Ford Focus & Fiesta Multiple Transmission Problems One Easy Fix

In this video I go over a very common cause of transmission problems on the 2011-2012 Fiesta.

[feckless]

Thank you. Thought I was going to be into weeks of issues. Went out and tried your fix on a 2013. They still are painting the ground location. 5 minutes work. Back in business. This is what the internet is all about, practical people solving problems.

[lougutti]

Thanks for sharing this fantastic tip and video. My wife's 2012 Ford Fiesta was shifting gears erratically upon acceleration from first gear and up. I removed all 3 of the 010 bolts show in your video. Neither of the 3 had the 4 little dots for the bolt you recommended. I could not find the the bolts with the dots online, so I cleaned the 010 bolts the car came with using carburetor cleaner spray to clean off dirt, grime and then used some sand paper to remove the little bits of rust and corrosion around them and the holes they were bolted to. I stripped the paint off all 3 holes. I sprayed them with carburetor cleaner and used Q-tips to clean the debris inside the hole threads. I also cleaned off the acids and corrosion on the battery terminals and used sandpaper to clean the negative battery cable ends for better contact. I put everything back together, and took the car for a 5 minute drive. The gears shifted smoothly, no hesitation, acceleration was quicker than in the past. Overall the car performed better than ever. Thank you FordTechMakuloco. You are the man.

[MusicorumInternational]

Hi ! Thanks for this. Found a similar situation with my daughters Trend 2 litre here in Australia which lost reverse and surged in drive. Used my hand held code reader to find the error and found this YouTube as a result. The bolts (in fact I could only see one easily) are in a different location yet close to the battery. Took it out, soaked it in coffee machine de-scaler fluid until fluid turned cloudy, then wire brushed with my BBQ wire brush and rinsed and dried and re-installed and all good again. Engine light went back off and now all gears working, thanks so much, you have saved us potentially a lot of time and money.. Best regards from Australia.

[motomichael]

I performed this fix from this video to the ground cable when my 2013 Fiesta was still very low mileage; It instantly made an improvement to the shifting. Throughout the years, it had received Ford's reflash of the trans computer and it's shifting is pretty good! It now has 177, 000 on it and is very consistent with 39-40 mpg with a mix of driving and with the A/C on!
Thank-you sir for sharing your advice with us.

[frankcornell]

Saved me a ton of headache. Fixed the ground issue and replaced the battery, all active codes went away. Thanks a lot!

[miguelsaldana]

Did this on my 2015 Focus... Clutch "A" was stuck... today she's running smooth. You're a life saver bro.. Thanks!

[holocaustxlx]

Did this to my 2012 Ford focus and it really helped.they were gonna charge me 1800$ to fix it I'm glad I saw this video first.thank so much for posting this 🤘

[Miketrt]

Worked on my 2013! I didn't rub the paint off, but used star washers and plenty of torque on all 3 bolts. The two smalls were the right ones, the big one was the wrong bolt. I didn't replace it, but tried the star-washer method instead (on all 3, ) and it fixed the problem of the laggy, fidgety, temporamental tranny. (Hope I don't get Googled for saying "tranny.") Shifts great now. BTW - I did plenty of di-electric, cleaned all contact surfaces AND also cleaned both of my battery terminals & cable surfaces well while I was at it. THANK YOU FORD TECH guy!

[Pringle]

my wife just had a no crank issue yesterday and today it left her stranded at a stoplight, car was running but wouldn't move, she was able to put it into low gear and it sputtered to the curb and then started going fine again. I'm gonna check this out when she gets home thank you so much

[tompewitt]

Thank you for the video, it fixed my problem. I appreciate you taking the time to help us non-mechanic types.

[juanmanuelsaldanabautista]

I have a Ford Fiesta 2014, since was in the maintenance service for 15K i idvised about this problem, there was request by the dealer the replacement part for the power shift transmission, since 2 months ago, now the part have not arrived yet and i made the same fix showing on this video and i fell greatly appreciatted due the the problem in transmission dissapear on low spead, thayk you for this video and the advised.

