2014 FORD FIESTA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SCREECHING AND GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,180. *TT CONSUMER STATED MECHANIC HAD REPLACED THE BRAKES BUT REPLACED AGAIN 6 MONTHS LATER. UPDATED 11/27/18*JB

TLA* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR, BUT IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ISSUED CASE NUMBER: CASE-[XXX]. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. *DT *TP "PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOE), 5 552(B)(6)."

DOOR/LATCHES: FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE/LATCH MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FORD HAD TWO RECALLS (2015 & 2017) ON THIS KNOWN PROBLEM (RECALL: 15S16), BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN AS PART OF THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH MY 2014 FORD FIESTA COULD STILL HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF LATCH. IF ALL 2014 FORD FIESTAS HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE PART, WHY WEREN'T ALL VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR LESS THAN 6-MONTHS AGO AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS, BUT 2014 FORD FIESTAS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT FORD MADE THE LATCH RECALL PART-SPECIFIC, AND IF THEY DID, THE LATCH I HAVE IS JUST AS DEFECTIVE AS THE PREVIOUS ONES. THE FORD RECALL DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO TELL ME IF MY CAR HAD THE DEFECTIVE PART, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT NHTSA REVIEWS ALL THEIR RECALLS AND THEY APPROVED THAT MY CAR DIDN'T NEED A RECALL ON THE DOOR LATCHES.*DT

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NOT WORKING RIGHT, OUR VEHICLE WONT SHIFT RIGHT, TRYING TO MERGER WITH TRAFIC CREATES DANGEROUS SITUATIONS BECAUSE VEHICLE REFUSES TO SPEED UP. GETTING ON THE FREEWAY BUT UNABLE TO ACCELERATE CREATES HUGE TRAFFIC JAM, AND PEOPLE BEHIND YOU ARE GOING 60+ BUT YOUR CAR WONT GO PASS 30. PEOPLE WILL GET HURT IF FORD WONT FIX THIS ISSUE, NOW GOING TO DEALER THEY WANT $1800 TO TEMPORARY FIX THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE AFTER PART IS REPLACED IT LAST ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN GOES BACK AGAIN. DEALER ALSO REFUSES TO FIX VEHICLE IF IT HAS BRANDED TITLE, BUT HOW IN THE HELL BRANDED TITLE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH FAULTY MODULE THAT WAS NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. THE DESIGNER OF THE MODULE SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR ENDANGERING OUR LIFE'S. MAIN PROBLEM IS, WHEN VEHICLE IS A THE STOP, WHEN TRYING TO GO IT WOULD SHAKE AND STUTTER, BEFORE GOING. OR WHEN ENTERING FREEWAY, IF ACCELERATING CAR WILL STUTTER AND WILL NOT TRY TO INCREASE SPEED BUT ITS RPM'S WILL SKY ROCKET.

I GOT VEHICLE AT A WELL KNOWN CAR DEALERSHIP - USED. IT WAS GIVEN '120 POINT INSPECTION' SO THE CAR WAS IN 'GOOD TO GO' CONDITION. I WALKED OUT WITH LUCKILY SOME MAX PROTECTION INSURANCE FROM THEM, WHERE THEY WOULD COVER ANY NON- WARE & TEAR REPAIRS. GREAT DECISION AT FIRST, MAYBE NOT EVEN A YEAR IN AT ROUGHLY 80K MILES THE CAR AC DOES NOT GET COOL, WHEN AT A STOP OR SLOW SPEED THE CAR WOULD START TO OVERHEAT & IN STALL - THIS IS A MANUAL VEHICLE SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DROP GEAR IN ORDER TO GAIN SPEED BACK AND COOL THE ENGINE. THE COOLING FAN WASN'T TURNING OVER ST ANY POINT, I REPLACED THE FUSE MAYBE 3-4 TIMES AND IT KEPT BLOWING OUT. FINALLY I TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED OUT, APPARENTLY THE FAN RELAY FUSE WAS BLOWN OUT CAUSING THE SMALLER FUSE TO BLOW, ALL THIS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AC COMPRESSOR HAVING TO BE REPLACED, 2,700 IN REPAIRS WITH A DEDUCTIBLE OF 200 BUCKS. CAN'T BEAT THAT RIGHT? WRONG, HERE I AM ROUGHLY 9-10 MONTHS LATER WITH THE SAME ISSUES HAPPENING AGAIN, CAR OVERHEATING WHEN THE AC IS ON, OR AT A HAULT WITH THE FAN NOT KICKING OVER. FORD: YOU ARE A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY, YOU NEED TO MAKE A CAR / SYSTEM THAT CAN WITHTAND ARIZONA'S 110+ DEGREE WEATHER DURING THE SUMMER. THIS SEEMS TO CLEARLY BE A ELECTRICAL ISSUE, AS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST, SECOND OR EVEN THIRD ISSUE I'VE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE. INCLUDING MAKER RECALLS.

TAKATA RECALL THE "POWERTRAIN" TRANSMISSION FEELS REALLY SHAKY WHEN DRIVING AND EVEN WHEN IM ABOUT TO BRAKE YOU CAN HEAR SHAKY SOUNDS COMINF FROM THE CAR IT FEELS UNSAE SOMETHING HAS TO DONE

LOW COOLANT LEVEL CAME ON (WHERE DID IT GO?) FILLED UP COOLANT. STILL LOW. CAR WOULDN'T START. TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID "FOUND #1 CYLINDER HAS NO COMPRESSION. REMOVED SPARK PLUGS, WET WITH COOLANT. BORE SCOPED CYLINDER, FOUND WET" THEY SAY I NEED NEW ENGINE (WITH A $4800 QUOTE). WHY DID COOLANT ALL OF THE SUDDEN LEAK INTO ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING? CAR WAS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V209000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (COVERT FORD OF HUTTO, 1200 US-79, HUTTO, TX 78634), BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO MONITOR THE COOLANT LEVEL. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DISPLAYED "OVERHEATING". THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AND REMAIN CLOSED WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DOWNTOWN FORD SALES (525 NORTH 16TH ST, SACRAMENTO, CA 95811, (916) 442-6931) WHERE IT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR INDEPENDENTLY OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (KISSLEBACK FORD, 1118 13TH ST, ST CLOUD, FL 34769), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V210000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.