My transmission is slipping. I will push down the acceleration and hear my engine rev, however, my car will not accelerate. This has caused safety issues for myself and other drivers on the road. My car is unsafe to drive.
2015 Ford Fiesta transmission complaints
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My car is 3 years old and had the transmission replaced 6 months after I purchased the car and then it had the transmission control module replaced - now I always take my car to the dealer for repairs : my car broke down 2 weeks again amd I had it towed to the dealer - they told me I had to pay for a new battery in order for them to find out what was wrong with my car $300 it cost me ( I just replaced the battery in my car 6 months ago), bright car home and check engine light was on( I asked to speak with a manager at this point and the manager in charge told me that they would get it fixed -$73 it cost me. ( I was charged only for the part-no labor ) bright car home on thursday and car was making a noise so I texted the manager and he said if it was still safe to drive then do so and bring it in on monday. It broke down that sunday and was towed into dealer. Now the engine is ruined and they expect me to pay for it when it was their neglect that caused the engine to blow. It was the timing built - when they finally realized that it was too late. I was not charged for the timing belt either. I take my car only to chapman ford 9371 roosevelt blvd 19114
Ever since I've had my car the transmission feels like its going out it jerks really hard when you press on the gas to try to take off.
6 spped transmission fails to start up. I have to place the ignition back into the key location on dash to start car. Also, there are exhaust fumes coming into the interior of the car when I use the heater fan,
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. The contact stated that the transmission failed to properly engage when shifting gears and upon applying the accelerator pedal. The previous owner indicated that the transmission failure was intermittent and worsened once the contact obtained ownership. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who stated that further diagnostic testing was needed. Two dealers were contacted: casa ford (5815 montana ave, el paso, tx 79925, (915) 779-2272) and camelback ford (1330 e camelback rd, phoenix, az 85014, (602) 635-7551), but the failure could not be diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle continued to lose power, the transmission failed to engage, and the vehicle would accelerate suddenly. The vehicle was deemed unsafe to drive and remained parked several times due to the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000.
Many times, my car does not down shift after being in a passing gear and then letting off the gas. It stays at 5,000 RPM for a few seconds. July, 2018, my car was stopped as I was waiting to make a left turn. As I pressed on the gas to turn left, my car slipped into neutral. Because my brake lights weren't on, my car was hit from behind by an approaching car. September 3, 2018 my car was stopped, I put it into reverse to back into a parking spot. When I pressed the accelerator the car shimmied and moved forward instead of reverse.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced numerous failures with the transmission, electrical system, engine, and brake pads. Also, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 50 MPH, the rpms increased independently, and the vehicle jerked when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The electrical system failure caused the interior lighting, door lights, horn, and the alarm system to fail. The contact was also unable to lock or unlock the doors with the key. Furthermore, the low beam headlights failed and the contact had to drive with the high beams at night. Lastly, the motor fan activated independently. The contact spoke with an unknown dealer who stated that the vehicle had too many failures and could not be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 50.
Takata recall.....transmission TCM & PCM module shuttering, jerking and shaking while proceeding from a idle position. Clanking nose underneath car. Still having issues
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. While driving various speeds, the vehicle failed to accelerate and made a whining noise that was coming from either the transmission or the engine. No warning indicators were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to vic bailey ford (501 e daniel morgan ave, spartanburg, sc 29302, (864) 585-5600) where it was diagnosed that a faulty clutch assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 10,735.
Making noise, shifts gears to fast, jumps on take off, and jerks, city driving
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. The contact stated that the vehicle shifted gears abnormally and an abnormal noise was heard. The dealer (duval honda, 1325 cassat ave, downtown, fl 32205, (904) 899-1900) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified. There was no recall for the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000.
My vehicle suddenly slows down as warning lights illuminate at the exact same time. I had no choice but to avoid traffic and try to get the car off the roads as it loses power. I could get the vehicle restarted but couldn't get the speed back up to normal. I went to the dealership and was told that I need a throttle body replacement, for a car with less than 50k miles on it.
Enigien light comes on and car will not go above 2k rpms and will not reach 50mph. After the first time I brought the car in to a dealer, after turning the car off they could not get the any codes for 4 days they finally got a code saying its the tps they changed that 2 days later it happened again this time they keep it a week before calling ford and ford told them to change the instrument cluster. A repair of 1k. About 90% of fords have instrument cluster under an extended warranty. But not on my car.
I was leaving las vegas, going 70 MPH down hill and my car started to loose power while it produced a lot of white smoke. I was in a very dangerous situation and was stranded for 4 hrs in the middle of nowhere. The car never gave symptoms just died. No check engine or overheating, oil, coolant. I was traveling on a trip so I did have luggage but I never maxed car weight. The car is 2 years old with less than 48,000 miles. I've done all my maintenance on my car early than stickers and don't drive hard. Since I've had the car I've added about 10,000 miles. Back to what happened, I was able to get towed to barstow for free but mechanic I was referred to was closed. Frustrating and emotionally scaring. I had to cut a deal with the tow company to drive me as close as possible to my home in 94536 zip area. But I could only afford to san jose. The next day I ordered another roadside assistance to fremont ford dealer and have to wait until it's convenient for them to diagnose it for 179. I haven't slept in 48 hrs and ford needs to compensate me for distress. My confidence in the car and experience is on a string.
I have taken my vehicle in multiple times due to stuttering and incorrect shifting from my transmission. Each time they say they reset the engine then test it and cant find a problem. A few weeks later my vehicle is acting up again and I repeat the steps. I have finally given up trying to resolve the issue with the dealer and am contacting you directly. I have my two kids in this car and it is frightening to think that I may be driving down the free way and have the transmission just cut out on me. They know it is an issue with this make, model and year as well as an issue with other makes and models. They replaced my brothers focus for a similar issue but refuse to act in regards to my car. I am honestly just sick of it and want my car fixed or replaced.
