2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

OUR FORD FIESTA WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2013 AND RAN GREAT UNTIL 10K MILES AT WHICH POINT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SELECT A GEAR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW DOWN. FORD DEALER TOOK CAR IN AND PER THE SERVICE BULLETIN DID A RE-FLASH OF TRANS CONTROL. CAR RAN FINE ANOTHER 1K MILES, THAN ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN , THE CAR NOT SELECTING A GEAR AND CAUSING A HAZARD BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. DEALERSHIP AT THAT POINT REPLACED CLUTCH PACK BECAUSE THE SAY IT HAD FLUID IN IT, ALSO ANOTHER SERVICE BULLETIN. NOW ANOTHER 2K MILES AND THE CAR DID IT AGAIN DURING A SNOW STORM CAUSING US TO BE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A PLOW WHICH NARROWLY MISSED HITTING ARE CAR. FORD HAS NOW HAD THE CAR ANOTHER HALF WEEK AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN FIND WRONG SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DO.THIS IS VERY UNSAFE CAR AND MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MAJOR HAZARD. HOPEFULLY NO ONE LOSES THERE LIFE BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS NOT TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY BY FORD MOTOR CO. *TR

ON AUGUST 12, 2014 HE RIGHT FRONT DOOR LATCH UNIT FAILED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED AFTER THIS. THEN 3 WEEKS LATER (SEPTEMBER 4, 2014) THE RIGHT BACK DOOR LATCH FAILED AND WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. THEN ON MARCH 5, 2015 THE LEFT BACK DOOR LATCH FAILED AND WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. ALSO NOTE IN MARCH 2014 THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO THE TRUNK LATCH. *TR

2013 FORD FIESTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO STALL, AS IT WOULD SPUTTER AND MAKE NOISES. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. *JB

ON 02/27/2015 MY FORD FIESTA WITH 20,904 MILES WAS TAKEN IN FOR A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT BECAME POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. WHEN MY WIFE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND CAME TO A STOP THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND BOG DOWN. THE IDLE PICKED UP BUT THE ENGINE ALMOST STALLED. WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED MY WIFE ATTEMPTED THE APPLY PRESSURE TO THE THROTTLE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE ONLY MOVED FORWARD AT ABOUT 2MPH. WITH MORE TRAFFIC HEADED TOWARD US (35MPH ZONE) ABOUT 50YARDS AWAY. MY WIFE LIFTED TO HER FOOT OFF THE THROTTLE TO APPLY AGAIN, THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD WITH MY WIFE'S FOOT OFF THE PEDAL. THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON WINDY MOUNTAIN ROADS. THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME HESITANT THE LURCH OR BOG DOWN.WE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME FIX ON 09/09/2013. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK THE VEHICLE ON A ROAD TEST AND DIAGNOSED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE CARS TRANSMISSION STILL HAD MINOR PROBLEMS THAT THE DEALERSHIP STATED AS "NORMAL". THE DIAGNOSIS OF MY VEHICLE NOW IS THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT A ROAD TEST WASN'T EVEN DONE TO THE VEHICLE. A FORD "SPECIALIST" DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM WITH A COMPUTER STATING HE COULD ONLY GET THE ENGINE TO SHUTTER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A PROPER DIAGNOSTIC CAN BE DONE IF THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT TELL ME WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE FIXED AND TOLD I CAN PICK THE CAR UP AND DRIVE IT UNTIL THE CLUTCH COMES IN. OBVIOUSLY NOT CARING ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS SAFETY AND THE FACT WE TOLD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION THAT OCCURRED A RENTAL VEHICLE WAS NOT OFFERED CAUSE THEY FEEL THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT STAY CLOSED AND WILL FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING IF NOT SECURED WITH ROPE. *TR

IN AUGUST OF 2014, THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. DEALER FOUND THE LATCH BROKEN AND REPLACED IT. THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR WAS 7,040. IN NOVEMBER OF 2014, THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. DEALER FOUND THE LATCH BROKEN AND REPLACED IT. THE MILEAGE WAS 7,494. FEBRUARY 24, 2015, THE DRIVER DOOR FAILED TO LATCH, THE CAR NOW HAS 8,300 MILES ON IT. WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT THERE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF IT WOULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AROUND A MOTORCYCLIST. IT COULD CAUSE CRITICAL INJURY OR DEATH. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND NEITHER THE FORD COMPANY NOR THE DEALER SEEM TO KNOW IF THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN IMPROVED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED, MAKE GRINDING SOUND AND HESITATED WHEN STARTING UP AND DRIVING. AT EVERY STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN WHEN STARTING UP AGAIN, THE SAME SOUNDS, AND HESITATING WOULD OCCUR. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER WHO SAID I NEEDED ANOTHER CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION. ABOUT $3000.00. I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL, AND EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION IS HAPPENING, THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

TOOK THE CAR IN AND THEY GAVE US A RENTAL. THE TECH CALLED YESTERDAY TO SAY THEY ARE WORKING IN IT (DAY 2) THEN THEY CALL THIS MORNING TO SAY WHAT IT IS DOING IS NORMAL. I TOLD THEM IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A CAR TO JUST LOSE MOMENTUM THEN WHEN IT DOES GO IT LURCHES FORWARD AND STARTS GOING REAL FAST. THERE IS A PROBLEM EITHER WITH THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED AND I AM DEADLY AFRAID ITS GOING TO BE ONE OF US. FORD JUST DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS AT LEAST THE 12TH TIME WE HAVE TAKEN IN THE CAR OUT WHICH 2 TIMES (NOW A THIRD) THEY HAVE ADMITTED THERE IS A PROBLEM. FORD SENT ME A LETTER ADVISING THEY WERE AWARE OF "POSSIBLE" PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAY ITS AN AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IT CAN LEAK FROM ONE CHAMBER TO ANOTHER CAUSING GRINDING, LOSS OF MOTION ETC. THEY GAVE ALL OWNERS A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM IS I PAID FOR A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE CAR ALREADY. WE WERE TURNING A (WINDING ROAD) SLIGHT CURVE WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION WAS FALLING OUT OF THE CAR AND WE LOST MOTION. THE CAR BEHIND US SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES HORN BLARING AND SWERVED JUST BARLEY MISSING US. *TR

WE WERE AT A LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN WE ACCELERATED TO APPROX. 15 MPH AND SUDDENLY WE LOST MOMENTUM. A SEMI TRUCK BEHIND US LOCKED UP ITS WHEEL AND LUCKILY WE STARTED MOVING AGAIN OR HE WOULD HAVE DRILLED US. *TR