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My 04 reg CVT diesel had this COMMON problem!! It went thru 2 turbo's and it's now onto it's 3rd CVT gearbox. Hesitation at approx 1800rpm was STILL there when I finally got rid of it a month ago. It was out of warranty next month, and I did'nt fancy being stung with a bill of approx £4K for yet another gearbox. SO - it had to go!!!!!

Hi ellaziggy Try searching the C-Max forum for 'Flat Spot', or just CVT. You will come across a few of my posts (threads) relating to this common problem. Ford won't admit this dreaded flat spot, BUT most of the technician / mechanics I have spoken to all know about it - but can't remedy it. cheers Alan

Hi Colin How do you arrange an extended warranty, and how much does Ford charge for this. IF it isn't some ridiculous price, I might take a chance and keep the C-Max. Out of interest, the turbo was replaced in Jan 2006, and the CVT gearbox (3rd one) replaced in July 2006. cheers Alan

I am in the same position, only the CVT gearbox has been replaced twice. I asked Ford head office about extending the warranty because of the excess time my C-Max has been off the road the past 18 months. They said that IF the 3rd CVT box went wrong out of warranty, they would take this into consideration. With the cost of the last gearbox exchange reaching nearly £4k (so I was told) I am taking NO chances. I am changing cars before the warranty is up. Don't really want to, but I have no peace of mind at all with the C-Max, and can't afford something along the same lines as the max, as I will

The yellow engine warning lamp has come on for the 3rd time in about 4 months. Each time it is something to do with the Canbus. This time it had 'lost' communication with the TCM. Ford ran diagnostics - checked and cleared the fault code, and that was that. The car is still under warranty so there was no charge. However when the warranty runs out Ford will charge £80 plus V.A.T. (£94) !!!! Anyone else had bother like this. Car is a 1.6 TDCI CVT (Auto) Zetec. Alan

JAKX I don't know how you come to assume I would think contacting Honest John a waste of time & effort. I will persue this avenue, together with BBC Watchdog if necessary, and a local newspaper, who has a consumer champion called Mr Justice. I MUST be careful however, as in the back of my mind is that Ford are supplying me with a hire car, and they could pull the plug on that at any time - and I would be really screwed for transport. You have no idea of the amount of time, paperwork, telephone calls & effort that I have already put into trying to resolve this matter. Thanks for

JonJen In my previous postings concerning my C-Max you can see that I have involved everyone I can think of with the issues I am suffering with my vehicle, including my Finance Company. I remember quoting the bit below to yourself & Nick Wells, who offered advice. "By the way - just out of interest for Nick Wells & JonJen: My finance company have NOT taken the slightest interest in my case. They are NOT bothered if the vehicle is off the road, needing parts, transport problems & hire car's; NOTHING - as long as the payments are rolling in they don't care. I asked them whethe

My 1.6 TDCI CVT (automatic) has been off the road for 8 weeks now, awaiting it's 3rd transmission. Ford told me on the 23rd June that the gearbox was being air-freighted into the country, and would be with the dealer by the 26th / 27th. The garage phoned me on the 27th June, and said that "Ford have cocked this whole thing up big style" - the gearbox hadn't been delivered and when their parts dept. contacted Ford in Daventry they were told the part had been found to be faulty in transit!!!!?????? HOW ON EARTH can Ford say that a black box sealed part was found to be faulty in transit?????

4th Update - GOOD news; Ford have authorised a rental car. BAD NEWS - there is NO sign of the CVT from Germany !! and Ford can't give me a release date, and the part status is 'referred' !!?? Last week I heard from Ford Customer Relationship Centre, and the Ford Main Dealer where my Max is; who both told me that they couldn't find out how long my C-Max will be off the road for. At least they had the courtesy to let me know whats going on. They have supplied me with a whizzpopper Astra 1.8 automatic (4 speed box), which I am happy with to use on my holidays which start this Friday. The A

3rd Update - As if things couldn't get any worse. > > There is "NO SIGN" of the CVT gearbox, coming in from Germany - I was told on the 12th May that it would take 4 -5 days!!! Last Friday Ford have declined the request from the garage for a hire car for me. Now that the C-Max is over 2 years old the 'wait' is now 14 days!!!! (car was 2 year old on 6th May) Called Ford Customer Relationship Centre in Glasgow again, and they just confirmed what Ford in Daventry had said. Someone from the centre is going to look closely at my case TODAY. I waited all last week for one of the compa

The thing with the Ford main dealer that is doing the warranty work up here in Northumberland, is that they keep bleating on about that I didn't buy the car from them. They ARE right, I bought it from a Ford garage down in Stevenage, because I couldn't source an automatic C-Max locally. NOW I know why there aren't that many CVT Max's about. The garage in Stevenage rightly said that ANY Ford main dealer will look after any servicing and warranty work that might be needed. I never thought that any vehicle could have so many problems in such a short period of time and under 10,000 miles. So I f

Phoned Ford Customer Relations Centre (FCRC) straight after being told by the garage that it needs another CVT unit. They were not very interested at first, just told me to contact the Ford main dealer who sold me the car. When I explained that that garage was over 300 miles away, and all of this is affecting my health, with all the worry and stress this is causing, he eventually took some details. Ended up with me faxing 8 pages of detailed notes of EVERYTHING that has happened to the car since May last year. I have a reference number from (FCRC), but don't know what to expect next. The no

2nd UPDATE - Car has been in since Tuesday morning, and they have removed the CVT and have been trying to identify a part (a seal) to repair the oil leak. The garage couldn't find the finis (?) code, so asked the National Ford parts centre in Daventry to ID this seal. The upshot is - is that there is NO PART available, so Ford has decided to replace the CVT!!!!!! This is not in stock, and will have to be sourced from Germany, and that will take 4 to 5 days, so I'm told. Wouldn't you have thought that the garage would have known that it isn't possible to replace any oil seals on this CVT gear

NO - never again. I have the 1.6 TDCI with CVT (Automatic) gearbox and it has been absolutely plauged with problems from the moment I got it, right up to now. It's been sitting in a Ford main dealers workshop for the past 3 days with the gearbox out, waiting for Ford technical dept. to identify a new part (a seal of some sort) to cure an oil leak. Apparantly the part doesn't show up on the database that the workshop uses, so they have had to ask for Ford's advice to find the part they need to repair the leaky CVT. I do pray that there IS a part to fit, otherwise I'm on the hard card. Al

UPDATE - Had my C-Max booked in yesterday to investigate the CVT oil leak. They said they removed some covers, but couldn't determine what or where the oil was coming from. They have asked to HAVE THE CAR FOR A FURTHER 2 to 3 DAYS - to remove the CVT gearbox, to find out whats wrong, and whether it needs another NEW one!!!!!! MORE time without a car - give me strength. How much warranty work does Ford have to do to a vehicle before they can agree that it's 'not fit for the purpose'. Here is a sentence from the DTI website about "What is an inherent fault" > > > A fault present a

Hi Mini Me That is exactly what happened to mine when Ford tried to tweak the turbo calibration, see this thread to remind you. > > http://www.ffoc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... highlight= (I ended up without a car over Christmas, while they waited for a new turbo to arrive!!). I had to drive with this fault for nearly a month, and now I'm informed that the CVT gearbox is leaking oil, and has to be investigated further. cheers Alan

While booking my 2nd service a month ago, I tried my very best to explain my problem with the boot hatch microswitch. Told them of the posts here on the forum, and that it really WAS a recognised fault - they curtly replied that I was not to take any notice of anything I read on the internet. Perhaps it's a directive from Ford to pretend that everything is hunky-dory with their vehicles.

Hi Mastertech. They DID this in November, and to be honest the car ran fantastic when WARM - but every time it was cold (winter months) it was the exact opposite. Very bad judders and pausing / hesitation on acceleration, even from 1,000rpm to where the flat-spot usually is at 1,750rpm. Ford tried to reverse engineer the tweak, (adjust the turbo calibration) but nothing would work. Eventually they replaced the turbo, and all has been OK since - apart from I now have a leaking CVT gearbox that is!!!!! cheers Alan

Hi Andy This is the 2nd dealer I have used in the past year. 1st one - the nearest, was utterly hopeless. The one I am using now at least managed to eventually fix the hesitation problem caused by the 1st dealer!!!! If I were to use a different Ford dealer, it would mean a longer travel, and they don't have any automatic courtesy cars. I only have a license to drive auto's, and there are NO Ford dealers in the area with these available to customers. What I really could do with is a pointer to a Ford TSB / SSM that lists the fault with the boot hatch microswitch & ingress of water. I co

Just had my C-Max in for it's 2nd service and have been told that there is a small oil leak on the CVT gearbox that requires further investigation. They have to remove some covers to pinpoint the leak, so it's more time off the road i'm afraid. This is the car's 2nd CVT box since new in May 2004 - current milage = 9,134. During the Christmas period, Ford replaced the turbo, and the C-Max was off the road for 16 days. This is turning out to be a most UNRELIABLE car, and I wish I had never clapped eyes on it. cheers Alan

Just had my C-Max in for it's 2nd service, and told them about the boot switch problems I have had recently. They have investigated where the water is getting into the switch, and have told me that its getting in from the Ford BADGE!! This is classed as TRIM, and to fix the switch they have to replace the badge, and charge me £58. I tried to explain that it's a known problem (not to them though), and covered by warranty. SO - IF I want to stop the water getting into the boot switch / rear light cluster assembly the answer is to fit a new badge - is it?????. Anyone know the TSB or SSM for thi

The ONLY time I have ever achieved an mpg of about 47mpg, was on a very long drive down to Devon from Northumberland in June last year. I recall the figures being 48mpg, at an average speed of 68mph. 8) :lol: 8)

Hi Mini Me Last Saturday you wrote "Apparently the flatspot is now a design fault and no fixes are avaliable for the problem". WHO told you it IS a design fault? Try and get them to confirm this in writing, and let's see what Ford Motor Company has to say about this. I dare bet that Ford won't be admitting liability to this problem being a design fault, it will turn out far too costly to them. I would still have NO HESITATION (no pun intended) to take the offer of the petrol auto version. Did you read my notes on the mpg when I had the flat-spot problem??? cheers Alan

Funny you should say that topgazza, and in my experience; right where the hesitation / flat spot is at 1750rpm - there is a CVT 'change' in gear - software created as Mastertech described recently. In certain driving situations, not slow & not foot to the floor - a STEADY gentle accelaration this hesitation happens, and can continue to happen unless you either ease off the throttle OR much preferered (IF it's safe to) is to 'kick-down' the throttle, causing the rev's to rise past the dreaded flat-spot. Once you are up to the road speed you can ease off, and all is well. What was wrong with

Hi Mini Me I have had lots of problems over the past 11 months with my 1.6 CVT - TDCI, culminating with the replacemant of the turbo over Christmas. ALL my gripes have been well documented here on this forum. My C-MAX drives MUCH better & 'sweeter' since Ford replaced the turbo - BUT there IS still a bad hesitation problem every now and then. IF ANYONE offered me a swap for the 2 litre petrol auto - I would take there hands off. Before Christmas I only averaged 33mpg :evil: :evil: , now the turbo is replaced and properly calibrated the average is now around about 41 to 42 mpg. These