2014 Ford Fiesta complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS UNLOCKED AND WOULD NOT LOCK AGAIN. IN ADDITION, A DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERGE FORD (LOCATED AT 460 E AUTO CENTER DR, MESA, AZ 85204) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,884.

THE DEALER REFUSES TO SERVICE MY VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION STILL HESITATING ,LUNGING AND SLIPPING AT TAKE OFF.

MY CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH AT START, AND WAS MISFIRING SEVERELY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WERE COMING ON. THE PROBLEM WOULD SUBSIDE AFTER DRIVING FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT IF THE CAR SAT AND WAS ALLOWED TO COOL FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME, THE PROBLEM WOULD RETURN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A SERVICE CENTER AT WHICH POINT THE CAR THE CAR WOULD NOT START ANYMORE. I WENT TO START THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT NEVER FIRE AND START. AFTER INVESTIGATION THE SHOP FOUND THE CYLINDER HEAD HAD CRACKED AND MY SPARK PLUGS & CYLINDERS WERE ALL FULL OF COOLANT DUE TO A LEAK. AFTER MINIMAL RESEARCH I FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF FORD ECOBOOST ENGINES, AND THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE RECALL IN THE UK DUE TO THIS ISSUE CAUSING CARS TO COMBUST INTO FLAMES WHILE DRIVING. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED FORD THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME CARS IN THE UNITED STATES. MY CAR IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND HAS A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE THAT WILL REQUIRE A COMPLETE REBUILD, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IF I DID NOT IMMEDIATELY TAKE IT FOR SERVICE. THE SHOP IS BUILDING A QUOTE FOR ME THAT I WILL UPLOAD ONCE AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY ON ACCELERATION. MULTIPLE REPROGRAMMING OF PCM/ TCM.

EXCESSIVE SHUDDERING, JERKING AND RATTLING NOISES AT ACCELERATION

I HAD TO RECENTLY PARK MY VEHICLE. REBUILT MY TRANSMISSION 70,000 & 92,000 TRANSMISSION STILL CONTINUED TO SLIP, NO POWER ON FREEWAY.

CLUTCH PEDAL WILL STAY STUCK DOWN IN MANUAL TRANSMISSION 6 SPEED. INTERMITTENT, BUT REPEATABLE (NOT EVERY TIME BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO STOP HAPPENING) PREVENTS CAR FROM MOVING FORWARD WHEN THIS HAPPENS. CLUTCH IS DISENGAGED WHILE THIS IS OCCURRING. CAN HAPPEN WHETHER SHIFTING STOPPED OR WHILE IN MOTION. LIFTING ON THE CLUTCH PEDAL BY HAND (OR FOOT) WILL REENGAGE THE CLUTCH. HAS HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND IN AN INTERSECTION, COULD NOT PROCEED UNDER POWER IN ANY GEAR TILL MANUALLY (AWKWARDLY) REACHING DOWN AND LIFTING PEDAL WHILE TRAFFIC APPROACHING ME.

DOOR LATCH ON BACK DRIVERS SIDE OPENED DURING MOVEMENT OF CAR ON A CITY STREET. MY DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE DOOR. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FORD AND THE VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 3 MILLION CARS SERVICED FOR THIS VERY SAME ISSUE.

VEHICLE OVERHEATS FREQUENTLY WHILE IDLING. ENGINE COOLANT HAS BEEN CHECKED AND TOPPED OFF. FUSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

AUG. 11, 2019 WENT OUT TO TURN ON THE CAR AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I GOT A BOOST AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW BATTERY AND THE LIGHTS STILL DIDN'T TURN OFF. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP HAD THE FUEL CHANGED STILL NOTHING. NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BEARINGS. I DO NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF MONEY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW I AM STILL PAYING FOR THIS VEHICLE I'VE ONLY HAD IT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

