2011 FORD FIESTA Electrical System Problems

WHILE IN MOTION, MY VEHICLE HAD AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE SERVICE WRENCH APPEARS, AND DISPLAYS "ENGINE MALFUNCTION, SEIVCE NOW" THE ENGINE THEN DERATES AND RUNS VERY ROUGH. WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GERARS WITHOUT STALLING. UPON TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING, THE ENGINE RESETS AND RUNS NORMALLY. OCCURENCES ARE RANDOM WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IN ONE INSTANCE MY ENGINE NEARLY STALLED IN A BUSY INTERSECTION AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. FORD HAS A TSB FOR THE ISSUE (13-11-15) THAT INVOLVES CHANGING THE WIRING OF THE CAR. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE ELEVATED TO RECALL STATUS SO THAT REPAIRS ARE COVERED. GIVEN THAT IT IS A DESIGN ISSUE THAT WAS BUILT IN TO THE VEHICLE AND REQUIRES A CHANGE TO THE WIRING TO FIX, FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE. I WAS BILLED $442.85 BY MY DEALER TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE.

AFTER BEING IN PARK AT A GAS STATION, I GO INTO DRIVE AND START TO GO WHEN THE CARS SHUDDERS, SCREECHES, HALTS, AND THEN LOSES POWER. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN, BUT WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS THERE IS NO POWER. I TRY TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AND THOUGH THE GEAR IS IN PARK AN ALERT COMES UP TELLING ME TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. CAR WILL NOT GO INTO PARK. KEEPS ROLLING. HAVE TO USE MY EMERGENCY BREAK TO STOP THE CAR. PAID OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY WERE "PRETTY SURE" IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. 5 DAYS AFTER BRING IT TO THEM I CALL AND FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND SOMETHING WITH THE CLUTCH. THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED. I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE DIAGNOSES WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE REMEDY FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THE HOOD AND DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHTS WILL FLASH AND BEEP DURING RANDOM INTERVALS. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES, EITHER THE CAUTION LIGHTS OR ALARM WILL GO OFF. THESE WILL EVENTUALLY TURN OFF WITHOUT ANY ACTION. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PASSED AT A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP.

THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS WHERE CAR LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELLING AT 35 AND 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE TRANSMISSION DASHBOARD INDICATOR FLASHED FROM P TO D BACK AND FORTH. WHEN RESTARTING AND IDLING, THE ENGINE SHUDDERED. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT (5/29), FORD DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT (6/13), TWO WEEKS LATER, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM).

REAR PASSENGER POWER WINDOW SUDDENLY QUIT, NEEDED MANUAL ASSIST TO CLOSE. TWO DAYS LATER TRIED TO START MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY LOUD CLICKS, POWER TO LIGHTS SURGED WITH EACH CLICK, HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT DIM, BATTERY GOOD. ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK, MILEAGE ODOMETER KEPT CHANGING GOING UP AND DOWN ON MILES, DASH WOULD GO BLANK THEN COME BACK ON. NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO SHOP.

WHILE PARKED WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING (ABOUT 30 MINUTES IN 87 DEGREE WEATHER WITH THE AC ON), THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT TRIED TO GO INTO DRIVE AND ROCKED FORWARD SLIGHTLY. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TESTED THE VEHICLE AND IT SEEMED ROAD WORTHY ENOUGH TO TRY AND GET HOME. WHEN DRIVING HOME AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR'S DISPLAY FOR PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, DRIVE, STARTED QUICKLY FLASHING BETWEEN DRIVE AND PARK. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND THEN MET FAIRLY HEAVY RESISTANCE PUTTING IT BACK INTO DRIVE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF FLASHING BETWEEN DRIVE AND PARK, IT STOPPED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. THE SAME THING HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE I WAS ABOUT TO TURN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME I...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY (70 MPH) THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER. I WAS PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR BUT, THE CAR WAS NOT RESPONDING. I YANKED THE STEERING WHEEL HARD AND THE CAR SETTLED ON THE SHOULDER. IF A CAR WERE BEHIND ME (RARITY FOR A CAR NOT TO BE RIGHT BEHIND ON EXPRESSWAY) IT WOULD HAVE PLOWED RIGHT INTO MY CAR. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. A YEAR LATER SAME THING IS STILL HAPPENING. THE LAST HAPPENED WHILE, I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. CAR JUST WENT DEAD. I DRIVE STOP AND GO TO WORK AND BACK. CAR SEEMS TO SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR TO THIRD GEAR EVERY TIME I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP. SEEMS TO FIGHT ME FROM MOVING, THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. MY MOM BORROWED MY CAR ONE DAY AND SAYS SHE WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN IT...

