Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10512600May 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
ALL THREE OCCURRENCES REQUIRING MY CAR TO BE TAKEN TO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS INVOLVED THE VEHICLE MOVING AT HI-WAY SPEEDS. WHILE TRAVELLING AT 65MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OUT AND ENGINE DIED, SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. EVENTUALLY IT RESTARTED AND I GOT HOME. THE ISSUE WAS ELECTRONIC IN NATURE ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND TOOK IT FOR SERVICE. THE PART WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND WHEN ASKED, THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PART CAME IN. THE REPAIR WAS MADE UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, BUT WAS NONETHELESS ELECTRONIC IN NATURE. THE REPAIR WAS MADE UNDER WARRANTY. THE THIRD AND MOST RECENT ISSUE INVOLVES THE TRANSMISSION. ON MY DAILY COMMUTE, CRUISE SET AT 65MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED. THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN. WHEN I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, NO GEAR COULD BE ACHIEVED. WHEN SHUT OFF, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES, AFTER MANY CLUNKING AND CLICKING NOISES HAD OCCURRED UNDER THE HOOD, THE CAR STARTED AND I CONTINUED. IT HAPPENED AGAIN...AND AGAIN. THIS OCCURRED FIVE TIMES IN 30 MILES, AND FINALLY THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. THIS WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM HOME AND MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE CAR IS TWO YEARS OLD WITH 85,000 MILES. ALL MILES ARE HI-WAY MILES. ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED WITH RECEIPTS. THIS VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD, FOR INTERMITTENT, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL ON THE HI-WAY, AS WELL AS LEAVING THE OCCUPANTS STRANDED AT RISK, ON THE SHOULDER OF SAID HI-WAY. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLICALLY THAT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM (I.E. RECALL). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512325May 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION MAKES GRINDING NOISES IN GEARS 3 TO 6 FORD MECHANIC SAYS IT IS NORMAL,THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT IT. I DON'T DARE GO ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WHY ISN'T FORD DOING ANYTHING? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512464May 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
FOR THE FIRST 9,000 MILES EVERYTHING WORKED WELL. THEN TROUBLE. NOW, OUT OF THE BLUE, THE VEHICLE STUTTERS, OR SHUDDERS, SOMETIMES QUITE VIOLENTLY AT VARIOUS TIMES WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. IT'S HAPPENED IN ALL SIX GEARS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE ENGINE FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL, USUALLY WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, UNTIL IT'S DEPRESSED BEYOND WHERE IT SHOULD BE, AND THEN THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY "CATCH" AND LURCH FORWARD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT NEVER WHEN THE CAR HAS JUST STARTED AND IS STILL COLD. I DO A LOT OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DRIVING, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE SLOW RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL PUT ME AT REAL RISK. I'M TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER TOMORROW TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511760May 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING UPHILL. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED POORLY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER RE-CALIBRATED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, THE POSITION CONTROL MODULE, AND RESET THE COMPUTER HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,745.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511214May 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
2013 FORD FIESTA BOUGHT 11/23/12. PROBLEMS WITHIN 4 DAYS; IT'S DEFINITELY A DEATH TRAP. TO REPAIR SHOP 11/27/12, 11/30/12, 12/12/12 & 03/27/13 FOR INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. INITIALLY STARTED HEARING A BUZZING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR & SMELLING SOMETHING HOT LIKE RUBBER BURNING. THE ORIGINAL PROBLEMS WERE JOINED WITH A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR (LOUDEST BETWEEN 32 & 42 MPH), IT BEGAN TO HESITATE, SHUTTER, STALL, LURCH, NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL HIGH RPMS REACHED & THEN IT SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD. DIFFICULTY PULLING STEEP HILLS/DRIVEWAYS & DOESN'T REVERSE AT TIMES. WE'VE NEARLY BEEN REAR-ENDED & BROADSIDED ON MORE THAN ONCE; I ALMOST REAR-ENDED SOMEONE ELSE. CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM ON INTERSTATE COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY FAMILY KILLED; TAPPED BRAKES TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL AS I WAS BEING PASSED ON ONE SIDE & WAS APPROACHING A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. I PULLED TO THE LEFT LANE & PROCEEDED PAST THE SLOWER VEHICLE BUILDING MY SPEED BACK UP TO 70; I PUSHED THE RESUME BUTTON & SUDDENLY THE CAR'S SPEED DROPPED DRASTICALLY & THEN JUMPED BACK UP CAUSING THE RPMS TO REV VERY HIGH BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME; IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE OTHER LANE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A SEMI-TRUCK. THE CAR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP MORE PROBLEMS EACH DAY. IN APRIL 2013, THE CAR WAS PARKED ON A LEVEL STORE LOT. MY SON HAD JUST ENTERED THE CAR & I WAS GETTING IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I HAD JUST GOT MY BUTT ON THE SEAT & MY RIGHT LEG IN THE CAR WHEN I HEAR A CLICKING NOISE, THEN THE CAR STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD; I IMMEDIATELY JERKED MY LEFT LEG IN & INSTINCTIVELY PRESSED THE BRAKE & REACHED FOR THE GEAR SHIFT THINKING I FORGOT IT IN GEAR BUT TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS IN PARK. NOW I ALWAYS PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE & AT HOME FOR ADDED SAFETY I PUT A BLOCK IN FRONT OF THE TIRE ALSO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509646April 26, 2013
POWER TRAIN
CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD WHILE IN REVERSE GEAR. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE GEAR TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A DRIVE WAY ON A SLIGHT,15 DEGREE ( APPROXIMATE ) INCLINE. AS THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD INSTEAD REVERSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509515April 25, 2013
POWER TRAIN
EVER SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. WHEN UPSHIFTING THROUGH THE FIRST 4 GEARS TRANSMISSION SOUNDS LIKE A TIN CAN FULL OF MARBLES. UPSHIFTS A HARSH WITH A JERKING MOTION. TRANSMISSION IS RELUCTANT TO DOWN SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT AND WHEN I'VE TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE RESPONDS LIKE IT NOT IN FIRST GEAR BY JERKING AND LUGGING DURING ACCELERATION UNTIL THE SPEED BUILDS UP. I'VE HAD ONE CASE WERE THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WHEN I LEFT A RED LIGHT. I WAS FORCED TO RELEASE THE GAS AND STEP ON THE BRAKE BEFORE IT ACTED NORMALLY. I'VE ALSO HAD ISSUES THE RPM NOT DROPPING DURING BRAKING REQUIRING ADDITIONAL BRAKE PRESSURE TO BRING VEHICLE TO STOP. I'VE CONTACTED FORD NUMEROUS TIMES ON THESE ISSUES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS EITHER NORMAL, OR THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509380April 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I'M WRITING ABOUT OUR 6 MONTH OLD 2013 FIESTA, 11,000 MILES. I LOVE IT EXCEPT THE 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MOST OF THE TIME THE SHIFTING IS SMOOTH, BUT THERE ARE PERIODS OF TIME, SAY A DAY OR TWO, THAT IT SHUDDERS GOING INTO FIRST GEAR, THEN SECOND. THE OTHER DAY I WAS STARTING UP A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY (UPHILL), AND THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED RIGHT ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE DRIVEWAY, AND I ALMOST RAN INTO THE HOUSE I WAS VISITING BECAUSE OF THE SURPRISE. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. TO ME, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BOTH MY WIFE AND I FEEL VERY UNEASY ABOUT THIS AND DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CALLED NORMAL. WE HAD THE 10,000 MILE INSPECTION, COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THEN, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM - BUT THEN AGAIN, IT WAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN ANALOGY TO THIS IS AN ATHLETE GETTING READY TO RUN AT THE START LINE. IF HE STUMBLES, HE MAY TRIP AND FALL, AND FOR SURE WILL NOT DO WELL IN THE COMPETITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509404April 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WITHIN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF OWNING THIS CAR, I NOTICED A GRINDING RUBBING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AS I WOULD ACCELERATE, GENERALLY IT WOULD STOP AFTER 2ND OR 3RD GEAR. MY HUSBAND MADE SURE NOTHING WAS RUBBING UNDER THE CAR BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED. AS WE DROVE MORE MILES, NEW SYMPTOMS APPEARED SUCH AS LURCHING WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND DEPRESSED, SHUTTERING UPON ACCELERATION TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR BARELY MOVES, WHILE IDLING AT A STOP IT SOMETIMES LURCHES AND BUCKS, AND DOWN SHIFTING WHILE ACCELERATING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV TO 2500RPM WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR WILL DOWNSHIFT AND REV WITHOUT PROVOCATION JUST DRIVING ON A FLAT STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND DRIVES ME TO WORK SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE CAR IS SO UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS, I'M AFRAID I WILL GET STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION AND GET BROADSIDED OR I'LL LURCH INTO ANOTHER CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508880April 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS PROBLEMATIC IN SHIFTING, DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING WITH NO RESPONSE. THERE IS THE SOUND OF LOOSE NUTS AND BOLTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WHILE BACKING UP. THERE ARE TIMES (NUMEROUS) WHEN YOU LET OFF A LITTLE ON THE GAS, AND THEN GO TO ACCELERATE AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A SECOND OR TWO....LITTLE SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST. ODD SHIFTING TIMES DURING NORMAL CITY STREET SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO "FIND A GEAR". SERVICE WRITER AT ENCINITAS FORD SAYS THESE SIGNS ARE "NORMAL" FOR THAT STYLE OF TRANSMISSION. NOW I SEE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE 2011-2013 FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE TRANSMISSION "GOING OUT" AND "REPAIRS" DONE AT THE VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS WHERE NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING. PLEASE HELP OUT ON THIS...I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THESE ODD PROBLEMS! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508739April 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND AND THIRD, IT SHUDDERS LIKE DRIVING ON A CORRUGATED ROAD. DURING THIS TIME, THE CAR ACCELERATES ONLY VERY SLOWLY. I AM AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO NEED TO GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S WAY OR TRYING TO PULL ONTO A ROAD, GET STUCK UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND BE HIT. THIS IS WITH THE 6-SPEED DOUBLE DRY CLUTCH TRANSMISSION ON THE FORD FIESTA. THE CAR ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508551April 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A 2013 FORD FIESTA IN OCTOBER OF 2012 AND I HAVE 13000 MILES ON IT AND TODAY 4-17-13 IS THE 3RD TIME I?VE DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT THE DEALER SHIP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, THE 2ND TIME THEY SAID THEY COULDN?T FIND ANYTHING AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY TODAY. MY TRANSMISSION HAS A GRINDING SOUND, WHEN I PUSH THE ACCELERATOR IT SOMETIMES DOESN?T ENGAGE AND DRIVE FORWARD UNTIL I LET MY FOOT OFF AND THEN REPRESS THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN SITTING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE TIME I?VE SPENT OR HAVING TO DO THIS MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A BRAND NEW CAR FIXED. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. HOW CAN THIS MANY PEOPLE BE UNHAPPY AND NOBODY DOES ANYTHING TO MAKE FORD RECALL THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505937April 11, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS SECURED IN THE SAFETY BELT, HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35, 961.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10505033March 30, 2013
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY VEHICLE GOT VERY SHAKY AND UNCONTROLLABLE TO DRIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. AFTER BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF FREEWAY AND CHECK CAR WE NOTICED A HUGE TRAIL AND PUDDLE OF OIL COMING FROM MY CAR. TURNED CAR INTO FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A OIL LEAK FROM MY ENGINE OIL COOLER AND RESULTED IN A SHATTERED PISTON IN MY ENGINE FROM IT BEING STARVED OF OIL. WAS TOLD BY FORD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, BUT RECEIVED A "REMANUFACTURED" ENGINE LONG BLOCK FROM FORD. AFTER ALMOST 3 WEEKS I GOT THE CAR BACK AND THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE BADLY, EVERYTIME I START THE CAR THE CAR WOULD CRANK OVER AND TAKE 5-10 SECONDS TO ACTUALLY CATCH AND START. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, EXHIBITS GRINDING SCRAPING THUMPING NOISES FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS. TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, FORGET IT, THE CAR GETS STUCK BUT REVS HIGH EVEN THOUGH THE SPEED WONT CHANGE. ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE LIKE A CAR SHOULD. TOLD FORD AND NOW SENDING CAR BACK AGAIN, BUT WAS GIVEN A TSB THAT THESE ARE "NORMAL" CHARACTERISTICS. IM SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT THAT AND THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504485March 25, 2013
POWER TRAIN
IN FEBRUARY 2012, MY FORD FIESTA (AUTOMATIC DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION) HAD BARELY 15,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND A TRANSMISSION LEAK WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR TO WORK ON IT FOR TWO WEEKS. ON MARCH 17, 2013, I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN HOME FROM AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP WHEN THE CAR GAVE A 'TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION' MESSAGE, AT WHICH POINT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING GRINDING NOISES WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT, JERKING, AND THEN IT WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE MY CAR TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE OR WHAT IS BEING DONE TO FIX IT. THIS CAR HAS 28,870 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504060March 22, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR LOST POWER AND I HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT GOT IT TO RE-ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT IS A BAD TRANSMISSION, THAT I WAS LOOSING ONE OF THE CLUTCHES (THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC, DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION). WHILE FORD OFFERED ME $600 OFF A NEW TRANSMISSION, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN, AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR. ON MARCH 4TH, WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH IN TOWN, THE CAR AGAIN LOST POWER. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, PARKED THE CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT START AND COULD NOT BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, THE CAR MADE SOME MYSTERIOUS CLICKING SOUNDS AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, BUT DECIDED TO REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH AN UPDATE. EXACTLY A WEEK LATER (MARCH 11TH), THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3-LANE MAJOR CITY ROAD AT RUSH HOUR. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET. ONCE AGAIN, IT REFUSED TO RESTART AND ONCE I PLACED IT IN PARK, THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK THERE. IT NEVER DID RECOVER AND HAD TO BE DRAGGED ONTO THE TOW TRUCK BED. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT NOT ONLY ARE THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PLATES BAD, BUT NOW THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE IS ALSO DONE. THE CAR HAS 92,000 MILES ON IT NOW, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH (85% OR SO) ARE HIGHWAY MILES (I LIVE OVER 70 MILES FROM WHERE I WORK). I AM WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION TO COME FROM THE FACTORY. I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY (3/20/2013) THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS ON BACKORDER. I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT EITHER THE NEW TRANSMISSIONS ARE BEING RETOOLED BEFORE BEING RELEASED, OR THERE ARE SO MANY FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS, THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503237March 16, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
OVER THE PAST 1 1/2 MONTHS MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON THE FREEWAY 6 TIMES. EACH TIME THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON, THE DISPLAY READ "ENGINE MALFUNCTION" AND "SERVICE NOW". WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE ENGINE TACHOMETER WOULD FIRST DROP TO 1000 RPM AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD BECOME NON-RESPONSIVE. SOON AFTER THAT THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL; THEN "BAM" THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ENGAGE ABRUPTLY AND MAKE A LOUD BANG NOISE AND LAG WHEN SHIFTING. THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN AS I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ALMOST RUN INTO THE REAR OF ME BECAUSE OF MY DECLINE IN SPEED. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO NORMAL OPERATION IS TO COMPLETELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND RESTART IT, UNFORTUNATELY BY DOING THIS IT RESETS THE FAULT CODES AND DOES NOT RETAIN THE INFORMATION FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE. I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT FOR A WEEK. THEY INSTALLED A "FLIGHT RECORDER" AND DROVE FOR OVER 114 MILES TO TRY TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM; BUT COULD NOT. I HAD PICK ED UP MY CAR DISSAPOINTED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND AS A RESULT COULD NOT FIX IT. WHEN I DROVE MY VEHICLE THAT SAME DAY TO WORK, IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT ONLY 26 MILES AFTER THEIR TESTING. I HAVE SEEN ON OTHER WEB SITES THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER 2011 FORD FIESTA'S, I ONLY HOPE FORD COMES UP WITH A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE SOON AS IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A PROGRAM ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLES COMPUTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502423March 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION MAKES RATTLING NOISE I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT CAR I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL WHICH I HAVE A HARD TIME ACCEPTING IT .HAS ANYONE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE . *TR ## VIN FAILED ##
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500673February 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE FAILURE, THE CAR PULLED SO HARD TO THE RIGHT IT LITERALLY CHANGED THE LANES. CAR IN LEFT LANE HAD TO LOCK UP HIS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY WHEN I HAD TO BRAKE TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR PULLING INTO MY LANE. BRAKES FAILED THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND I BARELY MISSED THE COLLISION. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THIS 6 TIMES. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE TECH SAYS IT IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL 2012 FORD FIESTAS HE TEST DROVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499645February 22, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION SHUDDERED AND FAILED TO OPERATE CAUSING TRAFFIC TO COME TO A HALT. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS, TRANSMISSION WOULD SHUDDER AND VIBRATE WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED AND THEY UPDATED THE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM. THIS UPDATE DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 22, 2013 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY'RE REPLY WAS, "THIS IS NORMAL". THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP. I ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ABOUT 9 MILES TO WORK A DAY AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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