Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#11234018July 22, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2012 IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO FORD THEY WOULD TELL ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT OR THAT IT WAS SOMETHING I DID. I TOOK IT BACK IN A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BUT IT STARTED BACK UP SHORTLY AFTER. SO I JUST STOPPED COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SINCE IT SEEMS IT'S A WILD GOOSE CHANCE. ALSO MY STEREO HAS COMPLETELY CUT OUT AND I'VE HAD IT CHECKED AND MY MECHANIC CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A ANYTHING WRONG WITH OR WHY IT HAS CUT OUT AND IT'S BEEN A YEAR I STILL HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233439July 19, 2019
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY CAR NEVER ACCELERATED RELIABLY, ESPECIALLY IN LOWER GEARS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD CONSTANTLY SHAKE AND SHUDDER. MY WIFE FINALLY REFUSED TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE AFTER THE CAR REPEATEDLY RESPONDED EXCEEDINGLY SLOW TO HER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO CROSS TRAFFIC. SHE WOULD BE STOPPED, WAITING TO CROSS TRAFFIC. WHEN THERE WAS A LONG BREAK IN TRAFFIC, SHE'D PRESS THE GAS AND CAR WOULD CRAWL AHEAD MUCH MORE SLOWLY THAN YOU'D EXPECT WITH HOW FAR SHE PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WOULD THEN CATCH UP TO HER AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE CAR EVENTUALLY MADE IT ACROSS. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I OWNED THE CAR. THE DATE I NOTE IN THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" FIELD REPRESENTS THE DATE I HAD THE FIRST CLUTCH REPAIR DONE ON THE CAR (AT 18,756 MILES).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233506July 19, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION BALKS ON ACCELERATION. WHEN ENTERING EXPRESSWAY ON RAMPS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CAUSES TROUBLE MERGING WITH THE UP TO SPEED TRAFFIC. FROM A STOP IT OFTEN OPERATES FLAWLESSLY BUT SOMETIMES WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT SURGES FORWARD AND BACKWARD. THIS UNPREDICTABILITY IS DANGEROUS. I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER DRIVE THIS CAR. IT IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232981July 18, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WENT OUT TO THE CAR LAST NIGHT 17 JULY 2019 AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT JUST CHIMED AND ALL THE LIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF. WENT OUT IN THE MORNING 17 JULY 2019 @0630 TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR MADE LOUD CLICKING SOUNDS AROUND THE TRANSMISSION AREA. ALSO THERE IS A MESSAGE IN THE CLUSTER CENTER THAT READS "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233038July 18, 2019
POWER TRAIN
07I HAVE HAD MANY INSTANCES OF HESITATION, SURGES, BUCKS, JERKS ON ACCELERATION. GOT ERROR MESSAGE "GETTING HOT, PULL OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF". ON LONG TRIP TRANSMISSION OVERTEMP LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH IT WOULD GO OUT OF GEAR AN SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH THEN IT WOULD GO BACK INTO GEAR AND SPEED UP AGAIN. CLUTCH ADAPTIVE NEEDED TO PERFORM A RELEARN. SHIFTS ROUGH OR JERKY WHILE DRIVING, SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233071July 18, 2019
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT . VEHICLE IS PARKED AND ON CITY STREETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233083July 18, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TAKEN TO ROKSTAD FORD MERCURY (476600 US-95, PONDERAY, ID 83852, (208) 263-3127) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,183.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233204July 18, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO. SLOW TO START FROM A COMPLETE STOP; HARD TO ACCELERATE FOR PASSING; LATE TO STOP BECAUSE DOWNSHIFTING IS LATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232647July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TAMARA RECALL...I AM NOT SURE OF THE YEAR OF THE FIESTA, BUT I RENTED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT LAX AND NOTICED TO MY ALARM THAT IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING AS I DROVE THROUGH MANHATTAN BEACH. FINALLY, IT JUST PLAIN DIED OUT AND I COASTED IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD THE RENTAL GUY COME AND GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR AND RIDE THE PITIFUL FIESTA BACK TO THE AIRPORT, ASSUREDLY IN THE TOW TRUCK. IT WAS THE MOST PITIFUL PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM A RENTAL AND RUINED MY OPINION OF THE AGENCY WHO RENTED IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232648July 17, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. SMOKE AND SMALL FLAMES STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. WITHIN MINUTES OF STOPPING, THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. MY GRAND DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING..SHE AND HER PASSENGER WERE NOT HURT LUCKILY. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AND THERE WAS NO RECALL FROM FORD ALTHOUGH WE DID RESEARCH AFTER THE FIRE AND THEY DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FIRES. OUR INSURANCE DID AN INVESTIGATION BUT THE CAR WAS BURNED SO BADLY THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE ORIGIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232688July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SOON AFTER PURCHASING FROM A DEALER, MY 2011 FORD FIESTA WILL NOT GAIN SPEED AS IT SHOULD WHEN DRIVING IN TOWN. WILL SHUDDER WHEN GOING UP SMALL INCLINES. HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH REPLACED 2X BY FORD. AND HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE LAST REPLACEMENT IN JANUARY 2018. NOW CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232733July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUDDERED, HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, JERKED, AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WAXAHACHIE FORD(2401 NORTH INTERSTATE 35, WAXAHACHIE, TX). THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRAIN SOFTWARE AND THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE SAME FAILURES MORE THAN TEN TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232741July 17, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER OWNING THE CAR A FEW MONTHS. AT ONLY 30K MILES. THANK GOD IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT INTO A DEALER SINCE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN REGARDING THIS CAR. THE CAR CONTINUES TO JERK FORWARD WHEN MOVING FROM A STOP. THE CAR CONSTANTLY SHUDDERS WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. I EVEN HAD TO PULL THE FUSE OUT FOR THE RADIO BECAUSE THE SPEAKERS WOULD CONSTANTLY POP, EVEN WITH THE RADIO OFF. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE EVEN WITH NEW TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS CAR. IF THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED, THE SAME PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MONEY TO KEEP FIXING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FIXABLE. I WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT I FEEL UNSAFE IN UNTIL I CANNOT ANYMORE. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ON THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" FIELD, I PUT TODAY'S DATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232765July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232774July 17, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON JULY 15TH 2019, MY SON WAS GOING AROUND A SHARP RIGHT CORNER WHEN THE CAR SPED UP OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE HEAD ON. MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR. HE'S UNCERTAIN WHAT CAUSED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND MY SON HAS A SEVERELY BROKEN FOOT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11232757July 17, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION STUTTERS VIOLENTLY BEFORE 'KICKING INTO GEAR' AND ACCELERATING LIKE EXPECTED. IT'S EVERYDAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232839July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SPUTTER AND VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GAUDIN FORD (LOCATED AT 6625 W ROY HORN WAY, LAS VEGAS, NV 89118, (702) 534-3094) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DUAL CLUTCH INSTALLED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232868July 17, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED 5 TIMES FOR 2 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DO NOT CURRENTLY TRIGGER COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS FOR REPAIRS; WHICH MAY IMPLY THAT THE LAST REPAIR WAS DESIGNED BETTER TO MASK THE TRIGGERING OF THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS. THE PROBLEM REMAINS THAT THE CAR HAS A DELAY IN ACCELERATION WITH THE GAS PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED AND THEN ONCE ENGAGED, JUMPS FORWARD. THE DELAY AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS AND HIGHWAY RAMPS PUTS THE CAR IN DANGER OF BEING REAR ENDED OR T-BONED ONCE THE CAR WANDERS INTO THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT ACCELERATION POWER. THE ABRUPT ENGAGEMENT OF ACCELERATION PUTS THE CAR AT RISK OF LOSING CONTROL. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST HAVE INCLUDED THE CAR REVVING AT A HIGH RPM AS IF THE CAR COULD NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE BELOW WAS THE LATEST DATE, BUT THE CAR HAS HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE; THEREFORE THE MILES ON THE NEXT PAGE REFLECT THE FIRST INCIDENT, AND THE DATE REFLECTS THE LAST DATE I DROVE THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232850July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DSP6 TRANSMISSION, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET AND THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND SHAKES SO BADLY THAT I LOSE POWER AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT WITH THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT SHELLED OUT GOOD MONEY AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232892July 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE HAS A TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AND DOES NOT SHIFT GEAR PROPERLY AS IT ACCELERATES. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE SUBJECT TO UNEXPECTED CONDITIONS OF LACK OF RESPONSE WHICH MAY CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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