2012 FORD FIESTA Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL BOOMING STATIC NOISE COMING FROM THE SPEAKERS. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR, THE STATIC NOISE WAS STILL AUDIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIO MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

ON APRIL 6, 2015 MY REAR PASSENGER SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION, WAS THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN STARTED MY CAR UP. THE LIGHT ALERTING ME THAT I HAD A DOOR AJAR CAME ON. I FIGURED IT WAS MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR AND REOPENED AND CLOSED IT AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT MY DISPLAY SAID THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS SIDE WAS AJAR. I THOUGHT ODD BECAUSE NOBODY USES MY DOORS. I GOT OUT, AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR ONLY TO HAVE TO BOUNCE BACK AT ME. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. FORTUNATELY, A FRIEND WAS ABLE TO LOAN ME A BUNGEE CABLE TO HOLD MY DOOR CLOSED. IT IS CURRENTLY SECURED WITH ROPE AND THE BUNGEE CABLE. ON THE 21ST, AS I WAS MAKING A U-TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, MY DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER FLEW OPEN. AT THE SAME TIME...

THE VEHICLE HAD AN ABNORMAL IDLE WHILE AT A STOP, AND WOULD SOMETIMES STALL. UPON ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND JERK FORWARD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODE FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BUT THE INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ON A CAR THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS OLD. THE INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT A COST TO ME OF $245.99. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, ABNORMAL IDLE, STALLING, AND HESITANT AND JERKY ACCELERATING. AGAIN, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH FRONT SEALS, INPUT SEALS, AND AXLES SEALS, CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID, ADDED 2 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION FLUID....

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FIESTA AND MY TRUNK RECENTLY STARTED OPENING UP ON IT'S OWN. THE CAR CAN BE ON OR OFF, STATIONARY OR IN MOTION, AND THE TRUNK WILL JUST POP OPEN ON ITS OWN. I FIRST NOTICED THAT THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE TRUNK WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN I PRESSED ON IT TO OPEN THE TRUNK, AND I HAD TO USE THE BUTTON ON THE KEY TO OPEN THE TRUNK, AND THEN IT JUST STARTED POPPING OPEN ON ITS OWN. IF I AM SITTING IN THE CAR I CAN HEAR IT CLICK AND THEN THE TRUNK OPENS UP. *TR

WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION, THE DOOR OPEN LIGHT AND THE INTERIOR CAR LIGHTS TURNED ON, THEN I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE BACK DOOR BEHIND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OPENED BY ITSELF. I STOPPED AND TRIED TO CLOSE IT AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT OR LOCK. THE PASSENGER AT THE TIME HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR UNTIL WE GOT TO OUR DESTINATION. REAL HAZARD TO THE CARS THAT WERE RIGHT BY MINE AND MY PASSENGERS. IT WAS SCARY TO THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG BECAUSE THE LATCH SUDDENLY FAILED OUT OF NOWHERE. CALLED FORD AND IT'S A MORE THAN $300 FEE TO FIX THE LATCH SYSTEM ON THAT DOOR AND THE SERVICE CLERK TOLD ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IF FORD KNOWS THIS, WHY AREN'T THEY DOING ANYTHING? NEVER BEFORE HAVE I HEARD OF A LATCH BREAKING WHILE...

AROUND 11/16/14 I WAS ON INTERSTATE I-35 SOUTH AND I WAS EXITING AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED UP AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT AROUND 50 MPH I THEN PULLED OVER AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE SO I HAD TO DRIVE HOME THAT WAY. *TR

KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT GET THE KEY TO TURN THE IGNITION, HE ALSO COULD NOT GET THE BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK OVERRIDE TO WORK AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK. ENDED UP DAMAGING THE FRONT BUMPER TRYING TO HOOK-UP TO THE FRONT FROM THE SIDE AND EVENTUALLY TOWED IT FROM BEHIND WITH DOLLIES. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK OVERRIDE STILL DOES NOT FUNCTION. *TR

