2011 FORD FIESTA Power Train Problems

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...

MY 2011 FORD FIESTA TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR AWHILE NOW. I HAVE HAD THEM RESET THE SYSTEM AND ALSO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. HOWEVER, MY CAR STILL HAS ISSUES THE TRANSMISSION STICKS AND DOES NOT ALWAYS ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESS ON THE GUESS. YOU CAN HEAR AND FEEL THE ENGINE STICK AND SHUTTER. THE CAR IS MORE AND MORE FAILING TO ACCELERATE WHICH HAS CAUSED TO ME TO ALMOST GET INTO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE SOLUTION I WAS TOLD BY FORD WAS THAT THERE IS NO TRUE FIX AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING THEY CAN NOT FIX. MY CAR IS BRAND NEW AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THAT TYPE OF ANSWER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF MY CAR MALFUNCTIONING. I WANT THIS ISSUE RESOLVED FOR GOOD, I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY IN MY CAR AND FEAR OF GETTING IN AN...

FROM THE BEGINNING IT HAS NEVER SHIFTED RIGHT OR SO I THINK. I EVEN PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THE SHOP SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WELL THE OTHER DAY IT WAS MAKING CRUNCHING NOISES SHIFTING GEARS AND IT TOOK SEVERAL HUNDRED RPMS TO GET THE CAR GOING. WENT TO PARTS STORE IN IT RUNNING LIKE THIS 10 MILES AWAY AND WHEN I CAME BACK AND PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY IT DIED AND HASN'T STARTED SINCE. *TR

UPON ACCELERATING AT A LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE MOTOR WOULD NO LONG PROPEL THE CAR FORWARD. THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING, BUT NO POWER WAS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE THE WHEELS. I WAS LEFT COASTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIX LANE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR AND COULD NOT MOVE AS THE CAR COASTED TO A HALT. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK AND THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. I THEN TURNED OFF THE CAR TO SEE IF RESTARTING IT WOULD DO ANYTHING, BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. NOW I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE, DURING RUSH HOUR, WITH A CAR THAT WON'T START, AND WON'T COME OUT OF PARK. BECAUSE OF THIS I COULD NOT EVEN ROLL THE CAR TO A PLACE...

CAR DID NOT MOVE COULD NOT FIND THE GEARS HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD, I WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME BUT THIS TIME WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AND WHILE PUSHING OUT OF THE WAY ALMOST GOT HIT. I WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I APPEARS THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT FOR A FIX IT IS A BAD GROUND BOLD AND A DEFECTIVE MODULE. I FEEL THERE MAY BE OTHER CARS THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN ACCIDENTS THAT RESULTED FROM THIS. THERE IS NOTHING SCARIER THEN SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE AND GETTING OUT OF THE CAR TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY IS SUICIDAL.I AM GRATEFUL TO ROCHESTER FORD FOR GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND AT NO COST. *TR

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...

CAR WAS STALLING OUT / DYING REPEATEDLY IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS FROM A DEAD STOP AND THEN WOULD STALL OUT COMPLETELY. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE KEY TO START THE CAR, AND THEN PUT IT IN GEAR TO GET THE CAR TO DRIVE AGAIN. IF I WERE IN TRAFFIC, AND THEN DECIDED TO TURN LEFT TO CROSS OVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, MY CAR COULD HAVE STALLED AND I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VERY SCARY TO DRIVE A CAR WITH THIS DEFECT. I TOOK IT IN TO GET REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THIS PART. *TR

CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS IT WOULD NOT MOVE WAITED A FEW SECOND'S AND IT STARTED TO GO DROVE ABOUT 100 YARDS SAME THING AGAIN, CAME OUT OF IT AGAIN DROVE TOWARDS HOME ABOUT 3 MILES IT LOST ALL POWER TRANSMISSION COULD NOT FIND THE GEAR LOOKING AT DASH SAW IT SEARCHING, FINALLY IT WENT INTO DRIVE, DROVE ANOTHER 5 MILES AND SAME THING AGAIN THIS TIME IT WAS SHIFTING ON ITS OWN FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND HIGH LOW RANGES, SAT THERE WAITING ON IT FINALLY WENT INTO DRIVE DROVE IT HOME AND. CALLED ROCHESTER FORD DROPPED IT OF THEY SAID IT SHIFTED BETTER THEN ANY FIESTA THEY EVER TRIED WIFE DROVE IT HOME AND ON THE WAY HOME IT DID SAME THING, CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEP. *TR