MAJOR PROBLEMS IN MY 2014 FORD FIESTA WITH THE DPS6 DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. AT TIMES YOU CANNOT GET IT TO SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU CANNOT GET YOU CAR TO GO ABOVE 20 MPH BECAUSE IT IS STUCK IN FIRST. TACH IS HITTING 7000 RPM'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT TO SHIFT. YOU HAVE TO KEEP SLOWING AND ACCELERATING UNTIL IT FINALLY SHIFTS. THEN THE OTHER MAJOR PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU SHIFT TO PARK IT REALLY IS NOT IN PARK. A WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH AND WARNS THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK EVEN THOUGH I HAVE PARKED AND TAKEN THE KEY OUT. IF I AM ON A SLOPE THE CAR WILL START ROLLING. YOU HAVE TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE BECAUSE THERE IS NO RELIABLE WAY TO GET IT TO GO INTO PARK. I HAVE THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ONGOING PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO MINE. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR TO FORD ONCE WHERE THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. WITHIN 2 MONTHS THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING AGAIN.

VEHICLE STALLS RANDOMLY AND DIES AT LOW SPEEDS, FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS IT AS A PART OF THEIR RECALLS, WAS TOLD I NEED TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET, VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND SPORADIC OCCURRENCES OF STALLING. ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND OFF BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGINS STALLING. IT WILL QUITE LITERALLY SIEZE UP ON OCCASION AND NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WILL ALSO RANDOMLY DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING USING GEARS 2-3.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL UPON AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION. JERKY SHIFTING AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS.

RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY. BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I NOTICED MY PASSENGER REAR DOOR SWING OPEN. I STOPPED TO CLOSE IT BUT IT BOUNCED OFF THE FRAME WITH EACH ATTEMPT. WOULD NOT LATCH NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED. HAD TO PUT CAR IN GARAGE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO SECURE THE CONTENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DOOR LATCHING SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GLEN JONES FORD CASA GRANDE (1932 NORTH PINAL AVENUE, CASA GRANDE, AZ) TO BE REPAIRED FOR THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE LATCH, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V210000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TAKATA RECALL CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERS TAKATA RECALL GEAR CHANGE IS ROUGH WILE DRIVING FOREWORDS SHUDDERS I HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF MANY TIMES BEFORE IT WILL START LOUD CLUNK WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN TAKATA RECALL TOOK CAR IN FOR SYNC RECALL MANY TIMES STILL NOT FIXED

THE DOOR LATCH ON THE BACK DOOR DOESN'T WORK, I SEE A RECALL FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE TYPE BUT NOT MY VIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY JERKED AND GRADUALLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT REFRAINED FROM DRIVING HIGHWAYS SPEEDS OUT OF CONCERN THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION AND CRASH. WYATT JOHNSON FORD (646 THOMPSON LANE, NASHVILLE, TN 37204, 615-244-3615) WAS CONTACTED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUDDERING FOR YEARS AND UNTIL EVEN THE LAST DAY THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE TO REACT WITH THE SHUDDERINGS BEFORE TAKING OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LITE KEEPS COMING ON AND AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT A MINUTE CAR DOES NOT REVERSE AT ALL UNTIL CARS SHUT OFF. CAR RIGHT NOW IS NOT BEING DRIVEN BECAUSE ITS BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD FOR SOME TIME NOW. THIS IS MY ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. I NOW HAVE BEEN RENTING CARS WHILE I STILL PAY OFF THIS CAR TILL THIS DAY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN LYING TO ME. I HOOKED UP THE COMPUTER AND GOT A LOW CLUTCH DUAL CONTROL SYSTEM ERROR. I GOT THE PART CHANGED OUT AND CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE CHECK ENGINE LITE. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER EVERY MONTH. FOR YEARS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE NEVER REALIZED HOW FORD HAS PUT ME AND MY DAUGHTER IN DANGER BY HAVING THESE FAULTY VEHICLES WITH MESSED UP TRANSMISSION THAT DIDN'T BELONG IN THESE TYPES OF VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET FIXED ONCE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A RECALL AND WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER THE FIX AND IT CONTINUED AFTER SOME TIME TO GO BACK TO ITS USUAL SHAKE BEFORE TAKE OFF. LIKE I SAID THE LAST TIME I WENT FOR OIL CHANGE AND FULL INSPECTION OF VEHICLE AT SCARSDALE FORD DEALERSHIP THE MECHANIC SAID HE TOOK IT OUT FOR A DRIVE AND SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. AFTER I DROVE IT OUT THE DEALERSHIP CAR CONTINUED TO SHAKE AND KNEW THAT HE WAS LYING. THEY JUST DONT WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP I OWE OVER $4000 LEFT ON PAYMENTS AND THIS

