2011 Ford Fiesta complaints

2011 FORD FIESTA BOUGHT AT GARBER USED CARS IN SAGINAW MICHIGAN. I HAVE HAD MY CAR WORKED ON FOR THE RECALL FOR T E TRANSMISSION RINGS. THEY TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO ALSO CHANGE OUT THE CLUTCH. PRIOR TO THIS I SPENT 1200 DOLLARS ON THE TRANSMISSION PART THEY SAID WASN'T COVERED BY A RECALL. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON A FEW DAYS AGO. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. 650 TO REPLACE, AND YESTERDAY MY CAR REFUSED TO START...THE SAFETY WON'T UNLOCK AND MY CAR CAN'T GO INTO ANY GEAR BUT PARK. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED...STILL WAITING FOR THE CLUTCH AND CONVERTER TO COME IN SO IT CAN BE REPAIRED. WHEN IT RUNS IT IS A GOOD RIDE. BUT THE CAR HAS COST ME ALL SORTS OF MONEY I REALLY CANT AFFORD TO PAY OUT. I WILL SAY IF FORD DOESN'T COME THROUGH AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CAR AND FIX THE ISSUES THE COMPANY WILL LOSE MY BUSINESS FOREVER.I AM ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED AND TIRED OF PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SO UNDEPENDABLE. *TR

THE LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED UPON CLOSING THE DOOR AND BOUNCED BACK RATHER THAN LOCKING IN. THE DOOR FROM THEN ON COULD NEVER BE CLOSED AND HAD TO BE DUCK TAPED TO ENSURE IT WOULD NOT OPEN UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE MAIN DASH BOARD WOULD CONSTANTLY NOTIFY THE DRIVER THAT THE DOOR WAS STILL OPEN AND THE CEILING LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON WHILE DRIVING. *TR

DOOR LATCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY. 1. PARKED THE CAR AND REAR PASSENGER OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR 2. CLOSED THE DOOR BUT IT DIDN'T LATCH 3. REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BUT IT WOULDN'T LATCH 4. PUT THE KEY TIP IN THE CENTRAL LOCKING/UNLOCKING AND TWISTED/JIGGLED IT (CENTRAL LOCKING/UNLOCKING IS LOCATED ON THE DOOR JUST ABOVE THE LATCH) 5. CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT LATCHED. 6. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS EACH TIME YOU OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE (PASSENGER EXITING THE CAR). YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THE DOOR WORKS CORRECTLY. 7. LOOKED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED AND I SEE MANY ISSUES WITH FORD FIESTA DOOR LATCHES, SO ADDED MY REPORT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, A DRIVER MADE A LEFT TURN AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INTERNAL BRUISES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

I WAS REAR ENDED BY A FORD F350 SO HARD THAT I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, A HONDA ACCORD. THE BACK OF MY 2011 FORD FIESTA IS SMASHED IN AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR, IS SMASHED IN. THE BACK WINDOW IS SCATTERED, THE SUNROOF SLIDER FELL BACK INTO THE CAR, THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL (PASSENGER SIDE) IS BENT, AND THE CAR DOES NOT TURN ON. I UNDERSTAND IN REAR END CRASHES THE AIR BAGS USUALLY DO NOT GO OFF, BUT WHEN I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED AFTER PARKING VEHICLE. DOOR TIED SHUT. NEVER REPAIRED DUE TO HIGH DEALER COST. *TR

EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE (NEW), THE TRANSMISSION WAS HIT OR MISS. FROM TAKING A WHILE TO SHIFT IN LOWER GEARS, TO SHAKING, CLUNKING, SURGES, TO JUST HARD SHIFTING. DEALERS STATED IT WAS NORMAL BUT YOU AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S TO THE POINT NOW WHERE OUR CAR WON'T EVEN SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR INTO OTHER GEARS. WE'LL HAVE TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED. IT'S UPSETTING WHEN YOU READ THAT THERE ARE SO MANY IN THE SAME SITUATION AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL. THIS IS THE ONE TIME WE NEED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO GET THE FORD CORPORATION TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. PLEASE GO THROUGH THE PAIN AND BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR A TRANSMISSION RECALL. YOU'LL RESTORE OUR FAITH. THANKS. *TR

