2012 Ford Fiesta complaints

THE LOW BEAMS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. I NOW CANNOT DRIVE AFTER DARK AND IF I HAVE AN EMERGENCY WITH ONE OF MY THREE KIDS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM ANYWHERE. HIGH BEAM AND PARKING LIGHTS WORK. REPLACED HEADLIGHT BULBS AND STILL WON'T WORK. THERE WAS A RECALL IN CANADA BUT NOT THE USA. IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE FUSE BOX REPLACED. RADIO HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING/RATTLING NOISE THEN STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR.

THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THEY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIANS AND ONCOMING VEHICLES. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. IT HAPPENS IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES. IT OCCURS BOTH DURING CITY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SHORT BETWEEN THE HEADLIGHT, THE VEHICLE FUSE BOX AND THE HEADLIGHT ON AND OFF SWITCH. THE HIGH BEAM SYSTEM IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. LIGHTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND FUSES HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

TCM TRANSMISSION MODULE RECALLED MY FORD STORE IN FORT WALTON BEACH SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE TCM UNDER RECALL I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE WILDLY, APPEARING TO BE IN NEUTRAL. CAR WILL THEN POP INTO GEAR. TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS A TRANSMISSION MODULE. THEY FIXED IT AND LESS THAN A MONTH LATER SAME THING HAPPENS. TOOK IT BACK, IT WAS SAME TRANSMISSION MODULE. SERVICE TECH AT FORD SAID TO GET RID OF IT AS IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN

MY VEHICLE WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS STATIONARY WITH MY FOOT FULLY COMPRESSING THE BRAKE. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE MY ENGINE AREA STARTED MAKING A STRANGE NOISE AND I LURCHED FORWARD SEVERAL FEET ALMOST COLLIDING WITH A VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION. THIS WAS ON A COUNTRY ROAD IN AN INTERSECTION. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE RECENT TRANSMISSION ISSUES FORD HAS ADMITTED TO.

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2012 FORD FIESTA AND I REALIZED AFTER BUYING IT THAT THE ODOMETER ISN'T WORKING AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I START THE CAR, THE 1RT GEAR WON'T GO INTO SHIFT SO THE CAR STUTTERS AND SHAKES. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER BUT THEY INSISTED THAT THE CAR DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONSUMER CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST FORD DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS BUILT INTO THESE MAKE AND MODEL. I HAVE CONTACTED A LAWYER AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM HIM. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THANK YOU. P.S: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PHOTOS OR DOCUMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO UPLOAD DO PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH MORE INFORMATION WITH THIS REGARD.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED AND FREQUENT PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE: SHUTS OFF FOR NO REASON DAILY, OFTEN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR JUST AFTER I BEGIN ACCELERATING; THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY (HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AT 97,000 MILES AT GREAT EXPENSE) AND SIMPLY STOPS WORKING AT UNEXPECTED TIMES (E.G. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AND WON'T MOVE, SHUDDERS, ETC. I HAVE TO TURN MY FIESTA OFF AND RESTART TO GET IT TO MOVE).. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE IT. I READ THAT FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THESE ISSUES FROM DATE OF MANUFACTURE, AND HAS NOT PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ENGINEERS OF THE FIESTA ARE NOW GOING PUBLIC. WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE? WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED, OR WORSE, TO GET REDRESS FOR WHAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS AWARE OF, AND COVERED UP, EVEN WHILE THESE VEHICLES WERE BEING MANUFACTURED? THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE, NOT A SINGLE OR EVEN A 20 TIME OCCURANCE.

STATIONARY VEHICLE: UNSEALED ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUSE BOX LED TO CORROSION OF THE HEADLAMP RELAY TERMINALS. RESULT WAS INTERMITTENT HEADLAMP FUNCTION EVENTUALLY FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE HEADLAMP FAILURE.

I JUST BOUGHT A 2012 FORD FIESTA FROM A DEALERSHIP BACK IN AUGUST. I SEARCHED THE WEBSITE, ONCE THE ISSUE CAME TO SURFACE, AND IT IS PART OF A RECALL. THE RECALL IS THE EXACT ISSUE THAT STARTED ON MY CAR LAST NIGHT. THE DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE AT ALL/THE LATCH DOESN'T WORK. I HAVE BEEN PAYING MONTHY PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND NOW I NEED SOME INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET MY CAR FIXED.

