Well driving back to see my sister this morning and having just got on the A34 I felt a jolt in the car, like if I went over a speed bump. Then a few seconds later a whiney noise starting coming from the engine. I shifted from 5th (was doing around 50 at the time) to 6th and it didn't sound good either. I limped off the A34 and into a nearby car park, and the early gear sounded horrific, with the car frequently flying out of gear back to neutral.
Called the RAC who came out quite quickly and confirmed that it was indeed quite serious. After wrestling with the gears for 5 mins I managed to position the car ready to be towed. They guy towed me back to my original dealer in Abingdon who now have the car. And the mechanic that heard the car being moved didn't think it sounded good at all
To top it all off the only courtesy car the sales team could get was a Ka (Zetec, woooosh
)
So the assessment will be done on Monday / Tuesday but by all accounts I'm looking at a new gearbox. All I can say is that it's a good job that I didn't do any modifications to void my warranty.
For reference the car is a Focus ST3 and is only 3 months old, 3000 miles
Called the RAC who came out quite quickly and confirmed that it was indeed quite serious. After wrestling with the gears for 5 mins I managed to position the car ready to be towed. They guy towed me back to my original dealer in Abingdon who now have the car. And the mechanic that heard the car being moved didn't think it sounded good at all
To top it all off the only courtesy car the sales team could get was a Ka (Zetec, woooosh
)So the assessment will be done on Monday / Tuesday but by all accounts I'm looking at a new gearbox. All I can say is that it's a good job that I didn't do any modifications to void my warranty.
For reference the car is a Focus ST3 and is only 3 months old, 3000 miles
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