2012 Ford Fiesta complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUTTERED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,750.

AS I STARTED MY DAY DRIVING TO WORK MY CARS ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND IT DROVE WITH RESISTANCE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND DROVE IT BACK HOME WHICH WAS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. I THEN HAD IT TOWED THE NEXT DAY . THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED ME ASKING WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND I TOLD THEM THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS BLINKING AND THAT HE SHOULD BE TELLING ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS HE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT MY CAR WAS DEAD NO POWER AT ALL SO THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC READING. WHICH I LEARNED IS UNTRUE. AFTER CHANGING MY SPARK PLUGS AND DRIVE BELT MY FAN STOPS WORKING AND PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. A CODE IS NOW COMING UP THAT THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IT MEANS. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP SPOKE TO A MANAGER AND FIVE MINUTES LATER MY CARS GOOD TO GO. I ARRIVED TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE AND FINALLY DRIVE IT HOME BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVING RIGHT AT ALL I TURNED AROUND AND TURNED THE KEYS OVER AND SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR OF SERVICE WHO WAS GOING TO GET WITH HIS MECHANICS AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE. NO CALL BACK THE NEXT DAY AS HE MENTIONED NOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF YET ANOTHER WEEK OF NO CAR. I AM NOW GOING ON MY THIRD WEEK OF NO CAR AND MY KIDS START SCHOOL SOON MY HUSBANDS DRIVING ME TO WORK AND FROM WORK AND FORD HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING NOT EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH ME ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE REVERSED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON FORD FIESTA. I HAVE HAD THE THE CURRENT RECALL DONE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2015. AT THAT TIME I ALSO HAD A CLUTCH INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE THEN THE TRANSMISSION HAS LOCKED UP AND FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE ONLY FORWARD. I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ON THE FORD FIESTA ARE FAR WORSE THAN WHAT FORD IS REPORTING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION STARTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE UNDERLYING ISSUES WITH THIS AND TO SEE IF FORD IS HIDING ANYTHING. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT FORD HAS PUT IN THEIR FIESTAS AND FOCUSES. THE FORD FIESTA HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS VEHICLE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP WILL NOT ACCELERATE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 29 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED A POWER TRAIN FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, A MILD HEART ATTACK, BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA, AND ABDOMINAL CONTUSION FROM BEING RESTRAINED BY THE SEAT BELT. THE CONTACT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS FLAT TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TCM WAS UPDATED PREVIOUSLY UNDER A SERVICE BULLETIN; HOWEVER, THE UPDATE FAILED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT A RECALL ON FORD FIESTA DOOR LATCHES IN JUNE 2015, STATING THAT MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE SEND WHEN SUFFICIENT PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT WERE SENT TO ALL FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THAT IF I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM THAT I SHOULD REPORT TO A DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. SOON AFTER RECEIVING THAT LETTER MY BACK PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. I WENT TO CAPITAL FORD IN RALEIGH NC TO HAVE THE LATCH REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS NOT "OFFICIAL" AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD NOT RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF REPLACEMENT DOOR LATCHED FROM FORD THAT ONLY THE BROKEN DOOR LATCH WOULD BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE, BUT THAT WHEN THE PARTS WERE SENT AND THE RECALL WAS "OFFICIAL" THAT THE REMAINING DOOR LATCHES WOULD BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE TO ME. JUST THIS WEEK, MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR NOW WILL NOT CLOSE. I CALLED CAPITAL FORD AGAIN AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT I AM NO LONGER ELIGIBLE UNDER THAT RECALL BECAUSE THE REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE ALREADY. THEY SENT ME AN INVOICE FOR MY REPAIR WHICH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT ONLY ONE DOOR WAS REPLACED. MY LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY CLEARLY STATES THAT ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES WOULD BE REPLACED WHEN THE PARTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND THAT EXISTING PROBLEMS WOULD BE REPAIRED. I EXPLAIN TO CAPITAL FORD THAT I SHOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE ONLY ONE LATCH WAS REPLACED, BUT NO ONE WILL RETURN MY CALLS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY KEEPS REFERRING ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE WHY ALL FOUR LATCHES WERE NOT REPAIRED AND IF I AM ELI

CAR SHUDDERS, JERKS, AND LURCHES. CONCERNED ABOUT IT EVEN BEING SAFE TO DRIVE. DO NOT HAVE THE CONTROL NEEDED TO DRIVE SAFE AT ALL TIMES. THE DEALER HAS MADE REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENT TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE MORE THAN THREE TIMES. THE DEALER CLAIMS IT IS FIXED EACH TIME AND EACH TIME THE PROBLEM REMAINS. SEEMS LIKE THE NHTSA SHOULD STEP IN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. AFTER RESEARCHING, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS FAR FROM UNIQUE. PLEASE SOMEONE GET INVOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: TSB-15B22 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR, I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTICES TO CONTACT MY DEALER ABOUT A SAFETY RECALL OF THE PAWL SPRING TAB INSIDE ONE OR MORE OF THE SIDE DOOR LATCHES. I HAVE DULY CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND IN EVERY CASE WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CALL ME. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF HONORING THE RECALL.