WHEN GOING FROM A STOP TO A START THE CAR ACTS AS IT POPS OUT OF GEAR AND SHAKES, SPUTTERS AND THE RPMS RAPIDLY RISE...THOUGH IT IS IN GEAR AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THIS IS CAUSING GREAT CONCERN HAD OTHER TRAFFIC BEEN COMING...I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. *TR

HARSH SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER TRANSMISSION SHIFTING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. THE FEELING OF THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". HARSH OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION "JERKING" OR "SHUDDERING" UPON TAKE-OFF FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN ON AN INCLINE. VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU TRY AND ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

I HAD A 2011 FORD FIESTA, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A JERKING/LUNGING MOTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS FROM TIME TO TIME. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND GIRL SCOUTS IN THE CAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND HAVE INFORMED THEIR SERVICE DEPT. /MECHANIC OF THE ISSUE. THEY ASSURED ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THE VEHICLES COMPUTER IS ADJUSTING TO HOW I DRIVE THE CAR AND THAT IS WHY IT IS DOING THIS. THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND REPROGRAMMED MY CAR OVER FOUR TIMES? I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS WEBSITES AFTER WEBSITE WITH PEOPLE WITH OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. IT TOOK A WEEK FOR SOMEONE TO CALL BE BACK AND I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FINE. I TRIED TO...

DRIVING TO WORK STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT, I SAW THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR DISPLAY FLICKERING THROUGH THE GEARS. ON GREEN I TRIED TO GO BUT, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, IT DID NOT GO BUT THE ENGINE REVVED. I WAITED FOR THE NEXT RED, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WENT. IT WAS PARKED ALL DAY. WHEN I STARTED IT UP AGAIN, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF, THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE ONLY BEEN A GLITCH. I DROVE HOME ONTO I-295 AT 65MPH SPEED AND ALL OF SUDDEN IT STARTED AGAIN, ENGINE LIGHT ON, TRANSMISSION SELECTOR GOING THROUGH ALL GEARS, AND I LOST POWER TO THE WHEEL. LUCKILY I COASTED TO AN OFF RAMP, BEFORE I WAS FLATTENED BY SEMITRACTORS. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND ON, THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF, AND THE CAR DROVE AGAIN....

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...

I DRIVE A 2011 FORD FIESTA AND THE TRANSMISSION KEPT HESITATING WHEN I WAS CHANGING GEARS. I SAW A WHOLE LOT OF WEB SEARCHES FROM GOOGLE OF OTHER OWNER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THESE MODELS GOTTA BE ON RECALL IF THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BREAK. BUT THEY'RE NOT UNDER THE LIST FOR A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

HI, I OWN A 2011 FORD FIESTA THAT GETS STUCK IN 4 INCHES OF SNOW AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS CAUSING A CRASH HAZARD. THE EARLY 2011 FORD FIESTAS WERE MADE WITH TRACTION CONTROL THAT YOU CAN NEVER SHUT OFF. YOU CAN'T GET POWER TO THE WHEELS AND YOU BLOCK THE INTERSECTION UNTIL MULTIPLE PEOPLE EXIT THEIR VEHICLES AND PUSH YOU OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. IT IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE TO HELP. I HAVE A CAR WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES ON IT THAT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN THE WINTER. *TR

IN JANUARY 2014 I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 55 MPH. THE SEEMED THE CAR WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR. I WOULD HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIGN OF THE ROAD, PUT IT INTO PARK, AND THEN START AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A MODULE AND RESET THE COMPUTER, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE COMPUTER WAS RESET AGAIN. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 2 WEEKS LATER, BUT THIS TIME I COULDN'T GET IT INTO GEAR. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. APPROX. 2 WEEKS LATER THE VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE AN AIR HORN WAS GOING OFF WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALERSHIP PULLED THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID A MAJOR PART OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN AND IT WAS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THAT WAS 3 WEEKS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP IS WAITING FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION...

