Engine Overheat Problems of Ford Fiesta

Driving on highway engine began to overheat and sputter and began losing power.

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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.

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1. 0 liter ecoboost engine will overheat without warning and catostophic engine failure will result. The coolant temperature and warning lights do not provide any early warning. The engine looses power / fails and only then do the warning lights come on. I was driving up a hill and the car lost power. I downshifted and noted no warning lights or out of normal ranges. I was attempting to pull off the road and the engine lost all power and left me sit in the middle of the road. Only when the engine stalled did the coolant temperature light come on. The gauges provided no early warning of a cooling issue. This is the second new engine I had to have Ford install in this car and both times the exact same thing happened. Cooling issue with no warning prior to catastrophic engine failure. Both incidents left me sit in the road with no way to pull over. I had no warning. This is to report the latest incident.

My engine blew a head gasket because of the engine overheated. The cooling system overheated. So I had to purchase another motor for my vehicle. The motor that was installed is doing the same thing. The cooling system is overheating and when it does I have to stop the car and wait until it cools off. I am not satisfied with this vehicle. I am paying for a vehicle and cannot drive it a long distance without it overheating. I drive 50 miles from my job and cannot drive my vehicle that length of distances without my gauge showing overheating. Attached to this is a copy of the invoice that shows proof that I have had another motor installed and the reason it was installed.

Transmission is jerking, specially coming to the stop, gears are slipping, car was in the dealership service center several times through the years to address this issue, but it never been corrected. Engine and transmission warning lights come on constantly, now the engine is overheating and the dealership is unable to fix. This car is defective and unsafe to drive. I purchased this car new from autonation and had it serviced/maintained by their certified service department, I had problems with the transmission from the beginning and was complaining several times, but it never was addressed and/or fixed.

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