TAKATA RECALL...HAD RADIO AND SPEAKERS REPLACED BUT SPEAKERS STILL MAKE POPPING NOISE EVEN WHEN CAR IS OFF, AS I OPEN DOORS OR TRUNK I STILL HEAR SPEAKERS POP, CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH WINDOWS DOWN AND STILL HEAR SPEAKERS POPPING AS IF IT WAS POPCORN IN MICROWAVE

RADIO RANDOMLY POPPED AND HISSED FOR 3 WEEKS, HAD TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART TO GET RADIO WORKING AGAIN. RADIO STARTED POPPING AND SQUEEILNG WITH NO KEYS IN IGNITION AND THEN FINALLY QUIT. RADIO WILL TURN ON BUT NO MUSIC CAN BE PLAYED THROUGH SPEAKERS.

DRIVER SIDE DOORS LOCK. PASSENGER DOORS DO NOT. CAR WON'T START. BATTERY IS GOOD. FUEL IS GOOD.

WHILE DRIVING THE 2012 FORD FIESTA IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT, HAS A SHUDDERING, JERKING MOTION, RATTLING SOUND, CAR JERKS DURING SHIFTING ENOUGH TO THROW YOU FORWARD AT TIMES. THIS HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION SHIFTING IN ALL GEARS MOSTLY 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND WHEN YOU STOP. UNSAFE TO DRIVE WHEN CAR IS SHIFTING INTO GEAR. IN PREVIOUS REPAIRS HAS GONE BACKWARDS WHEN AT A STOP. FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR AND IS NOW REPLACING CLUTCH FOR THE 5TH TIME. THIS IS THE 3RD VERSION OF THE CLUTCH UNABLE TO FIX AND UNSAFE AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SEVERAL TIMES HAVE RECEIVED RENTAL CAR FROM FORD SERVICE IN ACTON MA TOLD UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NOW GOING IN FOR 5TH CLUTCH TOLD SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS NOT. WILL NOT REPLACE CAR ONLY CLUTCH DUE TO LEMON LAWS IN MA. HAS HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR SAME ISSUE APPROXIMATELY 100 DAYS TOTAL SINCE OWED THE CAR. CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED.

TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION MAKING THE CAR SHAKE, JERK BUCK AND DIFFICULT TO STOP. TAKEN TO FORD THREE TIMES THIS YEAR AND TWICE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THE SAME TRANSMISSION LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON WHICH DISABLES THE ENTIRE VEHICLE.

2012 FIESTA WILL JUST TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER, DRIVING UPHILL OR IN REGULAR TRAFFIC AT A STOP. CAR IS BEGINNING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC AND THE STOPPING OCCURS MORE DURING STOP AND GO TYPE OF DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ENGINE GOES OUT; LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE IGNITION SWITCH GOES OUT AND SOMETIMES I CAN RESTART IT AND SOMETIMES THE SIGNAL WILL TURN OFF EVERYTHING COMPLETELY, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR IN THE PARKING LOT OF A STORE;IF I'M LUCKY. RECENTLY IT STOPPED ON MY MOTHER AND HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, ON THE FREEWAY OR JUST DRIVING THROUGH TOWN. THE CAR WILL SHUTTER SOMETIMES BEFORE IT SHUTS OFF, OR JUST STARTS TO STALL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I AM UNABLE TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OR PULL OFF THE ROAD TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS FAILURE OF THE CAR JUST STOPPING WHILE RUNNING HAS A POTENTIAL OF CAUSING AN AUTO ACCIDENT. THIS FAILURE HAPPENS AT ANY TIME AND CANNOT BE PREDICTED. DRIVING UNSURE WHAT MAY HAPPEN. CURRENTLY IT IS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY IT WOULDN'T RESTART AND I HAD TO PAY A TOWING FEE. NEED TO HAVE IT FIXED NOW! AM LOSING TIME AND MONEY WITH NO TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS A FORD MISSTEP AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A RECURRING EVENT WITH THIS VEHICLE. HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH THE STALLING AND STOPPING AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT, BUT RECENTLY AM STARTING TO GET THE BEHAVIOR THAT MANY OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS ARE REPORTING WITH THE COMPLETE STO