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS RANGING FROM <25 MPH TO HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH), GRINDING AND RATTLING SOUNDS MAY BE HEARD FROM THE 2011 FORD FIESTA DUAL CLUTCH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS CONTINUED WITH NO SOLUTION SINCE THE MIDDLE OF 2013. ACCOMPANYING THESE NOISES IS LIGHT VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AND INSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE UNDER ACCELERATION LEADING TO DELAYED ACCELERATION IN INSTANCES WHERE POWER IS NEEDED. *TR

FROM A STOP POSITION AT STOP SIGN, STOP LIGHT, ETC. WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE CAR SHUDDERS HARD AND SHAKES THEN IT CATCHES AND SPEEDS UP. I BOUGHT IT USED WITH 24000 MILES ON IT. REALLY UPSETTING WHEN TRYING TO CROSS TRAFFIC AND IT STARTS TO STALL AND SHUDDER. *TR

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...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WITH 1" OF SNOW ON THE GROUND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE ADVANCE-TRAC CONTROL SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE JUST BECAUSE THE WHEELS STARTED TO SPIN. THIS CAUSED A LARGE TRAFFIC TIE UP AND A SNOW PLOW HAD TO HELP GET THE CAR ROLLING AGAIN. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THIS TRACTION CONTROL LIKE IN OTHER FORD AUTOMOBILES. *TR

THE TRACTION CONTROL ON MY 2011 FIESTA IS A DEATH TRAP. THERE IS NO OPTION ON MY SPECIFIC CAR TO DISABLE THE SYSTEM. IN MILD SNOW OR SLUSH, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS AS SOON AS TCS ENGAGES. I GOT STUCK AT THE BOTTOM OF MY DRIVEWAY. TODAY, 2/14/14 I WAS NEARLY KILLED WHEN THE CAR GOT STUCK IN 4" OF SNOW & WAS PARTIALLY IN THE LANE OF A BUSY ROADWAY (I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT). MY FIANCE' & OUR 8 YR OLD SON (WHO IS A FACTOR 9 HEMOPHILIAC) WERE SCREAMING AND SCARED TO DEATH AS THE CAR WAS HELPLESS TO MOVE AWAY FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT LATER YEAR 2011, 2012, & 2013 MODELS HAVE THE OPTION TO TURN OFF THIS FUNCTION HOWEVER THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD THIS FEATURE TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE RPMS INCREASED AND IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE DRIVER HAD TO JUMP INTO THE VEHICLE AND APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PORCH POST. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

IN PARKING LOT, STARTED CAR, PLACED CAR IN DRIVE AND NOTHING HAPPENED, ACCELERATED AND COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. TURNED OFF CAR AND STARTED AGAIN, AGAIN SAME THING HAPPENED. TURNED OFF CAR AGAIN AND RESTARTED, FINALLY CAR WAS ABLE TO GO INTO DRIVE AND ACCELERATE. *TR

IN PARKING LOT, TURNED CAR ON AND INTO REVERSE, CAR WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE, TRIED DRIVE AND COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE EVEN WITH INCREASED ACCELERATION. TURNED OFF CAR AND BACK ON AGAIN, AGAIN SAME TYPE OF THINGS HAPPENED. TOOK ME 4 TIMES TO TURN OFF CAR AND BACK ON AGAIN BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. MY "SYNC" DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

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

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE AROUND 30K MILES, TECH CALLED ME BACK TO SHOW ME OIL LEAK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET AND CRANK SHAFT CAPS. EVERYTHING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. 10K-15K MILES LATER SAME ISSUE HAPPENS AGAIN. EVERYTHING FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AGAIN. FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER MY WIFE BACKS OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THERE IS A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE CAR AGAIN. I GOT RID OF THE CAR BEFORE FAILURE AGAIN AND WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. CAR ALWAYS HANDLED WELL, GREAT GAS MILEAGE. TERRIBLE ACCELERATION AND QUIRKY TRANSMISSION. *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 THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGED PROPERLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPLACED BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,500.