WOKE UP ONE MORNING, WENT TO GO PUT SOME STUFF IN BACK SEAT OF MY CAR. SHUT THE DOOR AND NOTICED IT POPPED RIGHT BACK. TRIED AGAIN AND KEPT POPPING BACK. HAS NOT CLOSED SINCE. TOOK TO FORD AND SAID MY LATCH BROKE AND THAT IT WOULD BE ALMOST $500 IN SERVICE AND PARTS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO ACT UP. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE OVER 30 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE DRIVING. *TR

FOR APPROX. 2 MONTHS, MY CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS START. I WOULD HAVE TO CRANK IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD TURN OVER. REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT STILL HAPPENED. ONE NIGHT, STOPPED AT THE STORE FOR A FEW MINUTES. GOT IN THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. LEFT FOR AN HOUR, GOT BACK IN AND IT STARTED. DROPPED IT OFF AT THE FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STARTER. THE NEXT DAY WENT TO THE P.O., GOT BACK IN AND IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. WAITED 1/2 HOUR AND IT STARTED. DROVE RIGHT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TCM. (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE). THAT WAS 12/5. I AM HOPING THIS DOES THE TRICK. HAVE READ ABOUT 2011 FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS AND HOPE I HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS. *TR

DROVE CAR ON HIGHWAY THIS MORNING ON WAY TO WORK AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR GO. THE ONLY THING MOVING WAS THE RPM'S. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. AFTER THE RESTART, THE CAR WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE BUT NOW IT WAS SHIFTING BADLY IN AND OUT OF GEARS. MY WORK WAS ONLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SO I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT IN. I WENT ON A LUNCH BREAK TO TEST DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND IT WAS GIVING ME THE SAME PROBLEM. SHIFTING OUT OF 4TH GEAR INTO 3RD FOR NO REASON. IT'S NOT EVEN DRIVABLE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. BOTH TIMES TOOK WEEKS TO GET MY CAR BACK, AND I'VE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME IT'S GOING INTO THE SHOP, AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO RISK MY SAFETY IN THE PROCESS. I HAVE A 1 YEAR OLD AS WELL SO I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES OF THESE CARS AND THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

I PURCHASED A FORD FIESTA 2011 IN JULY 2014. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR JERKING AND HESITATING AND LURCHING FORWARD BUT AS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH WAS LATER REPLACED IN SEP 2014. STILL, THE GRINDING NOISE, JERKS AND HESITATION CONTINUED. I TRAVEL ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY WHICH IS ALWAYS HEAVILY CONGESTED DURING PEAK HOURS AND THE CAR JERKING FORWARD PUT ME AT RISK FOR AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE BRAKES SOMETIMES ACTED TOO SLOW BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES OR NOT. IT WASN'T UNTIL EARLIER LAST MONTH THAT I READ ABOUT THE INHERENT DESIGN FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY, MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION.

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO REMAIN OPEN. FORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED, BECAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OTHERWISE. *TR

2011 FORD FIESTA SE, 47500 MILES. USE BACK DOORS APPROXIMATELY ONCE A MONTH. I CLOSED THE BACK DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND IT JUST BOUNCED BACK AT ME. COULD NOT SHUT DOOR, WILL NOT LATCH, CAUSES INTERIOR LIGHTS TO STAY ON. TEMP FIX WAS TO CLOSE THE LATCH MANUALLY TO TURN OFF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS THEN BUNGEE THE DOOR AS CLOSE TO CLOSED AS I COULD - STILL HAS ABOUT A ONE INCH GAP FOR RAIN TO GET IN OR THIEVES - PLUS WHENEVER I TURNED RIGHT THE BACK DOOR WOULD OPEN. NO WAY TO BUNGEE IT TIGHTER. TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER WHO ACTED SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE LATCH/LOCK. COST: $420 TO REPAIR ONE DOOR. UPON RETURNING HOME SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE FIESTA'S DOORS AND IN NO WAY SHOULD MY DEALER OF BEEN SURPRISED. CALLED DEALERSHIP BACK, NO COMPASSION - SAID IF THE LOCKS EVER GET RECALLED THEN FORD WOULD REFUND MY MONEY. I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR AND IT WILL NOT BE A FORD. WILL KEEP MY RECEIPT SHOULD THE LOCKS MAKE THE RECALL LIST. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BUT I GUESS UNTIL SOMEONE IS HURT OR WORSE IT WILL NOT BE RECALLED. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR LATCH WONT CLOSE. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. LATCH WON'T ENGAGE. *TR