AS I WAS LEAVING WORK PULLING OUT OF THE ROAD I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR STALLED. MAKING MULTIPLE VEHICLES COME TO A SCREECHING STOP ALMOST CAUSES MULTIPLE WRECKS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. OTHER TIMES I WAS IN TRAFFIC PASSING PEOPLE OR JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOULD STALL NOT ACCELERATING. LAST OF ALL MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN ONE WEEK DUE TO CODE P2837 AND P2832

JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AFTER BEING IN THE CAR ABOUT AN HOUR, WE STARTED GETTING A STATIC POP ON THE FACTORY STEREO SYSTEM. IT WOULD INTERRUPT WHATEVER WAS ON MOMENTARILY AND WOULD CONTINUE EVEN IF YOU SWITCHED SOURCES. MOST ANNOYINGLY, THE STATIC POP STAYS EVEN AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF. IT WORRIES ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRECURSOR TO SOME SORT OF GENERAL ELECTRONIC FAILURE, BUT WITH THE CAR OUT OF WARRANTY, MY HANDS ARE TIED. HALF HOUR DRIVES ARE NOT YET A PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS AFTER AN HOUR OR SO, AND EVEN IF YOU TURN THE STEREO OFF, IT JUST CONTINUES TO POP. THERE IS A 6 PAGE THREAD ON THE PROBLEM HERE, (AND I'M SURE MANY OTHER PLACES OF THE WEB): HTTP://WWW.FIESTAFACTION.COM/FORUMS/THREADS/42105-RADIO-CUTTING-OUT-INTERMITTENTLY-WITH-POPPING-SOUND/PAGE6?HIGHLIGHT=STATIC IN OTHER WORDS, I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED ONE DAY IN LATE OCTOBER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE...

I WAS LEAVING WORK AND UNLOCKED MY CAR WITH MY REMOTE KEY IN ORDER TO GET IN. I HAD BEEN TO PANERA BREAD AROUND 3:00PM FOR LUNCH AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE SO I GOT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE AND STARTED TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT. AS SOON AS I STARTED (TURNED RIGHT) ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I HEARD WIND FROM THE BACK (LOUDER THAN USUAL) AND MY DOOR WAS FLAPPING OPEN! I WAS GLAD A CAR DIDN'T DIVE BY AND RIP OFF MY DOOR! I PULLED OFF (WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR BACKWARDS AWKWARDLY AND UNSAFELY) INTO THE TARGET PARKING LOT. I TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR BUT IT JUST BOUNCED BACK, I TIRED TO HOLD SHUT AND LOCK IT BUT IT WOULDN'T LOCK. THE LATCH WAS BROKEN OR NOT FUNCTIONING. I HAD TO BUY PAINTERS TAPE TO MAKE SURE MY DOOR DIDN'T FLY OPEN ON THE WAY HOME. I TOOK TO...

I PURCHASED A FORD FIESTA 2011 IN OCTOBER, 2010. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP (AROUND 8,000 MILES), THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUTTER UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UP OR DOWN AN INCLINE; WHEN MOVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BACK AND FORTH QUICKLY (IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHEN ACCELERATING TO TURN LEFT FROM A STOP) THE RPMS WOULD JUMP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROMPTLY, AND THEN ONLY AFTER HARSH JERKING. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP RESULTED IN SEVERAL EXPLANATIONS (AND COSTLY "REPAIRS"), INCLUDING BEING TOLD I NEEDED A COMPLETE ENGINE FLUSH, FAULTY BRAKE CALIPERS, RECALIBRATION OF THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE, AND THE CLASSIC "THAT IS NORMAL OPERATION FOR THE CAR." AS OF FEBRUARY, 2015 (MY CAR NOW HAS 50,000), THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO PERSIST AND, MOST CONCERNING OF ALL, MY CAR WILL NOW PERIODICALLY STALL WITH COMPLETE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PLEASE...

