2013 FORD FIESTA Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE. IT SHUTTERS UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN LIGHTLY ACCELERATING. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE CAR MAY HESITATE CAUSING NO RESPONSE IN THROTTLE FOR A SECOND OR TWO, OR IT MAY BY SURPRISE SPRING YOU FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS FOR VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR

HESITATE SHUTTERING WHEN SHIFTING! MAKES THE CAR SHAKE! BEEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH THIS ISSUE AND EVEN HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED! BEEN REPROGRAMMED 3 TIMES ALSO! I AM TOLD THIS IS ALL THEY CAN DO! THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY! I WANT SOMETHING DONE UNDER THE LEMON LAW! ALREADY MADE A COMPLAINT TO FORD! NO RESPONSE AS OF YET! *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED USED DIRECTLY FROM FORD DEALERSHIP. SINCE THE SECOND DAY OF OWNING IT, ON ACCELERATION THERE IS A BUZZING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD (SOUNDS LIKE A GO-CART) AND FEELS LIKE IT IS CLOGGED. WILL ACCELERATE SUDDENLY OR WILL HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING ESPECIALLY WHEN GETTING ONTO HIGHWAY WHICH HAVE PUT ME IN A FEW DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP YOU CAN HEAR LOTS OF METAL CLANKING AND SOUNDS LIKE ITS CHUGGING. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, SKIPS, LIKE IT IS TRYING TO GET IN GEAR ON ACCELERATION. HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A FORD HOUSE THAT HAS TIME OR WILLINGNESS TO REPAIR. ANY I HAVE CALLED HAVE SAID IT WOULD BE 3-4 DAYS BEFORE IT CAN GET LOOKED AT AND WON'T ISSUE A LOANER IN THE MEANWHILE. I CAN'T GO 3-4 DAYS WITHOUT A CAR. MONDAY MORNING, I AM TAKING IN TO A DEALERSHIP AND LEAVING FOR THEM TO ACCESS. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR MY TEENAGE CHILD WHO WILL BE GETTING HER LICENSE SOON, AFTER DRIVING THIS CAR FOR 2 MONTHS I DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE FOR HER TO DRIVE AND WILL BE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR A VEHICLE. *TR

TRANSMISSION JERKS AGGRESSIVELY FROM 1-3 GEAR. SOMETIMES ACCELERATION IS DELAYED AND SLUGGISH. HAS ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE DELAYED REACTION CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD AND THE ENGINE REVS UP HIGH CAUSING THE BREAKS TO FAIL. SO YOU MUST DRIVE WITH MORE DISTANCE THAN NORMAL TO AVOID COLLISION. I HAD ONE CAR COMPLETELY REPLACED. TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY SHOT AFTER 400 MILES. GRINDING, SLIPPING, JERKING, CLUNKING, HESITATION, ETC. THIS TRANSMISSION IS A PIECE OF JUNK. BOTH CARS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

EXTREME TRANSMISSION SHUDDER. JOLTING, JERKING, SHUDDERING, SHAKING, STALLING. HAD "DUAL CLUTCH" REPLACED 3 TIMES THUS FAR. REQUESTED A BUYBACK, BUYBACK DENIED. HAD A COUPLE MORE REPAIR ATTEMPTS AND NOW THE CAN'T ISN'T RUNNING FULLY - SENT IT CERTIFIED LETTER FROM A LAWYER AND TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE BUY BACK PROCESS AGAIN BEFORE GOING TO COURT. HAD 3 NEAR ACCIDENTS. THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND EXTREMELY UNSAFE. *TR

I BOUGHT THE 2013 FIESTA IN AUGUST OF 2013. WITH 500 MILES ON IT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LURCHING, CLANKING, AND GRINDING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. I ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE CAR WAS ONLY GETTING 25MPG HIGHWAY WHEN IT CLAIMED 40. THEY SAID IT WAS IN THE WINDOW FOR EPA, AND IT WOULD GET BETTER AFTER 1500 MILES. I COMPLAINED TO THE MAIN FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I NOW HAVE $14K MILES ON IT AND IT STILL AVERAGES 20-25MPG HIGHWAY. I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO THEM AT $12K MILES TO FIX THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION. WHEN I CALLED THE MECHANIC HE ALREADY KNEW WHAT IT WAS, WHICH MEANS IT HAPPENS A LOT. THE ENGINE STILL LURCHES, CLANKS, GRINDS, ETC. I'M $8K UPSIDE DOWN ON TRADE IN ALREADY BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THIS CAR HAS DROPPED SO MUCH IN THE LAST YEAR DUE TO ALL THESE ISSUES. *TR