WHEN STOPPED AND TAKE OFF AGAIN, THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE. IT JERKS, JUMPS AND DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE. IT ALSO DOES THIS WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. IT ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO QUIT BUT JUST KEEPS ON JERKING AND JUMPING. THIS IS VERY ANNOYING AND AM TOLD THERE IS NO FIX. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WAY TOO LONG. I HAVE HAD IT AT JIM O'NEIL FORD AND BILL COLLINS FORD,AND NEITHER FIXED IT. THEN I STARTED TAKING IT TO OXMOOR FORD. THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD AT TRYING TO FIND AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ADJUSTED SOMETHING, WORKED ON SOMETHING ELSE BUT BEING A LADY HAVE NO IDEA EVEN IF THEY TOLD ME WOULD NOT KNOW. THIS LAST TIME IT WAS IN THERE THEY ORDERED A NEW CLUTCH AND IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 WEEKS AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT YET. SURE HOPE THIS FIXES THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO EITHER GET KILLED OR HURT SERIOUSLY DUE TO THIS CAR NOT MOVING LIKE A NORMAL CAR AND JUST JERKING ALONG. I HAVE SENT TWO NOTICES TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY VIA THEIR WEB SITE AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM. THIS REALLY DISAPPOINTS ME BECAUSE I WORKED THERE FOR 37 YEARS IN LOUISVILLE. THE ABOVE BOX ASKING FOR THE SPEED, IT OCCURS WHEN TAKING OFF OR DRIVING 55 MPH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN IN BACK SEAT OF VEHICLE AND BOTH REAR DOORS FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING. UPON PULLING OVER TO SECURE REAR DOORS, I OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH IS LOCKED AND WILL NOT CLOSE AND THE LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH IS OPEN AND WILL NOT SECURE UPON CLOSING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. AFTER STOPPING, I FOUND THE LATCH ON THE DOOR DID NOT WORK. *TR

UNDER WARRANTY AND WITH VERY FEW MILES ON THE CAR, THE DEALERSHIP FIXED MY FORD FIESTA AFTER I REPORTED THE CAR STALLING. THIS PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR. I COULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WAITING TO TURN LEFT, IDLING IN TRAFFIC, STOPPED AT A LIGHT...CAR MIGHT STALL. I DREADED BEING ON A BUSY SOCIAL HIGHWAY STUCK IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR MIGHT STALL AND OFTEN IT DID. I WAS TOLD IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH OXYGEN OR LACK THEREOF. FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS. MY CAR STARTED STALLING AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT ALSO SEEMED TO HESITATE, JERK, OR NOT RESPOND WHEN I ACCELERATED.THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. (SIDE NOTE: DURING THE LAST YEAR THE AC STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AND WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. A MECHANIC QUOTED $1000 FOR A NEW CONDENSER & COMPRESSOR). WELL, WITH THESE LAST TWO PROBLEMS I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD THROTTLE BODY SENSOR ($880 REPAIR). I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND HEARD FROM OTHERS THAT THIS IS ALL TOO COMMON WITH FORD FIESTA'S AND OTHER FORD MODELS. I HAVE CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO REPORT THIS AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. THEY OPENED A CASE NUMBER AND DIRECTED ME TO ASK THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I TOOK IT FOR REPAIRS IF THEY WOULD HELP OUT. THEY DID NOT HELP WITH THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIR. I LEARNED JUST YESTERDAY THAT A FAMILY MEMBER WITH THE SAME CAR WITH LOW MILES - 2011 FORD FIESTA - IS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE HE MAY BE FACED WITH THE SAME, EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. I HOPE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DAILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I GOT IN MY CAR, SHUT THE DOOR AND DID MY NORMAL START UP ROUTINE. I WAS FOLLOWING MY WIFE HOME AND SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE I LEANED OVER TO THE LEFT LIKE I ALWAYS DO TO PUT MY ELBOW ON THE WINDOW SILL WHEN THE DOOR CAME OPEN. I LOST BALANCE TO THE LEFT AND SLIGHTLY SWERVED AND HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP. THE DOOR FLUNG OPEN FROM MOMENTUM AND BOUNCED BACK AT ME WHEN THE CAR STOPPED. IT HIT MY LEFT SIDE BUT NO MAJOR DAMAGE. MY WIFE STOPPED UP AHEAD AND CAME BACK AND WE WERE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE DOOR POPPED OPEN AND COULD NOT GET IT TO LATCH. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE FIRST SERVICE ADVISER, NOT MY REGULAR SERVICE ADVISER, TOLD ME TO KEEP MY RECEIPT AND WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME AND THAT IT SHOULD ONLY BE A FEW WEEKS. AS I WAS LEAVING MY REGULAR SERVICE ADVISER SAW ME AND ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON. I TOLD HER THE SITUATION AND SHE SAID THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN CHARGED IT AS THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN DEALING WITH THE ISSUE FOR OTHER CUSTOMERS. SHE TRIED TO STOP THE BILLING FROM GOING THROUGH BUT THEY HAD ALREADY PROCESSED IT. SHE SAID NOT TO WORRY AND IT WOULD ONLY BE A FEW WEEKS AT MAX... THIS WAS OVER SIX WEEKS AGO. THIS ISSUE MAY BE UNDER REPORTED BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