DRIVING ON A TWO WAY ROAD, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT. I COULD NOT SEE. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WORKED. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN ANOTHER CAR WAS COMING TOWARDS ME AND I HAVE SWITCH TO THE LOW BEAMS. I REACHED MY DESTINATION BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST.

2012 FORD FIESTA - LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THEY WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WHEN THEY ARE WORKING THEY CAN SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. A LITTLE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE LOW BEAM RELAY FOR THE HEADLAMP HAS SOME CORROSION BUILT UP ON IT AND IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. HAVEN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR IT. THIS IS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS ON A CITY STREET AND ON THE HIGHWAY. THE LOSE OF HEADLAMPS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT SEEMS SEEMS TO BE RATHER DANGEROUS. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS A BULB THAT WENT OUT BUT CORROSION ON THE TERMINALS OF THE RELAY MIGHT NOT BE REPAIRABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE COST.

DUE TO MOISTURE AND DEBRIS GETTING INTO THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, THE RELAY FOR THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAS CORRODED AND ONE OF THE PINS IS CORRODED INTO THE FUSE BOX. THIS HAS LEFT ME WITHOUT THE USE OF MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD US AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE REPAIR FOR THIS ISSUE WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1500 FROM THE DEALER FOR PARTS AND LABOR WITHOUT ANY SOLUTION TO THE SEALING OF THE FUSE BOX. WHEN I CALLED FORD US CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH A SUPERVISOR REGARDING THE ISSUE, THEY HUNG UP ON MY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH 2011-2013 FORD FIESTAS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE HEADLIGHTS JUST QUIET WORKING. THIS FUSE BOX ALSO CONTROLS VARIOUS OTHER CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE AND IS TIED INTO THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS. THE CORROSION ISSUES CAN ALSO AFFECT THOSE SYSTEMS AS WELL.

FORD FIESTA 2012 HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, FIRST THE CAR JERKS AROUND AND MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISES. THEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD. STALLING AND JERKING AROUND IS NOT WHAT A CAR SHOULD DO. PLUS BOTH BACKSEAT LATCHES BOTH BROKE AND THE DOORS WERE UNABLE TO CLOSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WINNER FORD (250 HADDONFIELD-BERLIN RD, CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034, (856) 428-4000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *AS

THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED A LOT, FELT UNSAFE

HASN'T BEEN RIGHT SINCE DAY ONE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS ENGINE, BUT CLEARLY IT'S BEEN THE TRANSMISSION ALL ALONG.

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR. NEXT DAY THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. JERKING, BUCKING LIKE A WILD BRONCO, SMELLED HOT. TOOK IT IN TO FORD AND DISCOVERED I NEED TO REPLACE CLUTCH. IT WILL BE THE 3RD CLUTCH ON A CAR WITH 79,000 MILES.

BAD TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. LOUD SHUDDERING NOISES ALL THE TIME, JERKING SHIFTS WHEN STARTING FROM STOP AND THE CAR GOES TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING IN A HIGHWAY. NOT ONLY ANNOYING BUT FEELS UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE.

IN 2017 MY BACK DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE WOULD NOT SHUT, I DROVE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LATCHES ON FORD FIESTA 2012 WERE RECALLED AND THAT ALL THE LATCHES HAD TO BE REPLACED. LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKE AGAIN AND I TO IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BEEN FIXED BEFORE UNDER RECALL AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID OUT OF POCKET, I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS EVER FIXED, AND I WAS TOLD THAT PART WAS ORDERED IN 2017. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT TAKE MY CAR UNTIL I FOR THE ANALYSIS RAN ON IT, WHICH WE ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE FOR FREE, I WAS TOLD IT SHOWED THAT MY LOCK HAD TO BE CHANGED ALSO, BUT WHEN I WAS CALLED TO AND TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS READY AND A DIFFERENT PRICE WAS QUOTED IT WAS DIFFERENT, WHEN ASKED WHY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ONLY THE LATCH THAT WAS BROKEN. I TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE NEVER CALLED ME BACK OUT OF THE FOR TIMES THAT CALLED, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT A SALES REP HAD THE AUDACITY TO CALL ME TO "SEE IF THEY COULD GET ME IN ANOTHER VEHICLE"! I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS AND IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE, ONCE FOR A PROBLEM WITH MY DOOR THAT WAS RECALLED AND FOR LATCH WAS REPLACED AFTER A RECALLED LATCH WAS REPLACED. I TRIED TO REPORT THIS TO FORD HEADQUARTERS AND WAS TOLD TO KEEP MY RECEIPT FOR MY MY JUST IN CASE