AFTER DRIVING THREE MILES FROM HOME EARLY IN THE MORNING, I OPENED MY DRIVERS DOOR AND CLOSED TO LEAVE, BUT THE DOOR WOULDN'T CLOSE. IT BOUNCED OPEN. THE LATCH WOULD NOT WORK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY'D NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THREE DAYS THEY GOT THE PART AND FIXED IT. I PICKED IT UP ON A SATURDAY AND THE NEXT MORNING THE TWO REAR DOORS BROKE. BOTH DID THE SAME THING. I TOOK BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID AGAIN THAT HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. HE TOLD ME THAT HE'D HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW LONG IT WOULD BE TO GET THE PARTS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE. THE DEALER SAID THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER FROM FORD AND THAT IT WOULDN'T BE IN UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. I ASKED TO HAVE THE FINAL FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR REPLACED AS WELL AND HE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO IT UNLESS FORD RECALLED THE PARTS OR IT WAS BROKEN. I EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG. I ALSO CALLED FORD, AND SPOKE TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE. A MANAGER THERE SAID THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE THE LAST DOOR UNLESS IT BREAKS. I GUESS I SHOULD HOPE THAT I'M NOT DRIVING WHEN IT DOES. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASE, THE SHUDDERING FROM A STOPPED START INCREASED IN MAGNITUDE (I UNDERSTAND THE TRANSMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE A MANUAL BUT THIS WAS TOO SEVERE) AND ON OCCASION AFTER SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THERE WAS NO ENGAGEMENT IN THE TRANSMISSION, STEPPING ON ACCELERATOR ONLY REVVED THE ENGINE, NO MOVEMENT. TOOK THE CAR BACK IN, THEY STATE THAT IS NORMAL OPERATION, THE COMPUTER HAS TO GET USED TO YOUR DRIVING. HERE WE ARE ONE YEAR LATER, IT IS NO BETTER AND NOW HAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. TOOK BACK IN FOR THAT AND THE SERVICE GUY SAYS, OH YEAH WE ARE BOOKED WAY OUT TO AUG 17 (IT WAS JULY 24TH) ON FIXES FOR THAT AND HE MENTIONED IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. SEEMS IT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE 2011 YET THE SALES GUYS NEVER MENTIONED IT. EVIDENTLY MINE IS SEVERE ENOUGH THAT THEY GOT ME SCHEDULED FOR AUG 7. THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE DRY CLUTCH AND ALL WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT IS GREAT THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SELL THESE KNOWING FULL WELL THERE ARE PROBLEMS. *JS

AUTO TRANSMISSION SHUTTER..FROM A COMPLETE STOP THROUGH THE SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS. MY LOCAL FORD GARAGE SAYS THE CAR NEEDS TRANSMISSION PACKS,,HOWEVER DUE TO FORD S COMPUTER READING THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AT A NORMAL RANGE, SO THE GARAGE CANNOT REPAIR. WE HAVE ALMOST BEEN INVOLVED 3 REAR END COLLISIONS BECAUSE OF THIS. FORD HAS NOT YET ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS MATTER EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY FIESTAS WITH THIS PROBLEM,. *TR

I BROUGHT MY FIESTA IN FOR SERVICE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER DRIVING IT OFF THE LOT. I EXPERIENCE KNOCKING, CHUGGING, JOLTING AND JERKING EVERYTIME I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY LAST WEEK AS I ACCELERATED, MY SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AT 55MPH AND THERE WAS AN EXTREME VIBRATION COMING FROM THE BOTTOM, ALONG WITH THE NORMAL SNAPPING NOISE. I'M TAKING IT BACK FOR MORE SERVICE NEXT WEEK FOR THE SAME REASON IT WAS IN THREE MONTHS AGO. I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR 9 MONTHS. I FEEL LIKE THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE IT. I TRAVEL 40 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK DAILY AND I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE GAS MILEAGE THAT I WAS GETTING BUT I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR A LEMON. *TR