2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

THE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH ON MY 2013 FORD FIESTA SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. THE FORD GARAGE SAID IT WOULD BE $306.83 + TAX TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE CURRENTLY BROKEN PART REPLACED A RECALLED DOOR LATCH IN 2016, BUT APPARENTLY ONLY HAD A 2 YEAR WARRANTY. THE DOOR LATCH BROKE FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE 2015-2016 RECALL, BUT THERE IS NO CURRENTLY SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PART. I SHUT THE DOOR AND THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSED. AFTER DRIVING 4 MILES, I OPENED THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT CLOSE/LATCH PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS BACKING UP WHEN THE ALERT DINGED ON THE DASH SAYING THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPEN. THE ALERT DID NOT SOUND WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED, WHICH CONCERNS ME THAT THE WIND CAUGHT THE OPENING OF THE DOOR WHILE GOING IN REVERSE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART IS JUST AS FAULTY AS THE RECALLED DOOR LATCH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE CONTACT FELT AN EXPLOSION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED BESIDES THE AIR BAG INDICATOR, WHICH WAS ALREADY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD OF ORANGE (1350 W. KATELLA AVENUE, ORANGE, CA 92867, 888-697-3989) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, JERKS, FALLS INTO NEUTRAL AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN LESS THAN A YEAR. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESES DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS

DPS6 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL & NOT GOING BACK INTO GEAR ON AT LEAST 4 OCCASIONS STARTING FROM WHEN I PURCHASED THE PRE-OWNED CAR, JANUARY 2019. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD.

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UNEVENLY IN LOWER GEARS AND CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUDDER WITH SLOWED ACCELERATION, THIS HAPPENS EVERY USE. SOMETIMES, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND IT SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, UPON PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS IS TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY PERFORMED MAINTENANCE TO THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

ELECTRICAL FUSE BLOCK INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS RUSTED THROUGHOUT ENTIRE FUSE BLOCK. VEHICLE SPORADICALLY FAILS TO START, DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP DOES NOT WORK, AND AIR CONDITIONING IS BLOWING HOT AIR.

A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE SOMETIMES WHILE OTHER TIMES IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. WAS TAKEN BACK TO WAYNE AKERS FORD WHERE WE PURCHASED AND TOLD THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT COULD NOT BE FIXED UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY NON FUNCTIONING. HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES SINCE. THEN I BROUGHT IT TO AL PACKER FORD WEST AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OR NO ACCELERATION WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE ISSUES BUT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION MET FORD'S DEFINITION OF DEFECT OR DEFUNCT. MY 17YR OLD SON DRIVES THIS CAR AND IT IS NOT SAFE.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE CAR STALLING WHEN ACCELERATING WHILE TRYING TO COMPLETE TURNS IN TRAFFIC DURING TURN SIGNALS. I HAVE AT ONE POINT A SITUATION AT A STOP LIGHT WHERE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND CAR WENT FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. ADDITIONALLY SINCE ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF THE VEHICLE IT HAS RUN ROUGH, SOMETIMES HAVING DIFFICULTY CHANGING GEARS, MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WHERE IT STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING ON INTERSTATE. HAD 2 DIFFERENT REPAIRS TO REVIEW PROBLEM, INCLUDING FORD COMPUTER FIX THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP, BUT DID NOT. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THESE INSTANCES. INSTANCE I DEMOTED ON CALENDAR INVOLVED VEHICLE STALLING AT TURNS WHICH HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL

FORD FIESTA TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN A LONG STANDING FORD CUSTOMER AND HAVE TRIED TO STAND BYE THE COMPANY BUT I CAN NO LONGER BE SILENT REGARDING MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR REPEATABILITY REPAIRED, THE CAR HAS PUT ME AT RISK MULTIPLE TIMES, FORD HAS NOT BEEN TRUTHFUL WITH ME ALONG THE WAY. I HAVE COMMUNICATED DIRECTLY TO FORD MY CONCERNS AND THEY HAVE LEFT ME WITH A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE, UNRELIABLE NOR SHOULD I TRY TO DUMP ON SOME UNSUSPECTING PERSON. THE COMPANY, COURT SYSTEM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THESE CARS ASAP. THIS IS WRONG AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE, IF THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO GO TO ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY, PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THEM. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A DEFECTIVE SAFETY HAZARD SINCE DAY ONE SINCE I BOUGHT IT, 8/22/13 AND IT HAS NOR WILL IT EVER BE RIGHT. PLEASE GET INVOLVED WITH THIS SYSTEMATIC SAFETY FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY SLIPS. TRANSMISSION SURGES AND STALLS DAILY. THE TRANSMISSION ACTUALLY COMPLETELY WENT OUT 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE AND WAS REPLACED - THE TRANSMISSION NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THIS CAR WAS IN FOR SERVICE ON 4 OCCASIONS AND LEFT SERVICE WITH THE SAME OR WORSE SYMPTOMS. EARNHARDT FORD IN CHANDLER, AZ STATED IT WAS FIXED EACH TIME AND PRETENDED THEY DID NOT FEEL THE SLIPS, SURGES AND STALLS WHEN TEST DROVE WITH ME AFTER SERVICE EACH TIME. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY WERE GOING TO DO. **I DO NOT HAVE SERVICE DATES WITH ME AT THIS TIME - THE DATE IN "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" IS A GUESSTIMATE OF THE TIME AROUND SERVICING.