SATURDAT JULY 30, 2019MY VEHICLE OVERHEATED.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR COOLING MAINTENANCE. RADIATOR THERMOSTAT AND COOLING RESERVOIR WAS CHECKED. I WAS ADVISED TO MONITOR THE COOLANT LEVEL. ON AIGUST 10, 2019 WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DISPLAYED "OVERHEATING". I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD. WHEN I OPEN THE HOOD THE COOLANT WAS BOILING. I WAITED 20 MINS FOR THE BOILING TO SUBSIDE. I SLOWLY REMOVED THE CAP AND THE COOLANT LEVEL STARTED TO RISE WHICH WAS THE SAME ISSUE AS BEFORE.

TCM IT HAS A SLOW ACCELERATION IT TAKES LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR IT TO PICK UP SPEED AND THE CAYATIC CONVERTER

I LEASED THE CAR THROUGH MY BANK ON MAY 5TH 2016 WITH JUST OVER 35,000 MILES. TWO MONTHS INTO THAT THE CAR DIDN'T START AND ALL ELECTRONIC LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. IT DISPLAYED TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. I TOWED THE CAR TO A BIG FORD REPAIR SHOP. THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION UPDATE AND A NEW CLUTCH. THEY TOOK CARE OF IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVEN (7) TIMES SINCE I GOT THE CAR MAY 2016. PRETTY MUCH EVERY FOUR MONTHS. IT IS COMPLETELY INCONVENIENT AND COSTLY. I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE EVAP FUEL COMPONENTS. I HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON NOW AND IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. THE LAST TIME I GOT A TRANSMISSION UPDATE FROM FORD WAS IN MARCH 2019. MY CAR NOW BARELY HAS 66,200 MILES SO IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH. I STILL OWE $4,800 ON THE CAR. I LEASED IT FOR $12,000. I AM HOPING I AM ABLE TO GET SOME HELP OR SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR DEALING WITH THE ISSUES FOR YEARS. I TRADED IN A GOOD WORKING JEEP TO GET THIS CAR BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD ON GAS AND ECONOMICAL. THIS IS MY FIRST FORD CAR. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD CAR. I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET BURNED AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DONLEY FORD-LINCOLN OF ASHLAND (1641 CLAREMONT AVE, ASHLAND, OH 44805, (419) 281-3673) AND THEY REPAIRED THE HOSE THAT WAS LEAKING THE COOLANT. FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER FROM THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND A CRACK IN THE ENGINE THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ONLY REMEDY WAS TO INSTALL A NEW ENGINE AND THE REPAIR COST WAS QUOTED AT $5,000. THE VEHICLE'S EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 100,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED, LUNGED FORWARD, AND HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT HAD TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VANCE FORD LINCOLN (510 N MAIN ST, MIAMI, OK 74354, (800) 725-4431) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVELINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,747.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR HAS HAD SHUTTERING, AND I HAVE LOST ACCELERATION AT TIMES. THESE EVENTS HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN GEAR AND I AM DRIVING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION WORK. THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND IT HAS HAD REPROGRAMMING SEVERAL TIMES. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I WAS TOLD I HAVE ONE MORE CLUTCH REPLACEMENT FROM FORD, THEN MY WARRANTY WILL EXPIRE. DOCUMENTATION CAN BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