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2011, AND SINCE 2012 MY AIR CONDITIONER ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR. I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT IT CONTINUES TO BREAK. MY TRANSMISSION, AFTER SEVERAL RECALLS, HAS CONTINUED TO SLIP AND MESS UP. NOW, IN THE 4TH YEAR OF ME HAVING MY NEW CAR, I CANNOT PUMP GAS AT ANY STATION. WHEN THE NOZZLE IS IN THE FUEL TANK, IT CONTINUES TO CUT OFF, CAUSING ME TO TAKE 10X THE AMOUNT TO PUMP GAS AS IT USED IT.

CAR JERKS AND SHUDDERS UNCONTROLLABLY. LURCHES INTO INTERSECTIONS AFTER COMING TO A STOP WHEN CLUTCH FAILS TO DISENGAGE. UNPREDICTABLE SPEED. DOES NOT ACCELERATE ONTO FREEWAY. JERKS VIOLENTLY WHEN TAKING FOOT ON OR OFF GAS PEDAL. DANGEROUS AND TERRIFYING. REPLACEMENT CLUTCH HAS BEEN ORDERED BY DEALERSHIP AND IS BACKORDERED 3 MONTHS. THEY MUST BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THE CAR HESITATES/STALLS/SHUDDERS THEN LURCHES FORWARD. THERE ARE ALSO SIMILAR INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS IN ALL TYPES OF SITUATIONS. BASICALLY IF THE CAR IS MOVING THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT BECOMES WORSE THE LONGER YOU DRIVE THE CAR. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO COMPLAINTS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN WORK ON IT SO I HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN IN THE SECOND DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES OVER ALMOST A YEAR NOW BUT THE CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE PARTS ARE ON ORDER BUT EVEN IF THEY DO GET THEM IN THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THEIR "TRANSMISSION GUY" THESE AUTOMATICS, NOW IN MILLIONS OF FORD MODELS OVER MANY YEARS, NEED TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SOMETHING ELSE AS THEY WILL NEVER WORK PROPERLY. I AGREE AND THINK FORD IS JUST IGNORING THE PROBLEM HOPING PEOPLE WILL GIVE UP. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE PERIOD. NOW I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND FORD WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. I WOULD TRADE THE CAR BUT EVEN THE DEALERSHIP WON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING FOR IT AS THEY ARE AWARE OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS. SO BASICALLY MY CAR HAS, IN 4 YEARS, DEPRECIATED TO BEING WORTHLESS. I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK SO I CAN AT LEAST BUY ANOTHER CAR THAT I CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE.

MY 2012 FORD FIESTA SE HAS THE POWERSHIFT 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IN LESS THAT A YEAR, THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING PROBLEMS STARTED. YOU CAN FEEL AND HEAR THE SHUDDERING IN FIRST, SECOND AND NOW SOMETIMES THIRD GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN IN FOR SOFTWARE UPGRADES 3 TIMES, HAS HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REBUILD, AND I'M NOW THREE WEEKS WAITING ON MY THIRD NEW CLUTCH TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN FIELDING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YET OTHER THAN EXTENDING THE WARRANTY, HAS DONE NOTHING TO ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND WAS HOPING TO GET 200K MILES FROM IT, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING. IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL RECALL ON THESE CARS / TRANSMISSIONS!

MANY TIMES WITH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS MY FORD 2012 FEISTA WILL JUST TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING, IT DOES NOT MATTER IF ITS HOT OR COLD, FLAT DRIVING OR MOUNTAIN DRIVING.THE CAR REALLY DOES NOT PERFORM WELL IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS,AND THE FAILURE OCCURS MORE DURING STOP AND GO TYPE OF DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WILL TURN ON. AT THAT TIME YOU HAVE TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND RESTART THE CAR, SOMETIMES THE SIGNAL WILL TURN OFF, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, ON THE FREEWAY OR JUST DRIVING THROUGH TOWN. THE CAR WILL SHUTTER SOMETIMES BEFORE IT SHUTS OFF, OR JUST STARTS TO STALL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I AM ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OR PULL OFF THE ROAD TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS FAILURE OF THE CAR JUST STOPPING WHILE RUNNING WHILE HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL OF ME BEING IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. SINCE THIS FAILURE HAPPENS AT ANY TIME AND CANNOT BE PREDICTED I TAKE MY LIFE AND MY FAMILIES LIVES IN DANGER EVERY TIME WE GET INTO THIS CAR. I CAN ONLY TAKE GUESSES AT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, IT COULD BE THE FUEL INJECTION, TRANSMISSION, OR SOME TYPE OF ENGINE MISFIRE. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE WHEN READING REVIEWS. IT IS MY HOPE THIS ISSUE CAN BECOME A RECALL OR THAT FORD WILL TAKE ACTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,900.