I WAS UNLOADING STUFF FROM MY CAR AND SHUT THE DOOR WHEN IT RE OPENED , THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE ANOTHER DOOR DID THE SAME THING ! I CURRENTLY HAVE TWO NON WORKING DOORS ON MY VEHICLE AND BOTH DOORS BROKE WITHIN A MONTH. *TR

MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS OPENED WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR AND WAS THEN CLOSED BUT IT DID NOT LATCH. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THIS HAS CAUSE MY BATTERY TO GO BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, I CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP ZECK FORD IN LEAVENWORTH KANSAS AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND IF IT IS RECALLED THEN I WOULD BE ISSUED A REFUND OR I COULD JUST WAIT IT OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED. FOR THE MEAN TIME, I HAVE MY REAR DOORS SECURED WITH A RATCHET STRAP INBETWEEN THE HANDLES DUE TO THE HUGE COST OF REPAIRING THE DOOR LATCHES, MY DOOR AJAR LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON AND MY CAR BATTERY IS BEING DRAINED DOWN EVERYNIGHT PUTTING EXTRA WEAR ON A BRAND NEW BATTERY. IF I LET IT SIT FOR MORE THAN ONE NIGHT THEN IT HAS TO BE JUMP STARTED. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR NOT ADDRESSING THIS ASAP. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM AND I AM UNABLE TO HAVE ANY PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS AND I FEAR THAT ONE OR BOTH OF THE FRONT DOORS COULD FAIL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF, OR MY PASSENGER OR CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE UN DRIVABLE IF ONE OF THE FRONT DOORS FAILS. *TR

I PLACED MY GRANDSON HIS CAR SEAT ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. WE TRIED AND TRIED TO GET IT CLOSED AS WE WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY AND NEEDED TO GET HOME. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. WE HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE COME BRING US A STRAP TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED IN ORDER TO GET HOME THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE FORD FIESTA AND THAT THE PART WAS NATIONALLY BACK-ORDERED. I DROVE MY CAR HOME WITH THE DOOR STRAPPED CLOSED AND HAD IT LOOKED AT IN MY HOMETOWN. THE PART WAS STILL NATIONALLY BACK-ORDERED. I AM STILL WAITING ON MY CAR TO BE FIXED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

CLICKING AND NOISE FROM AREA OF WHEELS AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES, THE FIRESTONE SHOP IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA HAS FIXED MANY ISSUES, DRIVE TIME AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE ALWAYS SAID IT IS NORMAL, WHEN ON SLIGHT HILLS ENGINE ACTS LIKE ITS IN NEUTRAL,..I AM A DISABLED VETERAN AND PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TO GO TO AND FROM THE VETERANS HOSPITAL , BUT TO MANY NOISES COME FROM THE ENGINE AREA, THE STEERING COLUMN AREA, AND WHEEL AREA..., IT FEELS LIKE EMISSIONS PROBLEMS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!..., ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OFTEN AFTER OIL CHANGES. *TR

A MONTH AND A HALF AGO THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR REFUSED TO CLOSE. TODAY THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. *TR

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE. . AS I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AWAY THE BACK REAR PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG OPEN. THE DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED AT ALL AND THE ENTIRE LATCH SYSTEM ON THAT DOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE OVERDRIVE AND GRADE ASSIST WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEED DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND SUDDENLY FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKEN, DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A COUNTY PARK AFTER DARK, AND WAS TRYING TO GAUGE THE DISTANCE OF AN INCOMING CAR, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT I HAD TIME TO PULL OUT. IN ORDER TO SEE BETTER, I LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT INSTEAD OF SLOWLY INCHING FORWARD A FEW INCHES OR A FOOT, MY CAR LEAPT OUT INTO THE PATH OF THE ONCOMING CAR AND THEN STOPPED. I TRIED TO THROW THE CAR IN REVERSE, BUT THERE WASN'T TIME TO REACT. THE OTHER DRIVER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND SWERVE TO AVOID ME, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID HITTING MY DOOR. ME, MY THREE CHILDREN, AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE CHILDREN WERE NOT ADMITTED, AS THEY ONLY HAD A FEW BRUISES, BUT THE OTHER DRIVER AND I WERE BOTH ADMITTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED THAT SAME NIGHT. I RECEIVED A CITATION FOR FAILING TO YIELD, WHICH I PLAN ON CONTESTING. MY CAR HAS LEAPT OUT INTO A CROSS-STREET LIKE THAT AFTER STOPPING FOR STOP SIGNS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT ALWAYS TO A LESSER EXTENT, AND NEVER ON A BUSY STREET. IT ALWAYS TAKES SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THIS OCCURS FOR THE ACCELERATOR TO FUNCTION AGAIN, WHICH IS WHY I TRIED TO THROW MY CAR IN REVERSE INSTEAD OF DRIVING FORWARD. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING PROFUSELY UPON EXCELLERATING AFTER STOPS. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM FORD DATED AUGUST 2014, STATING THAT THEY WERE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON MY CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT SEALS, AND TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE CALIBRATION TO 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES, BECAUSE OF THESE TYPES OF PRO

I TRIED TO CLOSE THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR, BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. I COULD NOT SEE A PROBLEM AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR SEVERAL MORE TIMES UNSUCCESSFULLY. I HAD TO USE THE SEAT BELT TO TIE THE DOOR CLOSED SO THAT I COULD DRIVE HOME. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS 215 MILES AWAY. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE REAR SEAT DOME LIGHT STAYED ON THE ENTIRE TRIP. ONCE HOME, I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING DRAINED. I WILL BE CALLING MY LOCAL FORD DEALER FROM WHICH I BOUGHT THE CAR 4 YEARS AGO TOMORROW MORNING. *TR

THE RIGHT REAR DOOR ON OUR 2011 FORD FIESTA WILL NOT LATCH. THE LATCHING MECHANISM HAS FAILED AND WILL NOT ENGAGE. I AM USING BUNGIE CORDS TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED UNTIL I CAN REPLACE THE LATCH. WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY ACTED AS IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT COMMON. *TR

IN JULY THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND THE DOOR WOULDN'T STAY CLOSED. IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER THE REAR DRIVER DOOR DID THE SAME THING. TODAY 10/29/14 THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH IS NOW FAULTY AS WELL. EACH TIME IT HAPPEN, THE VEHICLE STOPPED, THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THEN IT WOULDN'T SHUT. 3 DIFFERENT DOORS IN ALMOST 3 MONTHS. DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH 2011 FORD FIESTAS AS THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS ACCORDING TO NEWS ARTICLES I READ. *TR

MY HUSBAND WENT TO PLACE MY SON'S TODDLER SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN HE DID HE LATER TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. WE TRIED CLOSING IT SEVERAL TIMES AND NOT SUCCESSFUL. THIS HAPPENED TO THE RIGHT REAR DOOR. MY HUSBAND THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY $500 TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T LEAVE IT BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF SINCE TO ME IT SEEMS TO BE A CAR DEFECT AND NOT ANYTHING WE DID TO IT. SO WE SAW THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WANT TO UNITE WITH OTHER OWNERS TO GET THIS RESOLVED WITH A RECALL. *TR

