Ford Festiva Complaints (1990)

21 consumer complaints on file.

#10031551July 30, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED. HOWEVER, TIRE STAYED INFLATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008422April 23, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. UPON TRYING TO START IT AGAIN, IT WILL NOT START UNLESS IT IS JUMPED STARTED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001018December 21, 2001
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
REAL WHEELS CAN COME OFF VERY EASILY BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD LUGS: NUTS ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745186May 11, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
STETCHING THAT HOLD BOTH SHOULDER HARNESS WEBBING TOGETHER HAVE WEATHERED AND FALLEN APART. I WOULD GUESS THAT THERE SHOULD BE OTHER SIMILAR CASES DUE THE POSITION AND THE UV/ SUN CONTAMINATION ON THE TREADS ( THE THREADS ARE COTTON AND NOT NYLON). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001162July 10, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE SPINDLE NUT OF RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOOSE AND THE WHEEL DROP OUT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864804July 5, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM REAR RIGHT WHEEL. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC SPINDLE KNUCKLE HAD FALLEN OUT. THE PROBLEM IS REPAIRABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847320September 9, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY ENGANGED IN THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED THE BUCKLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843654July 28, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELT WILL NOTSTAY BUCKLED IN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706247May 4, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DURING COLD WEATHER, NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKS. SIMILAR TO WHAT'S DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 90V045000, BUT THE WHOLE PANEL IS INOPERATIVE. RECURRING PROBLEM SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704511March 16, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
STRUCTURAL FAILURE TO DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOUNT. DRIVER SIDE NOW HAS NO WINDSHIELD WIPER MECHANISM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831940December 7, 1998
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE WHEEL CAME OFF THE AUTOMOBILE DUE TO LUGS:NUTS AND BOLTS BREAKING OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN DOWN THE STREET TO CATCH IT. CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR SPINDLE DUST COVER PAN, WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804595November 5, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNDER THE HOOD, ELECTRICAL SHORT, VEHICLE WAS PARKED, FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#986414July 2, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS DOES NOT RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#984165May 7, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
TAKATA BELT BUCKLE RECALL; KIRK FORD HANCOCK MD. GAVE OWNER HARD TIME W/APPOINTMENT AND REPLACED PASSENGER BUCKLE FROM JUNK YARD. DEALER NOT AWARE OF RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#984183May 7, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
FRONT SEAT BELTS; PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#983723April 29, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HANDLE THE RECALL FOR SEA TBELT BUCKLES. PLEADE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#500683January 19, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
BRAKE SHOE LINING SEPARATED FROM BRAKE SHOES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#977285January 3, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
RECALL RELATED, 95V103011, INTERIOR SEAT BELT BUCKLE, IN FOR REPAIR BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#971266August 28, 1995
SEAT BELTS
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ALMOST CHOKED PERSON THAT WAS SITTING ON THAT SIDE . TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#967148June 19, 1995
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
CONSUMER WENT TO PUT CHILD SEAT IN BACK SEAT OF CAR AND THE REAR SEAT BELT BROKEN. TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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