2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

WE BOUGHT A 2013 FORD FIESTA IN AUGUST OF 2013. NOT THREE WEEKS INTO OWNING IT, WE HAD SOME TROUBLES AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A BAD FUEL PUMP THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE IT WAS BEING REPLACED, I WAS GIVEN A FORD LOANER TO DRIVE FOR ALMOST A WEEK, WHILE THEY HAD THE CAR TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP.??THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN LOOKED AT 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THE SERVICE REP SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LIQUID ON SOME PART THAT MAKES IT NOT CHANGE GEARS QUICKLY AND THAT THEY WIPED IT OFF AND IT SHOULD BE GOOD BUT THAT IT CAN COME BACK. THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID THEY REWORKED THE COMPUTER AND THE CAR NEEDS A CHANCE TO ?GET TO KNOW THE WAY I DRIVE? AND THEY SENT ME AWAY. THE THIRD TIME THEY LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THAT THE LOUD, CRUNCHY, JUMPY THINGS I AM EXPERIENCING ARE CALLED "NORMAL FOR THE CAR" AND THEY SEND ME AWAY. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE AND SOMEONE HIGHER UP IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRINTED OUT A NOTICE ABOUT FORD FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS TO ASSURE ME THAT THE SOUNDS AND JERKING I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS NORMAL WHEN WE RECEIVE THE SURVEY FOR OUR EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE WE GIVE A NEGATIVE RATING. WE DID NOT GET A SERVICE THAT WE FEEL WE WERE DUE AND THE CAR DOES NOT DRIVE AS PROMISED. THE NEXT TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE SAME ISSUES, OUR REP, [XXX] TOLD ME THAT ?WE SCREWED HER ON THAT SURVEY AND THAT HER JOB IS ON THE LINE WITH THINGS LIKE THAT ? IF SHE GETS ANYTHING LOWER THAN EXCELLENT?. WELL, SORRY, OUR EXPERIENCE WAS NOT EXCELLENT. WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE CAR DRIVES, IT SPUTTERS FROM IDLE TO FIRST GEAR AND IS SOMETIMES UNSAFE WHEN YOU NEED TO TURN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. BUT WE WERE TOLD IT WAS ALL IN OUR HEADS AND EVEN THAT WE SHOULD LEARN TO DRIVE IT DIFFERENTLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I AM BRINGING THIS CAR IN FOR THE FIFTH TIME NOW FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. MAIN PROBLEM IS SHUDDERING, JOLTING, AND HESITATING. I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 3RD FROM THE CAR HESITATING WHEN PLACING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. I HAVE TO REPLACE CLUTCH FOR SECOND TIME, AND I ONLY HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS. ....UPDATED 04/08/15 *BF *TR

THE REAR DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT LATCH SHUT OR STAY CLOSED. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO USES THE CAR, SO I PRIMARILY USE THE DRIVER DOOR. TODAY, I OPENED AND CLOSED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TWICE, AND THE SECOND TIME I ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE IT, IT FAILED TO LATCH AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LATCH IT SHUT SINCE. *TR

ALWAYS: LATER RESPONSE TO ACCELERATION, ROLL BACK ON HILL, AND GRINDING NOISE. DEALERS WERE NEVER ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *TR

2013 FORD FIESTA HAS 25K MILES IT STARTED TO SHUDDERING WHEN IN REVERSE AND WHEN IN DRIVE AT ABOUT BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TAKEN IT(6 TIMES) TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY HAD IT THIS TIME FOR TWO DAYS AT THEIR SHOP AND RAN DIAGNOSTICS THE DEALER TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE NEXT DAY AS I WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE AND IT STARTED TO SHUDDER VERY HARD SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO STOP AND HAD A GET OF THE CAR. WAITED FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE I RESTARTED, I HAVE ASK FOR TO BUY OR TRADE IN THE CAR FOR ANOTHER BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO IT I REALLY AND FED UP AND ABOUT TO KICK THE CAR TO THE CURB....PLEASE HELP *TR

THE FRONT DOORS TO MY 2013 FORD FIESTA WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY AFTER UNLOCKING, GETTING INTO MY CAR AND TRYING TO CLOSE THEM. THE LATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE, THEREFORE LEAVING MY DOORS UNABLE TO CLOSE AND MAKING THE CAR NON-DRIVABLE. TO BE FIXED, THE ENTIRE LOCKING MECHANISM NEEDED CHANGED COSTING $785 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. RECENTLY THIS PAST WEEK, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHILE I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN ONTO THE INTERSTATE TO GO TO WORK. THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN, MAKING IT VERY UNSAFE TO OPERATE ON THE ROAD, AND I TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK HOME TO SWITCH TO MY WIFE'S CAR. AGAIN, THE WHOLE MECHANISM NEEDED CHANGED TO REPAIR TO THE COST OF $345 DOLLARS. A CAR THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 50K SHOULD NOT HAVE BIG AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUES SUCH AS THIS. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL DO THE RIGHT THING A DO A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL. *TR

2013 FORD FIESTA HAS WATER LEAKING INTO TRUNK AREA FROM REAR SEAT TO BACK OF CAR. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER SEVEN TIMES FOR REPAIR AND STILL HAS WATER LEAK IN TRUNK AREA. ALSO VEHICLE HAS A HESITATION WHEN PULLING OUT, TRANSMISSION JERKS AND MAKES GRINDING NOISE. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWO TIMES TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECKED. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED TWO TIMES AND STILL HAS SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. CAR FEELS UNSAFE WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, FEELS LIKE ENGINE IS GOING TO STALL. *TR

THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN IT TRIES TO CHANGE GEARS. THERE IS ALSO GRINDING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE VEHICLE JUMPS. *TR

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN FLEMING ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2013 FORD FIESTA COMPLAINTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE PULLED OFF FROM A STOP, OR MADE TURNS, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK, AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, THE COMMAND BUTTON ON THE STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN UPDATE. THE COMMAND BUTTON ONLY WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THE JERKING HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED ONCE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE NEEDED ANOTHER UPDATE AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS NORMAL FOR ONE DAY. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A NEW ISSUE, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD SQUEAL, WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, OR WHEN SHE MADE TURNS. THE COMMAND BUTTON STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, AND SHE WAS INFORMED A PIN WAS BENT AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE ROTOR, WHICH CAUSED THE SQUEALING NOISE. *JB

REAR PASSENGER DOOR FAILS TO STAY CLOSED. DOOR LATCH FAILS TO KEEP DOOR SHUT. *TR