2014 FORD FIESTA Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHAKING AND HESITATING ON ACCELERATION SINCE ABOUT 1 1/2 MONTHS AFTER I GOT IT. WHEN IT TRIES TO SWITCH GEARS IT JERKS AND ACTS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO PULL. THE RPM'S WILL REV UP TO ABOUT 4,000 AND THEN DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 1,500 AND I WILL HAVE TO LET OFF THE GAS ENTIRELY FOR IT TO STEADY OUT. THE CAR SHAKES AND JERKS SO HARD AT TIMES THAT IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL APART. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, ALTHOUGH I'VE KNOWN OF SEVERAL PEOPLE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS AND I HAVE READ OF MULTIPLE HAVING ACCIDENTS DUE TO THEIR ACCELERATION ISSUES. *TR

I WROTE A LETTER TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY REGARDING THE OPTIMO H426 TIRE MANUFACTURED BY HANKOOK ON MY NEW 2014 FORD FIESTA THAT WAS PURCHASED IN JANUARY 2014. I FELT THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THE BUBBLE WAS LOCATED ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE AND NOT ON THE TREAD. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE THAT WAS UNSATISFACTORY AND THEY WOULDN'T REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF A NEW REPLACEMENT TIRE ($156.67). MY DAD WAS DRIVING IN ANOTHER TOWN AND NOTICED ANOTHER CAR ALSO HAD A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE SO I DECIDED TO LET YOU KNOW; POSSIBLY SEE IF THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION OR NOT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ON THE ROAD, ETC. AND WITH THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE HAD BLOWN; I WOULD HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A LOUD NOISE AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION. ALSO, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE GEARS WERE INTERMITTENTLY SLIPPING AND THE FAILURE WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER TO RE-FLASH THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

I BOUGHT A 2014 FORD FIESTA WITH AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN MARCH. IT RAN AWESOME FOR 6 MONTHS, A REALLY FUN CAR. IT JUST RECENTLY STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH, JUMPING, LURCHING, SPUTTERING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP. ABOUT TO GO TO THE DEALER FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE ISSUE. NOT HAPPY. THE REASON WE BOUGHT A NEW CAR WAS TO HAVE SOMETHING ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE. I WISH I WOULD HAVE READ THEM BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THIS IS DANGEROUS IF ACCELERATION IS NEEDED TO AVOID A COLLISION AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER. *TR

A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER BUYING MY NEW CAR, I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START TO SHUDDER AND/OR BUCK WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BROUGHT IT IN 3 TIMES WITH NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP BEING ABLE TO "RECREATE" THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF TRANSMISSION, THE PROBLEMS I WAS DESCRIBING ARE TO BE EXPECTED. HOW COULD A COMPANY RELEASE A TRANSMISSION THAT IS "SUPPOSED" TO BUCK AND SHUDDER? PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT I FEEL ARE VERY DANGEROUS. ONE OCCURS WHEN I APPROACH A STOP AND I AM APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE CAR WILL REV UP AND ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GO INTO TRAFFIC. ANOTHER INCIDENT IS WHEN I AM AT A YIELD AND DON'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THEN ACCELERATE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SKIPS/STUTTERS/SHUDDERS DELAYING MY ACCELERATION AND MAKING THE MERGE DANGEROUS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND DOES NOT OCCUR AT EVERY STOP/YIELD. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHAT OR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

FORD FIESTA 2014 ENGINE EXCESSIVELY TREMBLES/JUMPS WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE CAR DOES ACCELERATE ON ITSELF AT TIMES MOSTLY WHEN I HAVE AC ON OR AFTER TURNING IT OFF. FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS CAR NOW. OR FIX THIS CAR AND PROVIDE CUSTOMER WITH A PAID RENTAL CAR WHILE THIS ONE IS BEING FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30.

THE VEHICLE SHAKES DURING SHIFTING. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. OTHER TIMES THE CAR ACCELERATES MORE THAN EXPECTED. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I FEEL THAT IF THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND PREDICTABLY, THERE IS A RISK OF ACCIDENT. THE INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUPS ARE FULL OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY. DESPITE FORDS EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE SAFETY ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND THEY WILL NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION UNLESS SOMEONE FORCES THEM. PLEASE HELP. *TR

WHOLE FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHAKING WHEN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. BAD TRANSMISSION FLUID BURNING SMELL. ONCE MOVING EVERY TIME IT SHIFTED BETWEEN GEARS IT WOULD SHAKE THE FRONT END OF CAR. AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND STARTING THE CAR THE NEXT DAY IT RAN FINE UNTIL IT WARMED UP. WHEN TRYING TO MAKE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE REPAIRED WAS TOLD IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 1 - 6 MONTHS FOR THIS TO HAPPENING EVEN THOUGH I HAVE JUST HAVE THE CAR IN THE WEEK BEFORE TO SAME ISSUE JUST NOT A BAD. THEY DID TAKE IT IN AFTER MAKING MANY COMPLAINTS BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL SEE IT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND SUSPECT IT WILL HAVE A NEW TRANS IN IT WHEN I GET IT BACK. IT WILL FAIL AGAIN AND AGAIN. GUESS IT IS A GOOD THING I BOUGHT THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR... *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE EARLY EVENING, APPROX 55 DEGREES, FAIR WEATHER, A/C AND HEAT OFF, SMOOTH ROADWAY. SUDDENLY THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED WITH A VERY LOUD GUNSHOT-LIKE NOISE. THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE SUNROOF WITH SOME GLASS CHUNKS IN THE INTERIOR. MOST OF THE GLASS APPEARED TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE AS IF IT EXPLODED OUTWARD. THE SUNROOF SHADE WAS OPEN AT THE TIME BUT THE SUNROOF ITSELF WAS CLOSED. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED INSIDE THE CAR FOR ROCKS OR OTHER OBJECTS BUT FOUND NONE. I TOOK PHOTOS. *TR