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Hello! I purchased my 2016 FiST around 15 months ago with 34.6K miles on it at the time, and have put mostly highway miles on it since then. I do drive it a bit aggressively at times, but no grinding of gears or missed shits and that's only from time to time. I've put over 30K miles on it with no issues but heard a slight rattling/oscillating noise about 3 weeks ago, and sounded like the throw out bearing might be going out. I drove it sparingly over the next 2 weeks but it got much louder over the past 4 days and on the way to drop it off at a nearby reputable transmission shop lost all shifting and had to get it towed. They just called to let me know the transmission is locked up and I will need a replacement, and the new ones from ford was more than the car was worth. After looking around they found a used one with 50K miles, but all said I would be looking at a 4 thousand dollar job! This is crazy, and they said as far as they can tell there was plenty of fluid in the box. Does anyone have any experience with these issues, and where do you recommend I go from here? Would it be worth it pay for a tow and have the Ford dealership take a look? I'd appreciate any help and I love the car, but this is crazy after only 67k miles. Thanks!