MY CAR HAS ATRANSMISSION PROBLEM KNOWN BY FORD. IT SHUTTERS & STALLS & IS SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL STALL TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD BE REARENDED. IT HAS BEEN FIXED ONCE AND NEEDS TO BE AGAIN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE RECALLED ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS AND THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THERE IS ALSO A POPPING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEN I AM TURNING. THE NEXT QUESTION ASKS WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THE ANSWER IS CONSTANTLY.

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO ME BY THE DEALER AS POTENTIALLY BEING THE CAUSE WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ALONG WITH SHUDDERING IN THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPLACED (FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 12-MONTHS) THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, THE SEALS, THE CLUTCH RELEASE LEVER AND THE CLUTCH SLAVE BUT STATED THAT WHILE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE CLUTCH NOR DID IT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CLUTCH PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE EXTENDED FORD WARRANTEE OF THE CLUTCH. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN WITH THE SAME ISSUE SEVERAL MONTHS BACK BUT, BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME, THEY DISMISSED THE ISSUE AS NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE CLUTCH. THE SAME ISSUE WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE INITIAL CLUTCH ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT A YEAR AGO. I PLAN TO PURSUE THE ISSUE OF THE THROTTLE BODY WITH FORD IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING AND TAKING OWNERSHIP OF ETB ISSUES WITH 1.6M OTHER FORD MODELS IN THE SAME PRODUCTION PERIOD.

3 INSTANCES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO SEVERE SHUDDERING/HESITATION. ALMOST T-BONED AT 3 DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. CAR WAS UNRESPONSIVE THEN SHUDDERED AND CONVULSED WITH NEAR MISSES. WAITED FOR NEARLY A MONTH TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO CHECK THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. MULTIPLE CLUTCHES REPLACED WITH LONG BACK-ORDERS ON PARTS. CAR IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. FORD IS NOW NOT OFFERING A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND FOR THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. I HAVE LODGED A COMPLAINT HERE IN THE PAST FOR THE SAME NEAR DEATH OR INJURY EXPERIENCES. I HAVE TRIED SINCE THE 1ST CLUTCH REPLACEMENT TO GET RELIEF FROM FORD CORP. THEY ARE UNCOOPERATIVE. DOES ANYONE EVEN READ THESE THINGS? FORD JUST POSTED HUGE PROFIT MARGINS. ARE THEY TOO POWERFUL FOR OUR GOV'T TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS LONG OCCURRING SAFETY HAZARD? WARRANTY RUNS OUT ON CAR AT 100,000. I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO GET RID OF THIS CAR, BUT I HAVE TOO MUCH INVESTED AND FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. HOW CAN YOUR AGENCY NOT HAVE DONE AN INTERVENTION? IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THE NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES AND THE CAT LIKE 9 LIVES I MUST POSSESS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

I OWN A FORD FIESTA 2012, I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT. DRIVEN IT WELL CHECKED IT OFTEN AND NEVER CRASHED IT. I BOUGHT IT IN MARCH 2014, GOT A LETTER LATER STATING THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND WARRANTY EXTENSION TILL 100K. NOW THAT MY CAR IS HAVING PROBLEMS I TOOK IT IN, IT SHUTTERS AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE WELL AND MAKES A REALLY LOUD NOISE WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE ALMOST CRASHED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO MALFUNCTION WHEN GOING FROM STOP TO GO OR TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON THE FREEWAY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR WHAT SO EVER AND AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL THE ISSUE IS COMPLETELY GONE. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. AT TIMES I HAVE HAD A HARD TIME GOING FROM A STOP SIGN. I WOULD STOP AND THEN WHEN I AM ABLE TO GO MY CAR JERKS BACK AND REFUSES TO ACCELERATE. I DO NOT ABUSE MY CAR, I DRIVE SPEED LIMIT AND ONLY ON PAVED HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. I HAVE READ MANY CASES CONCERNING THIS ISSUE IN THIS CAR AND SO I KNOW THE TRANSMISSION IS AT FAULT AND IT IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM NOT THE DRIVERS. FORD HAS RECALLED THE CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION BUT NOW STATES THEY CANT FIX MY TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY ONLY THE CLUTCH. I DID NOT CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO MALFUNCTION I SHOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR PROBLEMS AND FAULT. I WANT FORD TO EITHER REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION FOR FREE OR JUST BUY THE CAR BACK. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT AND PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS AT STAKE, HAVING NO CONTROL OF MY CARS JERKY MOVEMENTS AND HAVING IT STALL ON ME EVEN THO IT IS A AUTOMATIC CAR. I OFTEN FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO MAKE A U TURN AND LOST CONTROL. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A GARAGE. A WEEK AFTER THE CRASH, THE CONTACT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONTUSION, MILD CONCUSSION, A RIB COMPRESS WALL, AND SWELLING. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,863. UPDATED 06/10/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED AND TOWED TO A GARAGE. UPDATED 06/28/16.*JB