PART 2: THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE COMPLAINT FOLLOWING THE TRADE-IN OF THE 2012 FOCUS I PURCHASED BRAND NEW...SO, SICK OF THE FOCUS ACTING UP ALL THE TIME, I TOOK IT BACK INTO JIM SNEAD FORD, WAYNESBORO, VA AND HE ENCOURAGES ME TO BUY A BRAND NEW FIESTA. I DID NOT COMPLAIN AS HE WAS MY SOLE MAIN GUIDANCE AND I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST JIM. ON 08/09/2013, I PURCHASE A BRAND NEW FORD FIESTA TRADING IN THE 2012 FORD FOCUS. JIM SNEAD ALLOWS ONLY $961 TRADE IN VALUE FOR THE FOCUS AND I LOST $23,690.68 ON DEPRECIATION AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS! I BUY THE FIESTA AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN. THE CAR'S TIRES SPIN WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THEN THE VEHICLE JUMPS OUT FORWARD. THE CAR RIDES ROUGH, IT BUCKS, IT MISSES, IT MAKES NOISES, IT SHUDDERS. THIS TIME I AM NOT VERY HAPPY NOR PLEASANT WITH MR. JIM SNEAD. I WAS A TEACHER, A WIDOW W/ TWO KIDS STILL DEPENDENT ON ME AND HERE HE SELLS ME ANOTHER 'CRAP', TERRIFYING CAR THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. OF COURSE, ACCORDING TO MR. SNEAD, IT IS MY DRIVING--NOT THE CAR. I NOTICE THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT WRITING UP MY COMPLAINTS EVERY TIME I BRING IT IN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION-JUST LIKE THEY LEFT IT OUT OF MY COMPLAINTS WITH THE FOCUS.THE FIESTA RECEIVES ITS FIRST OF 3 TRANSMISSIONS A YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 09/23/2014. WHILE I AM DRIVING AROUND W/ THE SERVICE MANAGER SO HE CAN FEEL HOW TERRIBLE THE CAR RUNS, HE ADMITS TO ME THE CAR IS A BUNCH OF JUNK AND I NEED TO START READING UP ON IT. NOW THE FIESTA IS IN

I PURCHASED A 2014 FORD FIESTA NEW IN JANUARY 2014. IT HAS THE INFAMOUS DPS6 TRANSMISSION. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION IN AN AUTOMATIC BOX. IT DID THE SHUDDER FROM DAY ONE. I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE I HAD DRIVEN MANY STANDARD TRANSMISSION VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS AND FIGURED IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ACT THAT WAY. IN JANUARY OF 2018, I HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A BUSY STREET IN COLORADO SPRINGS, CO WHERE I LIVE. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR OR GO FASTER THAN 5 MPH. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AFTER SITTING THERE FOR 20 MINUTES AND SHIFTED THE GEARS BOX FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL TO DRIVE, I FINALLY GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND THE CAR SHIFTED BUT VERY SLOWLY. THIS WAS ON A SUNDAY. THE NEXT DAY I MADE AN SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH PHIL LONG FORD WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THEM THAT WEEK AND THEY RAN THE VIN AND IT WAS NOT IN THE WARRANTY BATCH TO REPLACE THE CLUTCHES. THEY CALLED FORD AND ASKED THEM TO COVER THE REPAIR. FORD DECLINED. THE SERVICE ADVISER GAVE ME FORD'S 800 CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE. THEY BUILT A CASE BASED ON MY INFORMATION. A DAY LATER I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AND EMAIL TELLING ME THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND FORD WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. PHIL LONG FORD ESTIMATED THE REPAIR AT $2,200.00 BUT SINCE FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE COST AND I PURCH

