Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#11047508November 20, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FIESTA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE INTERNAL DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PASSENGER'S DOOR HANDLE MAY ALSO FRACTURE. FORD OF WEST COVINA (2000 E GARVEY AVE S, WEST COVINA, CA 91791, (626) 709-3550) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TT *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045882November 14, 2017
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE IMMOBILIZER MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STIVERS FORD LINCOLN (4000 EASTERN BLVD, MONTGOMERY, AL 36116) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCM /HIGH SPEED MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045550November 13, 2017
ENGINE
ENGINE COOLING RESERVOIR IS CRACKED (LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FLUID)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043893November 6, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, SHUDDERED, HESITATED, AND JERKED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SUNRISE FORD OF FONTANA (16005 VALLEY BLVD, FONTANA, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043431November 5, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL FLOPS AND CLUNKS DURING SLOW TURNS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043052November 3, 2017
TIRES
PURCHASED 2014 FORD FIESTA AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT NOISE AND HANDLING ISSUES WITH THE HANKOOK OPTIMO TIRES ON MY FIESTA - CAR HAS APPROX. 50,000 MILES ON THE CAR - AND DEFINITELY HAVING A DRIVE AND SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE TIRES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042671November 2, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SPONTANEOUSLY AND STRUCK A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042731November 2, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FIESTA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND RECOMMENDED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042722November 2, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
"TAKATA RECALL" I AM SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY BRAKE SYSTEM. WHEN I APPLY MY FOOT ON BRAKES THERE IS NO PRESSURE, BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND; AS IF I AM NOT GOING TO STOP. I HAVE TO PUMP OR PRESS HARD ON BRAKES. MY BRAKE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD NEVER CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. THIS JUST SUDDENLY HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO WORK (10/26/2017). I HAD BRAKES CHANGE ON 10/31/2017 AND STILL CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I HAD TO BRAKE HARD, THIS HAPPENED AS I WAS LEAVING THE PARKING LOT, DRIVEWAY. EACH INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NEED TO SLOW DOWN TO BRAKE FOR A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT SIGNAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042759November 2, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH IS NOT WORKING.THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE.. WE WERE IN A PARKING LOT. AND WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR.IT WASN'T CLOSING?? SO I HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSE.WHILE TRYING TO GET BACK HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11041684October 31, 2017
ENGINE
1.0 LITER ECOBOOST ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT WITHOUT WARNING AND CATOSTOPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WILL RESULT. THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND WARNING LIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EARLY WARNING. THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER / FAILS AND ONLY THEN DO THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE CAR LOST POWER. I DOWNSHIFTED AND NOTED NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OUT OF NORMAL RANGES. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND LEFT ME SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED DID THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE LIGHT COME ON. THE GAUGES PROVIDED NO EARLY WARNING OF A COOLING ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND NEW ENGINE I HAD TO HAVE FORD INSTALL IN THIS CAR AND BOTH TIMES THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. COOLING ISSUE WITH NO WARNING PRIOR TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. BOTH INCIDENTS LEFT ME SIT IN THE ROAD WITH NO WAY TO PULL OVER. I HAD NO WARNING. THIS IS TO REPORT THE LATEST INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11041157October 30, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO STUTTERING AND INCORRECT SHIFTING FROM MY TRANSMISSION. EACH TIME THEY SAY THEY RESET THE ENGINE THEN TEST IT AND CANT FIND A PROBLEM. A FEW WEEKS LATER MY VEHICLE IS ACTING UP AGAIN AND I REPEAT THE STEPS. I HAVE FINALLY GIVEN UP TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WITH THE DEALER AND AM CONTACTING YOU DIRECTLY. I HAVE MY TWO KIDS IN THIS CAR AND IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK THAT I MAY BE DRIVING DOWN THE FREE WAY AND HAVE THE TRANSMISSION JUST CUT OUT ON ME. THEY KNOW IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR AS WELL AS AN ISSUE WITH OTHER MAKES AND MODELS. THEY REPLACED MY BROTHERS FOCUS FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE BUT REFUSE TO ACT IN REGARDS TO MY CAR. I AM HONESTLY JUST SICK OF IT AND WANT MY CAR FIXED OR REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11041500October 30, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY 2011 FORD FIESTA WITH ONLY 94K ON IT HAS A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND STARTING ISSUES. THERE ARE RECALLS ON WHERE FORD EXTENDED THE TCM WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS 150,000 MILES WHICH I BELIEVE MAY HAVE LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN ANKENY IOWA SAYS THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME TO FIX THIS PROBLEM..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040892October 29, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FAULTY TRANSMISSION. HAD TO BE REBUILT AROUND 35,000 MILES, HAS STILL HAD ALL SIGNS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING. SHUTTERING ON TAKEOFF,GRINDING NOISES,ETC. TRANSMISSION FAILED ON SECOND INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP IT HAD NO TROUBLE CODES AND TO LET IT COMPLETELY FAIL THE NEXT TIME SO THEY WOULD TOW IT IN. NOW AT 70,000 MILES A WARNING ON THE DASH HAS COME ON SAYING "TRANSMISSION FAILURE". THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT FROM PAUL MILLER FORD IN LEXINGTON KY. THIS IS UNSAFE AND NOT AN ACCEPTABLE DESIGN FROM FORD. FORD HAS AVOIDED THE ISSUE BY TELLING US THERE IS NO PROBLEM AND THERE ARE NO TROUBLE CODES SO SERVICE CAN'T BE PERFORMED. TO TELL PEOPLE THAT A FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS NORMAL AND OPERATING THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED IS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THESE CARS NEED HELP TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. AS FAR AS WHEN THE SHUTTERING HAPPENS IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIRST START TO MOVE FROM A STOP AND CONTINUES WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE GEARS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN TIMES WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE IT HAS BEGAN GOING BACKWARDS WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS. AS FAR AS THE DATE THIS HAPPENED BELOW IT IS HARD TO GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE BECAUSE IT IS THEY WAY THIS TRANSMISSION OPERATES ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040995October 29, 2017
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING ASSIST STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND CAR SHOWS A WARNING LIGHT FOR POWER STEERING ASSIST. CAR HAS 88,000 MILES ON IT. VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AT ANY SPEED BUT MOST ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11039867October 25, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN PROBLEM WAS DETECTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11039427October 24, 2017
ENGINE
I BOUGHT THIS FORD FIESTA WITH THE 1.0L ECOBOOST NEW. ALL MAINTENANCE FOR THIS CAR IS UPTODATE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE UNTIL OCT 10, 2017. I NOTICED THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS WELL BELOW THE MIN. LINE OF THE COOLANT RESERVOIR ALMOST BELOW THE TURBO COOLANT LINE IN THE TANK. I IMMEDIATELY FOUND SOME APPROVED COOLANT AND ADDED IT UNTIL THE MAX. LINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS AND THE CAR DIDN'T OVERHEAT THE DAY BEFORE. I CHECKED THE COOLANT LEVEL 3 DAYS LATER AND FOUND THAT IT WAS HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TWO LINES ON THE TANK. I FILLED IT UP TO THE MAX. LINE. I CHECKED IT AGAIN ON SAT. MORNING OF OCT. 21ST. IT HAD DROPPED TO THE MIN. LINE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A DEFINITE PROBLEM. I CHECKED OVER THE HOSES AND LOOKED OVER THE ENGINE BLOCK, THE INTERCOOLER, AND WHAT I COULD OF THE RADIATOR, BUT I DIDN'T SEE SIGNS OF COOLANT LEAKING. IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS I PUT 3/4 OF A JUG OF COOLANT INTO MY CAR AND IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 36000 MILES ON IT. I BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER ON SUN OCT. 22. AND THE TECHS DID A DIAGNOSTIC AND PRESSURE TEST ON MON. HE CALLED ME TO SAY THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I TOLD HIM OF THE AMOUNT OF COOLANT SO HE THOUGHT TO RECHECK. THE DEALER DID A TOTAL OF 3 PRESSURE CHECKS ON THE CAR WITH NO LEAKS. I ASKED IF HE COULD CHECK THE EXHAUST FOR COOLANT OUT THE TAIL PIPE. HE SAID THAT IF IT WAS DOING THAT THE CAR WOULD BE RUNNING ROUGH BUT IT RAN FINE. I'M PICKING THE CAR BACK UP SINCE HE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING MORE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, WHERE DID ALL THE COOLANT GO? IS MY CAR GOING TO OVERHEAT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THE OTHER ECOBOOST ENGINE PROBLEMS, INCLUDING ENGINE FIRES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11035881October 23, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER'S DOOR WILL NOT LATCH SHUT. THE CAR WAS IN THE DRIVE WAY AND WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT WOULD NOT CLOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034598October 19, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE RPMS INCREASED, AND THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034647October 19, 2017
ENGINE
AWHILE BACK MY CAR RAN HOT. I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT SOME COOLANT TO PUT IN IT AND IT WAS FINE. LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD MAYBE 3 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY CAR RAN HOT AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE A.C. RUNNING SO FROM THAT POINT ON I NEVER RAN THE AIR. SO APPROPRIATELY 3 WEEKS AGO MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN HE GOT THE CAR VALET HAD THE AIR RUNNING AND FROM THAT DAY IT CONTINUED TO RUN HOT. I ALLOWED IT TO COOL, ADDED COOLANT AND IT DIDN'T HELP. MY CAR PROCEEDED NOT TO CRANK. I GOT IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT I HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET. FROM THERE I TOWED IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DID A FULL DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT I'VE BLOWN AND HEAD GASKET AND THAT THE CYLINDER WALLS ARE DAMAGED AS WELL AND THEY RECOMMEND ME REPLACING THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST ROUGHLY $8000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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