RIGHT SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. DOES NOT LATCH. CAR WAS PARKED AND LOCKED AND WHEN OPENED FOR A PASSENGER TO ENTER THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE.

THIS IS TO ADD TO THE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FORD FIESTA TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER. I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW, IT BEGAN SHUDDERING IN A FEW MONTHS. I'VE BROUGHT IT IN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS 4 TIMES IN 4 YEARS. THE LAST TIME I WAS TOLD THERE IS A LONG, LONG WAIT FOR REPLACEMENT OF A FAULTY CLUTCH WITH ANOTHER FAULTY CLUTCH. THE FORD COMPANY HAS EXTENDED A USELESS WARRANTY UP TO 150,000 MILES, WHICH STRONGLY SUGGESTS THE COMPANY IS GOING TO WAIT OUT THE FUNCTIONAL LIFE OF THE CAR . THE DANGER, IN THIS CASE, IS THE FINANCIAL LOSS INCURRED WHEN TRADING IN A CAR WITH A KNOWN FAULT FOR WHICH THE MANUFACTURER IS TO BLAME, AND RECEIVING FULL VALUE FOR A FAULTLESS TRADE-IN.

PURCHASED USED IN 2014 W/ 22754 MILES FOR MY DAUGHTER. APPROX. SIX MONTHS LATER, AFTER MOVING OUT OF TOWN, STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CAR - SOUNDS, SHAKING, SUDDEN LACK OF POWER...WHEN SHE DROVE. THIS IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED IN YOUR ARCHIVED LIST OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET - ALL POINTING TO THE TRANSMISSION. THOUGH SHE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES ON THIS ISSUE, AS WELL AS A DOOR LATCH RECALL, THESE SO CALLED SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE STILL LEFT SERIOUS ISSUES. THOUGH SHE SAYS THAT THE SHUDDERING AND LOUD NOISES HAVE ABATED, SHE STILL HAS AT TIMES FELT THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGE. I AM WRITING TODAY BECAUSE THIS HAS BECOME A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE - ONE OF WHICH MY WIFE WHO WAS JUST VISITING OUR DAUGHTER AND AS A PASSENGER OF THIS VEHICLE, WITNESSED FIRST HAND WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS OCCURRED AS THEY WERE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, CAME CLOSE TO BEING IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS NEVER A WARNING WHEN THE CAR DECIDES TO BEHAVE IN THIS FASHION. I HAVE NOW READ TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FRANKLY SHOCKED THAT THIS PROBLEM AS GONE ON THIS LONG. I DO NOT WANT MY DAUGHTER HURT - I DO NOT WANT ANYONE HURT. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN INHERENT DESIGN PROBLEM AND FORD'S RECOMMENDED STEPS TO REMEDY HAVE NOT WORKED ENTIRELY. I DO NOT FAULT THE DEALERSHIP THAT HAS TRIED EVERYTHING TO HELP HER - EVEN REPLACING A TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). LET'S DO THE RIGHT THIN

TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH HAS MAJOR DESIGN FLAWS. WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THIS REPRGRAMMED TWICE AND THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AS WELL. IS GOING BACK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME ISSUE, FOR WHAT WILL NOW BE THE 4TH TIME, TO POTENTIALLY HAVE ANOTHER CLUTCH REPLACED. THE VECHICLE "SPUTTERS" AND JERKS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE PURCHASE OF THE CAR, BUT MOST RECENTLY 4/21/2016.

