Greg_E

3 motors? I couldn't even get them to pull the plugs on mine to look inside.

Not sure about the wheel bearings, but that's not a good sign either. Looking at Rockauto, they list a front bearing/hub assembly for $90 and also show it as the same part for the Aveo, might be able to get this at Autozone, Advance Auto, etc. A quick check at Advance Auto shows 4 or 5 different front hub assemblies so you might get lucky on parts.

If you get the entire hub/bearing assembly, then the steps are roughly as follows:

Remove safety cap of axle nut (center of the wheel hub).

Remove axle nut

Remove brake caliper and rotor

Unbolt hub assembly from the back

Pull hub assembly off of axle.

There may be a circlip in there somewhere that also needs to come off, not really sure. You may need some fresh grease to put on the axle splines when you are putting it back together, and not sure if these were one time use stretch bolts, or regular bolts so you might need new bolts to hold the assembly on the car. Also might need a new axle nut (unlikely) and a new axle safety cover.

I suggest the brake caliper and rotor in the middle so you can wedge a stick on the brake pedal and keep the axle from spinning while you are trying to loosen it.

Looking at the parts shown, the ABS may make this a lot more expensive unless you are willing to press out the parts that bolt to the rotor from the parts that bolt to the suspension. Showing $186 for an assembly that has the ABS sensor and wires.

Full tire weighs more and may not leave room for jack and wrench.

No, not really a standard noise. The window may not be sealing, or the door latch may need adjustment.

Icy cold HVAC in my Fiesta. And I saw my Spark starting to slip into the same old pattern on the couple times I used the AC before I traded it. I don't think this is a real fix for some problems, not sure what else they can do since my car had a compressor and the sensor mod/fix.

FYI, I have a manual Fiesta SE with appearance and comfort packages... Really quiet going down the road, not as rough going over bumps. One of the downsides is it just doesn't/can't turn as sharply in parking lots, already missing that agility. The auto trans on the Fiesta can be a bit problematic, there's a current recall on them which also covers out of warranty cars and extends warranty on current cars. The manual version has been fairly solid through the years.

If the fuel pump is going bad, often the problems can be exaggerated when the fuel tank is very low. So you might see if it can be reproduced this way and bring it to them when the tank is almost empty.

People with the automatic transmission have been passing wires through the rubber cover where the clutch would come through. If you have a manual car then the wires all go through about 6 to 8 inches higher on the firewall where the brake vacuum booster is located. You'll see a big bundle of wires and it should be covered in take and a big rubber boot. Unwrap the tape and feed the wire through the boot.

Manualsparkls,

I did take a hit and ditched my Spark, after about a gallon of oil consumed in 10,000 miles I had a suspicion that the engine internals had already been damaged. I got a decent deal on my current car, but estimate that I lost at least $2000 on the deal, not to mention shelling out more cash than I had planned to spend this summer. At the time I entered the contract to buy the new car, there was no PCV fix announced, I still probably would have ditched the car with engine concerns. Thankfully I didn't have either car financed or I would have been in a hugely lopsided loan situation. Moving on from that now and need to get going to pick up some used wheels for snow tires.

I have 4 snow tires from my Spark that I'd like to sell, and hopefully locally.

4 Unique brand model 83 steel wheels - $50 each when new

4 TPMS - around $50 each when new

4 General brand Glacier Grip tires - around $70 each when new

1 TPMS reset tool - around $125

The snows are 3 seasons old and still decent, the wheels, tpms, and reset tool are 2 seasons and just about 2 full years old. This gives about 2 to 3 years of battery on the TPMS sensors before they might need to be replaced. The reset tool takes a 9 volt battery. Steel wheels show some rust around the hub and a couple other places. I have plastic wheel covers that have never been installed to throw into this, and a set of lug nuts that I used with the snows. I'll get some pictures later if anyone has interest, the only pictures I have when they were on the car was when I hit the deer, so nothing to really show what the car looks like while these are mounted.

I'd like to get around $400 for everything, location is in central New York and within reasonable distances can be delivered.

If you reply here I should get an email.

Well, you'll usually hear all sorts of complaints from the younger crowd when they first buy a new vehicle. Try and remember we have a couple two/three generations now with holier than now attitudes and expectations. Couple that with how the Internet has given rise to b.s. as an art form and almost down to a science, meaning even the one time rag 'Consumer Reports' are full of bias and b.s.

We Americans tend to base and judge everything on 0-60 times and leather interiors.

Had I listen to all the so called people in the know out there I'd miss out on a great deal I got on my Spark, not to mention when I drove it home, which was Tuesday afternoon it had to go directly on the hwy. to get home. Yeah, I knew then I made the right decision. Even getting the standard which I had not drove in years.

'lil' Sparky can hold it's own and you talk about being practical, that's my middle name. I got it in Lemonade, at 58 I don't care what I look like. It may be small but you won't miss my Spark on the road. And talk about room inside, I can pack that thing like a pack rat on Saturdays.

Bottom line dude, you shopping price or utility, cause you can have both with the Spark and not be embarrassed to be seen driving it.

One thing is certain it's a far better vehicle than my 58 hp. Chevy Metro was. And I drove that one into the ground.

Me thinks 'ole Spark may go the distance as well, perhaps even longer than I will.

Good luck with your decision.

Because all of us so called people are idiots, all I can say is I hope your brand new car lasts better than some of the rest of ours did. A first day owners opinion is actually pretty worthless since you have almost zero seat time. And as far as being young and easy to complain... I've been on the "internet" since dial up 9600 bps was "fast" and remember using bbs with 2400bps.

