I have a 2014 ford focus titanium. Lately it's been shuddering and complaining. Transmission light came on today, odb had no error codes. Cleared the light, then it pops up again and says Transmission overheating and to wait 5 minutes. Which does nothing.
I need to drive 2000 miles just 16 days from now. Am I fucked?
Odb had no errors and still reports no errors. I cannot shift into sport at all. It really hates shifting up, no issues down. I tried the "reset" of turning on the car but not the engine and holding down the gas pedal for 30 seconds. It worked for a little while.
I can't disconnect the battery, try as I might. The bolts are on too tight, and my wrenches can't get into that space very well.
I'm having it towed to a ford dealer in hopes thst they can replace the tcm module, but from what I understand it is on a hideous backorder.
Any thoughts? Should I just scrap it for parts and take that chump change to get a different car?