I PURCHASED A 2012 FORD FIESTA LAST WEEKEND AND NOTICED THE DAY AFTER THAT AS I DROVE, THE FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD RATTLE. THEN I NOTICED WHEN I WOULD STOP AND GO THE CAR WOULD TAKE AWHILE TO ACCELERATE. I REGISTERED THE CAR ON SYNC (ASSOCIATED BY FORD) AND IT INDICATED 2 ITEMS WERE FAULTY. MADE AN APT WITH FORD WHO WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. ON THE WAY TO DROP OFF THE CAR AFTER I MADE A STOP, I ACCELERATED IT WENT BUT THEN SUDDENLY CAME TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP ON ITS OWN LUCKILY THEN CAUGHT AND ACCELERATED, IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN BEHIND ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. FORD CHARGED ME $105 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS THEN SAID THAT IT HAD TO HIT 250 WITH THE SHUDDERING AND MY CAR WAS ONLY AT 180, AFTER PUSHING THE SERVICE GUY WE GOT HIM TO ADMIT HE KNEW IT HAD A PROBLEM BUT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS GOT MY ATTENTION AND WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND SOME HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS OR NEAR ACCIDENTS. DO PEOPLE NEED TO DIE FOR FORD TO TAKE ACTION, WOULD THEIR CEO GIVE THIS CAR TO HIS CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. I JUST PAID ALL THE MONEY I HAD FOR THIS CAR I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX IT WHICH COULD SAVE MY LIFE OR THE LIFE OF OTHERS. THIS IS A DANGER ON THE ROAD. PLEASE HELP! I HAVE SOME DOCS HERE THAT CAN HELP MY FAULTY TRANSMISSION ERROR THAT PROVES THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT.

PREVIOUS COMPLAINT #10807331 FOLLOW UP. CAR STILL HAS TRANSMISSIONS SHUTTER THAT WE AT TOLD BY FORD MECHANIC IS UNREPAIRABLE. ON 4/22/16 I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD AND THE CAR FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT WHEN I TRIED TO STOP. IT PUSHED ME FORWARD WHEN I HAD THE BRAKE APPLIED TO STOP AT A STREETLIGHT. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T DRIVING PROBABLY MORE THAN 20MPH BECAUSE I ALMOST REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME BEFORE THE TRANSMISSIONS ALLOWED ME TO STOP. PLS MAKE FORD FIX THESE ISSUES, I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR OVER 4 YRS, THEY WON'T FIX IT, BUY IT BACK OR EVEN TAKE IT IN TRADE FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT IS UNSAFE & IT SCARES ME WONDERING WHEN IT IS GOING TO ACT UP AGAIN!! THANK YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN JULY 2013 WITH A LITTLE OVER 50K MILES. NOTICED WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS THAT IT DID MAKE SOME STRANGE NOISES (RATTLING, SWITCHING, ETC.) PARTICULARLY WHEN SHIFTING AT SPEEDS UNDER 40MPH. HAD IT CHECKED OUT & NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG AT THE SHOP. FAST FORWARD TO MARCH 2016 & THE NOISES HAVE GOT WORSE & LOUDER, SHIFTING IS IN NO WAY SMOOTH OR NORMAL, & SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING. I HAVE BEEN IN MAINTENANCE & MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS & CANNOT HAVE THE WOOL PULLED OVER MY EYES ON MECHANICAL MATTERS. UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH, I AM NOT EMPLOYED BY ANY FORD ENTITY SO IT IS PROVING VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. 3 WEEKS AGO I LEFT THE CAR WITH THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP ALL DAY TO CHECK OUT THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN SEEING. WHEN PICKED BACK UP, THEY STATED IT ONLY NEEDED A PROGRAMMING UPDATE. I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT STILL WASN'T LIKE A NORMAL VEHICLE BUT DID NOT SEEM TO BE NEAR AS ROUGH AS BEFORE. ALREADY NOW, IT IS FAR WORSE THAN EVER. WHEN NORMALLY ACCELERATING AROUND TOWN/CITY, THE CAR FEELS COMPLETELY UNSAFE & UN-RELIABLE. I AM AFRAID TO ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO RIDE IN THIS CAR WHICH IS A TERRIBLE FEELING! I'M TAKING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST OF THIS COMING WEEK HOPING FOR A SOLUTION. WE SPENT QUITE A BIT ON AN EXTRA WARRANTY THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO ADMIT SOME COMPONENTS ARE SUB-STANDARD IN QUALITY. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH-FIRST TIME FOR ME. I TRULY HO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIR PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,979.