TAKATA RECALL MY A/C STARTED TO FAIL WITH NO WARNING. AFTER PUTTING MY CAR IN PARK, SMOKE STARTED TO RISE FROM THE ROOF AND A DARK COLOR LIQUID (PERHAPS OIL) STARTED TO LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY CONCLUDED THE COOLANT WAS LOW AND IT MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SMOKE. THIS INITIAL CONCLUSION FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAN LED TO THEM CLAIMING; THE TUBES HAD A HOLE, THE FAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE BELT WAS HEAT DAMAGED. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN CASH FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP AS USED, BUT A "FORD CERTIFIED" CAR; MEANING IT WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS 172 POINT INSPECTION WHERE THEY EXAMINE THE CARS COOLANT, ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, BREAKS, ETC. HOWEVER, THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH BECAUSE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY FORD CERTIFIED VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT AND FORD HAD TO REPLACE/FIX IT FOR FREE. I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, AND I'VE ALREADY HAVE HAD TWO MAJOR CAR PROBLEMS! I REQUESTED FOR A BUYBACK AND FORD SAYS THEY AREN'T ABLE TO DO SO. I AM FRUSTRATED THAT I PAID FOR THIS FORD CERTIFIED VEHICLE IN CASH, JUST TO BE DUPED. MY MAKE AND MODEL HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE BOTH COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I BELIEVE MY CAR HAS BOTH THESE ISSUES. IN CONCLUSION, I HAVE BEEN SOLD A VEHICLE THAT IS FALSELY ADVERTISED AND A DANGER ON THE ROAD, WITH LITTLE TO NO HELP FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP.

ON JULY 23 2019, I NOTICED MY CAR DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT IN ONE YEAR. FORD IS PUTTING MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN DANGER. LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE LEFT REAR DOOR, MORE RECENTLY IT WAS THE DRIVER'S DOOR.

MY CAR NEVER ACCELERATED RELIABLY, ESPECIALLY IN LOWER GEARS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD CONSTANTLY SHAKE AND SHUDDER. MY WIFE FINALLY REFUSED TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE AFTER THE CAR REPEATEDLY RESPONDED EXCEEDINGLY SLOW TO HER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO CROSS TRAFFIC. SHE WOULD BE STOPPED, WAITING TO CROSS TRAFFIC. WHEN THERE WAS A LONG BREAK IN TRAFFIC, SHE'D PRESS THE GAS AND CAR WOULD CRAWL AHEAD MUCH MORE SLOWLY THAN YOU'D EXPECT WITH HOW FAR SHE PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WOULD THEN CATCH UP TO HER AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE CAR EVENTUALLY MADE IT ACROSS. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I OWNED THE CAR. THE DATE I NOTE IN THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" FIELD REPRESENTS THE DATE I HAD THE FIRST CLUTCH REPAIR DONE ON THE CAR (AT 18,756 MILES).

WENT OUT TO THE CAR LAST NIGHT 17 JULY 2019 AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT JUST CHIMED AND ALL THE LIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF. WENT OUT IN THE MORNING 17 JULY 2019 @0630 TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR MADE LOUD CLICKING SOUNDS AROUND THE TRANSMISSION AREA. ALSO THERE IS A MESSAGE IN THE CLUSTER CENTER THAT READS "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW"

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SPUTTER AND VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GAUDIN FORD (LOCATED AT 6625 W ROY HORN WAY, LAS VEGAS, NV 89118, (702) 534-3094) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DUAL CLUTCH INSTALLED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DSP6 TRANSMISSION, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET AND THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND SHAKES SO BADLY THAT I LOSE POWER AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT WITH THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT SHELLED OUT GOOD MONEY AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM!

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ABOUT 40-50 MPH, ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ACTIVATES, VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO AUTO SHOP. MECHANIC MENTIONED SAME ISSUE WITH SAME MODEL AND YEAR FORD FIESTAS HAVING SAME ISSUE OF OVERHEATING CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE PISTONS. RECALL COVERED MODEL ST NOT THIS MODEL OF SE FOR SAME ISSUE ON SAME ENGINE.

