NHTSA Complaint #10535417 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON START OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. NO LIGHTS CAME ON AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. STOPPED, RESTARTED AND WORKED FINE NEXT INCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. . THE CAR REVVED UP AND THEN WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR. HAD TO COAST OFF HIGHWAY, STOP CAR AND RESTART. . IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOOK TO DEALER WHO DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. YESTERDAY , HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHERE CAR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY AND LIGHT DID COME ON. THIS CAR MAKES ME FEAR FOR MY LIFE. CAR IS BACK AT DEALERSHIP AND I WILL NEVER DRIVE IT AGAIN AS THERE IS NO WARNING AS TO WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION WILL OCCUR. THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE WARNED ABOUT. I WILL BE TRADING MINE ASAP. *TR