FORD KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IT SHIFTS HARD AND LOSSES THE GET UP AND GO. *TR

FOR APPROX. 2 MONTHS, MY CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS START. I WOULD HAVE TO CRANK IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD TURN OVER. REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT STILL HAPPENED. ONE NIGHT, STOPPED AT THE STORE FOR A FEW MINUTES. GOT IN THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. LEFT FOR AN HOUR, GOT BACK IN AND IT STARTED. DROPPED IT OFF AT THE FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STARTER. THE NEXT DAY WENT TO THE P.O., GOT BACK IN AND IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. WAITED 1/2 HOUR AND IT STARTED. DROVE RIGHT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TCM. (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE). THAT WAS 12/5. I AM HOPING THIS DOES THE TRICK. HAVE READ ABOUT 2011 FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS AND HOPE I HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS. *TR

DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY SAFETY ISSUE, DOOR LATCH FAILS AND DOOR STAYS OPEN: I WENT TO CLOSE RIGHT REAR DOOR OF FIESTA. NO PROBLEM WARNING UNTIL THAT MOMENT. IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WENT BAD. TOOK TO VISALIA FORD IN VISALIA, CA, APPOINTMENT THAT AFTERNOON. SERVICE WRITERS SAID THAT WAS THE 4-5TH FIESTA/ FOCUS WITH THIS PROBLEM LATELY AND THAT THEY WERE WAITING 2-3 WEEKS ON BACK ORDER FOR THE SAME PARTS FOR THE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN VEHICLES.THIS SMALL TOWN DEALER WAS WAITING 2-3 WEEKS ON BACK ORDER TO FIX THIS IN 4-5 OTHER FIESTA/FOCUS. I HAD TO ORDER AND PAY FOR PARTS SO THEY WOULD BE ORDERED. UPON MY GOING HOME, AFTER CINCHING UP THE DOOR AGAIN, I CALLED THE NUMBER FOR FORD WEST REPRESENTATIVE. I HAD "DIRECT #" ([XXX]) FROM PREVIOUS INCIDENT NOT RELATED TO THIS DOOR. THE PHONE WAS ANSWERED BY A DIFFERENT PERSON, WHO SAID...

ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR SPUTTERS DIES WONT START SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN DANGEROUS CAR ITS NOT SAFE FORD KNOWS AND WONT FIX IT. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED TO FIX THE ISSUE TO NO AVAIL AND THE SHIFT SOLENOID TO NO AVAIL DEALER CANT FIX IT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE CAR SAFE. *TR

TRANSMISSION REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. NOW CAR WILL NOT START, NO LIGHTS,RADIO. BATTERY CHECKED AND CHARGED-NOT ISSUE. *TR

MY CAR HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND BEEN "REPAIRED" THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE CAR MALFUNCTIONED, THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW. THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT SWITCHED FROM D TO P AND BACK AGAIN, OVER AND OVER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND LATER TURNED SOLIDLY ON. SINCE IT WAS JUST COASTING, I HAD TO PULL OVER THE CAR AND IN EACH CASE I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN AN AREA WITH A DECENT BREAKDOWN LANE. AT ONE POINT WHEN THE MECHANICS WERE PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO A BAY, IT STARTED DOING THIS AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS ALSO STARTED BLINKING. IN ADDITION, IT JERKED BACK INTO DRIVE, JUMPING FORWARD. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS CLOSE TO IT. SO FAR THE REPAIRS HAVE INCLUDED AN IGNITION COIL PACK, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES, REPLACING TWO BOLTS AND REPROGRAMMING, AND REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FOR A GRAND TOTAL...

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH AND WHEN SHE SLOWED DOWN FOR SLOWER TRAFFIC AND THE CAR STOPPED. THE MOTOR SHUTOFF AND COASTED TO A STOP (SHE SAID IT JOLTED TO A STOP IN ABOUT 20 FEET). THE TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY SO SHE TRIED TO GET TO THE SHOULDER BUT COULDN'T MAKE IT, SHE TURNED ON HER HAZARDS AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO RESTART (DIDN'T RESTART) THEN PUT IT INTO PARK TO RESTART (DIDN'T RESTART) SO THEN TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK TO MOVE THE CAR (PUSHING TO THE SHOULDER) BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED THE CAR WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PARK. SHE EVEN TRIED TO RELEASE THE TRANSMISSION MANUALLY BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE SOLENOIDS, IT WOULD NOT RELEASE AND SO LEFT THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY...