EXCESSIVE SHUTTER AT ACCELERATION, UP SHIFT AND WHEN MAKING TURNS; TRANSMISSION PULLS WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEARS

EXCESSIVE SHUTTERING AT ACCELERATION, ON UP SHIFTS, AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. SHUTTERS ON TAKE OFF AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEARS. FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL

TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER THIS CAR IS OWNED BY MY 83 YEAR OLD FATHER. I AM HIS POA. FOR A WHILE HE NOTICED THAT WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE GAS THE CAR WOULD HESITATE. IT GOT REALLY BAD LAST WEEK. WE HAD IT TOWED TO HOFFMAN FORD. THEY TOLD US ABOUT THE RECALL AND I READ MANY ARTICLES ABOUT IT ONLINE AS WELL AS THE LAWSUIT. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THIS RECALL HOWEVER BECAUSE HE WAS AT 106,000 MILES IT WAS NOT COVERED AND IT WOULD COST $2500 TO FIX IT. THE CAR IS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH. IF FORD KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM THAN THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY FORD AT NO COST NO MATTER THE MILEAGE. HE IS NOW WORRIED ABOUT HIS SAFETY AND SO AM I. I CONTACTED FORD CORPORATE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT HE CAN FIX IT AND SAVE THE RECEIPT. IF THE RECALL CHANGES THEN HE COULD GET REIMBURSED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. ALSO THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $160 TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC AND DID NOT FIX ANYTHING!

I WAS DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING A TURN. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERED AND STOPPED MOVING. LIKE I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I NEARLY GOT HIT. I STOPPED THE CAR RESTARTED IT AND DROVE AWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,750. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TERRIBLE SHUTTERING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, I HAD TO BRING IT TO THE LOCAL FORD AFTER I CHANGED THE BATTERY, IT WOULDN'T SHIFT THOUGHT THE GEARS. SO THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND THE SOLENOID'S, 4 MONTHS LATER MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AND THE CAR LOOSES ALL POWER (STEERING, BRAKING, E.C.T) I TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER IT TAKES THEM 32 DAYS TO GET BACK TO ME TO TELL ME ITS GOING TO NEED A NEW TRANSMISSON WITCH COST $4,800 TO FIX A $7,500 CAR AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT THAT. KNOWING THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES. CAR JUST REJECTS FUEL AND FUEL PUMPS RANDOMLY.

THE CAR IS A 2012 FORD FIESTA THAT I PURCHASED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR -2019. THE CAR ACCELERATES UNEXPECTANTLY WHEN YOU START IT OR AFTER A STOP. WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY JERK (OFTEN VIOLENTLY WHICH CAUSES MY ENTIRE BODY TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACK). THE CAR SHUDDERS AND KICKS WHEN DRIVEN. THE CAR SHAKES AND MAKES LOUD NOISE WHILE IDLING. THE CAR ROLLS BACKWARD WHILE AT A STOP AND AFTER RELEASE OF THE BRAKES. THESE PROBLEMS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR AND FEAR THAT IT POSES A DANGER TO MYSELF, OTHER DRIVERS, AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY YEARS AND HAD A NUMBER OF CARS. THIS IS FIRST TIME I FEEL COMPELLED TO VOICE A CONCERN ABOUT A VEHICLE. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THESE CARS CAN BE SOLD WITHOUT ANY WARNING OF THE PROBLEMS TO BUYERS AND THAT SUCH CARS ARE EVEN ON THE ROADS.