MY CAR DOES NOT ALWAYS GO WHEN THE GAS IS HIT. WHEN YOU GO TO PULL OUT WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT IS STALLING OUT, SHAKES, MAKES GRINDING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE ISSUES. I'VE HAD THE DUAL CLUTCH REPLACED AND MODULE REPROGRAMMED A FEW TIMES. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE FORD TECH, THAT THE SHUTTERING IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. I HAD OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE MY CAR AND THEY ALSO AGREE THAT IT SHOULDN'T DRIVE HOW IT DOES. I HAVE TO AVOID STEEP HILLS BECAUSE THE ACCELERATION DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

CAR JERKS AND SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING, AND HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. SOMETIMES WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD FOR AS LONG AS 7 SECONDS, WHEN IT WILL FINALLY JERK FORWARD ABRUPTLY. THE CAR FREQUENTLY BUCKS FORWARD EVEN WHILE BRAKING OR COASTING. FORD HAS 'REPROGRAMMED' THE CAR MANY TIMES AND REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE. THIS ONLY FIXED THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY, BUT IT RETURNED IN A FEW WEEKS.

2014 FORD FIESTA 47,000 MILES NOW NOT ONLY HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT SUDDENLY A LEAKING WATER PUMP. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL CAR SITES, THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THE WATER PUMP LEAK. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE FROM THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE AND THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT TOO BAD, I'M OUT OF LUCK AND WILL HAVE TO PAY $724 OUT OF POCKET TO GET IT FIXED. THIS CAR HAS HAD TOO MANY RECALLS AND IT WAS BARELY DRIVEN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO PAY UP AND MAKE BETTER CARS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THEY HAVE LOST A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND EVENTUALLY RESUMED NORMAL SPEED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CAPITAL FORD (3660 S CARSON ST, CARSON CITY, NV 89701, (775) 882-5353) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30.

CAR SHUDDERS AND HESITATES ACCELERATION BETWEEN 10-15 MPH WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES FROM A STOP. THIS IS A RE-OCCURRING ISSUE AFTER THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH AND SEAL HAS BEEN REPAIRED MULTIPLE TIMES. FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 TO PRESENT.

TRANSMISSION IS 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC, CONSTANTLY SHUDDERS, FAILS TO ENGAGE, DISENGAGES WHILE DRIVING. HAS BEEN "REPAIRED" NUMEROUS TIMES AND ACTS UP WITHING A FEW THOUSAND MILES AGAIN. WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP, AS IN PARKING DOWNTOWN, REVERSE FAILS TO ENGAGE OR POPS OUT OF REVERSE LEAVING ME IN TRAFFIC. CAR IS NO LONGER RELIABLE AND IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ANYWHERE DUE TO THIS TRANSMISSION.

WHILE PARKED TO FUEL MY CAR, I OPENED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR. UPON CLOSING THE DOOR IT WOULD CLOSE BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I HAD TO SECURE THE DOOR CLOSED WITH THE REAR SEATBELT TO MAKE IT HOME WITHOUT THE DOOR OPENING WHILE I WAS DRIVING.

THE DSP6 DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS. THIS IS EXHIBITED VIA FREQUENT SHUTTERING, STALLING, LURCHING FORWARD, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER WHEN IT SWITCHES TO NEUTRAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IN ONE INSTANCE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD INTO AN INTERSECTION AT WHICH POINT I WAS ALMOST HIT BY CROSS TRAFFIC. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED TO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND.

TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN CAR IS IN DRIVE AND ADVANCING. IT IS DANGEROUS WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A PASS OR TRYING TO MOVE FROM STANDING ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT

CLUTCH FAILS TO CATCH PROPERLY WHEN CHANGING GEARS. SOMETIMES WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, IT WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL FOR A SECOND OR TWO, THEN CATCH AT A HIGH RPM CAUSING A SUDDEN LURCH FORWARD POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, OR COMING TO A RED LIGHT TURNING GREEN, THE BRAKING AND ACCELERATING PATTERN CONFUSES THE TRANSMISSION, OFTEN GUESSING THE WRONG GEAR TO SHIFT INTO, EXACERBATING THE AFOREMENTIONED ISSUE. PARTICULARLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR TURNS, AND THEN ACCELERATING DURING OR AFTER THE TURN, THE GEARS WILL GRIND AND FAILS TO PROPERLY TRANSMIT ADEQUATE POWER, CAUSING POTENTIALLY CAUSING A T-BONE ACCIDENT WHEN DOING A LEFT TURN OR CAUSING A REAR END ACCIDENT WHEN TURNING RIGHT ONTO TRAFFIC. WHEN CHANGING FROM FORWARD INTO REVERSE, THE CLUTCH FAILS TO CATCH FOR A SECOND OR TWO, AND WHEN IT CATCHES AT A HIGH RPM FOR BEING IN NEUTRAL SO LONG, IT CAUSES A SUDDEN JOLT BACKWARDS, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AT LOWER SPEEDS (<20 MPH) THE GEARS GRIND WHEN SHIFTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ABOUT A YEAR AFTER BUYING THE CAR, WITHIN 20000 MILES. THE ISSUE HAS ONLY GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