My Metro lasted significantly longer than my Spark would have lasted, I also drove my metro until it was only good enough for scrap metal, it was a great little car until the rust got so bad it just wasn't worth keeping (no longer safe to drive).

I'm thinking the pressure cut out switch had a passage that was the wrong size and maybe didn't let the pressure get measured correctly which is why they had to make a sandwich plate for the new sensor. Either that or the passage was bored into the wrong area. Or that this isn't really a fix at all since at least one person has said it went back to the same old problem. Didn't test mine enough to know, and now its gone! I now have really cold air at idle, hasn't been warm enough to need it driving yet to see what happens at higher engine speeds.

That's late, but if they aren't updating anything, does it really matter what you call it.

They were supposed to bring us a spare kit with donut, jack, and lug wrench... but somewhere along the line they stopped. Probably because the suggested price was around $600, that's insane.

My Fiesta is pretty nice, but it has less than 400 miles so I wouldn't expect problems in such a short time. Showed a little over 40 mpg on the way to work, lunch took a bite out of that, and now almost at 40mpg again after coming home. Not too different from my Spark and lots more room inside. Ford Touch stereo is decently nice, but its an upper model option and really compares more closely with a Sonic in price (feature for feature on the Fiesta I bought). The big price increase was so I could get the better driver seat with the lumber support, that pushes you to an SE and another $1000 for the comfort package. Fog lights must be installed when ordered, they can not be dealer installed later!!! Only other option for fogs would be a typical aftermarket style install.

Oh and the headlights in the Fiesta suck! No excuses for such a poor performer when things like the Spark prove that headlights can be functional and not break the bank. Yes driving lights have been ordered, and in my opinion are required for any non-city and back roads where you might need high beams.

The dealers will also blame other dealers for not filling it properly, anything to screw over the customer.

The compressor is actually really good, just don't trust the gauge and buy a decent little digital for about $10.

The fiesta feels a lot heavier, and no my spark was not lowered. The Spark was simple, approach a corner way faster than you should (30mph or no slowing down at all), keep neutral throttle (normally second gear), turn the wheel hard, and around the corner you went with some nice oversteer if you cranked the wheel hard enough (just like a go cart). The fiesta hasn't shown that it will do this yet, the rear axle beam isn't stiff enough for the weight and length. Even fast sweeping corners are no faster than the spark until you get into higher speeds that are difficult with the spark because of the 40 horsepower lower value. They may have changed the suspension in the 2015, it certainly rides over the bumps nicely. The advantage is that there are plenty of parts to modify the fiesta, and fixing/improving is not very expensive.

But all that said, with only 200 miles on the new car, I haven't really wanted to push the engine up where the fun zone starts. Need at least another 300 on it before that can start to happen. And I'll probably put a torsion bar on the rear, and maybe some frame braces to keep everything aligned by the time I get to that mileage. A little more pressure in the tires might help too.

The really good thing is my seat has a good lumbar support, and even after 2 days the pain in my lower back is starting to fade. That alone would have been worth $1000, but a bunch of other options came with that price.

Yeah, the Top Gear guys love the Fiesta ST with its nearly 200 horsepower and better suspension, it would make a fun second vehicle if I had the money.

I have a short shifter already on the way and thinking about some other additions to get the handling up a little. Even though the fiesta is shorter and wider than the Spark, it doesn't corner as well. Or at least not any faster than the Spark and I was expecting it would be a little quicker. Might be a confidence thing since I don't even have 200 miles on it yet. The Spark inspired confidence right off the dealer's lot. It's a great design, just have to get the bugs worked out and get the dealers inline, then maybe bring out a higher powered Spark for the "sports car" enthusiasts.

Well good luck Hopefully all is well with your Ford, looks nice I'm having to rent a car for the long weekend because my Spark is so unreliable it's become a joke.

All summer long I haven't been willing to run my spark out into the mountains because I know it will choke and die just as soon as the cellphone service quits.

My fiesta is actually way up the food chain, almost up to a Titanium, it's the SE with most options because that was the only way to get fog lights and the seat with the lumbar support. With all that comes heated seats, different interior color scheme, heated mirrors, MyFordTouch entertainment system with 6 real speakers, and a spare tire with jack!

The headlights are not as good as the Spark though, found that out tonight.

I finally gave up, the little red gremlin is gone! Here's a not so good video time lapse of the last ride, can't do it over again 'cause the car is gone.

Last ride!:

Needed to be sampled more often to slow things down a bit.

Here is the replacement

Roughly the same color. After the 3 different dealers didn't want to work on this car and actually fix things, it was time to give up and ditch it. It was always going to eat tires, only got a bit over 20,000 miles on the stock tires with another 10,000 on the snows. The ford dealer took a hell of a lot better care of me than any Chevy dealer has, so it is very unlikely I will ever buy another GM vehicle again.

I can already tell I'm going to miss flicking my car around corners like a go kart, but I'm sure I'll adapt.

Not going to be coming around as much, but still have moderator duties so I'll be back once in a while to check up on things.

That's easily 1000rpm less than what my Spark would ever do.

Maybe you need blue for everything else?

Most places can do it in a few hours, some can't manage less than 2 days.

The auto trans should stomp the manual for highway economy, I'm right around 3000rpm at 60mph, that a lot more revolutions per hour and a lot more gas in each of those.

The worst I've ever gotten was around 36 with about 50% highway. I would need to try hard to get my car down to 24mpg.

But we aren't running them at red line! Mine has done 99.5% of all driving at under 5000rpm, and the time above 4000rpm is probably about 0.1%. Most of the time my car is sitting between 3200rpm and 3500rpm. So please don't characterize us all as speed freaks pushing this little car just as hard as we can, I haven't even modded the airbox on mine.