I SAVED FOR THREE YEARS TO PURCHASE A CAR. AND TRUSTED THE FORD NAME. MY 2012 FIESTA, WITH 60,000 MILES, IS SHUTTERING AND MISSING WHEN I STOP AND GO. IT TAKES AWHILE TO GET GOING AND JUMPS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HEARING ABOUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY TELLING THEIR DEALERSHIPS TO FIX THE ISSUE. AFTER I GOT TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $120 FOR THEM TO EVEN DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. AND THAT FORD MAY COVER ANYWHERE FROM NOTHING TO EVERYTHING. IT COULD BE 1/3, 2/3 OF THE COST. THEY WOULD DECIDE. I HAVEN'T HAD MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS. IT'S JUST SITTING AT THE SHOP WAITING ON FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO 'DECIDE HOW MUCH THEY WILL COVER, IF ANY'. I AM INFURIATED!

THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY AT TIMES CAUSING IT TO NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED. THIS SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH POWER AVAILABLE TO ACCELERATE AND OTHER TIMES IT SHUDDERS AND SHAKES UNTIL IT SHIFTS FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND. WE SUBMITTED THE CAR FOR THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER REPROGRAMMING TSB WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE. IT SEEMED TO IMPROVE ITS OPERATION. OUR SON DRIVES THIS CAR TO COMMUTE TO COLLEGE AND IT WORRIES US TERRIBLY. I KNOW TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN CARS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND OURS IS NOT AS BAD, BUT STILL UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING IN DENSE TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000 CAREFULLY MAINTAINED MILES. AT 100,500 MILES THE TRANSMISSION GOT WORSE. FORD WAS CALLED AND THEY REFUSED TO CONSIDER REPAIRING IT UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED ON THIS TRANSMISSION (7 YEARS/100,000 MILES) BECAUSE IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE PERMITTED MILEAGE. FROM WHAT WE HAVE READ, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE 'REPAIR' IS WORTH DOING SINCE THE PROBLEMS QUICKLY RETURN. WE CAN'T SELL THE CAR IN THIS CONDITION WITHOUT TAKING A MAJOR LOSS. IT'S A BAD SITUATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BEECHMONT FORD (600 OHIO PIKE, CINCINNATI, OH 45245, (513) 752-6611) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND DUAL CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE DUAL CLUTCH WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS22261423. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET IN MY FRIEND'S 2012 FORD FIESTA I NOTICED A WEIRD SMELL, I KEPT GOING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE TIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION. MY FRIEND GETS IN THE CAR HE NOTICED THE SMELL . I LOOKED OUT THE WINDSHIELD AND I SEE A LIL SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, ALL THE SUDDEN ALOT OF SMOKE COMES OUT . I POP THE HOOD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND GET OUT OF THERE . MY FRIEND RUNS AND GRABS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS HIM AND ANOTHER MAN TRY TO OPEN THE HOOD IT WON'T OPEN YOU COULD SEE THE FLAMES COMING UNDERNEATH THE CAR THEN THERE IS A POP . THEY TAKE A SHOVEL BEAT ON IT ENOUGH TO OPEN IT ENOUGH WHERE THEY COULD PUT THE FIRE OUT. THANK GOD THEY WERE THERE,NO ONE GOT HURT. I AM ENCLOSING PICTURES OF MY CAR, MY FRIEND DIDN'T HAVE FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE SO HE'S WITHOUT A CAR RIGHT NOW . ALL THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 10 MIN.IT WAS VERY SCAREY, I'M GLAD I STOPPED AT MY FRIEND'S PLACE BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT OUT IN TIME.WE DIDN'T MAKE A POLICE REPORT NOR DID WE CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT .A PIECE OF THE CAR WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND AFTER THE FIRE.THE HOOD RELEASE BURNED . THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T GET THE HOOD OPEN . I AM SENDING PICTURES AFTER THE FIRE . THE CAR LIGHTS AND THE SECURITY SYSTEM STILL WORKS AND IT STARTED RIGHT AFTER, WE TURNED IT OFF RIGHT AWAY

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS ONE FROM LOCAL DEALER HE SAID ALL IS GOOD. BUT TRANSMISSION IS NOT GOOD AT ALL

POWER SHIFTING CLUTCH ISSUE. FORD SOLD ME A DEFECTIVE MOTOR UPON SALE. THEN THEY TRIED TO BUY MY CAR FOR 1K INSTEAD OF FIXING IT

VEHICLE HAS SURGED AT STOP SIGNS ON CITY STREETS AND AT TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY WILL SEEM TO LOSE POWER. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE NEVER RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY.