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES BAD NOISES WHEN IT IS SHIFTING. IT JERKS, GRINDS, AND SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS A REAL ISSUE, IT IS NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN TO FORD DEALERSHIPS AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL. *TR

MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION IS LIKELY GOING OUT. WAS DRIVING UP MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS STUCK FOR 15 MINUTES WITH THE CAR HALF IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HALF ON STREET. TRIED REVERSE, FORWARD...BUT NOTHING. CAR HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE 12/20. I DID A VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT THRU MY SYNC AND IT CLAIMS EVERYTHING IS "GOOD" BUT YET THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON! NO SURE WHERE TO TURN OR WHAT TO DO NEXT. EXTREMELY DISCOURAGED AND DISAPPOINTED. THOUGHT FORD FINALLY HAD THEIR ACT TOGETHER! *TR

VEHICLE HAS THE ALL TOO COMMON "LEAKY SEALS" AT THE CLUTCHES ON THE TRANNY. HAD CONTACTED FORD PRIOR-WAS TOLD THAT THE SHUDDERING AND ROUGH SHIFT WAS NORMAL. LITTLE DID I KNOW IT WAS FAILING. THE SEALS HAVE FAILED, CAUSED OIL/FLUID TO GET ONTO THE CLUTCHES. FORD PULLED TRANNY APART, TWICE, PUT BACK TOGETHER AND CAR SHUTTERS SO BAD THEY REFUSE TO RETURN IT TO ME. CLAIM "TOO UNSAFE TO RETURN TO YOU". FORD THEN INSTRUCTED DEALER TO "ORDER NEW REPLACEMENT PARTS (3RD TIME) AND REPLACE-THE REPLACEMENT PARTS USED MUST HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE." BEFORE PARTS ARRIVED, FORD CANCELLED ORDER. INFORMED ME "THERE IS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE FOR THIS ISSUE. THERE IS FIESTA AND FOCUS'S HELD UP AT DEALERSHIPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE CAN PUT YOU IN A RENTAL FOR 6 TO 8 WEEKS AND HOPEFULLY IN THAT TIME FORD WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE." I ASKED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT FIRST AND THIRD GEAR HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

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,...

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF MY CAR JUST DYING ON THE ROAD. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS MAKING A TURN INTO MY SUBDIVISION IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHEN I HIT THE GAS MY CAR SLOWLY ROLLED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. LUCKILY THE ONCOMING DRIVERS WERE PAYING ATTENTION AND SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH TO NOT HIT ME. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT. THIS HAPPENED ON AND OFF BUT THE DEALER COULD NEVER FIND AN ISSUE. TO START IT WAS NO MORE THAN ONCE A DAY BUT THIS WEEKEND IT HAPPENED AT ALMOST EVERY STOP. IT CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. WHEN I STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT RUMBLES AND CUTS OFF. IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE DOWN BUSY STREETS. I KEEP MY RADIO OFF JUST SO I CAN BE SURE...

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH 35000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS WHEN STARTING OR STOPPING THE CAR WOULD SHUDDER, LIKE IT WAS GRIPPING AND COULDN'T CATCH A GEAR. I NORMALLY DRIVE HWY, AND I NOTICE NO PROBLEMS WHEN GOING ABOVE 45MPH. HOWEVER I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL ON ME NUMEROUS TIME, IT WOULD SHAKE AND MAKE GRINDING SOUNDS. THIS CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC AND I THOUGHT I WAS DRIVING A MANUAL, THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE, LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE THE CLUTCH IN AND WAS COMING TO A STOP. WELL ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR STALLED COMPLETELY. JUST TURNED OFF, AND IT REALLY SCARED ME. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS STALLED 3 TIMES, EACH TIME AS I AM COMING TO A STOP. I TOOK...

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...

