Transmission is Toast
We bought a new 2018 Ford Fiesta with auto transmission 4 months ago. We had the Roadmaster towing equipment installed by Camping World. On our third trip on the way home the car would not start when...
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willald wrote:
Glad to hear that Ford is stepping up and fixing it.
Have to say, though, that this crazy procedure the Fiesta, Focus, and a few others require that involve disconnecting the battery are precisely why I avoided those vehicles. I don't want any vehicle I have to disconnect the battery on in order to tow. Not when there are so many other good towed vehicle choices out there for similar $$ that don't require that.
With my Ford Taurus, all I have to do is run the engine 5 minutes at beginning of the day before towing, run tranny through Drive, Reverse, then to neutral, and its ready to tow up to 65 mph. I always remember that tranny procedure this way - Drive, Reverse, Neutral, as in 'Don't wReck Nothing' (DRN) :)
Yep, my buddy toes his focus and the procedure is ridiculous, but necessary to prevent damage. We had to wire up his focus with a stand-alone accessory outlet that runs off the MH because the battery has to be disconnected. The brake system has its own built in battery so break away is covered.
My 13 Explorer is easy by comparison. Put ventilation in recirc mode, shut off cat and put in N. Mine is push button start so I have to shift it with the manual shift over ride in the console. Still very easy to do!
