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While coming to a full stop vehicle would start shuttering. When shifting gears vehicle would stall without any indication. Plesae provide further information.
While driving vehicle on highway & had proceeded to slow down, pedal went to floor. Vehicle failed to slow down or stop. Had to downshift to slow down. Pumped brakes twice before stopping. Second time was slowing down & had no brakes. Used emergency brakes to stop. Third time had same problem with brakes only, another vehicle stopped Focus. Also, transmission would slip when shifting & would make squeaking & clicking noises.
Rear brakes would make squealing noises when stopping. Three different times fuel guage failed to register correct fuel. If air conditioner was on, a cloud came out of vents. Also, tape deck had an electrical short/ vehicle would vibrate while it was idling., and engine revved on its own. Vehicle felt like it was slipping into neutral.
- Concorde, NH, USA
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When driving on an incline and vehicle was at a stand still or when stopping at a light consumer noticed a noise coming from front end, sounded like it was shifting gears. Consumer has contacted T dealer, dealer has yet to determine the cause.
Vehicle experienced a thrust when changing gears, and will not go into third gear. Dealer notified. The problem is determined to be acomputor failure. And also fixed a recall for left rear tire.
Popped out of gear at high speed, had to hold the shifter to keep it in gear and avoid accident. Afterward, it was difficult to get the shifter to go into any gear without grinding noise, no reverse at all. Had to be towed to dealer. Dealer said they would replace the whole transmission, then later they said Ford knew about the problem and recommended an adjustment to the linkage.
Is it common for a new vehicle transmission to go out after driving it for only 3 months" even though you have a bumper to bumper warranty, in a situation like this should manufacturer be held responsible other than replacement, is it safe to assume that after owning a vehicle for only 3 months and the transmission goes out, a new one is installed, that this is a sign of a lemon"
Vehicle vibrated upon starting and driving. More acceleration caused vibration to worsen. Also, vehicle appeared to be slipping out of gear while remaining in drive. Vehicle is at dealer's shop at this time.
At first transmission started to slip. Then vehicle began to cut off from time to time when gear was in drive/ reverse or when initially starting vehicle up.
We drove off the lot without having the pdi performed on the car, whcich resulted in low fluids in the vechicle, especially the transmission fluid. The low fluid caused the transmission to slip, and revved the engine, which made the car ride and drive real hard. The 1st day we had problems with the battery, which was already dead in the car. And now we received on Dec 12,1999 a letter stating that the car was recalled because it had problems with fluids leaking into the cruise control panel, and to contact the dealer as soon as possible. So we contacted the dealer and let them know of the recall, and ask when it was possible to bring the car in. We spoke with the service manager who stated to us that the parts were orderd for Georgia locations, but none of the parts ever had reach their location.. now that leaves us a problem as of today Dec 18,1999, with constantly calling to find out when the part would be available and not only that the car needs to be seen also for the blown lighter fuse, as well as the ignition signal failure needs to be serviced also. We need immediate attention to this matter because the holidays are coming and we cannot use our car the way it suppose to be used, if we are trying to drive it out of town, please help us in this tough situation, because no one else is trying to understand that when a car is purchased brand new, it should not have these many problems with it in this short period of ownerhip, thank you.
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- Taron, AR, USA