I HAVE OWNED THE CARE FOR 5 YEARS. AFTER THE FIRST 8 MONTHS, IT STARTED TO STUTTER WHEN PROCEEDING TO GO AFTER BEING STOPPED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. MOST OF THEM DID A RESET ON THE CODE. ONE SHOP SAID THAT HE WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BUT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY COVERED INTERNAL LUBRICATED PARTS AND I HAVE A DRY CLUTCH. I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED BY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RESETTING THE CODE AGAIN. 2 MONTHS AGO, THE CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY AND WOULD REV UP TO 4K RPM BEFORE SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING HAD TO PAY $4000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE PICKED UP 7/16/2019 FORD DEALER TOLD ME WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. CAR WAS MAKING NOISE AS RPMS WAS INCREASING.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I WAS A 24 YEAR OLD SINGLE FEMALE WHEN I WENT TO THE FOX FORD DEALERSHIP IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI IN EARLY 2012. WHEN I SAW THE FORD FIESTA IN THE SHOWROOM I THOUGHT IT WAS 'CUTE.' I TEST DROVE IT AND THOUGHT IT SOUNDED A LITTLE LOUD BUT DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS SO I IGNORED IT AND TOLD THE SALESMAN I WANTED TO START THE PURCHASE PROCESS. I ENDED UP LEASING THE CAR IN MARCH 2012. BY SEPTEMBER 2012, I MOVED TO ARIZONA AND TOOK A JOB WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. I STARTED NOTICING MY CAR JERKED A LOT AROUND 20,000 MILES (EARLY 2013). WHENEVER I WENT IN FOR MY OIL CHANGE AT EARNHARDT FORD IN CHANDLER, AZ I MENTIONED THE SHUDDERING AND JERKING OF THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS JUST A 'CHARACTERISTIC' OF THE CAR AND IT COULDN'T BE FIXED. I MENTIONED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WHEN THE TECHNICIAN WOULD LOOK AT THE CAR, IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY. THE CAR STARTED TO GET WORSE AND BEING A CHILDREN'S CASE MANAGER MEANT THAT I HAD TO DRIVE CHILDREN AROUND FREQUENTLY FOR MY JOB. I STARTED TO FEAR THAT I WOULD GET IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN TURNING SINCE THAT IS WHEN MY CAR WOULD SHUDDER AND STOP WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A TURN FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO START DOCUMENTING THE ISSUES IN CASE ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN.

IN EARLY 2013, I TOOK MY CAR TO MY DEALER BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION CONCERNS, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL FOR MY TRANSMISSION. DECEMBER 2013, MY CAR WOULD BALK, DID NOT WANT TO PROCEED WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. TOOK IT BACK TO MY DEALER. THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION. THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART. I EXPLAINED I WAS GETTING READY TO GO OUT OF TOWN. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED, IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE MY CAR. I ENDED UP LEAVING MY CAR THERE & RENTED A CAR FOR 2 WEEKS. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, SAME THING. THEY REPLACED THE PART. AFTER THAT VISIT, THERE WAS A TERRIBLE RACKET COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, HAD TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED AGAIN. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS WIND NOISE FROM COMING FROM A HEAT SHIELD. I MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE, MY CAR COULD HARDLY GO UP A HILL. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER. I NEEDED THAT PART REPLACED AGAIN & NEEDED BEARINGS & OTHER PARTS REPLACED IN MY TRANSMISSION. THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE & THEY FOUND ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL PARTS OF MY TRANSMISSION. THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION.

THE TRANSMISSIONS DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY, THE CAR SHUTTERS AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE CORRECTLY.