THIS IS MY DAUGHTERS CAR SHE LIVES IN LOS ANGELES. SHE HAD ME FLY OVER FROM FLORIDA TO EVALUATE HER CAR BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I WAS SHOCKED WHAT I FOUND. THE AUTO 'POWERSHIFT' TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED SERIOUS STUTTER HESITATION AND GRINDING WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP. VEHICLE SOMETIMES FAILED TO ACCELERATE UNLESS FULL THROTTLE APPLIED WHICH WAS TERRIFYING ON THE INTERSTATE. SERIOUS SHUDDER WAS EXPERIENCED AT LOW SPEED GIVING IMPRESSION ENGINE COULD STALL. NO CONFIDENCE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED TWICE BUT IS NOW WORSE THAN EVER WITH ONLY 26000 MILES. I HAVE HAD TWO VEHICLES WITH THE FORD POWERSHIFT BOTH DEVELOPED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH LOW MILEAGE. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE NOT SAFE!

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MAY OF 2012, THE CAR BEGINS TO SHUDDER AND RATTLE AFTER ONLY A FEW MILES OF DRIVING IT. WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF IN THE VEHICLE IT SHUDDERS AND MAKES A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES, THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN RESET, THE CLUTCH REPLACED ALTHOUGH THE IT'S AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TO ADAPT TO MY DRIVING. AFTER 4 YEARS IT STILL DOES IT AND NO ANSWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN. THE CAR IS UNSAFE. YOU HAVE TO PUSH DOWN HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET THE CAR TO GO WITHOUT IT SHUDDERING TO THE POINT OF FEELING LIKE YOU GET WHIPLASH. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES ON THESE VEHICLES TO 100,000 MILES, AND PROVIDE NO CHARGE FOR SERVICE. THE TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM AND FORD DOES NOT WANT TO FIX IT.

I PURCHASED A 2012 FORD FIESTA AUTOMATIC LITERALLY 3 DAYS AGO. AFTER ONLY 3 SHORT DAYS OF DRIVING IT, IT SAYS "TRANSMISSION SERVICE NOW", AND ALSO HAS SHUTTERING IN ACCELERATION AND DELAY IN ACCELERATION. IT FRIGHTENS ME OFTEN WHEN I AM PULLING OUT, TURNING OR AT A STOP AND GO. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT WILL SHUTTER THEN RECEIVE A HUGE BURST OF SPEED. WHICH WILL THEN CAUSE ME TO SWERVE ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OR WILL CAUSE ME TO ALMOST REAR END THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME.

APM CONTROL MODULE ATTACHED TO RADIO WAS EXPLAINED TO ME BY BENNIE AT JOHN BLEAKLEY FORD LITHIA SPRINGS GA.. RADIO WAS MAKING A LOUD STATIC NOISE WOULD EVEN MAKE IT WITH THE CAR IGNITION TURNED OFF. EVEN SETTING OVERNIGHT WOULD BE START MAKING THIS LOUD NOISE FOR NO REASON.B ENNIE TOLD ME THIS MODULE CONTROLED SEVER THINGS ON THIS VEHICLE AND COULD POSSIBLY PUT ME ON THE ROAD SIDE. I TRAVEL ALOT. THIS NOISE CAN NOT BE CONTROLED BY THE ON/ OFF OR VOLUME CONTROL. JOHN BLEAKLEY REPLACED SO CALLED MODULE IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. THEY SAID THAT THE PART THEY PUT ON WAS A BAD PART AND WOULD REORDER ANOTHER ONE. STILL WAITING 3 WEEKS LATER GOING ON 4 FOR PART TO COME IN TO REPLACE. AND OF COURSE I HAVE ALREADY PAID MY 500.00 PLUS DOLLARS FOR REPAIR. CAN YOU HELP ME OR ADVISE ME WHY ITS TAKING SO LONG? I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE BEEN SCAMED.

SHUTTERS AT 20 MPH....JERKING SOMETIMES TILL IT REACHES 30MPH.. HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT 4 TIMES....THEY SAID THE CAR HAS TO LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. ONCE THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RIM WAS DENTED....I FIXED THAT AT A TUNE OF 200.000...IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.

INQUIRY FROM CONGRESSMAN COURTNEY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENTS RE A RECALL THAT SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR A 2012 FORD FIESTA. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE TRANSMISSION BECAME A PROBLEM. THERE WAS A SHUDDER COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, AND TRANSMISSION OIL SEAL WERE REPLACED. ALSO, THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPROGRAMMING OF THE TCM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 13 TIMES SINCE JANUARY 2014 TO ADDRESS THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMISSION. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE LEFT THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER STRANDED. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS UNPREDICTABLE. *JB

WHEN CAR IS STOPPED OR DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO SLOP. FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. WENT T DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. JERKS AND FEELS LIKE CHOCKING WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPED. WHEN ACCELERATING JERKS AND FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND ISN'T SHIFTING. WENT TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WILL NOT LOOK INTO THIS. LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICED SEVERAL FORUMS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLES WITH THE CAR. NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. EXPRESSED. CONCERN WITH DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS HAVING TROUBLES THAT IT WAS EITHER THE TRANSMISSION BUT LOOKED AT ME. LIKE I DID T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'M A CHICK.

CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION SHUTTER ISSUES. VEHICLE LUNGING AND FAILING TO ACCELERATE FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND FROM A COMPLETE STOP. CLUTCH ENCASED IN A UNVENTED B ELL HOUSING AND SUBJECT OT OVER HEATING RESULTING IN BUCKING. HAVE BEEN IN NEAR ACCIDENTS FROM NOT ACCELERATING ON HIGHWAY AND SURFACE STREETS. VERY DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE SITUATION TO BE PLACED IN. HAVE TAKEN CAR IN 5 TIMES AND HAD MODULE REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. UPSHIFT BOGS DOWN AND VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE OF CAR IN APRIL 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IN IDLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR UNLATCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES ) HOWEVER THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED MONTHS LATER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THE CLUTCH. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FORD FIESTA 2012 TRANSMITION SHAKES EVERYTIME I GO FROM STOP TO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR, IT VIBRATES AND HESITATES HORRIBLE, AND THE DEALERS KEEP SAYING IT IS "NORMAL" EVEN THOUGH I TEST DROVE A NEW FORD FIESTA AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SELL IT LIKE THIS, AND IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT IS "NORMAL"!

I BOUGHT MY FIESTA LAST YEAR IN MARCH. SINCE THE DAY I GOT THE CAR IT HAS VIOLENTLY SHAKEN AND SHUDDERED WHEN PRESSING THE GAS AND MOVING THE CAR FORWARD. IT MAKES A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM THAT IT'S NOT THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT "IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE THAT." I DON'T THINK SO AND AFTER READING ALL OF THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DRIVERS, I'M STARTING TO GET FRUSTRATED. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SERIOUS ISSUE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CORRECTED. MY CAR HAD SOMEWHAT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC BOTH IN THE CITY AND ON THE HIGHWAY AND I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND FEAR FOR MYSELF FINANCIALLY IF THIS VEHICLE DIES BEFORE IT EVEN TURNS 5 YEARS OLD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

MANY FORD FIESTA AND FORD FOCUS DRIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSIONS. FORD CLAIMS THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 'TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM)' AND IS TELLING ITS VARIOUS DEALERS AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL CUSTOMERS IT'S 'NORMAL' FOR LOSS OF TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING. I RECEIVED A "SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM 15B22" NOTICE FROM FORD IN AUGUST 2015 AND I FIRST TOOK MY FIESTA TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON SEPT. 22, 2015. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE DID NOT REGISTER AS 'SEVERE' AND THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE TCM. ON JAN. 19, 2016, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, THE CAR STARTED, AND A "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW" NOTICE APPEARED. AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE IT, I NOTICED IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS (NEARING EXPLOSION SOUND) AND I HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING AT A LIGHT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THE TCM HAD FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT. ON FEB. 14, 2016, MY CAR WOULDN'T START AGAIN AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY THIS TIME. TOOK IT TO A CAR PARTS STORE AND IT WAS. BUT WHEN THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER TRY IT STARTED ONLY TO FLASH THE "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW" MESSAGE REAPPEARED. ONCE AGAIN WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE IT, I NEARLY RAN OUT INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING TRACTOR TRAILER. IN LESS THAN A MONTH, THE TCM ON MY 2012 FORD FIESTA (LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD) HAS SUPPOSEDLY FAILED, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO LOSE TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. TWICE NOW MY VEHICLE HAD A

MY 2012 FORD FIESTA HAS A SERIOUS, ONGOING LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AND CAUSES ME TO LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS NEARLY CAUSED MY ONE-YEAR OLD SON AND I TO BE IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR WHICH TELLS ME THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT AND NO MATTER HOW MANY NEW TRANSMISSIONS THEY INSTALL, THE ISSUE WILL ALWAYS EXIST. ONE TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A FREEWAY. I BEGAN MERGING AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS. I HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS ONCOMING CARS GREW CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HITTING MY SON AND I. IF THE CAR BEHIND ME DID NOT SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES WE WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON A GREEN LIGHT AND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD AND TURNED JUST ENOUGH TO PUT MY SON AND I IN HARMS WAY AND THEN STOPPED AND DID THE SHUDDER THING CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND FEEL LIKE I AM PUTTING MYSELF, MY SON AND OTHER VEHICLES AT RISK EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE.