Ford Fiesta Complaints (2013)

668 consumer complaints on file.

#10863478May 5, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT HESITATED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863508May 5, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, RATHER VIOLENTLY, BETWEEN 1-2, AND 2-3 SHIFTS. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AT TWO VERY INOPPORTUNE AND FRIGHTENING TIMES, ONCE ON THE 202 FREEWAY IN MESA, AZ AND THE OTHER IN A 3 WAY INTERSECTION ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE RANDOM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, WHEREAS THE SHUDDERING WAS JUST A VERY IRKSOME ANNOYANCE. FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS. IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR A PERSON TO OWN A CAR LESS THAN 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD AND HAVE THESE KINDS OF UNSAFE ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862719May 3, 2016
ENGINE
CAR WORKS FINE AND THEN SPUTTERS AND COMES ALMOST TO A STOP. STATES THAT I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE PURCHASE AND THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY NEVER CAN FIND A PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862510May 2, 2016
STEERING
WHILE MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2013 FORD FIESTA THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE WHILE SHE WAS IN A PARKED POSITION, THIS TIME HOWEVER IT WAS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO WARNING WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR 8 MONTHS AGO FOR OUR DAUGHTER, SHE HAS BEEN A LICENSED DRIVER SINCE DECEMBER 2015. THE CAR HAD 1 PREVIOUS OWNER, NO ACCIDENTS, LOW MILEAGE. HAD RECALL ISSUE FOR DOOR LATCHES TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL AS REPROGRAMMING THE TCM 3 DAYS BEFORE STEERING WENT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860309April 19, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE POWER TRAIN/ENGINE MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT (WRENCH SHAPED) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON UNTIL I PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY I STARTED THE CAR AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD WIRES HAD MELTED TOGETHER AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REASON I WAS GIVEN BY THE SERVICE CENTER IS:" TEST DRIVE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO SYMPTOMS DETECTED. IDS TEST PCM KOEO-PASS. CONT - P2138 (APP SENSOR CORRELATION ERROR), KOER-PASS, PER TSB 13-11-15, BYPASS CIRCUITS LE136, LE137, AND RE137 AT CONNECTOR C210, PINS 1, 8, AND 9 RESPECTIVELY, SWITCH APP SENSOR CONNECTOR PINS 1 AND 2."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860031April 18, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, SEAT BELTS
CONTINUED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; JERKS, CLUTCH STUDDERS; SCARED TO CROSS INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE CAR WILL STOP OR JERK; TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION; SEAT BELTS NOT LOCKING PROPERLY; TAKEN CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 4 TIMES DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM (TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859933April 17, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MAKES NOISE WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-50 ML/H FROM DAY ONE. MANY TIMES, FROM STATIONARY TO MOVE, IT WILL SUDDENLY JUMP, ACCELERATE, HARD TO CONTROL. HAS KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND SOMETIME WILL NOT START.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855421April 14, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED FOR THE JERKING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/15/16*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855313April 13, 2016
ENGINE
MY 2013 FORD FIESTA SHUDDERS AND OR BUCKS UPON ACCELERATION. MOVING FORWARD THROUGH INTERSECTIONS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRANSMISSION. MY 2013 FIESTA HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON BY WAY OF A FORD DEALERSHIP AND PARTS REPLACED. I WORRY EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR THAT IT MAY BE THE ONE TIME I DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I WOULD NOT EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I HAD PROBLEMS WITH SHUDDERING THE DEALERSHIP HAD TESTED MY CAR AND THE SHUDDERING WAS WITHIN GUIDELINES OF PASSING UNDER THE FORD TESTS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR A CAR THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY BE A DEATH TRAP AND CONSIDERED UNSAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855335April 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THIS WAS A BRAND NEW 2013 FORD FIESTA PURCHASED ON APRIL 2013 THAT HAS ALWAYS INTERMITTENTLY STUTTERED / BOGGED ON ACCELERATION WITH SOMETIMES A METAL NOISE. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS DUE TO THE "NEW" TYPE OF DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION DESIGNED TO IMPROVE GAS MILEAGE. CLUTCH WAS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE SHOP A MONTH AGO AS THE CAR WAS STUTTERING ON ACCELERATION FAIRLY BADLY AND TOLD THEN THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854987April 12, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