FIESTA WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE MOVING. IT WOULD NOT RETURN TO 'DRIVE' OR REVERSE OR 'LOW' UNTIL STOPPED ( IN TRAFFIC ) , KILLED ENGINE, AND RESTARTED. BRAKE PEDDLE FELT 'LOCKED' WHEN RE-STARTING. IT RAN OK UNTIL LATER IN DAY WHEN IT FAILED TO DRIVE AT ALL AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER. FAILURE WAS ALWAYS WHEN MOVING IN TRAFFIC.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN MAY 2013 AS A USED VEHICLE FROM THE FORD STORE IN SAN LEANDRO, CA. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE FIRST THING THAT BROKE WAS MY PASSENGER SIDE VISOR. EVEN THOUGH "VISORS AND FRONT SEAT SRS WARNING" IS CHECKED OFF ON THE 172 POINT INSPECTION FORM I WAS GIVEN, THE VISOR HAD A CRACK IN THE PIECE OF THE VISOR THAT HELD IT TO THE ROOF OF THE CAR. I HAD NO IDEA ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT UNTIL A PASSENGER TRIED TO USE IT AND IT FELL INTO THEIR LAP. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE I STARTED NOTICING THAT THERE IS A DELAY WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE (ABOUT A 3-4 SECONDS), IT WAS LIKE THE CAR DIDN'T WANT TO RESPOND TO THE PEDDLE BEING PUSHED DOWN. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE...

ON APRIL 8, 2014, MY 2011 FORD FIESTA WAS LOSING ACCELERATION. AS I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND GOING ABOUT 45 MPH, THE ACCELERATION SLOWED AND EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY STOPPED. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY! ALSO, THE GEAR DISPLAY WAS FLASHING FRO P TO D, OVER AND OVER. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO CAL WORTHINGTON FORD OF ANCHORAGE ON APRIL 9, 2014 AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING. MY CAR WAS READY FOR PICK UP ON APRIL 11, 2014. THEY REPROGRAMMED OR REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERWORK OR A DETAILED EXPLANATION ON THE REPAIRS. ON APRIL 14, 2014 MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS ON APRIL 8. THE CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STALLED IN TRAFFIC. I VIDEOTAPED ALL OF IT. I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THE GEAR DISPLAY...

I HAD JUST STARTED ACCELERATING AFTER STOPPING AT A STREET LIGHT. MY CAR BEGAN SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH AS I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR. I NOTICED MY ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT MY CAR WASN'T MOVING. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE POWER WAS THERE BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO THE WHEELS. MY CAR WAS STRUGGLING TO DO WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. MY CAR JUMPED AND SHIFTED BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO MOVE. FINALLY IT CAUGHT UP WITH THE PROBLEM AND MOVED A LITTLE. I WAS ABLE TO LET IT ROLL DOWNHILL FAR ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD INTO SAFETY. LATER WHEN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I TURNED ON MY ENGINE AND IT WORKED. I PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE AND MOVED IT BACK. WHEN I PUT MY CAR INTO DRIVE THE GEAR LEVER MOVED BUT THE GEAR DID NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I...

ENGINE MIL TURNED ON AFTER CAR WAS STARTED, DRIVING WAS FINE AT SPEEDS UNDER 45MPH. ONCE OVER 45MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE ENGINE CODE INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE NATURAL VACUUM LEAK DETECTION (NVLD) SERVICE KIT, THAT HAD FAILED OR A FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED INTO A DEALERSHIP AND THE PART REPLACED, THE ENGINE MIL TURNED BACK ON BEFORE I CLAIMED THE VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN SITTING WITH THE DEALER FOR 4 DAYS, AS THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX THE CAR. THIS SENSOR FAILING IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE AS THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN DATED FEB 13, 2013, THIS REPLACED A PREVIOUS BULLETIN DATED MAY 21, 2011. THIS SENSOR FAILING IS DANGEROUS AND HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE 2011. AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS NO REAL FIX, AT LEAST WITH MY VEHICLE. THE WORDING IN...

DRIVING IN TRAFFIC NORMAL SPEED ABOUT 40-45 MPH, VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING COMPLETELY. NORMAL COMMUTE & ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED SINCE THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE QUICKLY. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WE TRIED SWITCHING THE GEARS AND RESTARTING THE CAR. AFTER THIS, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AT ALL. TAKEN THE CAR TO FORD MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY HAVE RAN ALL SORTS OF DIAGNOSTICS AND WE FIND OURSELVES AT THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST EVERY 2-3 MONTHS WITH ISSUES. FORD CORPORATE DID NOTHING BUT PROVIDE EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE DONE IF WE WERE ACTUALLY REAR ENDED & SEVERELY HURT BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY CAR? UNFORTUNATELY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT CORRECT HE PROBLEM & THIS VEHICLE IS STILL JEOPARDIZING MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND WE'LL BEING. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING NORMAL SPEEDS THE "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" MESSAGE POPPED UP ON MY DASH AND THE CAR STARTED VISCOUSLY JERKING. THE CAR HAD TROUBLE STOPPING AS IF THE BRAKES COULDN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT. MY CAR WOULD FIERCELY JERK FORWARD WHEN I WAS COMING TO A STOP THAT I THEN NOTICED I HAD TO STOP FURTHER BACK THAN NORMAL IN FEAR OF THE CAR JERKING FORWARD TO HARD AND HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I FINALLY PARKED AND WAS READY TO GO TO A WELL LIT AREA THE CAR STARTED UP PERFECTLY NORMAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE MESSAGE WAS GONE. TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR BASICALLY "FIXED ITSELF." I THEN ASKED THEM IF IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT FOR THEM TO RECALL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ENGINE SHUTTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