AFTER TUNE UP, AIR MASS SENSOR, CAMSHAFT SENSOR,AND CRANK SHAFT SENSOR, OIL CHANGE , CAR ENGINE BLIGHT REMAINS ON, AND WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS TURNED ON CAR LOSES POWER TO THE POINT IT STALL AND BREAKS LOCK AND WILL ROLL OUT OF CONTROL

TRANSMISSION BALKS ON ACCELERATION. WHEN ENTERING EXPRESSWAY ON RAMPS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CAUSES TROUBLE MERGING WITH THE UP TO SPEED TRAFFIC. FROM A STOP IT OFTEN OPERATES FLAWLESSLY BUT SOMETIMES WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT SURGES FORWARD AND BACKWARD. THIS UNPREDICTABILITY IS DANGEROUS. I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER DRIVE THIS CAR. IT IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO. SLOW TO START FROM A COMPLETE STOP; HARD TO ACCELERATE FOR PASSING; LATE TO STOP BECAUSE DOWNSHIFTING IS LATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUDDERED, HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, JERKED, AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WAXAHACHIE FORD(2401 NORTH INTERSTATE 35, WAXAHACHIE, TX). THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRAIN SOFTWARE AND THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE SAME FAILURES MORE THAN TEN TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE VEHICLE HAS A TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AND DOES NOT SHIFT GEAR PROPERLY AS IT ACCELERATES. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE SUBJECT TO UNEXPECTED CONDITIONS OF LACK OF RESPONSE WHICH MAY CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES.

MY 2012 FORD FIESTA'S TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHUTTERING, SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, AND STALLING ON HILLS OR IN INTERSECTIONS ON BUSY HIGHWAYS OR CITY STREETS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND I GET THE SAME RESPONSE, (THERE IS NOTHING WRONG SIR) IS WHAT THEY TELL ME. I LOVE THE CAR, LOVE THE FUEL ECONOMY, BUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT IT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT BREAKING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY TRAFFIC AND LEAVING ME STRANDED, WITH NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO WORK. I FEEL LIKE IF FORD WOULD DO A RECALL TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS, THEN THERE WOULD BE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ON THE WAY THAT CAR MAKES ME FEEL WHILE DRIVING.

FIESTA DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. SHUDDERS AT STOP LIGHTS AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC AND CAR MAY OR MAY NOT GO. HAVE HAD AT SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS. FORD HAS PROVIDED SOFTWARE UPDATES AND REPLACE CLUTCH SEVERAL TIMES. LAST OIL CHANGE, I ASKED FOR SOFTWARE UPDATE BECAUSE IT STILL SHUDDERS AND HESITATES. TOLD OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WOULD COST ME 150 TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY. CANT AFFORD THIS. LOST WORK DUE TO SERVICE REPAIRS. NOT SAFE TO DEPEND ON.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, LAGS, DOES NOT SHIFT AT TIMES, WILL STAY IN A GEAR TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH. ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED IT. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR REPAIR.

WE BOUGHT OUR 2012 FORD FIESTA ABOUT A 2 YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 MECHANICS AND THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND LURCHES FORWARD AT RANDOM. THE CAR HAS MAJOR ISSUES ACCELERATING AND HAS ALMOST GOTTEN US IN MANY ACCIDENTS. THE CAR SEEMS LIKE IT GETS STUCK IN A LOWER GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF IT EVEN AS YOUR FOOT IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN.

CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED EVERY TWO YEARS ON CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2012. CAR WILL START SHUDDERING AND HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED, HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION. FORD ONLY HAS REPLACED WITH SAME PARTS HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM AS CAR IS ON FOURTH CLUTCH, AND I EXPECT SHUDDERING TO START HAPPENING AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE TWO YEARS WITH CURRENT CLUTCH IS UP. WILL NOTICE IT HAPPENING ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN IT BECOMES MORE FREQUENT. THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DEALER HAVING THE PARTS IN STOCK AND BEING WITHOUT A CAR FOR TWO DAYS WHILE IT IS GETTING REPAIRED. FIRST CLUTCH REPLACED IN JUNE 2014, HAS BEEN EVERY OTHER JUNE SINCE THEN.