2013 Ford Fiesta Speed Control & Cruise Problems

THE CAR HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS AND HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING PROPERLY

WHILE DRIVING "ENGINE MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW" LIGHT COMES ON, THEN STOPS ACCELERATING IN MOTION. TURNED VEHICLE OFF/ON LIGHT GOES OUT, CONTINUE DRIVING AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN. DID ALL MY CHECKS AND BALANCES, SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURURES ISSUE. HIGH SAFETY ISSUE WHEN TRAVELING. HAD TRANSMISSION SHUTTER SEAL REPLACED TWICE IN 2 YRS BY FORD DEALERSHIP FREE OF CHARGE.

MY THROTTLE BODY WITH 28000 MILES ON IT MALFUNCTIONED AND SENT CAR INTO LIMP MODE LEAVING IT UNDRIVEABLE AND FORD WON'T COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AND DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND DEPRESS IT AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DAILY FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

I AM REQUESTING THAT NHTSA INVESTIGATE THE SEVERE SHAKE/SHUDDER OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE EITHER JERKING FORWARD OR BECOMING SLUGGISH WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ALSO, AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE TRANSMISSION BECOMING STUCK IN GEARS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THESE COMPLICATIONS HAVE HAPPENED MANY TIMES. FORD CONFIRMS THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND THAT THE CAR NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN DIFFERENTLY OR THAT THEY COULDN`T FIND A PROBLEM. THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL AS THE INNER AND OUTER SEALS AND THE PCM/TCM HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED. ADAPTIVE LEARNING WAS ALSO PERFORMED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT AFFECTS MY ABILITY TO CONTROL MY SPEED, ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHICH IN RETURN COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

INCIDENT OCCURRED 3 TIMES. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION WARNING CAME ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGES AND THE CAR SLOWS DOWN. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN GOING UP HILL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THERE ARE NO CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER. THE ALARM SHOULD NOT FLAG WITHOUT STORING A CODE. SEARCHING THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE FIESTA FOR MANY YEARS. DEALERS HAVE MADE THE SAME REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES ON THE SAME VEHICLE WITH THE ERRORS REOCCURRING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE ERROR FLAGGING WITHOUT A CODE PRESENT. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS POOR DESIGN. IN MY CASE THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR IS LIKELY A POOR CONNECTION UNDER THE HOOD. THAT ALONE IS A PROBLEM BUT IF THE SYSTEM LOGGED THE ERROR AT LEAST IT WOULD BE EASY TO FIND. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR CARS REPAIRED THINKING THEY WERE OK ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. ITS SCARY DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER.

I AM BRINGING THIS CAR IN FOR THE FIFTH TIME NOW FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. MAIN PROBLEM IS SHUDDERING, JOLTING, AND HESITATING. I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 3RD FROM THE CAR HESITATING WHEN PLACING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. I HAVE TO REPLACE CLUTCH FOR SECOND TIME, AND I ONLY HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS. ....UPDATED 04/08/15 *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WAS SHUDDERING AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE ACCELERATION FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

THE CAR MAKES A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND. I NOTICED IT STUTTER AT TAKE OFF AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE CLUTCH HAD TO BE REPLACED, A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FORD FIESTA. AFTER THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, THE GRINDING SOUND REMAINED. EVEN WITH A NEW CLUTCH, THE CAR MAKES ME NERVOUS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DISSATISFIED WITH THIS SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I DESCRIBED THE GRINDING SOUND TO A SERVICE MANAGER AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. HE TOLD ME THE GRINDING IS NORMAL AND THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. SO I STARTED READING AROUND AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF FIESTA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. AND WE ARE BEING TOLD THE SAME THING: IT'S NORMAL, FIXING THE CLUTCH WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT'S AS IF FORD IS TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK ON THE 60,000 MILE FULL WARRANTY. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TAKE MY FIESTA TO SOMEONE BUT DON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE SINCE FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE BEING TOLD TO TELL FIESTA OWNERS THAT "IT'S NORMAL, THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE." *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A WIND FLAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN WITH HESITATION INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHUDDERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ISSUE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

I ALMOST DIED IN THIS CAR TODAY. I RENTED IT FOR MY TRIP IN MAUI. IT WAS PRACTICALLY NEW WITH ONLY 10,000 MILES ON IT, SO THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYTHING WRONG, EVEN IF THE PEOPLE THAT RENTED IT BEFORE ME DROVE IT HORRIBLY. TODAY I DROVE IT INTO THE HILLS (UPCOUNTRY MAUI). I WAS ON A ROAD WITH A CLIFF ON THE LEFT SIDE AND A DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH WAS A HILL GOING UP, AND EVERYTHING WAS INITIALLY FINE, THE CAR WAS GOING UP THE HILL JUST FINE, BUT A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY UP THE HILL THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING/MOVING. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BUT IT HAD NO RPMS AND THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. SUDDENLY, THE TRANSMISSION (?) KICKED IN AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AT 20MPH. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, WHERE THERE WAS A PARKING LOT. HAD THE TRANSMISSION NOT KICKED IN AT THAT SECOND, THE CAR WOULD HAVE ROLLED ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND OFF THE CLIFF. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL OR NOT PRESSING THE GAS. I WAS GOING UP A HILL AND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT TO ROLL BACK, SO OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE MY FOOT PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS IS FURTHER EXHIBITED BY THE FACT THAT THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF NOT MOVING, SO I DEFINITELY HAD MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR THE WHOLE TIME. I HAVE READ ONLINE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING/MOVING WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS, SO THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS RIDING IT IN THE HILLS OR MOUNTAINS? PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CAR BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

WITHIN 1 MONTH OF DRIVING I KEPT HEARING CRAZY GRINDING NOISES AND IT WOULD BOG OUT BETWEEN 0-30..-RPM WOULD JUMP TO 5 ON SLIGHT ACCELERATION THAN DIVE BACK TO 0; FORD DEALER DID "COMPUTER UPDATE ON ELECTRONICS" - DID NOT FIX PROBLEM; THEY SAID I NEEDED TO "ADAPT TO THE DIFFERENT CLUTCH"; CAR CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS BETWEEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR- TOOK TO DEALER AND ANOTHER "UPDATE" WAS DONE. I WAS DRIVING ON MAJOR HIGHWAY AND HAD TO DROP SPEED FROM 45 TO 30 TO CROSSOVER TO DIFFERENT HIGHWAY AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AS IF IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I MANAGED TO GET CAR HOME WITHOUT HAVING A STROKE AND SHUT IT OFF. WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED DEALER WHO CAME AND TOWED IT- THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH. AFTER ABOUT 2 MOS I NOTICED IT WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT AGAIN AND BECAME CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY DUE TO PRIOR HIGHWAY INCIDENT. I TOOK IT IN AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED; ALONG WITH ANOTHER CLUTCH. NOW IT IS MAKING A TICKING SOUND AND I AM CONCERNED OF A GAS ODOR. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK AGAIN. I FILED LEMON LAW ON IT AFTER THE HIGHWAY INCIDENT. MY GREATEST FEAR IS THAT THIS CAR IS VERY POPULAR FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE CAR FOR THEIR NEW TEEN DRIVER. THE NEW DRIVER WILL NOT BE EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO REALIZE HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION OR KNOW THAT THE CAR IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE 2013 FORD FIESTA NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND THE CENTRAL COMPUTER WAS RESET HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN A LOW GEAR, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 211. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.