My cars transmission is making an awful noise?
So I've been having issues with my 2012 ford focus for the past around 1 year now. Basically the sequence of what happens is that, it'll start, drive, rev out, when revving out it won't accelerate and will occasionally jerk as if it's trying to accelerate, then i'll stop the car and turn it off. When turning it on it won't even turn over. Just like a dead battery. It does not detect standard. Eventually, after sitting for awhile it'll make this awful noise in the front end, i assume its the transmission. It sounds like gravel rotating around. Then the car will start and drive and eventually repeat every step.
any help is good help. Appreciate it.
Time for a professional mechanic to look at it.
My gut tells me you have issues with your PRNDL/neutral safety switch. Either the wiring harness going to the switch is damaged or there's corrosion, or the switch itself is going bad. Do you have a check engine light on? If so, have the car scanned for trouble codes. The check engine light isn't just for the engine because the computer will also set codes if there are transmission issues as well.
Find local shop at ATRA.com for more help. PRNDL switch won't have anything to do with the noise. The no start might be the battery. The shop will diagnosis it and give you a estimate to repair the problem
Time to buy a rebuilt tranny.
For Focus transmissions have been a known fault by Ford for years. There are a few recalls you should ask the dealer service manager about.
It isn't ringing any bells with me. The spinning gravel is quite imaginative though.
It could be a clutch or linkage issue rather than a totally effed tranny, but if you don't get it fixed, it will be a tranny issue.
The "Not starting" part suggests that the transmission isn't the issue (or not the only issue anyway). Suggests that the car does not recognize that the transmission is in park or neutral or whatever condition it requires in order to start. Of course, it could easily be that the transmission is actually not in park or neutral and not just a failed condition signal type of problem.
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