WT - revs up when parking

[Trinhy]

Hi

My manual WT has got this issue when im parking and changing gears between 1st & reverse (vice versa) the car will suddenly blip the revs up to about 2k rpm. At first i thought my fat foot was doing this but i think its the car. It happens cold and warm and usually when i pop the clutch in. Is anyone else getting this?

[Fiesta_Man69]

No....

[MISTA FIESTA]

Yep im getting this when i go into reverse. I have no idea why it does it. I also have a WT

[Trinhy]

I got my first service in a couple of weeks hope they can sort it out

[fiestaz]

Very strange. My WT does not do this. Manual too.

[mcduck]

Originally Posted by Trinhy

Hi

My manual WT has got this issue when im parking and changing gears between 1st & reverse (vice versa) the car will suddenly blip the revs up to about 2k rpm. At first i thought my fat foot was doing this but i think its the car. It happens cold and warm and usually when i pop the clutch in. Is anyone else getting this?

Hi Trinhy,
I have just purchased a 2013 Fiesta CL Manual and noticed this rev issue as well, as soon as I depress the clutch when out of reverse gear and sometimes from switching from first to second.
Has it been resolved? What I find weird is that it seems to be very "controlled", ie out of reverse gear, when it does, its always revving till 2000. When on first to second, a little below that.
Ford dealer called me as an after sales service and I told him about this phenomenon, but he seemed like he never heard of this issue.
I came to the conclusion that it could be some sort of "hill assisted' driving, as it does it most time on slightly uneven roads or driveways. My automatic jazz revs the engine by itself when it goes uphill, so for manual it maybe doing it on the neutral/clutch depressed position for faster gear change??
Please help, as I haven't got much free time, driving it into my dealership for checkup.
Thank you

[ebv8]

mine did this too a Sep'12 build, reversed out of an awkward driveway and when i pressed in the clutch it revved up and stayed there for a few seconds, enough time to realise it wasn't me touching the acc pedal.
its only done it once but i think it went to about 4000rpm.

[mcduck]

Originally Posted by ebv8

mine did this too a Sep'12 build, reversed out of an awkward driveway and when i pressed in the clutch it revved up and stayed there for a few seconds, enough time to realise it wasn't me touching the acc pedal.
its only done it once but i think it went to about 4000rpm.

Someone else suggested that the Fiesta has some sort of auto adjustment to make manual driving easier, and will keep the engine rev up when it detects that it is about to stall.
But since the clutch is already depressed, there must be some sort of sensor problem? Can anyone else help out? This car is poorly documented and most have received no help from their service center from what I have read so far.

Thanks

[fiestaz]

I have never experienced mine doing this. sometimes it makes minor adjustments, like gives it a few more revs if i dont give it enough. but we are talking 100rpm. (no not 1000).

on a quick side note, when you are all driving along (manuals) go for a gear change up, do you notice the revs hang for ages. if you hold the clutch in like a extremely slow gear change, the revs will very slowly fall and eventually match the revs for your next gear.

[mcduck]

Originally Posted by fiestaz

I have never experienced mine doing this. sometimes it makes minor adjustments, like gives it a few more revs if i dont give it enough. but we are talking 100rpm. (no not 1000).

on a quick side note, when you are all driving along (manuals) go for a gear change up, do you notice the revs hang for ages. if you hold the clutch in like a extremely slow gear change, the revs will very slowly fall and eventually match the revs for your next gear.

Hi FiestaZ, Yes, I do notice it and actually don't mind the rev staying at position for slightly longer, gives a smoother ride, but at speeds under 10km, like reversing for a 3 point turn or parking at shopping centers, I look a little stupid to bypassers for revving the engine without going anywhere.
Guess a visit to the service center myself is inevitable. Will post back once I have been given an explanation. Thanks

[fiestaz]

Originally Posted by mcduck

Hi FiestaZ, Yes, I do notice it and actually don't mind the rev staying at position for slightly longer, gives a smoother ride, but at speeds under 10km, like reversing for a 3 point turn or parking at shopping centers, I look a little stupid to bypassers for revving the engine without going anywhere.
Guess a visit to the service center myself is inevitable. Will post back once I have been given an explanation. Thanks

Its a relief to know its not just mine! I dont mind it either most of the time, although sometimes it feels like im riding the clutch bringing the revs back down for the next gear.

Although over 32,000 kms i have never experienced the reversing revving quite a few people are experiencing. Any chance of a video on it by anyone?

I cant imagine its normal, why would you want the car to be revving so high while reversing. Fair enough putting a sort of anti stall program in to make life easier. But the whole point of a manual is your managing revs and clutch by yourself.

[Trinhy]

I have taken the car to the Ford dealer twice and both times they explained as the throttle being drive by wire and the car over compensating for the dip in revs when the clutch is being engaged and disengaged. Only believe a small part of this explanation but other than this being annoying its not that major.

[mcduck]

Originally Posted by fiestaz

Its a relief to know its not just mine! I dont mind it either most of the time, although sometimes it feels like im riding the clutch bringing the revs back down for the next gear.

Although over 32,000 kms i have never experienced the reversing revving quite a few people are experiencing. Any chance of a video on it by anyone?

I cant imagine its normal, why would you want the car to be revving so high while reversing. Fair enough putting a sort of anti stall program in to make life easier. But the whole point of a manual is your managing revs and clutch by yourself.

It's actually not revving while you are reversing, thank god. Its revving as soon as you are sort of done reversing when depressing the clutch, which equals to the neutral position. And I notice that it does it only if you reverse it quicker than the usual roll back, u know, when you actually hear the typical reverse gear acceleration, if that makes sense.
No point really, unless I want to skip the break and push straight into first to utilise the high engine rev.
Maybe I just switch gear too eagerly and should try the suggested 3 seconds wait from first to reverse, as outlined in the manual. Just never had that problem, or maybe feature, in other manual cars before.
Thanks for replying Trinhy, I'll let you know what my service centre tells me.

[vhcbm]

Strange how the WS doesn't seem to do it. Still the same gearbox, engine etc. Maybe it has to do with the tune, that's about all that could possibly be different. Similar to the cold start issue unique to the WS and older models but not WT.