NHTSA Complaint #11034647 — 2014 FORD FIESTA

AWHILE BACK MY CAR RAN HOT. I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT SOME COOLANT TO PUT IN IT AND IT WAS FINE. LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD MAYBE 3 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY CAR RAN HOT AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE A.C. RUNNING SO FROM THAT POINT ON I NEVER RAN THE AIR. SO APPROPRIATELY 3 WEEKS AGO MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN HE GOT THE CAR VALET HAD THE AIR RUNNING AND FROM THAT DAY IT CONTINUED TO RUN HOT. I ALLOWED IT TO COOL, ADDED COOLANT AND IT DIDN'T HELP. MY CAR PROCEEDED NOT TO CRANK. I GOT IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT I HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET. FROM THERE I TOWED IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DID A FULL DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT I'VE BLOWN AND HEAD GASKET AND THAT THE CYLINDER WALLS ARE DAMAGED AS WELL AND THEY RECOMMEND ME REPLACING THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST ROUGHLY $8000