NHTSA Complaint #10795333 — 2013 FORD FIESTA

KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION, OPENED CAR DOOR AFTER WORK IN PARKING LOT AND HEARD LOUD STATIC COMING FROM RADIO/AUDIO SYSTEM (THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE BUT THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS THE WORST). PLEASE NOTE THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING UP THE 55 MILES PER HOUR AND ALSO WHILE THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED - KEY NOT IN IGNITION. I HEAR 'CRACKING AND POPPING' REGULARLY AND SOMETIMES THE VOLUME IS TERRIFYING AND STARTLING. IT COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE AN AUTO CRASH - THINK ABOUT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE AUDIO SYSTEM STARTS BLARING STATIC AT 10+ UNEXPECTEDLY... MY RADIO/CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND IF IT DOES WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES, I WILL HEAR LOUD CRACKING AND LOUD POPPING AND THEN THE RADIO/CD CUTS OFF. THE CAR FEELS 'ELECTRIFIED' (THE HAIR ON MY ARMS HAS RAISED). I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE, I HAVE NOTICED HUNDREDS OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE WRITING ABOUT EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. RECALL HELP MUCH APPRECIATED BECAUSE SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT WITH THE FORD CARS EXPERIENCING THESE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. PLEASE NOTE WHILE THESE ELECTRICAL/AUDIO STATIC PROBLEMS ARE GOING ON, THE SYNC SYSTEM HASN'T BEEN FULLY OPERATIONAL EITHER. MY STATE DOES NOT ALLOW DRIVING WITH CELLPHONES SO AN UNAVAILABLE SYNC SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY A PAIN BUT PREVENTS COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.