MY BOYFRIEND WENT OUT TO START MY CAR UP AND WARM IT UP FOR ME... IT WOULD TURN OVER...THEN AFTER TRYING AGAIN IT STARTED. I WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK AND WENT TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY AND MY CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. I THEN PUT IT IN DRIVE AND MOVED UP A LITTLE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AGAIN IT WOULD GO ANY WHERE.IT WAS LIKE THE GEAR GO STUCK. I HAD TO HAVE MY BOYFRIEND PUSH MY CAR BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY.I THEN CALLED JONES JUNCTION WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED INTO THEIR SHOP BECAUSE I HAD COVERAGE ON IT FOR REPAIR FOR THEM TO CALL ME AND SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. I DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN...

REFERRING TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT #10546964, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR EXAMINATION AND REPAIR AFTER OPENING CASE # WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND REFERENCING RESEARCH THAT POINTS TO A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH FIESTAS. SHOP HAD VEHICLE FOR THREE DAYS AND REPORTED A REPAIR HAD BEEN COMPLETED, A COMPUTER "UPDATE." CAR WAS RETRIEVED AND AFTER 30 MILES OF DRIVING +/- SAME PROBLEM RETURNED WHEN TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND NO GEAR COULD BE FOUND. TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF WAS NOT EASILY DONE AND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR. ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO EMERGENCY LANE SO VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON US 321 WITH NO IMMEDIATE WAY TO MOVE IT TO A SAFE AREA. SINCE IT WAS AFTER 8:00 P.M. TRAFFIC WAS MINIMAL. WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED FINALLY,...

THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED AFTER HAVING CAR FOR LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. TOWED TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK AND THE SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. YESTERDAY, WAS TRAVELING AND, AS BEFORE, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL (GEAR INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD LOOKED LIKE A SLOT MACHINE) AND WHEN I COASTED TO A STOP (MORE THAN ONCE ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO EMERGENCY LANE), IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF, IT THEN HAD TROUBLE STARTING, AND WHEN IT DID RE-ENGAGE INTO GEAR, IT WOULD RANDOMLY GO OUT OF GEAR AND WE "LIMPED" HOME GOING LESS THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR HAVING TO STOP A HALF DOZEN TIMES HOPING THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION WOULD RE-ENGAGE LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO GET HOME. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT WOULD DISENGAGE AT ANY RATE OF SPEED AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS BLOWING HOT AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT A NEW FAN BOX NEEDED WAS NEEDED TO REMEDY THE DEFECTIVE AIR CONDITIONER. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPLACE THE FAN. THE CONTACT DID NOT SPEAK TO THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE WIRE HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED. (FUSE BOX AND ALL CONNECTED WIRES) THEY ARE CONSIDERED ALL ONE PART. CAR WOULD NOT START AT FIRST. THEN WHEN IT DID, IT HAD NO GEARS. COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THEN COULD NOT START ALTOGETHER. REPAIRS COST 1500.00 MY FEELING IS THAT A CAR THAT IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 100,000 MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE FIND OUT IF IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

ON 29 MAY, 2013 MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR STALLED. THE RPMS WENT UP AND THE CAR JUST KEPT LOSING SPEED UNTIL IT WOULD NO LONGER GO WITH NO TROUBLE LIGHTS, WHICH IT GAVE THE IMPRESSION THE CAR HAD SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. A TOW TRUCK CAME AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STARTED THE CAR AS SOON AS IT ARRIVED AND IT STARTED UP RIGHT AWAY AND STATED SINCE THERE WERE NO TROUBLE LIGHTS THAT THEY COULD NOT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE CAR SO THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO US. ON 5 JUNE, 2013 MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STALLED AGAIN, BUT WE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND LET IT SIT, THEN RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DID AN INSPECTION. THEY...

