
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford fiesta. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled upon depressing the accelerator pedal. Additionally, while stopped and attempting to move off from the stopped position, the vehicle rolled backwards before the transmission engaged with the accelerator pedal depressed. The contact stated that there was a hesitation before the vehicle responded when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that there were no warning lights illuminated. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,500.
I have an automatic 2012 ford fiesta, a model that is infamous for its transmission issues. I had the clutch and seal kits replaced at approx 72k miles on 10/5/2017 under technical service bulletin 14m01; immediately after this repair, the vehicle had to go back into the shop for a high idle and continued shuddering. Since then, I have continued to have problems with the vehicle studdering on takeoff, hesitating and then jumping when accelerating, and ultimately with the transmission slipping from drive to neutral. In mid-july 2019, while leaving my suburban neighborhood and making a left turn onto the main road at approximately 20mph, my vehicle slipped from drive into neutral and I lost all power and was unable to brake effectively or speed the vehicle up effectively. Thankfully this happened early in the morning with no cross traffic and I was able to pull into a parking lot safely. The same incident happened again 7 months later in late-january 2020. I took the vehicle back to the ford for an inspection on 2/7/2020 (which they charged me for). They stated that there was transmission fluid between the bell housing and the clutch assembly, seals, and shift forks needed to be replaced again, approximately 7k miles after the first replacement, but that I was out of warranty and the replacement would be about $2,500 out of pocket. They reprogrammed the transmission control module under 14m02 but stated that it probably would not fix the problem. Ford knows that these transmissions are an issue. There is no reason why a transmission should fail 16k miles after being replaced. I would like ford to either buy my vehicle back or perform another clutch replacement at their expense.
Car will stop at times you have to let it sit for an hour, vibrates, sound like plastic moving around when car is on, hard to go up hill no acceleration, jerks. I was on a city street it stopped in traffic so I'm only able to go to the store I have to leave it at a friends home scared to drive it home as we live into different counties were you have to get on the highway not safe. I was actually looking up transmission cost when this appeared I was told by a mechanic that is the issue and it needs to be replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford fiesta. While driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the gear shifter failed to shift from neutral. All the instrument cluster warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to bill hood ford (1500 n morrison blvd, hammond, la 70401 (985) 205-8157) but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 108,130.
Transmission kicks in and out of gear when starting out. Seems to be dangerous at an intersection.
Transmission failed when driving on city streets. The car started to make a grinding/rattling noise then started slipping out of gear.
Tcm transmission module recalled my ford store in fort walton beach said they would not replace TCM under recall I would have to pay out of pocket
While driving the engine will accelerate wildly, appearing to be in neutral. Car will then pop into gear. Took it in and they said it was a transmission module. They fixed it and less than a month later same thing happens. Took it back, it was same transmission module. Service tech at ford said to get rid of it as it is going to continue to happen
My vehicle while stopped at an intersection lurched forward almost hitting another vehicle. I was stationary with my foot fully compressing the brake. Then out of nowhere my engine area started making a strange noise and I lurched forward several feet almost colliding with a vehicle in the intersection. This was on a country road in an intersection. I believe this may be due to the recent transmission issues ford has admitted to.
I just bought a used 2012 ford fiesta and I realized after buying it that the odometer isn't working at all. The transmission also isn't working properly. When I start the car, the 1rt gear won't go into shift so the car stutters and shakes. I took the car to a ford dealer but they insisted that the car doesn't have a recall for the transmission. I know that there is a consumer class action suit against ford due to faulty transmissions built into these make and model. I have contacted a lawyer and I am waiting to hear from him. I would like to file a formal complaint. Thank you. P.s: I do not know what type of photos or documents you would like me to upload do please contact me with more information with this regard.
I have experienced repeated and frequent problems with my vehicle: shuts off for no reason daily, often at a traffic light or just after I begin accelerating; the transmission is faulty (has already been replaced once at 97,000 miles at great expense) and simply stops working at unexpected times (e.g. While driving down the road it slips into neutral and won't move, shudders, etc. I have to turn my fiesta off and restart to get it to move).. This is a very dangerous vehicle and I cannot afford to replace it. I read that ford has been aware of these issues from date of manufacture, and has not publicly acknowledged. It is my understanding that engineers of the fiesta are now going public. When is something going to be done? Why do I have to wait until I have been seriously injured, or worse, to get redress for what ford motor company was aware of, and covered up, even while these vehicles were being manufactured? This is a continuing issue, not a single or even a 20 time occurance.
The vehicle shuddered a lot, felt unsafe
Hasn't been right since day one. It was originally diagnosed as engine, but clearly it's been the transmission all along.
Just bought the car. Next day the transmission started acting up while in stop and go traffic. Jerking, bucking like a wild bronco, smelled hot. Took it in to ford and discovered I need to replace clutch. It will be the 3rd clutch on a car with 79,000 miles.