WHILE DRIVING THE EXPRESSWAY AT ~4:00AM THROUGH DOWNTOWN DETROIT MY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO INSTRUMENT INDICATORS, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL COMPRESSION. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS LIGHTER THAN USUAL TRAFFIC AT THE TIME, BUT NORMALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO SAFELY MOVE A DISABLED VEHICLE FROM THE EXTREME LEFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER WITHOUT ENGINE/TRANSMISSION CONTROL. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A FMC DEALERSHIP AWAITING INSPECTION/REPAIR. I SUBMIT THIS REPORT BECAUSE I FEEL, BASED ON NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS I'VE READ, THAT THE FIESTA MAY BE A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THIS IS MY FIRST NEW CAR AND I THOUGHT I DID A GOOD JOB ON MY HOMEWORK WITH THE FORD FIESTA 2011 BUT I'M STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEMS AT 47,800 MILES. FIRST IT WAS A RECALL ON THE "AIR BAG" WHICH I RETURNED AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIX AS THEY STATED. SECONDLY, I STARTED NOTICE FROM TIME TO TIME THE CAR WOULD HESTIATE OR GET STUCK IN GEAR ESPECIALLLY COMING AROUND CORNERS. AT ONE POINT THE CAR WAS DRIVING VERY SLUGGISH AND I EXPRESS MY CONCERN TO FORD AND IT WAS BROUGHT IN IMMEDIATELY. THE MECHANIC AND MYSELF TOOK THE CAR OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND AS HE DRIVE HE STATED "I HAD TO MUCH AIR IN THE TIRES"......( ?). ON 7/8/13 THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND I'M THINKING WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AT 40,000+ MILES ONCE AGAIN I CALLED FORD AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WAS TAKEN...

I TRAVELED FROM WILLIAMSBURG VA. TO NEW CUMBERLAND, PA ON BUSINESS. I STOPPED FOR LUNCH, FINISHED THEN PROCEEDED TO MY HOTEL. ON THE WAY AT ABOUT 40 MPH I HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE DURING ACCELERATION. I'M RETIRED MILITARY SO I WAS CLOSE TO AN MWR AUTO CARE ON BASE. THEIR TECHNICIANS TOOK A LOOK AND TOLD ME THEY WERE 95% SURE IT WAS TRANSMISSION WITHOUT OPENING THE UNIT. FROM THERE I TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO THE CLOSES FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT FOR TWO DAYS. THEY REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION COMPANY THEY USE AROUND THE CORNER. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO A DYNASTIC AND WOULD LET ME KNOW. I RECEIVED THE CALL AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGAGE BARRING SYSTEM UNIT WAS GOING. BOTH THE OWNER AND MANAGER DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A LOT OF MATERIAL ON THIS 2011...

NUMEROUS TIME THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER STOPPING. TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS JERK AND HESITATED. NOW STALLING PROBLEM. STALLED FOUR TIME TODAY. NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNING! WILL NEVER BUY AGAIN! GOOGLE ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR! *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...

A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE STORY IS THAT WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW FORD FIESTA THROUGH MILITARY CAR SALES IN JUNE OF 2011. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR LESS THAN ONE MONTH AND PUTTING 1,400 MILES ON IT, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON IT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR VACATION. WE LOST A DAY OF OUR VACATION AND SOME CASH IN NON-REFUNDABLE HOTELS STAYS BUT ENDED UP WITH A RENTAL CAR WHICH WAS FINALLY COVERED UNDER THE MILITARY CAR SALES WARRANTY. ONE MONTH LATER, WE GOT THE CAR BACK AND AFTER ANOTHER MONTH AND ANOTHER 1,500 MILES, THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT... A MONTH AND A HALF LATER AND TWO MORE TRANSMISSIONS, WE FINALLY GOT THE CAR BACK. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE FORD DEALER FOUR TIMES TO CORRECT ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (COMPUTER PROGRAMMING); ONE TIME THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE...

