Battery Dead Problems of Ford Fiesta

My battery went dead on 5/26/20, it was unable to be jumped off at auto zone. I bought a new battery for $108. After installing my dash appeared transmission malfunction service now, prior to this I had no issues other than my purge control valve has went out twice. I called the dealership and he immediately stated the battery dying caused the transmission control module to burn out and that it is a common issue. He said my vehicle should have been included in a recall/extended warranty but my vintage was not included and he wasn't sure why. He said it would be a $600 fix to reach out to Ford motor company about including my vehicle which they refused after calling twice. I was at auto zone when this happened to have my battery tested because 3 times in the last month I have had trouble starting my car. I called jenkins and wynn in clarksville TN as well as Ford motor company recall customer relations twice.

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My car has less than 50000 miles and already been to the shop due to not starting. It was determined that the battery had a bad cell. Got the battery replaced and all worked fine. 2 months later the same issues are happening again. Will go to the shop this week. Hopefully they van find out what's wrong.

Car parked, battery dead. Jump started car. Car started. All warning lights lit on dash. Online search recommended driving car to reset the programs. Drove car around block, car lost acceleration. Felt as though transmission was in neutral. The engine revved while giving gas but would not move. Transmission malfunction warning light came on. Had car towed to dealership.

At first the radio would make a loud pop and then would stop working. If you shut car off the radio would come back on. It did this randomly for a month. The next month the radio would make ear piercing burst of sounds while radio was playing then radio shut offf. The ear piercing sound would literally scare the bejeebers out of you. The loud crazy blasts from the radio could definitely cause you to have a accident since it just happen randomly an very unexpectedly. Now my radio will not come on at all but the speakers still make noises with the radio off even with the car off with no keys in the car. It has came on so much it is running my battery down. Today I pulled the radio fuse to hopefully keep my battery from dieing. The radio noises happen at all times driving, stationary and while car was turned off.

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Sunday (6/14/15) evening I was unable to close my rear passenger car door which made it impossible to lock my car. This problem caused the interior lights to stay on. I could not leave an unlocked car parked on the street overnight and was also worried it would cause my battery to die, so I drove it to the dealership to drop it off. As I drove, the door continued to fly open. I felt very unsafe with the interior light glaring and the door flying open. The dealership called Monday to say they would order the parts from Ford right away. When the dealership called on Tuesday (6/16/15) to tell me the car would be ready Wednesday (6/17/15), I asked if all four latches are being replaced. The dealership said they would only replace the one door latch. I mentioned the letter released by NHTSA, Ford motor company, and other press releases and how it stated that dealers should replace all four door latches with an improved part. The dealership told me they were only authorized to fix the defective door and the other three latches are fine. I asked if the part they were going to install was an improved part or the same part for the door latch. They could not tell me and told me to call Ford customer care if I want more information. I pressed the issue and after a phone calls to Ford customer care, the Ford service representative, and the Ford service manager, the dealership agreed to look into whether they think the other three latches should be fixed. They are also agreed to check to see if they followed the correct protocol to fix the one door at my insistence since the dealership mentioned they had not received the protocol yet on how to fix this door latch issue. I am waiting to see what happens next. My car is currently at the dealership. . . . Updated 07/30/15.

On 29 may, 2013 my family and I were driving on the highway when the car stalled. The rpms went up and the car just kept losing speed until it would no longer go with no trouble lights, which it gave the impression the car had slipped into neutral. A tow truck came and brought the car to the nearest Ford dealership. The dealership service representative started the car as soon as it arrived and it started up right away and stated since there were no trouble lights that they could not properly diagnose the car so they returned the car to us. On 5 June, 2013 my family and I were driving on the highway when it stalled again, but we turned off the car and let it sit, then restarted it and it was able to make it to another Ford dealership where they did an inspection. They drove the vehicle for 27 miles and could not recreate the issue and no trouble codes were present so they could not diagnose it. They gave us back our car and on our way home it stalled four more times nearly causing accidents with a semi-truck. It was brought back to the first Ford dealership where it was kept from the 7th-11th. The problem could not be created and the car was released back. On the way home it stalled again. On the 14th it stalled again while waiting at the right turn lane at an intersection and I brought it to the dealership where it was kept from the 14th-19th for further diagnosis. They were finally able to get a code that required the powertrain control module (pcm) to be updated and recalibrated. On the 20th it would not start and a tow truck was called and they gave it a jump start. I then took it to auto zone and the battery tested fine and the dealership later had the same results. A pen light tester showed power was being drained from the battery. The car stalled again on the 22nd requiring it to be pushed off the road twice. Now the dealership says the battery is bad. Recall?.

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