Ford Fiesta Complaints (2016)

179 consumer complaints on file.

#11232499July 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
LUNGES FORWARD ANY TIME IT WANTS, ANYPLACE IT WANTS TOO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232583July 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION ACTING UP. WHEN I TEST DROVE THE CAR IN MARCH 2017 I ACTUALLY QUESTIONED THE SALESPERSON BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL IT WAS SHIFTING NORMALLY - HIS RESPONSE WAS "NO THIS IS THE NEW TRANSMISSION FORD IS PUTTING IN, THE BEST ONE THERE IS." UNFORTUNATELY MY PROBLEMS DID NOT START RIGHT AWAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 18 MONTHS. THE CAR OCCASIONALLY WOULD JUMP OR ACCELERATE WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I WOULD HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS RESETTING TO A HIGHER SPEED, AGAIN HAD TO USE THE BRAKES. OTHER TIMES IT WOULD SLOW DOWN LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STOP AND THEN SUDDENLY GO. IT IS AT A POINT NOW WHERE IT SOMETIMES WILL NOT SHIFT AND I LITERALLY FEEL LIKE I AM IN LOW GEAR FOR A MINUTE OR TWO EVEN THOUGH I AM GOING 60 MPH. I GOT IN IT THIS WEEK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT MOVED, PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND NOTHING, PUT IT IN REVERSE AGAIN AND FINALLY IT WENT INTO DRIVE. NOW IT HESITATES SOMETIMES WHEN I AM AT A STOP SIGN AND GETTING READY TO RESUME DRIVING, I HAVE HAD HORNS HONKED AT ME AND GESTURES MADE BECAUSE IT TAKES THE CAR SOMETIMES 2 MINUTES TO GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE CALLED FORD ON A FEW OCCASIONS TO TRY AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A MECHANIC BUT ONCE I TELL THEM WHAT THE PROBLEM IS I AM TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL AND TO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. I AM NOW UPSIDE DOWN IN A CAR FINANCIALLY THAT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE SO AM EITHER LOOKING AT HAVING A CAR REPOSSESSED IN ORDER TO GET ANOTHER ONE OR JUST LETTING IT SET AND PURCHASING A GOOD USED CAR UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO FIX THIS ONE. I CERTAINLY CANNOT SELL IT TO AN INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE OF ALL THE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSIONS, NO ONE WOULD PURCHASE IT AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO SELL MY PROBLEM TO ANYONE ELSE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232611July 16, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS, THE CAR SPORADICALLY WILL NOT GO. SO I WILL STEP ON THE GAS LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE CAR WILL STILL NOT GO. SO I WILL STEP ON THE GAS A LITTLE MORE AND THEN SOMETHING WILL ENGAGE AND I WILL SHOOT FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS IN PLACES WHERE IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND THIS WAS HAPPENING AND BECAUSE MY CAR WASN'T MOVING, ANOTHER CAR STARTED TO GO AND MY CAR FINALLY ENGAGED AND SHOT FORWARD AND I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING THAT OTHER VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232239July 16, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY CAR STALLS WHEN I COME TO A RED LIGHT ..ITS LIKE IT DONT WANA MOVE..SLOW ACCLER ATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231871July 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE HER PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WAS PLACED IN DRIVE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO GO BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE SIDING OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HERITAGE FORD LOCATED AT 1600 SHELBURNE RD, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403, (802) 865-8100, TO BE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209639May 24, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER A COLD START. THE CLUTCH WAS APPLIED AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, IN MOST INSTANCES, WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS PROGRESSING TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE MAY NOT RESTART. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED AFTER A COLD START TEN OR MORE HOURS, ALWAYS DURING THE FIRST 1/3 MILE AT SPEEDS LESS THAN OR UP TO 25 MPH AND IN THE FIRST 3 GEARS OF NY MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN I APPLY THE CLUTCH INSTEAD OF THE CLUTCH MAINTAINING ENGINE REVS, THE REV COUNTER WILL JUMP UP AND THEN DIP DOWN AND THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS. ONCE THE CAR IS WARM AND HIGHER SPEEDS HAVE BEEN REACHED THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT REOCCUR EVEN AT THE LOWER GEARS AND SPEEDS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205483May 3, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING UP, THE CAR IDLES ROUGHLY. RPMS DROP UNEXPECTEDLY, AND SOMETIMES KILL THE ENGINE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE CAR SPORADICALLY DYING AT INTERSECTIONS WHILE IDLING AND WHILE SHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN DOING IT CONSISTENTLY AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS. DOES NOT MATTER THE GAS STATION OR FUEL TYPE (87, 91, 93 OCTANE). NO CODES ARE THROWN AND DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11197278April 18, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