[DaddyBrotherTV]

i just tried it. and the magic happened 🤩 now i dont have jerking my transmission drive smoothly. and the biggest difference is my voltage. i got a reading of 13.4-8 always. and i just thinking that my alternator was bad. when i do this my voltage is now normal. i got 14.2-4 now all accessories are running.. tomorrow ill do a long drive. then i will update you guys.. thank you for this video.. by the way i have focus 2012

[alextc]

Thanks for this. Took mine to the dealership 4 times and they wouldn't touch it because it wasn't throwing codes. It died over and over at stoplights and stop and go traffic. I went ahead and sanded the base of the ground bolts (2) behind the battery, one under the driver side fender and the one right by the battery that you recommended. I really appreciate it!

[joalruch]

I can't believe in the agency they changed the TCM and it broke again and has been in there for months, I got tired took it home, I did this and the key reprogramming and now the error disappeared and everything works perfectly fine again, I can't thank you enough!

[radarreally]

I don't know if this video heloed or not. I was stuck at work this morning. I cot the engine to turn over, but only barely. Then, my 11 fiesta simply would not slip into gear. At all. It just acted like it was stuck in park. No mantenence lights, no squat. I cast around the internet for a couple minutes looking for a fix and happened upon your video, so I got into my tool box and found the right socket, and gave the grounding bolt about a quarter turn. No sooner had I fiddled with it, it began spitting medium heat sparks, (in the dark orange-bright orange range) At that point I figured I had either fried my batery, or incinerated the corosion, so I got back onto the car and everything worked just fine. This is a great video man. Cheers.

[jstnmlndz]

So, I'm back to recap my experience. I did this to my Fiesta along with cleaning the battery terminal corrosion. I also cleaned up the MAF sensor and throttle body. Wow. I just have to say infinite thank yous. My transmission is still acting funny, and Ford is supposed to flash the TPM when I bring it in. But I'm not sure if they were just jerking me or if they were serious, but they said they couldn't do the TPM without me replacing my throttle body, MAF sensor and alternator (my reason for trying this). I went from 17 codes down to 3 (p0300/340/365 - camshaft pos sensors/misfire codes) which is definitely an improvement.

Ford quoted me $1600+tax parts and labor for those 3 things. Something that took me about an hour to do (in the dark... and I scrubbed everything super clean), they told me would take 7 hours of labor. I spent $23 at autozone getting MAF sensor cleaner, throttle body cleaner and a wire brush and grease. My Fiesta was running really loud and revving high (about 1200-1500 idle and like 3000-4000 going at 20mph or so) and now idles really quiet and at about 750rpm, it doesn't shudder or grind at really low rolling speeds. Aside from the cam sensor issues and the TPM that I can't do anything about, I'd say the surgery was a success. I wish I could shake your hand. You are the man.

For the record, I had ZERO prior experience working on cars. Total n00b. Before last week, I had no idea what I was looking at under the hood lol. I am just frugal and have a lot of curiosity in how things work and confidence (or stupidity) to try things myself.

[jasonyoung]

Extremely helpful video! This helped our Fiesta run much more smoothly.

[prestonmoore]

Dude thank you, wife and kids were stuck with me 60 miles from home. Was gonna have to go on a journey to get to the dealership (just bought the car) and then home. But I was able to jiggle it into reseting and it came out of limp mode. Will be doing the sanding tomorrow. Again thank you for this code.

[caiomendes]

Good deal I just bought 11 Ford Fiesta from the auction and I am doing the same thing. Thank you Sr have a wonderful

[toddmodem]

I took one of these cars as a demo, back in 2011 and of course I had a transmission engagement issue while picking my daughter up from skating one day. I got it going while playing with the wires under the hood (like I knew what I was doing). I remember our Dealership mechanic saying there was too much paint on the ground! Very simple fix.