[watboy]

hi need some help boys n girls. i have a 2003 ford focus zx5. auto tranny. when i doa roll stop at a stp sign and hit the gas the car seems to shift hard it almost jumps just a bit. it also does the same when i slow down due to traffic and then the traffic picks up and hit the gas it bucks a bit. is this normail or this a tranny problem? brought in to the dealer threee times they say nothing is wrong. but it wouldn't be the first time they missed a problem.

 

[watboy]

help

 

[Bubba Bob]

I had the exact same problem in my old 95 Escort. Did it till the day it died. Mine jerked harder as it warmed up.

This may be a good time to drain and replace the transmission oil.

Although, after reading your post again my bet would be a bad motor/transmission mount.


Does it worsen after the car has warmed up?

 

[watboy]

not worse just the same/ my problem is i have no mechanical knowledge or knowhow and everytime i have broought my car in they treat me like an idiot. i wish i could explain to them what it could be. anyone else have any ideas? i had a problem with a smell in my car coming form the ngine and it took them 4 times to find a problem. the first 3 tims they told me i was making it up. i had to wtite a ketter nad get a manager to actually drive the car to find the problem. not sure what i should do. when i wnet a few dayd ago they said it was normal for the car to jerk like that when you are slowing down and then speed up. any ideas anyone? i really could use the help

 

[penguin]

"when i wnet a few dayd ago they said it was normal for the car to jerk like that when you are slowing down and then speed up. "

Ask them to let you test drive a new Focus so they can show you that it is normal. Or just go to another dealer with better service. Or, assuming it is still under warranty, call the Ford 800 number to complain.

 

[Bubba Bob]

not worse just the same

Then Id bet a bad motor mount.

With the car stopped, move the shifter from park to drive to reverse. Any jerking or clunking?

 

[watboy]

little bit not much

 

[watboy]

had my friend who's wife owns a focus drive it and the car didn't do it. i look like a jerk hahaha

 

[KariM]

Mine sort of does that too. Not all the time, but I notice it alot when I'm slowing down to stop. Usually I'm going pretty fast so I wondered if it was just because I was stopping so suddenly.

But it'll often jerk around 30mph when I'm accelerating too.

I wondered if it was transmission....but I think I put it out of my head because I'm in denial

2000 SE, 85,0000

 

[penguin]

"2000 SE, 85,0000"

an automatic?

How long since the transmission filter/fluid was changed?

 

[watboy]

hmm my tranny oil looks fine to me.

 

[penguin]

"hmm my tranny oil looks fine to me."

Appearance can tell you it is bad, but it cannot tell you it is good. I believe the Ford interval is to have it changed at 30,000 miles.

 

[KariM]

"2000 SE, 85,0000"

an automatic?

How long since the transmission filter/fluid was changed?

Yes, automatic.

And uh....promise not to yell?
I'm not sure I've ever had it changed.

I think I just need to preface all my posts with "My parents never taught me about car maintenance, it's not my fault!!"

My dad always says that once you open things up and mess around with them is when everything goes bad.
I'm scared.

It may have been changed once, because I think they thought I had a leak or something...maybe.




I hereby swear that with my next car I will do all suggested maintenance at the recommended intervals.