Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10594965May 29, 2014
STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
VEHICLE POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF DURING LOW SPEED (15MPH) RIGHT HAND TURN. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATES AT THE SAME TIME. RECYCLING IGNITION RESETS STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 40 MILES. HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS WITHIN LAST 10 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593568May 23, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
CAR WAS STALLING OUT / DYING REPEATEDLY IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS FROM A DEAD STOP AND THEN WOULD STALL OUT COMPLETELY. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE KEY TO START THE CAR, AND THEN PUT IT IN GEAR TO GET THE CAR TO DRIVE AGAIN. IF I WERE IN TRAFFIC, AND THEN DECIDED TO TURN LEFT TO CROSS OVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, MY CAR COULD HAVE STALLED AND I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VERY SCARY TO DRIVE A CAR WITH THIS DEFECT. I TOOK IT IN TO GET REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THIS PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593521May 22, 2014
POWER TRAIN
CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS IT WOULD NOT MOVE WAITED A FEW SECOND'S AND IT STARTED TO GO DROVE ABOUT 100 YARDS SAME THING AGAIN, CAME OUT OF IT AGAIN DROVE TOWARDS HOME ABOUT 3 MILES IT LOST ALL POWER TRANSMISSION COULD NOT FIND THE GEAR LOOKING AT DASH SAW IT SEARCHING, FINALLY IT WENT INTO DRIVE, DROVE ANOTHER 5 MILES AND SAME THING AGAIN THIS TIME IT WAS SHIFTING ON ITS OWN FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND HIGH LOW RANGES, SAT THERE WAITING ON IT FINALLY WENT INTO DRIVE DROVE IT HOME AND. CALLED ROCHESTER FORD DROPPED IT OF THEY SAID IT SHIFTED BETTER THEN ANY FIESTA THEY EVER TRIED WIFE DROVE IT HOME AND ON THE WAY HOME IT DID SAME THING, CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593295May 21, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE REOCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592893May 20, 2014
POWER TRAIN
WHEN GOING FROM A STOP TO A START THE CAR ACTS AS IT POPS OUT OF GEAR AND SHAKES, SPUTTERS AND THE RPMS RAPIDLY RISE...THOUGH IT IS IN GEAR AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THIS IS CAUSING GREAT CONCERN HAD OTHER TRAFFIC BEEN COMING...I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588399May 14, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH A COLLISION TOOK PLACE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587189May 8, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HARSH SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER TRANSMISSION SHIFTING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. THE FEELING OF THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". HARSH OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION "JERKING" OR "SHUDDERING" UPON TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN ON AN INCLINE. VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU TRY AND ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587309May 8, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
VEHICLE SHUTTERS, GRINDS, RATTLES, AND JUMPS WHEN VEHICLE REACHES 20 MPH OR HIGHER. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES...THEY CLAIM ITS "NORMAL". IT IS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS. FORD HAS VERIFIED IT BUT BASICALLY TOLD ME TO "TURN UP THE RADIO AND IGNORE IT". THE GRINDING IS LOUD AND SOMETIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE THEN THE RPMS WILL JUMP VERY HIGH ALMOST TO 6000 BEFORE THE VEHICLE SPEED INCREASES. THIS CAR IS A DEATH MACHINE ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM SCARED THAT IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT ISSUES OR WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION JUMPING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586879May 6, 2014
POWER TRAIN
HARSH SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER TRANSMISSION SHIFTING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. THE FEELING OF THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". HARSH OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION "JERKING" OR "SHUDDERING" UPON TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN ON AN INCLINE. VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU TRY AND ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586887May 6, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WAS OPENED USING THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. AFTER TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AND KEPT BOUNCING OPEN. AFTER INSPECTING THE LATCH, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE CLOSED OR LATCHED POSITION. THE "PLASTIC" LATCH WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION AND WHEN IT WAS PLACED INTO THE CLOSED OR LATCHED POSITION, IT WOULD NOT LATCH AND JUST POP OPEN. IF THIS "PLASTIC" LATCH WOULD HAVE BROKEN WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING ONE OF MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE MOVING VEHICLE. A "PLASTIC" DOOR LATCH ON A "METAL" CATCH IS A SAFETY VIOLATION. PLASTIC STRIKING METAL EVERY TIME THE DOOR IS OPEN AND CLOSED IS NOT VERY SMART BECAUSE THE PLASTIC WILL ALWAYS BREAK, AS IT HAS IN MY VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586882May 6, 2014
POWER TRAIN
HARSH SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER TRANSMISSION SHIFTING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. THE FEELING OF THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". HARSH OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION "JERKING" OR "SHUDDERING" UPON TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN ON AN INCLINE. VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU TRY AND ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586508May 5, 2014
ENGINE
THE CAR IS JERKING BETWEEN 0 AND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE JERKING HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR. ON YESTERDAY 05/03/2014, THE JERKING IS EVEN WORSE. THE DEALERSHIP (TROPICAL FORD OF ORLANDO) HAS INFORMED US THAT FORD MOTORS SAID THIS IS NORMAL AND THEN PROVIDED A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT FOR THE ISSUE. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS SHAKING UNTIL THE CAR GET TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586700May 5, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP. AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK I NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE DOES NOT EXTEND OUT TO THE OUTER BODY LINE. MATTER OF FACT THE TAIL PIPE IS LOCATED OVER 20 INCHES INSIDE THE OUTER BODY LINE. COULDN'T EXHAUST GASES LEAK INTO THE TRUNK AND PASSENGER CABIN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING. I AM MORE CONCERNED IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE IDLES MORE AND THE WARMER EXHAUST GASES RISE BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURE. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THE OTHER FORD FIESTA HAD THE SAME EXHAUST LOCATION, AND IT DID. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE OTHER FORD MODELS EXHAUST TAIL PIPES DO EXIT TO THE OUTER BODY LINE. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON MY CONCERN. THANKS !!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586399May 4, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS, GEARS GRINDING, CAR SHAKING WHEN ACCELERATING, SHIFTING UP AND DOWN WHEN DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585722April 30, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT LANE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND THE VEHICLE JOLTED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED EACH TIME BUT TO NO AVAIL AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585137April 27, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING ON TRAFFIC. FINALLY GOT A SMALL GAP AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR TO PROCEED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, IT CLATTERED, THEN HESITATED AND WOULD NOT GO. AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS, WHICH FELT LIKE ETERNITY WHEN YOU CARS COMING TOWARDS YOU ON BOTH SIDES, IT FINALLY WENT. NO ACCIDENT, BUT WAY TOO CLOSE FOR MY COMFORT. I'VE HAD THIS CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION EVERY TIME BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER, ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD BUT THEY SAY IT IS WITHIN THEIR TOLERANCE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER BUT I AM AFRAID TO LET HER DRIVE WITHOUT ME. WHEN I FINALLY HAVE TO GIVE THIS CAR TO MY SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND SHE LOSES HER LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS TRANSMISSION, IS WILL NOT BE TOLERABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10584293April 22, 2014
POWER TRAIN
-WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE WHEN I PULLED OFF. NOT ONLY DID I HEAR A GRINDING SOUND, THE CAR ALSO STARTED JERKING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY SAID THAT THE DROVE IT AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MY CAR WAS RETURNED AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. IT WAS MY BELIEF THAT I WAS IGNORED BECAUSE I WAS A FEMALE. AFTER CONTINUED GRINDING AND STALLING BECOMING WORSE ESPECIALLY WHEN I WOULD PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC I AGAIN TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND GAVE ME A LOANER CAR WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WAS THE SAME CAR THAT I HAD AND THE LOANER CAR SOUNDED JUST AS BAD AS MY CAR. WHEN I PICKED MY CAR UP THEY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SOUND I WAS HEARING WAS NORMAL FOR THE TYPE OF TRANSMISSION THAT I HAD WHICH WAS A HIGH PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSION AND THAT'S HOW THE CLUTCH WORKED. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN WAS ON 4-19-2014 AFTER I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR AFTER GOING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER REPEATEDLY FOR 10-15 SECONDS. THE SALESMAN SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THE COULD DO BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE CAR RUNS AND IT MEETS ALL FEDERAL GUIDELINES. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE FOR THIS SITUATION TO BE RESOLVED. I FEEL THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE IT TRULY BECOMES A DEADLY MATTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10583914April 21, 2014
STEERING, ENGINE
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE SEVERELY SHAKES . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN OBSERVED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 MILES AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,242 MILES. SR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10583572April 18, 2014
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
I HAD A 2011 FORD FIESTA, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A JERKING/LUNGING MOTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS FROM TIME TO TIME. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND GIRL SCOUTS IN THE CAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND HAVE INFORMED THEIR SERVICE DEPT. /MECHANIC OF THE ISSUE. THEY ASSURED ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THE VEHICLES COMPUTER IS ADJUSTING TO HOW I DRIVE THE CAR AND THAT IS WHY IT IS DOING THIS. THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND REPROGRAMMED MY CAR OVER FOUR TIMES? I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS WEBSITES AFTER WEBSITE WITH PEOPLE WITH OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. IT TOOK A WEEK FOR SOMEONE TO CALL BE BACK AND I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FINE. I TRIED TO CALL BACK, BUT YOU ONLY GET TO THE CALL CENTER AND NO FURTHER. I WAS REFUSED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THAT WAS THAT?S THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED TO DRIVE. I WAS OFFERED A DISCOUNT THE X PLAN TO TRADE IN MY CAR FOR ANOTHER BUT THAT WOULD NOT HELP. WHEN DEALING WITH THE DEALERSHIP THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID I AM SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU ANYMORE. WE GET AT LEAST 6 CALLS A DAY ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM BUT UNTIL FORD DOES SOMETHING THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. I WORK WITH THREE OTHER WOMEN THAT ALSO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CARS. TWO OF US HAD TO TRADE OUR CARS BECAUSE WE FELT SO UN-SAFE IN THE CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10582961April 15, 2014
POWER TRAIN
HARSH SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER TRANSMISSION SHIFTING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. THE FEELING OF THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". HARSH OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION "JERKING" OR "SHUDDERING" UPON TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP THE MORE PERSONS ARE IN THE CAR AND A/C TURNED ON, THE WORSE THE PROBLEM. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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