RECENTLY AT 48,000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR A CODE P1450 AND P0456 WHICH IS FOR THE EVAP SYSTEM. MY VEHICLE NOW STALLS WHEN GAS IS FILLED UP AND EVEN LOSES PERFORMANCE AT HIGH SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190874March 22, 2019
ENGINE
I HAVE A 2016 FORD FIESTA SE AND WHILE DRIVING CAR ON FREEWAY IT KEPT TRYING TO TURN OFF ON ME, IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. AND VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11189877March 19, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL. EVERY TIME I PUT FUEL IN MY CAR IT HESITATES. SOMETIMES IT CUTS OFF AND SOMETIMES IT JUST SHAKES AND ALMOST CUTS OFF. IT HESITATES WHEN I DON'T PUT FUEL IN IT BUT IT DOES IT WORSE EVERYTIME I PUT FUEL IN IT. THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T CHANGE GEARS SOMETIMES. I HAVE TO LET IT COAST TO GET IT TO CHANGE GEARS OR I HAVE TO STOP THEN GO. IF I YIELD THEN GO WITH OUT COMPLETELY STOPPING THE TRANSMISSION WON'T CHANGE GEARS UNLESS I LET IT COAST UNTIL IT CHANGES OR STOP AND LET IT CHANGE BEFORE I PROCEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11174678February 6, 2019
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHEELS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. ALSO TIRE LOW LIGHT IS COMING ON I ALSO HEAR A BANGING NOISE WHEN I USE THE HEAT OR AIR., THIS HAPPENS WHETHER DRIVING OR PARKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150417November 9, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE CAR WILL NOT START PROPERLY AFTER REFUELING. YOU HAVE TO PRESS ON THE GAS SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN THE BRAKE TO START IT. WHEN IT DOES START, YOU NEED TO REV THE ENGINE A COUPLE TIMES TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T DIE AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING AND DROPS TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN IT FINALLY GETS BACK INTO GEAR, IT LURCHES FORWARD. THIS MORNING I WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IN A 2 YEAR OLD CAR. I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN, THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE VALUING THEIR LIVES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145174November 4, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FUELING CAR WANT START WITHOUT DELAY. CODES P2196,P1450
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143749October 29, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE IDLING AT STOP LIGHTS OR CITY DRIVING THE CAR WILL DROP RPM'S OR STALL OUT ON IT'S OWN. HAS HAPPENED WHILE MAKING A U-TURN, TURNING, AND IDLING. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND FORD WILL NOT TAKE THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11121099August 20, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 50000 MILES AND ALREADY BEEN TO THE SHOP DUE TO NOT STARTING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY HAD A BAD CELL. GOT THE BATTERY REPLACED AND ALL WORKED FINE. 2 MONTHS LATER THE SAME ISSUES ARE HAPPENING AGAIN. WILL GO TO THE SHOP THIS WEEK. HOPEFULLY THEY VAN FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115385August 2, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR JERKS AND SHUTTERS WHEN THE GAS IS FIRST PRESSED FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN "FIXED" 3 TIMES AND STILL HAS ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103583June 23, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND I LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. FROM A STOP, WHEN I RELEASE THE BRAKE AND USE THE ACCELERATOR THERE'S A HESITATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11100264June 6, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, FLAMES APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE HOOD, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND IF THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084238April 9, 2018
POWER TRAIN, STEERING, SUSPENSION
TRANSMJTIONS FEELS SLUGISH ONE DAY NORMAL NEXT REVS UP AT TIMES MORE THAN NORMAL MAKEING VEHILCE SPEED UP WHEN NEEDING TO SLOW DOWN . SUSPENSION OFTEN WARPS OUT OF PLACE MAKEING THE DRIVE HARSH ON MOTAR AND FALLS BACK ON PLACE. STEEDING COLLUM FALLS OUT OF PLACE TO ODFTEN HAVE TO BEND THE WHEEL TO GET BACK ALIGNMENT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051646December 1, 2017
STEERING
I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.. THE LEVER FOR THE ENGAGE/DISENGAGE FOR THE TILT TELESCOPIC WHEEL IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO ENGAGE I'M 76 & IT TAKES A LOT OF HAND STRENGTH TO MOVE IT UP & DOWN. I COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE PERSON AT THE DEALER ABOUT THIS BUT SHE CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T TOUCH THAT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE; WELL I KNEW ABOUT THE SAFETY & I'M NOT ASKING TO REMOVE THE LEVER JUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR ME TO USE... SO HERE I AM ONE YEAR LATER & MY HAND & THUMB ARE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED & THE PAIN IS HORRENDOUS.. ANOTHER DEFAULT OR DEFECT FROM FORD & IN ADDITION THIS VEHICLE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE BEEN ON THE LOT FORD HAD ALREADY NOTIFIED DEALERS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE MODELS SO NOW IN ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE I'M IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WITH THIS NEW CAR..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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