Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#11232456July 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DUE TO DEFECTIVE FACTORY TRANSMISSION MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S CAR LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I AM UNSURE OF THE EXACT DATE OF THE INCIDENT BUT THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED ON A FLAT BED SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOCKED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#11232535July 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
WE BOUGHT OUR 2012 FORD FIESTA ABOUT A 2 YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 MECHANICS AND THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND LURCHES FORWARD AT RANDOM. THE CAR HAS MAJOR ISSUES ACCELERATING AND HAS ALMOST GOTTEN US IN MANY ACCIDENTS. THE CAR SEEMS LIKE IT GETS STUCK IN A LOWER GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF IT EVEN AS YOUR FOOT IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232538July 16, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE PARKED TO FUEL MY CAR, I OPENED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR. UPON CLOSING THE DOOR IT WOULD CLOSE BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I HAD TO SECURE THE DOOR CLOSED WITH THE REAR SEATBELT TO MAKE IT HOME WITHOUT THE DOOR OPENING WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
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
#11232602July 16, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION IS JUNK AND THE RADIO DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE AND HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDOWS
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
#11231898July 15, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
SECOND DOOR LATCH BROKE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS APART FROM THE LAST DOOR LATCH FAILURE. SUBMITTED COMPLAINT NUMBER 11222994, ABOUT REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILURE. TOOK THAT IN TO BE FIXED JULY 3RD. NOW MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS BROKEN. HAVEN'T SEEN AN INVESTIGATION STARTED AND HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED TO ABOUT MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT. I AM NOW WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILD AND AM SCARED EVERY TIME I PUT HER IN THE BACK SEAT I'M WONDERING WHEN WILL THIS DOOR BREAK? WHEN WILL FORD START AN INVESTIGATION AND GET THIS FIXED? PUT OUT ANOTHER RECALL! AND WHEN I CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEM TO FIX MY VEHICLE THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TIL THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED ASAP! I DON'T WANT TO WAIT THREE WEEKS FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FIXED ASAP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232068July 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING HAD THE RECALL FIX ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND IT IS SLIPPING AGAIN AND IT IS DOING THIS WHEN I AM DRIVING IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232086July 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH UP A HILL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ACCURATELY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KENDALL FORD OF EUGENE (LOCATED AT 344 GOODPASTURE ISLAND RD, EUGENE, OR 97401, (855) 981-5490) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE SAME DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,131.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232101July 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED EVERY TWO YEARS ON CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2012. CAR WILL START SHUDDERING AND HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED, HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION. FORD ONLY HAS REPLACED WITH SAME PARTS HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM AS CAR IS ON FOURTH CLUTCH, AND I EXPECT SHUDDERING TO START HAPPENING AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE TWO YEARS WITH CURRENT CLUTCH IS UP. WILL NOTICE IT HAPPENING ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN IT BECOMES MORE FREQUENT. THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DEALER HAVING THE PARTS IN STOCK AND BEING WITHOUT A CAR FOR TWO DAYS WHILE IT IS GETTING REPAIRED. FIRST CLUTCH REPLACED IN JUNE 2014, HAS BEEN EVERY OTHER JUNE SINCE THEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231732July 14, 2019
POWER TRAIN
FOUND THIS ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT HOW FORD CARS (INCLUDING 2011 FIESTA) HAVE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS WHICH CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS LIKE 'SHUDDERING, SLIPPING, BUCKING, JERKING, HESITATION WHILE CHANGING GEARS, PREMATURE INTERNAL WEAR, DELAYS IN DOWNSHIFTING AND, IN SOME CASES, SUDDEN OR DELAYED ACCELERATION.'
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231571July 13, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231229July 12, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHILE ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY BEFORE 'KICKING INTO GEAR' AND ACCELERATING LIKE EXPECTED. I AM FILING THIS AND DESCRIBING A FAILURE THIS MORNING, BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL. IT SOMETIMES STALLS A BIT BEFORE THE GEARS ENGAGE AND IT STARTS TO ACCELERATE. OFTEN, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN RIGHT ON THE BORDER BETWEEN GEARS. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231395July 12, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE DSP6 DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS. THIS IS EXHIBITED VIA FREQUENT SHUTTERING, STALLING, LURCHING FORWARD, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER WHEN IT SWITCHES TO NEUTRAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IN ONE INSTANCE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD INTO AN INTERSECTION AT WHICH POINT I WAS ALMOST HIT BY CROSS TRAFFIC. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED TO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231430July 12, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BACK IN MAY, I GOT A CAR FROM ABILENE USED CAR SALES THAT I AM CURRENTLY LEASING FROM. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCK BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION, IT WOULD TAKE MULTIPLE SLAMS TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED. AFTER A COUPLE MORE WEEKS, THE BACK RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING. ANOTHER WEEK LATER, THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS ALSO BEING DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. SO, WITHIN A MONTH, 3 OF THE 4 DOORS WOULD REQUIRE HARD SLAMMING TO CLOSE. SOMETIMES THEY WOULDN'T CLOSE AT ALL & BECAUSE OF THIS, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN MY OWN VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE FORD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS & HELP ME GET THIS FIXED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231484July 12, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I`VE HAD PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR SINCE PURCHASE CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231491July 12, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN CAR IS IN DRIVE AND ADVANCING. IT IS DANGEROUS WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A PASS OR TRYING TO MOVE FROM STANDING ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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