Bad transmission system. Loud shuddering noises all the time, jerking shifts when starting from stop and the car goes to neutral while driving in a highway. Not only annoying but feels unsafe and unreliable.
Excessive shuttering at acceleration, on up shifts, and when making turns. Shutters on take off and when shifting into gears. Feels like it is going to stall
Excessive shutter at acceleration, up shift and when making turns; transmission pulls when shifting into gears
Transmission clutch shudder this car is owned by my 83 year old father. I am his poa. For a while he noticed that when he put his foot on the gas the car would hesitate. It got really bad last week. We had it towed to hoffman ford. They told us about the recall and I read many articles about it online as well as the lawsuit. The dealership diagnosed the problem as this recall however because he was at 106,000 miles it was not covered and it would cost $2500 to fix it. The car is not worth that much. If ford knew there was a problem than this should be fixed by ford at no cost no matter the mileage. He is now worried about his safety and so am I. I contacted ford corporate and they told me that he can fix it and save the receipt. If the recall changes then he could get reimbursed. This is unacceptable. Also the dealership charged me $160 to do a diagnostic and did not fix anything!
I was driving and attempting a turn. The transmission shuddered and stopped moving. Like I was in neutral. I nearly got hit. I stopped the car restarted it and drove away.
The transmission in this car does not engage properly at times causing it to not accelerate as expected. This sometimes feels like there isn't enough power available to accelerate and other times it shudders and shakes until it shifts from first gear to second. We submitted the car for the transmission computer reprogramming tsb when it became available. It seemed to improve its operation. Our son drives this car to commute to college and it worries us terribly. I know two other people that own cars with the same transmission and ours is not as bad, but still unpredictable and dangerous when driving in dense traffic. The vehicle has approximately 105,000 carefully maintained miles. At 100,500 miles the transmission got worse. Ford was called and they refused to consider repairing it under the extended warranty offered on this transmission (7 years/100,000 miles) because it was just outside of the permitted mileage. From what we have read, it doesn't sound like the 'repair' is worth doing since the problems quickly return. We can't sell the car in this condition without taking a major loss. It's a bad situation.
The car is a 2012 ford fiesta that I purchased from a dealership in april of this year -2019. The car accelerates unexpectantly when you start it or after a stop. While driving, the car will suddenly jerk (often violently which causes my entire body to move forward and back). The car shudders and kicks when driven. The car shakes and makes loud noise while idling. The car rolls backward while at a stop and after release of the brakes. These problems makes it very difficult to control the car. I do not feel safe in the car and fear that it poses a danger to myself, other drivers, and the public in general. I have driven many years and had a number of cars. This is first time I feel compelled to voice a concern about a vehicle. I am disappointed that these cars can be sold without any warning of the problems to buyers and that such cars are even on the roads.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford fiesta. While driving and making a turn, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to beechmont ford (600 ohio pike, cincinnati, oh 45245, (513) 752-6611) where it was diagnosed that the transmission control module and dual clutch needed to be replaced. The transmission control was repaired; however, the dual clutch was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: cas22261423. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 140,000.
I recently purchased this one from local dealer he said all is good. But transmission is not good at all
Vehicle has surged at stop signs on city streets and at times on the highway will seem to lose power. These incidents have never resulted in an accident, but it seems as though the transmission is faulty.
To whom it may concern: I was a 24 year old single female when I went to the fox ford dealership in grand rapids, mi in early 2012. When I saw the ford fiesta in the showroom I thought it was 'cute.' I test drove it and thought it sounded a little loud but didn't really know anything about cars so I ignored it and told the salesman I wanted to start the purchase process. I ended up leasing the car in march 2012. By september 2012, I moved to arizona and took a job with child protective services. I started noticing my car jerked a lot around 20,000 miles (early 2013). Whenever I went in for my oil change at earnhardt ford in chandler, az I mentioned the shuddering and jerking of the car. I was told this was just a 'characteristic' of the car and it couldn't be fixed. I mentioned this multiple times but when the technician would look at the car, it was working properly. The car started to get worse and being a children's case manager meant that I had to drive children around frequently for my job. I started to fear that I would get in an accident when turning since that is when my car would shudder and stop when trying to make a turn from a stopped position. I knew that I needed to start documenting the issues in case anything were to happen.
Transmission slipping had to pay $4000 dollars to replace picked up 7/16/2019 ford dealer told me was not covered under extended warranty. Car was making noise as rpms was increasing.
I have owned the care for 5 years. After the first 8 months, it started to stutter when proceeding to go after being stopped. I have taken it to multiple dealerships to address the problem. Most of them did a reset on the code. One shop said that he would replace the transmission but my extended warranty only covered internal lubricated parts and I have a dry clutch. I have had it serviced by replacing the transmission fluid and resetting the code again. 2 months ago, the car was not shifting correctly and would rev up to 4k RPM before shifting into the next gear. I am currently waiting for a replacement transmission for this vehicle.
The transmissions does not shift correctly, the car shutters and does not accelerate correctly.
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