Clutch Pedal/linkage Problems of Ford Fiesta - part 2

Car was purchased brand new in 2010 and within a year car began having issues with acceleration, deceleration, bucking, jerking, gear changes and just erratic shifting. Car will not accelerate to merge with traffic on the highway and will stall when stopping. We began complaining to the dealership (metro Ford schenectady NY) within a year after purchase and have complained multiple times and just get shrugged off and told that it's normal for the dual clutch. Last month 09/16 the tcm fully went and was replaced and when I went to pick it up it was bucking and shuttering and revving up to 2500 rpm without me even being on the gas pedal at all and they insist this is normal due to the reflash and will even out after driving for a while which is insane to me that I should have to drive a jerking and shuddering erratically shifting vehicle on the highway to work praying my car doesn't cause an accident. This ongoing issue for 6 years now has drained me and deterred me from ever wanting to own another Ford ever again.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that the transmission failed causing the vehicle to jerk violently and lose acceleration power, while driving. The brake pedal had to be engaged with force to be able to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times where the transmission control module and the power train control module were updated and the power train clutch assembly was replaced. However, the failure was not corrected. The vehicle continued to jerk and lose acceleration power while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for further inspection. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.

This is in regards to a new 2011 Ford Fiesta with the powershift 6-speed dual-clutch transmission. 3 times now I have experienced the transmission hesitate for an extended period of time before engaging. Each time it has happened I have been coasting in traffic at speeds between 15-25 mph or so, waiting for oncoming traffic to pass and then attempting to accelerate across lanes of traffic without getting hit. When doing this, instead of accelerating quickly to avoid getting hit by traffic the car would act like it was revving but not engaging the clutch so I would end up just coasting across lanes of incoming traffic. To avoid having this happen I have learned that I have to quickly and fully stomp on the gas pedal in order for the transmission to realize I'm in need of quick acceleration. Using only moderate pressure on the gas pedal yields the scary hesitation that has lead to near imminent collisions. Light pressure to the gas pedal tends to make the car barely accelerate at all and sometimes feel like it's about to stall. It seems to me the computer gets confused in this scenario since you are first decelerating, then coasting, then trying to accelerate again all within a short time-frame.

I am writing this complaint as I am concerned about a safety issue related to the 2011 Ford Fiesta with the dual-clutch 6 speed transmission (power-shfit transmission). Ford has made a defective product with the installation of the power-shift transmission it has built in a joint venture with getrag of mexico. There are many complaints on the internet relating to the transmission on these cars. I am concerned that the transmission which can give out at any time could be a danger to the consumer. Also, the transmission has been shown to act erratically which could possibly lead to harm or even death to the consumer. Example: I was getting ready to back out of my driveway in my 2011 Ford Fiesta when I barely touched the accelerator pedal and was whisked at breakneck speed down my driveway. It took me a second to grasp what was happening and I slammed on the brakes before I went out onto the street. I actually said to myself out loud "whoa, what was that". This happened in my driveway but could have happened out on the road, in a crowded parking lot, any number of other places where the outcome could have been horrific. We don't want another Toyota fiasco on our hands. Ford is trying to come up with a fix for the transmission problems but they are also trying to keep the problems under wraps. This could be a huge financial blow to Ford corporation and I know their priority is to their stock holders. My priority is to the consumer who may be put in harms way by Ford's greed. I do not want someone to die because Ford wants to keep this all hush hush until they can find a solution for this problem. Do not drop the ball on this one. Let's try for once to nip something in the bud before someone has to die. As I said above, we don't want another Toyota fiasco. Thank you.