Ford Fiesta Complaints

3,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10968803March 27, 2017
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE AND LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968440March 25, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967936March 23, 2017
POWER TRAIN
CAR MAKES A LOUD "GRINDING" SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. ALSO, THE CAR STARTED TO "JERK" AND/OR "LUNGE" AROUND AS YOU EITHER COME TO A STOP OR ACCELERATE FROM A STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967951March 23, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW OFF LOT IN 2014, I HAD MINOR ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION. NOW MY WARRANTY IS LONG EXPIRED AND THE ISSUES ARE WORSE. I'VE TAKEN IT INTO GARAGES MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MOST SAYING IT'S NORMAL, THE CAR HAS TO GET USED TO YOUR DRIVING, AND ALSO SOME SAYING THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE PROBLEM. IT ACTS UP EVERYONE IT'S DRIVEN NOW EVEN AFTER ONE OF THE SERVICE BULLITENS FOR THE TCM. CONSTANTLY SHUTTERS JERKS GRINDS AND BUMPS HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING GOING UP HILLS AND FROM A STOP IT'S WORSE IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967857March 22, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. OPENED DOOR AND PUT ITEMS INSIDE. CLOSED BACK BACK PASSENGER DOOR ON MY 4 DOOR HATCHBACK AND THE LOCK BROKE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK OR STAY CLOSED AS THE PART BROKE FOR NO REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967884March 22, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD THE HOOD ON MY FORD OPEN TODAY TO CLEAR OUT LEAVES THAT HAD GOTTEN STUCK AROUND THE VENTS UNDER THE HOOD. WHILE I HAD THE HOOD UP I NOTICED "TIN FOIL" AROUND THE WINDSHIELD WHERE IT MEETS THE FRAME OF FRONT WINDOWS.. I'M STRUCK BY THAT TIN FOIL & ON BOTH SIDES THE PASSENGER SIDE & THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD HOW SAFE IS THAT .. (TOOK THREE PICS & HOPE YOU CAN SEE IT) UPLOADED ALL 3 PICTURES.. AUTO WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966305March 16, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 05/30/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THERE WERE LOOSE WIRES ON THE STARTER. UPDATED 12/04/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966216March 15, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION "JOLTS" AND IS NOT A SMOOTH CHANGE OF GEARS ESPECIALLY FROM A STOP AND MOVING UP THROUGH THE GEARING TO CRUISING. ITS A NASTY ADVENTURE TO GET TO CRUISING SPEED AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT NORMAL AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING VEHICLES FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND THIS IS A FORD PROBLEM AND AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE I WOULD NOT PURCHASE FORD AGAIN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960253March 12, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION ISSUE HESITATES APON EXCELLERATION.. CLOSE TO STALLIMG EXSTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC @ STOP SIGN EXCELLERATING SITUATION TO MERGE INTO MOVING TRAFFIC HASBEEN AN PRBLOM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEASR 3 TIMES FOR THIS COMPLAINT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959769March 9, 2017
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CONDITION THE CAR PRESENTS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THEY SEVERELY AFFECT THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE CAR'S SPEED, ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. I WAS ALSO NOT INFORMED OR NOTIFIED OF THIS DEFECT ON THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938269March 8, 2017
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
2014 FORD FIESTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTION AND VEHICLE VIN NOT LISTED ON FAULTY DOOR LATCH ISSUE RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN JULY 2015, THE RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH ON HIS DAUGHTERS VEHICLE OPENED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND WOULD NOT LATCH. THE CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER REPAIRED UNDER WHAT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED WAS THE RECALL. IN JULY 2016, THE LEFT REAR DOOR OPENED AND WOULD NOT LATCH. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER IT AS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN OPEN FOR THE PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER, SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DOOR LATCH PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. ONCE AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, IT WAS NOT COVERED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959525March 8, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LOCK ON TRUNK WAS DEFECTIVE OR BROKE AND I HAD DIFFICULTY SOMETIMES LOCKING THE DOORS FROM INSIDE THE CAR WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IT. I REPLACED TRUNK LOCK AT MY EXPENSE BECAUSE THE SAFETY RECALL 15S16/NHTSA RECALL 15V-246 ONLY REPLACED THE DOOR LATCHES. CAR MILEAGE 33636.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958768March 6, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED A FORD FIESTA THAT HAS A FACTORY DEFECTED TRANSMISSION, FORD REFUSES TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS FAULTY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION BUT ONLY TO EXTEND A WARRANTY UNTIL 100K . THIS IS TO REPLACE PARTS AND RESET COMPUTER WHICH HAS NOT WORKED AND RIGHTLY SO AS THE FAULTY DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM AND THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND HESITATES THEN VERY SLOWLY ACCELERATES WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU ARE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING,HESITATING AND THEN EVENTUAL SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD WITH TRAFFIC HEADING TOWARDS YOU. YOU CAN NOT PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC SAFELY ON ANY ROADS OR HIGHWAYS. ONCE IN THE LANE STILL THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHILE THIS SHUDDERING AND HESITATION IS GOING ON AND THEN EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY ACCELERATES BUT WILL JUMP FORWARD AS IT IS TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS WITH ACCIDENTS PEOPLE SWERVING AROUND ME TO OTHER LANES TO AVOID HITTING ME. FORD HAS PRODUCED A PRODUCT WITH KNOWN SAFETY ISSUES AND REFUSES TO RECALL THEM AND DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE CUSTOMERS SAFETY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958993March 6, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A FUEL LINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED 2,000 MILES LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958062March 2, 2017
ENGINE, SEAT BELTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
YES WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR IT MAKES A LITTLE NOISE ON THE ENGINE. AND ALSO WHEN I DRIVING THE CAR IT MAKES IT LOUDER AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED ON THE FIRST GEAR IT DOESN'T RUN PROPERLY AT ALL... CAUSE I HAVE OTHER CAR AND IT RUNS REAL GOOD NO PROBLEMS AT ALL.. WELL THANKS I HOPE THEY WILL HELP ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957722February 28, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WHERE THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. ORIGINALLY IT WAS ONLY HAPPENING WHEN THE COURTESY FEATURE WAS USED. TONIGHT THEY STOPPED COMING ON PERIOD. I HAVE NOT USED THE COURTESY FEATURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME SINCE I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS CAUSING THE LOW BEAM ISSUE. AS I GOOGLE SEARCHED THE PROBLEM I AM FINDING THAT I AM NOT A LONE PROBLEM, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HAVINFG THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL SHOULD LOOK INTO. NO LOW BEAMS BUT THE HIGH BEAMS AND OTHER LIGHTS WORK PERFECTLY FINE. THE CAR WAS INITIALLY PARKED WHEN I TURNED MY LIGHTS ON AND I IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED A LACK OF ANY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. DRIVING AND TRYING TO SWITCH BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH BEAM ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AS IT APPEARS THE LOW BEAMS ARE OUT PERIOD. BULBS AND FUSES ARE ALL GOOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956972February 25, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION EMITS GRINDING NOISE AT SPEEDS AROUND 30MPH-40MPH. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING INTO THE BELL HOUSING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956349February 22, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR SHUTTERS, DELAYS, AND/OR JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. I HAVE BEEN TO FORD ON TWO OCCASIONS FOR THEM TO FIX THE SYSTEM SETTINGS ON THE COMPUTER IN MY CAR, WHICH THE RECALLS CLAIMS FIXES THE ISSUE, HOWEVER IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. ATTACHED UNDER DOCUMENTATION IS INFORMATION REGARDING THE RECALL. THIS HAPPENS NOT ONLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, BUT EVEN WHEN I JUST SPEED UP ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH I SEE TO BE EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND I AM NERVOUS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NO ISSUE AND THIS IS "NORMAL."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955651February 20, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
YESTERDAY THE DOOR LATCH ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED, RESULTING IN THE DOOR BEING UNABLE TO REMAIN CLOSED. THANKFULLY THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY GARAGE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THIS IS A COMMONLY REPORTED PROBLEM ON FORD FIESTAS, BUT WHEN I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY SAID THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING RECALL, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. MY FEAR IS THAT GIVEN THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD FIESTAS, THE DOOR LATCH ON MY OTHER DOORS WILL FAIL, AND NEXT TIME I MIGHT NOT BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE STATIONARY IN MY GARAGE, AND THERE IS THE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955443February 18, 2017
AIR BAGS
MY WIFE AND I WERE ON RT3 TRAVELING AT ABOUT 50MPH WHEN WE WERE HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE WHICH PUSHED US ACROSS THE HIGHWAY INTO A STONE WALL THE CAR WAS DAMAGED ON THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE AND FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE AND FRONT THE ONLY AIR BAG THAT DEPLOYED WAS AT THE KNEE THERE WERE NO OTHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WE WERE BOTH INJURED WE HAVE THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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