WE QUESTIONED THE DEALER SALESPERSON ABOUT THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR THE NIGHT WE PURCHASED THE CAR. WE WERE TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT SHIFTED AUTOMATICALLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND OR THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN QUESTIONED MANY TIMES REGARDING THE ISSUE. MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS A NOTICE FOR A REPROGRAMMING OF THE TRANSMISSION, THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE DEALERS STILL INSIST THAT THE BEHAVIOR IS NORMAL. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS NOW CREATED MANY CLOSE CALL SITUATIONS FROM LUNGING WHEN GOING FORWARD AND REVERSE. THE SHIFTING IS VERY ERRATIC AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE FROM 0 TO 20 MPH OR SO. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESALE VALUE OF THIS VEHICLE SINCE I JUST RECENTLY STARTING DOING RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND IT'S A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC ON THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND THE DOORS COULD NOT BE CLOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DOORS WERE TIED TOGETHER WITH A ROPE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH REAR DOORS WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. UPDATED 12/01/14*LJ UPDATED 02/03/15

I WAS PARKED THAT DAY AND SAT MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT BUT AS I CLOSED THE PASSENGER DOOR, IT DID NOT LATCH SO I WAS FORCED TO TIE THE SEATBELT TO THE DOOR TO AVOID ACCIDENTALLY OPENING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. ALSO, WHEN PARKED AT HOME, I AM FORCED TO UNPLUG THE BATTERY OR IT WILL DISCHARGE. *TR

WHILE OUT SHOPPING ON THE NIGHT OF OCT. 8, 2014 WITH MY PREGNANT STEP DAUGHTER WE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE TO FIND THAT THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO LATCH PROPERLY. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE DOOR MOSTLY CLOSED WITH THE SEAT BELT, BUT EVERY TIME I MADE A LEFT TURN THE INTERIOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND DOOR AJAR WARNING MESSAGE WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. I AM ONLY ABLE TO USE THE CAR WITH THE REAR DOORS STRAPPED TO EACH OTHER. *TR

NO ISSUES WITH DOOR UPON FIRST ENTERING PASSENGER SIDE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BUT DOOR WOULDN'T LATCH SHUT. DOOR BOUNCED BACK AND I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM FULLY CLOSING BUT NOTHING WAS OBSTRUCTING THE DOOR. HAD TO PHYSICALLY HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED WHILE WE DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE AND TOLD US IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS TO GET IT IN WITH A CHARGE OF OVER $300. VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS. DROVE THE CAR HOME WITH MY DAUGHTER HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT. LUCKILY THE CAR DOOR DIDN'T SRPING OPEN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. DOOR MALFUNCTIONED LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AFTER WE LEFT THE HOUSE. *TR

ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS BOTH REAR DOOR LATCHES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THIS OCCURRED AFTER OPENING THE REAR DOOR AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE DOORS FAILED TO LATCH. THE DOORS ARE CURRENTLY HELD SHUT WITH CARGO STRAPS AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DOORS TO LATCH. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE CAR WAS IN PARK. AT THIS TIME I AM UNABLE TO USE THE REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

DRIVING AT ABOUT 20 MPH IN A PARKING LOT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LEFT REAR DOOR OPENED AND COULD NOT BE SHUT AGAIN DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING OF THE LOCKING SYSTEM. ( DOOR LATCH). *TR

THE REAR LEFT PASSENGER DOOR WON'T LATCH. DOOR FLIES OPEN. *TR

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH WILL NOT HOLD DOOR SHUT. THE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH WHEN A PASSENGER USED THE DOOR FOR NORMAL ENTRY AND TRIED TO CLOSE IT. NO INITIATING EVENT OR DAMAGE PRECEDED THIS FAILURE. *TR

THE REAR PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. FORTUNATELY, I NOTICED IT BEFORE I PULLED AWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 FORD FIESTA GOING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND THE RIGHT REAR DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHEN I HIT A CURVE IN THE ROAD. I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND REALIZED THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE (LATCH). MY SON WAS WITH ME IN THE FRONT SEAT AND HE HAD TO SIT IN THE BACK AND HOLD THE DOOR UNTIL WE COULD DRIVE HOME ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY. THANK GOD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND LUCKILY I HAD BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CAR. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? LOOKS LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THIS CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE - DRIVER REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACE DUE TO MALFUNCTION DOOR OPEN AND WILL NOT SHUT ON APRIL 3, 2014 I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON MAY 15, 2014 LAST WEEK ON OCTOBER 10TH MY 16YRS OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND ENTERING TO THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT THE DOOR OPEN WITHOUT ANY REASON - CONTACTED FORD AND AFTER FIGHTING AS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IS ONLY 34000 MILES IS NOT LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THEY WILL BE FIXING MY CONCERN IS THIS IS THE 2ND TIME SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO THIS VEHICLE AND COULD HAD END UP ON A FATALITY . IS FORD INSPECTING THE REPLACEMENT PARTS OR JUST MENDING THE ISSUE , PER ONLINE LOOKUP HAS BEING AT LEAST 76 COMPLAINS AND THERE HAS NOT BEING A RECALL YET . *TR