CAR SPUTTERS TO START, THEN WON'T ENGAGE ANY GEAR. BATTERY WON'T HOLD A CHARGE. TODAY (01 JAN 2013) MARKS THE THIRD INCIDENT. THE DEALER PUT IN A NEW BATTERY THE FIRST 2 TIMES AND TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE (TWICE). THIS CAR EATS BATTERIES. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS DURING COLD WEATHER. AFTER THE CAR STARTED, I ROLLED IN NEUTRAL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET. THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. I WAS A SITTING DUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I COULDN'T GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART ENGINE 4 TIMES UNTIL IT ENGAGED A GEAR. THEN I DROVE TO AUTOZONE WHERE THEY TESTED THE BATTERY. THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS GOOD (1- YEAR OLD BATTERY HAD A 3-YEAR WARRANTY) AND THE ALTERNATOR ENGAGED, BUT THE BATTERY LOST ITS CHARGE RAPIDLY UPON TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. *TR

THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF PREVENTING THE CAR FROM STARTING. THE CIRCULAR LUG USED TO CONNECT THE CABLE TO THE POSITIVE BATTERY POST IS TOO THIN FOR THE SIZE OF THE CABLE AND EXTRA SAFETY FUSES AND CIRCUITRY. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE SUCH A POORLY DESIGNED PART HAS A LEAD TIME FROM FORD'S OEM IN MEXICO OF 4-6 WEEKS. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT NORTH CENTRAL FORD IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, SINCE 15 AUGUST. AFTER MISSING THE PART DELIVERY DEADLINE THREE TIMES THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY PROVIDED A RENTAL CAR. AS OF THE WRITING OF THIS ISSUE THE FORD FIESTA HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 26 DAYS, STILL WAITING FOR THE ORIGINAL PART FROM THE OEM. *TR

I HAVE A VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT KEEPS HAVING A GRINDING NOISE LIKE IT HAS A HARD TIME GOING INTO GEAR. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM IS WORSE WHEN TRYING TO QUICKLY STOP AS WELL AS ACCELERATING RIGHT AFTER. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY KEEPING THE FIESTA IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NORMAL AND THERE IS NO REPAIR IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW NOT ROLLING UP RIGHT. THIS WAS FIXED BUT I THINK THAT OVER TIME IT WILL START TO BE A PROBLEM AGAIN. THE FINAL PROBLEM IS THE SOUND SYSTEM NOT BEING PROPERLY WIRED AS I PLUGGED MY PHONE TO CHARGE AND THE RADIO STOPPED GETTING RECEPTION. *TR

AT CROSSROADS FORD,PRINCE GEORGE,VIRGINIA: THIS 2011 FORD FIESTA...SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON..DEALERSHIP CHECKED CAR TSB(POWER TRAIN CENTRAL MODULE-FOR TRANSMISSION) ONLY RE-SET/RE-PROGRAMMED TRANSMISSION COMPUTER.(APRIL 25,2011. ON NOVEMBER 4,2011...I TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO MORGANTON N.C.FORD DEALERSHIP.. MY FIESTA WOULD NOT START AND AFTER 4 ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR IT HESITATED AND STARTED IT JERKED AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS BADLY MISSING....WHEN DRIVEN TO DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON...IT WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY AND THE RPMS WENT TO 3000RPMS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR. DEALERSHIP STATED VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND AGAIN RE-PROGRAMMED AND UP-DATED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. I WAS VERY UPSET. IN DECEMBER 22,2011: TRANSMISSION GEARS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. I TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL MORGANTON,N.C. FORD DEALERSHIP...THEY TESTED THE PCM..IT PASSED.TESTED TCM PASSED ALL CONTROLS. THEN TRIED TO TELL ME...IT WAS ONLY A LOW-BATTERY PROBLEM...BUT HAD TO RE-SET THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER A THIRD TIME.THEN ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A RECURRING FAILURE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE FUEL SENSOR FAILED A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES AND WAS REPLACED UPON EACH FAILURE, BUT CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM WOULD MALFUNCTION SPORADICALLY BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SOME TYPE OF INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER PROGRAM CALIBRATION WAS OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED SO THE MANUFACTURER REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

2011 FORD FIESTA. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STATED HE WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE VEHICLE, AFTER SEEING A GLARE AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND REMOVED THE KEY. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. ACCORDING TO THE FIRE REPORT, THE FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *JB