Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#11013132August 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
FORD NEVER CONTACTED US ABOUT THE DOOR LATCH RECALL. EVEN AFTER GOING FOR SERVICE. THE RECALL WAS NEVER MENTIONED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012994August 5, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR SHUTTERS IN BETWEEN GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING. IT HAS BEEN "FIXED" BY THE RECALL 4 TIMES BUT CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. FORD SAYS I TEACH MY CAR BAD HABITS BY SLOWLY ACCELERATING. HOW DO THEY EXPECT ME TO DRIVE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC? I'M WORRIED I'M GOING TO HIT SOMEONE. THEY REFUSE TO WRITE ME A SLIP FOR GETTING MY TCM UPDATED. I ATTACHED A PICTURE OF THE ONLY DOCUMENTATION THEY GIVE ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012716August 3, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE PRE-OWNED, 55,000 MILES. THE CAR DROVE FINE FOR 3 WEEKS AND AFTER THAT WOULD SHUDDER WHEN SPEEDING UP. NOW JUST THREE DAYS AGO, ONJULY 1, 2017, MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL. THE ALTERNATOR STILL HAS POWER AND WE HAVE CHECKED RELAYS AND FUSES AND JUMPED THE BATTERY BUT THE CAR STILL WILL NOT START AT ALL. I TURN THE KEY AND IT MAKES A CLICKING NOISE IN MY INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE NEEDLES ON THE PANEL START FLICKERING. I WAS ABLE TO START IT ONCE BUT THE VEHICLE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION TO SERVICE NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012028August 1, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING, SHAKING. DELAYED ACCELERATION AND SOME ACCELERATION ON DECELERATION. HORRIBLE ESPECIALLY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. CAR JUMPS AND LURCHES FORWARD ON ACCELERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012181August 1, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. JAN 20, 2016. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. A PASSENGER WAS IN THE SEAT. THE "LATCH" WOULD NOT ALLOW DOOR TO STAY CLOSED. RECALL #15S16/15V-246. WE RECEIVED A LETTER INFORMING US WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT PART WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. LATCH WAS FIXED IN JANUARY OF 2016. JULY 21ST 2017, REAR LEFT PASSENGER DOOR, WITH A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT, FLUNG OPEN WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A CITY STREET, DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AND STAY CLOSED. FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT IT IN BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT WAS OUT OF THE 1 YEAR WARRANTY. JULY 25, 2017 WERE QUOTED $300 TO GET THE LATCH FIXED. AFTER COMPLAINING WITH FORD AND FORD SERVICE MANAGER WE WERE QUOTED $150, ONLY 1 YEAR WARRANTY. THAT TELLS ME FORD IS NOT CONFIDENT IN THERE PRODUCT OR REPAIR TO ONLY GIVE A 1 YEAR WARRANTY. THE LATCHES WERE APPARENTLY THE NEW AND IMPROVED BUT IT MALFUNCTIONED 17 MONTHS LATER, UNACCEPTABLE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL AS OF AUGUST 1, 2017 FOR THE REPLACED LATCHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011783July 31, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED A USED 2014 FORD FIESTA, AFTER A MONTH OF PURCHASE, I BEGAN TO HAVE MAJOR MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND EVEN STOPPED WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011303July 28, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FORD FIESTA'S FROM 2014 THROUGH 2017 ARE EXPERIENCING A WIDE RANGE OF FAILURES FROM THE FAULTY HVAC BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FROM FORD. PLEASE LOOK HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS HTTP://WWW.FIESTASTFORUM.COM/FORUM/THREADS/4424-BLEND-DOOR-ACTUATOR-ISSUE-THREAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010806July 26, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE! IT HESITATES WHEN POWER IS EXPECTED. IT WILL DOWNSHIFT AND CAUSE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD WHILE BRAKING! THIS IS UNCONTROLABLE!! IT LUNGED INTO THE INTERSECTION AT A RED LIGHT (WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE), WITH CARS COMING TOWARD ME FROM BOTH SIDES!! THANK GOD THEY WERE ALL PAYING ATTENTION AND HAD GOOD BRAKES!! I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED!! THIS AND THE HESITATING HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES! I AM VERY NERVOUS EVERY TIME I DRIVE. AFRAID IT WILL CAUSE ME TO WRECK BUT IT IS ALL I HAVE TO DRIVE AND CANNOT GET ANYTHING ELSE WHILE MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS ONE. OTHERWISE , I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT!! *YOUR FORM ONLY ALLOWS ME TO ENTER ONE DATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES! JUST DIFFERENT PLACES AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010537July 25, 2017
POWER TRAIN
HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMED AT LEAST 4 TIMES BY 27,000 MILES AND CLUTCH REPLACEMENT. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT WILL HESITATE WHEN POWER IS NEEDED AND EXPECTED OR WILL DOWNSHIFT AND CAUSE CAR TO LUNGE AGGRESSIVELY FORWARD WHILE BRAKING. IT SEEMS ALSO COMMON FOR THE MODEL TO STALL ON HIGHWAY AND CLUTCHES REFUSE TO INGAGE IN ANY GEAR. I'VE HAD MANY OF THESE ISSUES OCCURRING AND IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND LIFE EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010590July 25, 2017
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN (IT WAS STATIONARY) UPON TRYING TO CLOSE IT AND LOCK IT. THE LATCH WAS BROKEN. IT WOULD NOT LATCH AT ALL, AND I HAD TO RATCHET STRAP IT CLOSED JUST SO THE CAR WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DOOR WAS IN FACT SHUT. WHEN GOING UP HILLS OR TURNING, THE DOOR TRIES TO FLY OPEN AND THE INSIDE LIGHTS AND ALARM WILL SOUND NOTIFYING THAT THE DOOR IS AJAR. ALSO, WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, ESPECIALLY AT A SLOW SPEED, THERE IS A LOUD CLICK-LIKE SOUND WHILE DRIVING. I HAD TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP EARLIER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE NOISE BUT NEVER GOT ANY INFORMATION FROM THEM, IT WAS BLOWN OFF AS IF IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT COULD BE THE UNDERCARRIAGE OR HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STEERING COLUMN ITSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010595July 25, 2017