LATCH ON BACK DOOR OF DRIVER'S SIDE UNLOCKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. STOPPED VEHICLE AND DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. TIED BROKEN DOOR ACROSS TO DOOR AT BACK OF PASSENGER'S SIDE. STARTED VEHICLE. LATCH ON BACK DOOR OF PASSENGER'S SIDE UNLOCKED WHILE IN MOTION. SECOND DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. BROUGHT CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPORTED THAT DOOR PARTS WERE "DEFECTIVE" AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO PURCHASE NEW DOOR LATCHES AND GET THEM INSTALLED FOR $1,000. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY I HAD NO PASSENGERS!!!!! DOORS UNLATCHED WHILE IN MOTION! *TR

DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY SAFETY ISSUE, DOOR LATCH FAILS AND DOOR STAYS OPEN: I WENT TO CLOSE RIGHT REAR DOOR OF FIESTA. NO PROBLEM WARNING UNTIL THAT MOMENT. IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WENT BAD. TOOK TO VISALIA FORD IN VISALIA, CA, APPOINTMENT THAT AFTERNOON. SERVICE WRITERS SAID THAT WAS THE 4-5TH FIESTA/ FOCUS WITH THIS PROBLEM LATELY AND THAT THEY WERE WAITING 2-3 WEEKS ON BACK ORDER FOR THE SAME PARTS FOR THE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN VEHICLES.THIS SMALL TOWN DEALER WAS WAITING 2-3 WEEKS ON BACK ORDER TO FIX THIS IN 4-5 OTHER FIESTA/FOCUS. I HAD TO ORDER AND PAY FOR PARTS SO THEY WOULD BE ORDERED. UPON MY GOING HOME, AFTER CINCHING UP THE DOOR AGAIN, I CALLED THE NUMBER FOR FORD WEST REPRESENTATIVE. I HAD "DIRECT #" ([XXX]) FROM PREVIOUS INCIDENT NOT RELATED TO THIS DOOR. THE PHONE WAS ANSWERED BY A DIFFERENT PERSON, WHO SAID SHE WAS IN THAT POSITION NOW AND THAT I WAS IN ERROR CALLING HER INSTEAD OF FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. HER INFO: "[XXX] (866) 631-3788 [XXX]. I THEN TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION ABOUT THE 4-5 FIESTA/FOCUS WAITING AT THIS SMALL DEALERSHIP AND THIS COULD NOT BE HAPPENING JUST IN VISALIA, CA. I ASKED ABOUT SAFETY RECALLS BY FORD; SHE BLEW ME OFF SAYING I WAS WRONG. I TOLD HER TO CALL VISALIA FORD I GAVE HER THEIR #. HER CONCESSION WAS THAT SHE WOULD TRY TO EXPEDITE THE PARTS TO VISALIA FORD, AND CALL ME A WEEK LATER, ON THE NEXT TUESDAY (9/30/14), TO CHECK ON PROGRESS. SHE NEVER CALLED AGAIN. I RECEIVED CALL THAT PARTS WERE IN ON 9/26/14, HAD THE REPAIR

THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR LATCH FAILED. A LOCAL CAR REPAIR SHOP INSTALLED A RATCHET BELT IN THE BACKSEAT TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT AND ADVISED ME TO GO TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SENT ME ON MY WAY SAYING THAT THE PART WAS "ON BACK ORDER" AND I'D HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH, WITHOUT ANY HELP. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO TOLD ME THAT I'D HAVE TO PAY $400 FOR THE REPAIR OR DEAL WITH IT. FOR A CAR RIGHT OUT OF WARRANTY BY MONTHS AND NOT MANY MILES, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR