NHTSA Complaint #11041684 — 2014 FORD FIESTA

1.0 LITER ECOBOOST ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT WITHOUT WARNING AND CATOSTOPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WILL RESULT. THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND WARNING LIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EARLY WARNING. THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER / FAILS AND ONLY THEN DO THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE CAR LOST POWER. I DOWNSHIFTED AND NOTED NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OUT OF NORMAL RANGES. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND LEFT ME SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED DID THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE LIGHT COME ON. THE GAUGES PROVIDED NO EARLY WARNING OF A COOLING ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND NEW ENGINE I HAD TO HAVE FORD INSTALL IN THIS CAR AND BOTH TIMES THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. COOLING ISSUE WITH NO WARNING PRIOR TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. BOTH INCIDENTS LEFT ME SIT IN THE ROAD WITH NO WAY TO PULL OVER. I HAD NO WARNING. THIS IS TO REPORT THE LATEST INCIDENT.