HAVE HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER ONCE AND JUMPED TWICE SINCE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. I WAS TOLD I DON'T USE IT ENOUGH! I GO OUT ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. WHAT IF I WENT ON VACATION FOR A MONTH? WOULD I NOT BE ABLE TO DEPEND ON MY CAR WHEN I RETURNED? TODAY, THE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN! I WAS DRIVING IT ON SUNDAY, TODAY IS THURSDAY! ONCE IT WOULDN'T START AFTER I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. LUCKILY I WAS IN A MALL PARKING LOT ON THE WAY TO A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. HAVE HAD FORDS ALL MY LIFE..WOULD HATE TO STOP NOW!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE DATES. THE DEALER WOULD HAVE THEM ALONG WITH THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE FREE TOWING FOR 3 YEARS. *TR

WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE FRONT PASSAGE DOOR, THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR FAIL TO ENGAGE. I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULDN'T . I TRIED TO ACTIVE THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK SYSTEM ON THE DASH BROAD BUT COULDN'T AND THE SYSTEM DISPLAYED PASSAGE FRONT DOOR OPEN. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED "I SHOULD HAVE THIS FIXED" AND SUGGESTED TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED WITH A ROPE OR BUNGEE CORD, WHICH IS UNLAWFUL IN THIS STATE. I'M THANK FULL THIS HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED, BUT WHAT IF I WAS DRIVING AND THE DOOR DISENGAGED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR HITTING A PERSON, OBJECT OR ANOTHER CAR. FOOD COMPANY SHOULD LOOK INTO THE CAUSE FOR THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. *TR

CAR STARTED TO JERK WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. AND CAR STARTED TO TURN OFF AT RED LIGHTS. AND NEED TO BE STARTED UP AGAIN TO GET GOING . *TR

THE PROBLEM, OR I SHOULD SAY 'THE JAM' AS IN DOOR JAMB, IS THAT BOTH SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOORS ON MY 2012 FORD FIESTA ARE NOT WORKING ON THE CLOSE. THE DOORS WON'T STAY CLOSED OR STAY SHUT. WHEN YOU TRY SHUTTING EITHER DOOR IT JUST BOUNCES BACK OUT A LITTLE. NEITHER DOOR WILL LATCH CLOSED. ONLY 35,772 MILES ON MY 2012 FIESTA WHEN BOTH REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES FAILED WITHIN 12 HOURS OF EACH OTHER. IS BOTH DOORS FAILING AT THE SAME TIME JUST A COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT. I THINK DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS! MY FIESTA HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NO BODY DAMAGE, NO EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AND NO APPARENT REASON TO CAUSE 1, LET ALONE BOTH, REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES TO MALFUNCTION AND PREVENT CLOSING OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS. AND, ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY LOOMING OR PENDING PROBLEM...

FORD SYNC MODULE STOPPED WORKING AND WHEN YOU PROMPT THE SYSTEM TO GO INTO MOBILE APPS SYNC RESPONDS "NO MOBILE APPS FOUND." TOOK TO FORD DEALER AND AFTER DAYS OF TROUBLESHOOTING GOT THE MODULE REPLACED. 2 DAYS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN. ITS NOT MY PHONE. PHONE WORKS JUST FINE IN EXACT SAME VEHICLE ON LOT. *TT

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, DRIVER WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED THROUGH ALL THE GEARS RAPIDLY LEAVING THE VEHICLE MOVING AT ~40 - 45MPH AND NOT SPEEDING UP. THE ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR AND THE CARE DIDN'T INCREASE IN SPEED AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE ALL OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD WAY WERE MOVING AT ~60MPH. THE DRIVER THEN LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PRESSED DOWN AGAIN THE VEHICLE THEN REVVED REAL HIGH THEN SHIFTED VERY HARD AND SHOOK THROWING THE PASSENGERS FORWARD AND BACK CAUSING A WHIP-LASH TYPE OF MOVEMENT AMONG PASSENGERS. THE VEHICLE OFTEN GRINDS WHILE SHIFTING AND DECELERATING. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HOURS LATER CALLED TO REPORT THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING AS EXPECTED AND NO ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE GRINDING GEARS WAS EXPECTED. *TR