Transmission Solenoid problems of the 2013 Ford Fusion

Vehicle has always shifted hard especially when going into drive. Now while driving 45 mph vehicle suddenly shifted out of gear and engine just revved. It eventually slipped back into gear and was able to be limped home. Diagnostic showed solenoid a was bad. Replaced all solenoid but didnt fix the issue. A transmission shop then told me this was an issue for vehicles like mine and there was a class action claim.

Extremely abrupt shifting between 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd. 2013 Ford Fusion titanium awd. The shift is becoming so hard that I brace myself and place my neck against the headrest during the shift. The transmission shift's so hard it sounds like something is going to break. I've had the adaptive system reprogramed 3 times and the solenoids in 2nd and 3rd replaced already. The shift is abrupt and hard no matter how I try accelerating, also sport mode doesn't make a difference.

When starting to drive the car it has some slipping and hesitancy going from first to second gear and second to third. Once it gets to third gear it usually runs fine. When plugged in to diagnosis the error for solenoid comes up. It is currently at the dealership to be fixed. When online doing research about this problem I noticed a lot of similar complaints from others and no recalls have been issued by Ford.

Transmission has had problems since 16,000 miles when I first bought the car. Had it in many times for issues with the transmission not shifting properly at high way speeds. Would slow down and move over to passing lane and speed up and it would jerk. Park to drive and park to reverse would also have the same issues. 3 dealers later they finally found solenoids and another part was bad (about 90,000 miles) for someone to finally find the problem. Had it back in 3 months later to have the same parts replaced again as they went out. Just took it in Nov. 2017 a year later and am being told the transmission is better off being replaced. I complained every 5,000 miles at oil changes to the dealer about the problem that should have been caught under warranty. I'm now stuck without being able to drive my car due to $3,000 estimate for what is wrong that they know of before opening the transmission up which could result in more $$ or pay $5,000 for a remanufactured one.

My check engine light came on while I was on my way home from work. While sitting idle at a stoplight, the car warned the engine was overheating so I pulled over and shut it off for 20 minutes. The next morning when I went out to my car, I noticed a large amount of clear fluid had leaked out. On my way to the dealership, the check engine light went off and (according to the dealership) stayed off until I picked the car back up and started driving home. After running diagnostics at the dealership, it turns out that the engine bypass solenoid valve shorted out due to a faulty coolant tee on the heater core inlet. After doing some research, it seems that this was a recall on 2013 Ford Fusion se 1. 6l cars. I contacted my local Ford dealership and was told that my specific 2013 Ford Fusion se 1. 6l was not part of this recall (although it was included in three other recalls from Ford). After a simple search, I discovered that this seems to be a widespread issue with this car-regardless of the recall. Apparently other 2013 Ford Fusion owners not included in the recall are experiencing the exact same engine coolant problem. It also seems the original recall had to be reopened to include additional vehicles. Perhaps it needs to be reopened again.