ON-GOING ISSUE W/ CHUGGING,GRINGIN AND JERKING-FRONT DERIVERS SIDE OF CAR. STARTED IN 2014- TOLD DEALERSHIP STEVEN FORD(PATCHOGUE,NY) THEY STATED NO ISSUE. NOISE GOT REPEADETLY WORSE OVER TIME. HAD MISSOURI DEALERSHIP LOOK AT WHEN I FOUNDOUT THERE WAS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION- STATED RESET COMPUTER ALL REPAIRED. CAME BACK TO NY WITH EXTENDED ISSUE TOOK TO TOWER FORD (GREAT NECK, NY) KEPT FOR A WEEK STATING THEY HAD TO DIAGNOSIS W/ 260 FEE. WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION - NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST $ 5,000.00 TO FIX. WAS TOLD I COULD DRIVE OFF LOT-TOOK TO OUTSIDE GARAGE IN GLEN OAKS, NY WHERE THEY INFORMED ME I HAD A HOLE IN MY TRANSMISSION THAT BY LOOKING AT COULD HAVE BEEN NOTED W/ NO DIAGNOSTIC NEEDED. TOWER CHARGED ME FOR THE 260 DIAGNOSTIC AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. FORD CORPORATE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF ALL ISSUES AND REFUSES TO HELP. I AM 8 MONTHS PREGNANT- DROVE THIS CAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NO ONE CONNECTED TO FORD WANTS TO HELP- IT IS A 2013! TOWER FORD TOLD GLENOAKS GARAGE THAT WE DID THIS TO THE TRANSMISSION WHEN WE DROVE IT 6 MILES FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE OTHER. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A DANGER TO DRIVE AND NO ONE ADVISED ME OF THIS EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION ISSUE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855010April 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRANSMISSION HAS A RECALL ON IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND REPLACED 3X. IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. IT PASSES THE TEST WHEN ITS HOOKED UP TO THE MACHINE BUT WHEN DRIVEN IT FAILS AND GOES BACK TO THE SHOP. THE PROBLEM APPARENTLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH FORD AND HOW IT IS MADE. NOW A ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ALWAYS COMES ON. THE MANUAL SAYS THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE IT MAY NOT SHIFT. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN COUNTLESS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT. IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE. IT JERKS, SHAKES, AND GRINDS. I WROTE TO FORD AND THEY DIDN'T CARE. TOLD ME TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN NONSTOP SINCE I BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR TILL NOW AND ITS ONGOING. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CHILD IN THIS CAR. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854388April 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN
70,000 MILES CURRENTLY, 2013 FORD FIESA SFE WITH 6 SPEED POWER SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANS. THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR IS A FLAWED DESIGN. SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR, THERE IS EXCESSIVE CLUTCH SHUDDER WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND FROM SECOND TO THIRD. IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE LOOSE MARBLES IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE TSB/RECALL PERFORMED IN APRIL OF 2015 BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS OPENED UP AND PARTS WERE REPLACED. TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOW WORSE THAN EVER. UNLESS I'M DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CAR IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853858April 6, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD EITHER LUNGE FORWARD AND ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND STALL WITHOUT WARNING, OR FAIL TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD, AND STOPPED SUDDENLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853440April 5, 2016
POWER TRAIN
SLOW ON ACCELERATION AND THEN SHUDDERS AND JERKS. JERKY WHILE SHIFTING LACK OF POWER GOING UP HILL . HAS JERKED, THEN STALLED AND ROLLED BACK WHILE GOING UP HILL -CROSSING A BUSY ROAD IT ACTED UP AND IF THE ONGCOMING TRUCK HAD NOT SLOWED DOWN I WOULD HAVE GOTTED HIT AND T BONED-SCARY AND UNSAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852594March 30, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE SHUDDER SHAKES AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, TYPICALLY IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR (6 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION). TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED SEVERAL TIMES, CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, CONTROL UNIT REPROGRAMMED AGAIN. ISSUES CONTINUE. VEHICLE LOSES ACCELERATION IN INTERSECTIONS AND POSES A RISK FOR REAR-END COLLISIONS, CANNOT SMOOTHLY ACCELERATE WHICH COULD CAUSE ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852286March 29, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NEW TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PROBLEM. FORD SENT RECALL. CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BUT I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE AUGUST OF 2015 FOR RECALL PARTS AS HAVE MANY OTHERS CAR JUMPS SHIMMIES AND RATTLES LIKE A BUCKET OF BOLTS. DANGEROUS MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS AND GETTING UP INCLINES ESPECIALLY COMING FROM A STOP. GETTING NOWHERE WITH FORD CORP OR DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851356March 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION, THE GEAR SWITCHED TO REVERSE INDEPENDENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFTER ELECTRONIC SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849780March 15, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845964March 10, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY 2013 FORD FIESTA ONLY HAS 33,000 AND IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CAR SHUDDERS AND STALLS WHEN FIRST PULLING OUT. THIS MAKES DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS NO WAY A VEHICLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MILES SHOULD BE HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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