MY 2011 FORD FIESTA AFTER NOT EVEN 5 DAYS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED JERKING/LUNGING FORWARD MAKING CRAZY CLICKING NOISE. TRANSMISSION SERVICE SOON LIGHT CAME ON CALLED THEM THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE AND GOT IT. IT TOOK THEM TWO WEEKS TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT. THEN I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAS TO GET USE TO MY DRIVING NEVER HEARD THAT A DAY IN MY LIFE. NOW IT'S GRINDING, SLIPPING, HESITATING, LOSE POWER, AND ROLL BACKWARDS AT TAKE OFF. I WAS DOING 65 LAST WEEK WHEN THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT. TAKING IT IN SATURDAY TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY THIS TIME. *TR

ALL THREE OCCURRENCES REQUIRING MY CAR TO BE TAKEN TO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS INVOLVED THE VEHICLE MOVING AT HI-WAY SPEEDS. WHILE TRAVELLING AT 65MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OUT AND ENGINE DIED, SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. EVENTUALLY IT RESTARTED AND I GOT HOME. THE ISSUE WAS ELECTRONIC IN NATURE ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND TOOK IT FOR SERVICE. THE PART WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND WHEN ASKED, THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PART CAME IN. THE REPAIR WAS MADE UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, BUT WAS NONETHELESS ELECTRONIC IN NATURE. THE REPAIR WAS MADE UNDER WARRANTY. THE THIRD AND MOST RECENT ISSUE INVOLVES THE TRANSMISSION. ON MY DAILY COMMUTE, CRUISE SET AT 65MPH, THE TRANSMISSION...

THE TRANSMISSION MAKES GRINDING NOISES IN GEARS 3 TO 6 FORD MECHANIC SAYS IT IS NORMAL,THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT IT. I DON'T DARE GO ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WHY ISN'T FORD DOING ANYTHING? *TR

CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD WHILE IN REVERSE GEAR. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE GEAR TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A DRIVE WAY ON A SLIGHT,15 DEGREE ( APPROXIMATE ) INCLINE. AS THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD INSTEAD REVERSE. *TR

EVER SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. WHEN UPSHIFTING THROUGH THE FIRST 4 GEARS TRANSMISSION SOUNDS LIKE A TIN CAN FULL OF MARBLES. UPSHIFTS A HARSH WITH A JERKING MOTION. TRANSMISSION IS RELUCTANT TO DOWN SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT AND WHEN I'VE TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE RESPONDS LIKE IT NOT IN FIRST GEAR BY JERKING AND LUGGING DURING ACCELERATION UNTIL THE SPEED BUILDS UP. I'VE HAD ONE CASE WERE THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WHEN I LEFT A RED LIGHT. I WAS FORCED TO RELEASE THE GAS AND STEP ON THE BRAKE BEFORE IT ACTED NORMALLY. I'VE ALSO HAD ISSUES THE RPM NOT DROPPING DURING BRAKING REQUIRING ADDITIONAL BRAKE PRESSURE TO BRING VEHICLE TO STOP. I'VE CONTACTED FORD NUMEROUS TIMES ON THESE ISSUES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS...

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS PROBLEMATIC IN SHIFTING, DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING WITH NO RESPONSE. THERE IS THE SOUND OF LOOSE NUTS AND BOLTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WHILE BACKING UP. THERE ARE TIMES (NUMEROUS) WHEN YOU LET OFF A LITTLE ON THE GAS, AND THEN GO TO ACCELERATE AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A SECOND OR TWO....LITTLE SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST. ODD SHIFTING TIMES DURING NORMAL CITY STREET SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO "FIND A GEAR". SERVICE WRITER AT ENCINITAS FORD SAYS THESE SIGNS ARE "NORMAL" FOR THAT STYLE OF TRANSMISSION. NOW I SEE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE 2011-2013 FIESTA TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE TRANSMISSION "GOING OUT" AND "REPAIRS" DONE AT THE VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS WHERE NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING. PLEASE HELP OUT ON THIS...I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THESE ODD PROBLEMS! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED...

IN FEBRUARY 2012, MY FORD FIESTA (AUTOMATIC DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION) HAD BARELY 15,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND A TRANSMISSION LEAK WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR TO WORK ON IT FOR TWO WEEKS. ON MARCH 17, 2013, I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN HOME FROM AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP WHEN THE CAR GAVE A 'TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION' MESSAGE, AT WHICH POINT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING GRINDING NOISES WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT, JERKING, AND THEN IT WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE MY CAR TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE OR WHAT IS BEING DONE TO FIX IT. THIS CAR HAS 28,870 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. *TR