'TAKE RECALL' THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE COOLANT LIGHT IS ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THE CAR WILL RUN BUT WILL NOT ACCELERATE

PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE WHATSOEVER. WHEN DRIVING, TAKING LEFT TURNS THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN, HAS TO BE HELD DOWN TO PREVENT IT. THE DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCHES ON THESE VEHICLES CAN PREVENT THE DOOR FROM PROPERLY CLOSING. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE DOOR OPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. MANY CUSTOMERS INDICATED THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AT ALL SO THEY DECIDED TO RESTRAIN THE DOOR BY OTHER MEANS (LOOPING THE SEATBELT THROUGH THE DOOR, OR USING ROPE OR TAPE) IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. SOME CUSTOMERS ALSO REPORTED MULTIPLE DOOR LATCH FAILURES OCCURRING ON THE SAME VEHICLE ON DIFFERENT DOORS OCCURRING MONTHS APART. MY 2014 FORD FIESTA MANUFACTURED ON APRIL 2014 IS NOT COVERED BY RECALL 15S16, PARTS AND LABORED NOT GETTING COVERED BY FORD. SEEMS LIKE NOT ALL CARS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL NOTICE STATES SO.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. MY 3 YEAR OLD SITS ON THAT SIDE. GOD KNOWS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED HAD WE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY

THE LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH BROKE WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THIS HAPPENED IN OUR DRIVEWAY AS WE WERE PREPARING TO LEAVE ON A TRIP. IF THIS LATCH HAD BROKEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THIS OR OTHER VEHICLES AND POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO OCCUPANTS OR BYSTANDERS. FORD RECALLED NEARLY 390,000 2012-2014 FIESTA, FOCUS AND LINCOLN MODELS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED AT THE PLANT IN MEXICO. APPARENTLY THEY SHOULD HAVE RECALLED MORE SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS EXEMPTED FROM THAT RECALL, BUT OBVIOUSLY HAS THE SAME DEFECT. I AM NOW FORCED TO PAY $300 TO REPAIR A VEHICLE WHICH FORD SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS DEFECTIVE. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AT FORD'S EXPENSE, NOT THE CUSTOMER'S. THE RECALL NOTICE WAS 15F16 REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.

AFTER 45000 MILES THE CLUTCH PEDAL STARTED TO GET STUCK ON OCCASION. AT 47000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. IT ENDED UP BEING THE SLAVE CYLINDER THAT NEEDED REPLACING. GIVEN THAT I DO NOT DRIVE A LOT THIS FAILED OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY WHILE MANY OTHER HAVE GOTTEN IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AS IT APPEARS TO FAIL ON 2014 MODELS BETWEEN 40000 AND 50000 MILES.

TAKATA RECAL 2014 FORD FIESTA SE EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT SOMETHING FUNNY WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AT LOWER RPMS YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE BROKEN PARTS CLANKING AROUND IN THE TRANSMISSION I ASSUME. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE IT DOES NOT KEEP A STEADY INCREASE OF SPEED WHEN YOU APPLY THE SAME PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, IN FACT IT WILL DOWN SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR AND REV TO A REALLY HI RPM .I WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS IF I WAS GIVING IT A LOT OF GAS BUT I AM NOT, AND AM FIRM ON THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND THIS PIECE OF JUNK SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE CALLED A VEHICLE.