2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

REFERENCE COMPLAINTS #'S 10639225, 10744924 & 10820141 FOR BACKGROUND CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ON-GOING PROBLEM ARE SUBMITTED WITH COMPLAINT #10744924. CURRENT ISSUE IS CLUTCH #4 BEING REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS! IF THAT ISN'T GROUNDS FOR ACTION AGAINST FORD FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE DESIGNED TRANSMISSION THEN I SURE DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE? SURE, FORD GAVE A SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY FOR THE FLAW, BUT IT'S JUST REPLACING THE PART WITH THE SAME FAULTY PART THAT FAILS EVERY YEAR! THREE MORE YEARS THEN IT'S OUT OF MY POCKET!! IT'S THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH FOR HEAVENS SAKE...IT SHOULDN'T BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR!!! I OWN AN EIGHT YEAR OLD FORD F150 THAT NOT ONCE HAS HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE...MATTER OF FACT...I'VE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE UNTIL THE FIESTA WITH SUCH A PROBLEM?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND MADE A GRINDING NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE TEMPORARILY STALLED, ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, AND THEN DECELERATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE RECALL INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. ....UPDATED 06/30/16 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH TWICE. UPDATED 07/21/16. *JB

YOU GUY KNOW THAT THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED. SHAME ON YOU. I GUESS PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FROM IT FIRST. IT PUSHES FORWARD WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND STALLS WHEN YOU NEED TO GO. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCHES REPLACED ATLEAST 4 TIMES AND EVERY 6 MONTHS I AM BACK TO MY CAR TRYING TO KILL ME. SHAME ON THIS DEPT. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN YOU ASK? THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVED HAD THIS CAR STARTING AT ABOUT 2000 MILES.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, RATHER VIOLENTLY, BETWEEN 1-2, AND 2-3 SHIFTS. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AT TWO VERY INOPPORTUNE AND FRIGHTENING TIMES, ONCE ON THE 202 FREEWAY IN MESA, AZ AND THE OTHER IN A 3 WAY INTERSECTION ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE RANDOM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, WHEREAS THE SHUDDERING WAS JUST A VERY IRKSOME ANNOYANCE. FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS. IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR A PERSON TO OWN A CAR LESS THAN 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD AND HAVE THESE KINDS OF UNSAFE ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT HESITATED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

CAR WORKS FINE AND THEN SPUTTERS AND COMES ALMOST TO A STOP. STATES THAT I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE PURCHASE AND THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY NEVER CAN FIND A PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY.

WHILE MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2013 FORD FIESTA THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE WHILE SHE WAS IN A PARKED POSITION, THIS TIME HOWEVER IT WAS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO WARNING WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR 8 MONTHS AGO FOR OUR DAUGHTER, SHE HAS BEEN A LICENSED DRIVER SINCE DECEMBER 2015. THE CAR HAD 1 PREVIOUS OWNER, NO ACCIDENTS, LOW MILEAGE. HAD RECALL ISSUE FOR DOOR LATCHES TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL AS REPROGRAMMING THE TCM 3 DAYS BEFORE STEERING WENT OUT.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE POWER TRAIN/ENGINE MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT (WRENCH SHAPED) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON UNTIL I PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY I STARTED THE CAR AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD WIRES HAD MELTED TOGETHER AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REASON I WAS GIVEN BY THE SERVICE CENTER IS:" TEST DRIVE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO SYMPTOMS DETECTED. IDS TEST PCM KOEO-PASS. CONT - P2138 (APP SENSOR CORRELATION ERROR), KOER-PASS, PER TSB 13-11-15, BYPASS CIRCUITS LE136, LE137, AND RE137 AT CONNECTOR C210, PINS 1, 8, AND 9 RESPECTIVELY, SWITCH APP SENSOR CONNECTOR PINS 1 AND 2."

CONTINUED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; JERKS, CLUTCH STUDDERS; SCARED TO CROSS INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE CAR WILL STOP OR JERK; TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION; SEAT BELTS NOT LOCKING PROPERLY; TAKEN CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 4 TIMES DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM (TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION)

MAKES NOISE WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-50 ML/H FROM DAY ONE. MANY TIMES, FROM STATIONARY TO MOVE, IT WILL SUDDENLY JUMP, ACCELERATE, HARD TO CONTROL. HAS KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND SOMETIME WILL NOT START.