ENGINE
WHILE STOPPED (AT A RED LIGHT, STOP LIGHTS, ETC.), WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED, THE CAR WILL STALL AND NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE ACTS AS IF IT IS OFF. I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DID NOT STALL (WHICH IT DOES FREQUENTLY). ONCE I PRESSED THE BRAKE AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR FINALLY MOVED AGAIN. THIS IS SCARY BECAUSE IT OFTEN OCCURS IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, WHEN BACKING UP, THE CAR WILL SHUDDER WHILE IN REVERSE AND ACT AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL OUT. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT ACTUALLY DOES STALL AND COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. I WILL HAVE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART THE CAR BEFORE I CAN MOVE IT ANY FURTHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010406July 24, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DOOR IS HAVING TROUBLE LATCHING. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THE DOOR IS CLOSES AND COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES HAS RESULTED IN A DENT IN THE DOOR AND BROKEN INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010035July 21, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING. ALTHOUGH SEVEN YEARS OLD, IT HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT FROM IT BEING WORKED ON CONSTANTLY. IT IS USELESS AS A VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11006452July 19, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2013 FORD FIESTA HAD DOOR LATCHES REPLACED IN JANUARY 2016 UNDER RECALL. NO PROBLEMS HAD OCCURRED WITH THE DOORS PREVIOUSLY ON THIS VEHICLE. 18 MONTHS LATER, THE REPLACED DOOR LATCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE FAILED LATCH WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WHICH IS RARELY USED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11006062July 18, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIGHTS ON MY CAR STARTED FLICKERING AND THEN THE HILL START ASSIST CAME ON. MY CAR WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND STATES TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. THE TCM WAS INSTALLED LESS THAN 1 YEAR AGO ON A RECALL NOTICE. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR NOW BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. WHAT'S THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11006023July 17, 2017
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR SHAKES AND SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATES. AT TIMES IT JERKS AND HESITATES WHEN STOPPED. WHEN MOVING FORWARD SOUNDS LIKE GEARS GRINDING , IT IS AUTOMATIC. I HAVE TAKEN IT 4 TIMES TO FORD IN COCOA FLORIDA WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND TO BE REPAIRED AND IT STILL MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS AND JERKING! I AM VERY CAUTIOUS TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC, AFRAID FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO BE RIDING IN IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11006045July 17, 2017
ENGINE
HELLO, I JUST BOUGHT MY 2016 FORD FIESTA ST AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT OVERHEATING. PLEASE ADVISE. IT HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005520July 16, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FORD FIESTA, 2012 ARE NOT WORTH ANYONE'S MONEY. THE MOMENT I GOT IT, THE A/C WOULD NOT BLOW ANYTHING OUT, MY CAR WOULD STOP AT STOP SIGNS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN NOT IN MOTION AND TRYING TO PASS TRAFFIC, WHICH IS COMPLETELY LIFE THREATENING. IT HAS A BUNCH OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND WILL START FLASHING (THE WARNING SIGNS) AND THEN STOP RANDOMLY. IT IS JERKING AT ALMOST ALL TIMES AND SHUTS OFF A TON, I HAVE GOTTEN IT CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND SPENT MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD. THIS VEHICLE IS RIDICULOUS AND I INTEND TO TELL EVERYONE I KNOW!!! I AM ALWAYS SCARED WHEN DRIVING MY OWN CAR THAT I SPENT THOUSANDS ON, FORD NEEDS TO FIGURE THIS OUT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005359July 14, 2017
ENGINE
MY ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATED. SO I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER MOTOR FOR MY VEHICLE. THE MOTOR THAT WAS INSTALLED IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE COOLING SYSTEM IS OVERHEATING AND WHEN IT DOES I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND WAIT UNTIL IT COOLS OFF. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM PAYING FOR A VEHICLE AND CANNOT DRIVE IT A LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT IT OVERHEATING. I DRIVE 50 MILES FROM MY JOB AND CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE THAT LENGTH OF DISTANCES WITHOUT MY GAUGE SHOWING OVERHEATING. ATTACHED TO THIS IS A COPY OF THE INVOICE THAT SHOWS PROOF THAT I HAVE HAD ANOTHER MOTOR INSTALLED AND THE REASON IT WAS INSTALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005365July 14, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE I WAS DRIVING GOING UP ON A HILL AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM 35 TO 35, EVEN THOUGH I'M PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, THERE IS NO RESPONSE FOR 1 MINUTE AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WILL ACCELERATE UP TO 45 TO 50 AND IT'S SO SCARY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT STARTS GOING FASTER ON THE SHARP CURVES AND DRIVING UP. I HAD TO BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE REAR ENDED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING LATELY AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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