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About a year ago I started experiencing a worrisome issue with my Fiesta's transmission system: as I was accelerating at low speeds, in the moments my Fiesta was shifting gears (I believe between the 1st and 2nd), the car would often shake and shudder and make a rattling sound. It was especially bad after driving in a high gear first, say on the highway, then coming back down to a slow speed. In the moment of speeding back up, the shuddering would be awful and was getting worse and worse over several weeks...
I took it to a transmission specialist who said, yes, the transmission system and clutch were fairly busted/worn out. I got them replaced at a cost of over $2000.
Now, less than a year later, the exact same issue has returned. Clearly, there is some other underlying issue.
I've started reading about much discussion and issues, even lawsuits and news stories, surrounding Ford's DPS6 system and the TCM controlling it. Ford had a Customer Service Program for the TCMs on some earlier models, and was even reimbursing people for earlier transmission repairs, because it was so common. Shuddering and trouble shifting gears has been cited as a common symptom of the issue.
https://www.fordtransmissionproblems.com/fords-transmission-problem
https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...-focus-transmission-lawsuit-dps-6/2506025001/
https://fordauthority.com/2023/07/ford-focus-fiesta-owners-get-new-one-time-tcm-replacement/
I'm just worried, because consulting with Ford Customer Service and my local dealership, searching by VIN, shows no open recalls or CSPs for my 2019 vehicle. I called to see if there is an adjusted warranty, but there is not... These links above seem mostly to do with earlier models.
Has anyone else experienced this issue or have an educated guess of what's going on? Does shuddering indicate that the parts themselves will need to be replaced again?
I'm thinking my next step is to take it to the dealership and zero in on a possible TCM issue, diagnose and see if there's maybe a CSP that isn't coming up in the search online (the warranty person said there might be, the car would need to be at the officially looked at first). If there isn't a CSP, and TCM repair ends up being too costly, perhaps I try a service like this: https://www.upfix.com/product-category/repair-return/tcm-repair/?make=FORD
Or, could it be something else entirely?
I really can't afford another big repair is all (and really I don't think I should have paid for the first big repair either, if in the end it was something more fundamental like the TCM and not a standard transmission failure). Seems unfair to be constantly paying to repair or replace the transmission and clutch if the car just chews them up...
Love my Fiesta otherwise!
I took it to a transmission specialist who said, yes, the transmission system and clutch were fairly busted/worn out. I got them replaced at a cost of over $2000.
Now, less than a year later, the exact same issue has returned. Clearly, there is some other underlying issue.
I've started reading about much discussion and issues, even lawsuits and news stories, surrounding Ford's DPS6 system and the TCM controlling it. Ford had a Customer Service Program for the TCMs on some earlier models, and was even reimbursing people for earlier transmission repairs, because it was so common. Shuddering and trouble shifting gears has been cited as a common symptom of the issue.
https://www.fordtransmissionproblems.com/fords-transmission-problem
https://fordauthority.com/2023/07/ford-focus-fiesta-owners-get-new-one-time-tcm-replacement/
I'm just worried, because consulting with Ford Customer Service and my local dealership, searching by VIN, shows no open recalls or CSPs for my 2019 vehicle. I called to see if there is an adjusted warranty, but there is not... These links above seem mostly to do with earlier models.
Has anyone else experienced this issue or have an educated guess of what's going on? Does shuddering indicate that the parts themselves will need to be replaced again?
I'm thinking my next step is to take it to the dealership and zero in on a possible TCM issue, diagnose and see if there's maybe a CSP that isn't coming up in the search online (the warranty person said there might be, the car would need to be at the officially looked at first). If there isn't a CSP, and TCM repair ends up being too costly, perhaps I try a service like this: https://www.upfix.com/product-category/repair-return/tcm-repair/?make=FORD
Or, could it be something else entirely?
I really can't afford another big repair is all (and really I don't think I should have paid for the first big repair either, if in the end it was something more fundamental like the TCM and not a standard transmission failure). Seems unfair to be constantly paying to repair or replace the transmission and clutch if the car just chews them up...
Love my Fiesta otherwise!