Bad water pumps and a bad transmission car leaks had water pump replaced and the transmission stalled on me twice trying to leave a parking lot to get on the main highway almost got me hit by another car not happy with the car pump is leaking again and had it replaced 10000 miles ago
Transmission was shuttering. I was in belief this was a warranty issue as our company has had the same issue with other fiestas
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. While driving 5 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to allan vigil ford lincoln (6790 mt zion blvd, morrow, ga 30260) where the clutch was replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all the instrument panel lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was repaired, but failed to accelerate once again. The vehicle was taken to courtesy ford (1636 dogwood dr se, conyers, ga 30013) where it was diagnosed that the catalytic converter and throttle failed and needed to be replaced, and there was a leak in the fuel injection valve. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and stated that the contact should keep the receipts in case of a recall. No assistance was provided. The approximate failure mileage was 7.
Vehicle hesitates and sputters when taking off on city roads, when stopped at stop light or making a left hand turn into traffic. Real scary to pull out in front of traffic, when you could lose power. Very stressful to drive. Misses while driving also. Tcm has been flashed. Replaced. Clutch just replaced. Overheating light comes on and car loses power: on city street, usually when stopped at a traffic light. Dangerous.! Has done multiple times. 3rd time into dealer for overheating. Last time when, pulled over, after losing power, in city traffic, hood was raised to check fan, and the fan was running but this is what dealership replaced. Overheating seems to happen when stopped in city traffic. Overheating light comes on and then there's a power loss. I think the only reason you don't have a real lot of complaints about ford fiestas is because, I don't think a lot of ppl know to go here to report problems. I just found it.just like prior person said, if you try to sell it, ford really takes advantage of you. Even though your car is only two years old, and you have a defective product. Thank you. So your stuck...
The car is unsafe to drive! It hesitates when power is expected. It will downshift and cause car to lunge forward while braking! This is uncontrolable!! It lunged into the intersection at a red light (while my foot was on the brake), with cars coming toward me from both sides!! Thank god they were all paying attention and had good brakes!! I could have been seriously injured or killed!! This and the hesitating has happened multiple times! I am very nervous every time I drive. Afraid it will cause me to wreck but it is all I have to drive and cannot get anything else while making payments on this one. Otherwise , I would not drive it!! *your form only allows me to enter one date when this happened but it has happened multiple times! Just different places and circumstances.
Have had to have the transmission control module reprogrammed at least 4 times by 27,000 miles and clutch replacement. The car is unsafe to drive as it will hesitate when power is needed and expected or will downshift and cause car to lunge aggressively forward while braking. It seems also common for the model to stall on highway and clutches refuse to ingage in any gear. I've had many of these issues occurring and it is a major safety problem. I fear for my safety and life every time I have to drive it.
Shutter in the transmission , when I took it in they claimed the problem wasn't severe enough for ford motor to fix the issue. They are aware of the problems in these vehicles but aren't willing to fix it. There is also a class action lawsuit do to the issue. Shutter before car moves in forward psoition every time I drive the vehicle .
My vehicle transmission tends to jerk or shake when braking and coming to a stop or at times when accelerating. You can feel it and even hear it with the window open at times.
The car shutters, delays, and/or jerks when accelerating, more often than not. I have been to ford on two occasions for them to fix the system settings on the computer in my car, which the recalls claims fixes the issue, however it has only gotten worse. Attached under documentation is information regarding the recall. This happens not only when accelerating from a stop, but even when I just speed up on the highway, which I see to be extremely unsafe and I am nervous driving this vehicle, however ford claims there is no issue and this is "normal."
Fords powershift transmission fails to shift correctly between first and second gears. The car shudders, shakes, and groans withing the transmission. The car has been to the dealer as almost all ford dealerships will tell you ford really has no fix for their dangerous design of this transmission. The vehicle does not meet fords self-implemented test to have the transmission fixed. Instead they reflash the TCM to retrain the computer, this does nothing but prolong their diagnostic process, as you then have to drive vehicle another 1000 miles before they will allow dealerships to look at vehicle again. Ford is trying to avoid a recall on this dangerous transmission which should have been forced by the federal safety agency to recall and replace all ford fiesta and focus with this type of transmission. The symptoms of this transmission failing are surging of vehicle, loss of drive power, shudder, harsh engagement of engine power, lack of vehicle control due to engagement/disengagement of electronic activate clutches.
I bought my car in march 2016 and noticed right away when I shift from 1st to 2nd my car seems to stall/shake and I have it in automatic, when I have in the kind of shift that I do it doesn't do it. I have contacted the dealership about it and they always tell me there is nothing they can do about it. I have read where others are having the same problem. A friend of mine bought at 2015 ford focus and hers is doing it as well.
The car shudders real bad when starting up. I have heard several focus and fiesta having this problem. Ford refuses to fix it.
This problem showed up on the first day we picked up this brand new 2015 ford fiesta with less than 25 miles on the odo. While we were turning at an intersection as we left the main highway and entered the side street the transmission went into neutral. The rpms went up to over 4000 but the transmission never engaged. The car that was behind us as we were turning had to stop suddenly to keep from hitting us as we coasted off to the side of the road. As the car almost came to a full stop the transmission engaged hard and jumped forward as if I had slammed it into gear. This has happen many more times with my wife, sister and myself as driver. Each time we were almost hit from either oncoming traffic or the vehicles following us.
Transmission constantly stutters and jerks while attempting to accelerate.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford fiesta. While driving approximately 60 MPH on the highway, the vehicle did not accelerate to move into a faster lane. On several occasions, the vehicle accelerated on its own. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the clutch assembly was replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 22,000.
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