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New member and ford kuga 2013 automatic

119 views 8 replies 4 participants last post by  Dave Bulldog  
#1 ·
Hello, I am matt, I live in Derbyshire and I join this forum to having some help about my new car I just bought, ford kuga 2013, 110 000 miles and 3500£ ! Anyway drove after twenty minutes “transmission limited function” appears on the dash and panic start…
Bought from marketplace, drive test fine and then history etc … everything look spotless but couldn’t drive further than 40 miles.
Did contact seller and he did block me but I still have his address …
Look a bit everything last few sleepless nights and don’t really know what to do now.
I really hope this community will help me.

Matt
 
#2 ·
Automatic?

Start legal action now if he will not respond.

Pre 2015 Powershift automatics have a serious design fault where the plastic, yes plastic clutch packs in the gearbox break up into thousands of tiny pieces and block the oil galleries , at this point the engine and gearbox are effectively a write off, cannot be repaired and a full rebuild at a cost of well in excess of £5,000 .is the only solution. There is no way of sugar coating this and I sincerely hope that the seller steps up and responds to you.
 
#7 ·
Sorry to hear that. 2013 and 2014 with powershift should be avoided at all costs due to poor gearbox design.