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Old 07-01-2014, 03:14 PM   #1
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Question Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

Hey everyone,

My misses 09 Fiesta Zetec 5speed is a great gear box... until you try and put it into reverse...

Sometimes (bout 15%) it goes straight into reverse no problems. But the 85% of time it doesn't, even if you hold clutch down for few secs or put it into 1st 3rd and then reverse. After while obviously it goes into reverse but it takes some time, and sometimes when you think its in R and you goto move it grinds aways (only happens twice) Car has only done 70xxxkms and always looked after.

Could it be in need of an oil change or the syncros are going?

Any ideas whats going on here?

Thanks heaps in advance!!

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Old 09-01-2014, 02:27 PM   #2
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

No one on here knows? Or has this issue? :( - lol.

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Old 09-01-2014, 04:11 PM   #3
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

maybe have alook at this
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1850123

or call your mechanic for advice
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Old 09-01-2014, 05:00 PM   #4
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

Know three people with WS Fiesta's and all of them have the same issue.

It's the "character" of the gear box.

I would change the gearbox oil every 60-80,000kms (ignore Ford's "sealed for life" crap) and they aren't the world's strongest boxes.

But nothing wrong with the car/box itself, there's no synchro's on the reverse gear in any car.
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Old 09-01-2014, 06:17 PM   #5
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

Reverse, as stated, has no synchro.
But I remember years ago a problem with a Eunos 500 of my wife's that sounded very similar.
We ended up replacing the drive shafts!
Problem solved.
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Old 09-01-2014, 07:20 PM   #6
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

If you dont hold your foot on the clutch for at least 5 seconds before trying reverse it will crunch into gear, or not go in properly.

Mine has done it since new, I think this is one of those cases where Ford is actually right "they all do it".
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Old 09-01-2014, 07:36 PM   #7
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

My fiance's Fiesta Metal does exactly this - only done 12,000k & done it since new.

If you actually read the manual it states that you have to slowly put it in reverse and count - one, two, three.... I AM BEING SERIOUS - Ford pointed this out - haha.

It'll always go in - sometimes straight away, sometimes you have to put it in 1st and let the clutch out slightly. It does seem a little better when warm

I have just put it down to a 'quirk' - it doesn't really bother us.
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Old 09-01-2014, 07:48 PM   #8
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

Ill add, my WT isnt too bad at all actually. sometimes its a bit notchy and doesnt go in properly but otherwise its pretty good. However with km's it is slowly getting a bit more difficult (38000kms).

My dad's WP on the other hand is mixed. When we first got it, it was quite difficult, then the clutch was changed, therefore new oil in gearbox, and it was 10 times worse and would crunch constantly, only way to relieve this was to go into third, then into reverse, AND then it recently had new oil put in again, now it doesnt crunch at all, and you can even be abit crude with it and it wont crunch.

New oil may or may not help in my experience. But they do all do it, you just gotta work out the best way to get around it. i have found and heard that lifting the clutch up just a tiny bit can help when engaging.
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Old 10-01-2014, 09:00 AM   #9
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Default Re: Trouble Selecting Reverse 09 Fiesta

Thanks everyone for your reply's, i have put her mind at a bit more ease now knowing that hers isn't the only one that does it!!

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