Ford Fiesta Complaints (2012)

617 consumer complaints on file.

#10671567January 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
AFTER 13 DAYS OF OWNING THE CAR, THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE GRINDING NOISES AND WOULD SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING IN LOW GEARS. THE NOISE AND SHUDDERING WAS SO BAD THAT I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND CLUTCH IS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO WWW, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND OFTEN PROGRESSES TO THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. I FIND IT APPALLING THERE HAS YET TO BE A RECALL... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10671266January 9, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, SUSPENSION
CAR STARTED GRINDING, CRUNCHING, AND SHAKING, AND HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING, ACCELERATING, AND GOING UP HILLS. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND MECHANICS WERE TOLD BY OWNER THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MECHANICS RESET TRANSMISSION, BUT DID NO FURTHER WORK. CAR CONTINUED TO MAKE NOISES, SHUTTER, AND JOLT. WAS BROUGHT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP ON DECEMBER 2014 WHEN CAR WAS SPUTTERING AT STOPS. MECHANICS REPLACED ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WHEN 23000 MILES ONLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10671444January 9, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
AFTER DROPPING OFF MY KIDS I DRIVE 4 MILES AND MAKE A LEFT TURN MY BACK PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS UP AND THE MESSAGE ON MY DASH LIGHTS UP SAYING THE DOOR IS OPEN. I STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRY AND CLOSE THE DOOR BUT, THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. LUCKY I HAD BUNGEE CABLES IN MY CAR TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO GET HOME. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE THAT A DOOR CAN OPEN AT ANY TIME. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10671118January 8, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HAD TWO DOOR LATCHES BREAK IN SEPTEMBER 2014 AND ANOTHER ONE IN DECEMBER 2014. ON ALL INCIDENTS DOOR'S SIMPLY WOULDN'T SHUT. NO WARNING BEFORE LATCHES BROKE.SO FAR IT HAS COST ME OVER $1,000.00 FOR NEW LATCHES AND RENTAL CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10670767January 7, 2015
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE REAR DOOR LATCH RELEASED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND CORPORATE. BOTH HAVE REFUSED TO RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10670335January 5, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I WAS RIDING WITH MY FRIEND TODAY GOING TO LUNCH IN HIS 2012 FORD FIESTA WHEN THE DOOR SLUNG OPEN AS HE TOOK A CORNER CAUSING ME TO ALMOST FALL OUT! WHEN WE REACHED A STOP WE TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT! I READ ONLINE THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM! IT SHOULD BE RECALLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10669285December 31, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN. THE FUSION AND THE ESCAPE HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY REQUIRED BY YOU BUT YOU DID NOT INCLUDE THE FIESTA. SAME ISSUE. SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT AND MY CAR REVS BETWEEN 2,000 AND 3,000 RPMS. IT WENT ABOVE 3,000 RPMS A COUPLE OF TIMES. I LUCKILY HAD MY OWN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO IT ONLY COST ME $100.00 TO FIX IT BUT THE FIESTA (AND PROBABLY ANY FORD MADE IN THOSE YEARS) SHOULD BE COVERED. IT WAS SUPER SCARY. LUCKILY MY ENGINE IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION SO I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND NOT GET INTO ANY CAR ACCIDENT. (AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE A BIG PROBLEM). *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667578December 22, 2014
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE DOOR LATCH ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BROKE, AND WILL NO LONGER LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND LATCH ON MY CAR TO BREAK IN THIS MANNER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667205December 19, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION/SHIFT VIBRATES AND SHAKES WHEN IT SHIFTS AND ON OCCASION DIES AT STOPS. HESITATES SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIME, THEY APPLY SOFTWARE UPDATES AND DENY ANYTHING IS WRONG. DEALER AND FORD MOTORS SAY IT IS WITHIN GUIDELINES AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663746December 12, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR FAIL TO LATCH..I TURNED ON MY CAR AND SAW THE WARNING SIGN ON MY DASH SCREEN SAYING PASSENGER REAR DOOR OPEN .. I TRY TO CLOSE IT AND IT DID NOT LATCH. .. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE LOCK ASSY.. THE LATCH FAIL.. GOOD LUCK FOR ME THAT THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663269December 9, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE LATCH ON THE DOOR BECAME LOOSE AND OPENED. DOOR LATCH WAS ON THE PASSENGER REAR. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS FIXED. TODAY ON DECEMBER 9, 2014 THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING AND NO LONGER CLOSES SHUT. THIS TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS STOPPED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662536December 6, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, AFTER SECURING MY TODDLER IN THE BACK OF MY CAR, I CLOSED THE REAR-PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND PROCEEDED TO START THE CAR IN A BUSINESS PARKING LOT. THE DOOR SOUNDED AND FELT LIKE NORMAL WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR. AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND DRIVING A FEW YARDS, THE OPEN-DOOR INDICATOR APPEARED ON THE DASH AND I NOTICED, AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THAT THE REAR-PASSENGER DOOR BEGAN TO OPEN. AFTER STOPPING, I INSPECTED THE DOOR AND FOUND THAT THE DOOR LATCH HAD FAILED COMPLETELY. THE LATCH COULD BE MANIPULATED BY HAND, BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH AT ALL. I SECURED THE DOOR AS BEST I COULD WITH A NECK TIE AND RETURNED HOME, CONCERNED THAT AN OPEN DOOR WOULD SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF THE CAR, IN PARTICULAR, THE REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IN WHICH MY TODDLER WAS SEATED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT FORD USUALLY WARRANTIES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LATCH. THEY DECLINED TO WARRANTY THE LATCH IN MY CAR AND I WAS FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR, WHAT SEEMS TO ME, TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WAS VERY SURPRISED BY FORD'S REFUSAL TO WARRANTY THE LATCH AND ENCOURAGED ME TO KEEP MY RECEIPTS IN CASE OF A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662303December 5, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
RIGHT REAR SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPEN. DOOR WAS THEN SHUT AND WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. PASSENGER HAD TO HOLD SHUT ON WAY TO DEALERSHIP. PART WAS THEN REPLACED BUT PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET. (R/R DOOR LATCH. ESTIMATION OF REPAIRS WAS $195.01). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662304December 5, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. PULLED OVER CHECKED INCIDENT DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AT ALL. INSIDE LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF CAR ALARM WILL NOT ACTIVATE. DEALERSHIP (FORD) WANTS TO CHARGE FOR ANOTHER 218$ FOR REPLACEMENT PART PLUS INSPECTION FEE. SO CAR PASSENGER DOOR IS NOW TIED WITH ROPE TO HOLD SHUT.FUSE WAS PULLED FOR LIGHTS INSIDE(FOR BATTERIES SAKE) PASSENGERS NOW HAVE TO CLIMB THROUGH DRIVER SIDE OF CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662275December 4, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE DOOR LATCH FOR THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE ANYMORE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661617December 2, 2014
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PLASTIC EXTERIOR DOOR LATCH FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661243November 29, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO MY 2012 FORD FIESTA WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE2014. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SAID THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THE ISSUE PERSISTED AND WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER WHO UPGRADED SOFTWARE. VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR A MONTH,NOW WORSE THAN EVER. WAS TAKEN BACK TO SAME DEALER AND WAS TOLD YES, WE HEAR GRINDING NOISE, AND WE FEEL THE SLIPPING BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WHAT KIND OF SENSE IS THAT!!! I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND SAME RESPONSES FROM THE FORD PEOPLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! FORD SHOULD TAKE SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS ISSUE MY CAR IS SO BAD,MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE FEARING SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE A LEMON LAW SUIT WITH FORD FOR NEGLIGENCE. I WILL ALSO FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO CONSUMER PROTECTION, NEWS STATIONS AND THE BETTER BUSINESS'S BUREAU AND ANY OTHER CORPORATE SERVICE I CAN. I WOULD LIKE RESPONSE BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661290November 29, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TODAY AFTER LOADING MY SON INTO HIS CAR SEAT (LUCKILY I HAD HIM SECURED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACKSEAT) I TRIED TO CLOSE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES CLOSING AND SETTING THE LOCKS, AND EVEN SETTING THE CHILD LOCK TO NO AVAIL. I HAD TO RESORT TO RUNNING BUNGIE CORDS THROUGH THE DOOR HANDLE TILL I COULD GET TO THE DEALERSHIP. AT LEAST THEY OWNED UP TO IT BEING A WARRANTY ISSUE BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO ALL OF THE DOOR LATCHES BEFORE I GET IT BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661296November 29, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
JUST GOT DONE PUTTING BAGS IN MY BACK SEAT THROUGH THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THEN GOT IN MY CAR AND LEFT MY HOUSE. I TURNED LEFT OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR JUST FLEW OPEN. I GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND MY DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. I TRIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE LATCH MOVED FREELY AT EVERY POSITRON. IT IS BROKEN INTERNALLY IN THE LATCH OR SOMETHING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS. WHAT IF THEY WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND IF NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661154November 27, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH FAILURE ON 2012 FORD FIESTA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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