Hnadbrake was on but had cooled down & contracted! If Im on a very steep hill then I just twist around & use my right arm when I'm getting out & just release it as I'm getting in.īeware of some small autos that no longer have a park! ( easytronic) vauxhall, most diabolic autobox, horrid to drive & if you park on a hill you have to remeber to switch the engine off whilst still in drive! otherwise the car relies on just the handbrake! as my father found out when his almost new Meriva rolled down his drive & demolish the pillar in the centre of his double garage & took 2 doors with it & needed a new rear end. I drive auto & the car has a handbrake but never use it, Park is just fine & appears to hold it anywhere. I too have a frozen shoulder so I can sympathise for what would seem to trivial can be quite debilitating. Also some bigger engine autos will be more responsive & just as frugal because they don't work so hard. general rule of thumb is small autos below 2.0ltr can be more problamatic.
RJP, I'm sorry to hear of your dilema, I agree it puts you off cars. On it lasting more than 46,000 miles? What should we reasonably expect fromįord Customer Service or our local dealer? Can anyone suggest a similarĪlternative car with automatic transmission and electronic handbrake?Ġ5 1.6 Auto transmission failure - injection doc Transmission? If we went for the replacement transmission, how can we rely
We use the car for driving a disabled elderly relative, so the high seats and easy access of the C-Max are very important.Īre there any reliable, lower-cost alternatives to a replacement Part-exchanged it for the diesel automatic after eighteen months (from the same Ford dealer, at considerable cost) only because my wife had a frozen left shoulder and we needed a car with automatic transmission and electronic handbrake.
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We're awaiting their feedback.īefore this we had a 1.8 manual C-Max with no problems at all. He referred us to Ford Customer Service to see if they could offerĪny better alternatives. Remedy is a replacement transmission and torque converter at a cost of overĤ,000 pounds. Our local dealer told us that the car is not safe to drive and the only Weekend it showed an amber "transmission malfunction" warning light,įollowed by minor variations to revs at constant speed on a flat road. It'sīeen carefully driven, regularly serviced and has done 46,000 miles. Four years ago we bought a 2005 Ford C-Max 1.6 TDCI Auto Ghia, demo car.
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