general problems of the 2011 Ford Fiesta

Brake peddle started to feel soft. Performed front brake job. Peddle still felt soft. Took to local mechanic said back breaks needed replacing along with some other items. Took vehicle to second mechanic for second opinion. At that time they replaced brake master cylinder all rear brake components, brake fluid flush and after completing that work mechanic came to us and said this vehicle will be needing a whole new abs system and that cannot be done because Ford and other companies stopped making the parts to complete the job. He then said the venice is unsafe to drive and can not be fixed due to lack of parts.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that while driving at any speeds, the brake squeaked and the steering lost power. The check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the friendly kia dealer (877-544-6719, located at 5819 us-19, new port richey, FL 34652) where it was stated that the failure was due to humidity and did not do anything. The vehicle was taken to the Ford of port richey dealer (727-233-7143, located at 10715 us-19, port richey, FL 34668) where it was diagnosed that the brakes, the transmission, and the battery needed to be replaced. The manufacture was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the dealer. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 14,000. Fe.

My husband and I bought a car from them. It is in my husbands name. My husband is not from this country and doesn't know what things mean in their context. This car was sold to us as is with a branded title. We accepted that. However, the car was sold to us with broken parts and the repairs that were done to it were not done to standard oem specifications. The car was sold to us with a broken front axel. This is a major safety issue because had this completely broken going down the road and we were in a wreck that would have been bad. The car is not fixed at this time and they refuse to fix it due to the papers that were signed by my husband that of which I am sure he didn't know what he was signing being someone who has never bought a car before. I do t feel that this car lot should be allowed to sell the car in this condition even as is. Please let me know if we have any rights here. Thank you!.

There was a transmission failure, electrical problems, and brake problems. The engine dies while driving. Although seven years old, it has less than 40,000 miles on it from it being worked on constantly. It is useless as a vehicle.

Purchased 02/26/16 since purchase breaks have locked up 7 times, took to original dealer of purchase 8 times in first two months of purchase by the time they get car they find nothing wrong taken to Ford dealership 3 times they replaced censor states it will fix problem and has not have almost gotten in several accidents because breaks lock up and prevent car from going forward and unable to move.

From a stand still up until speed, every gear shift is meet with a shudder and feels like it slips while the transmission chages gear. Just recently the car started to jerk and stutter and I barely made it home. The rpms rise and dip and is undriveable. It has been brought in for transmission module reprogramming and inspection of transmission fluids. I thought in the past that the shaking and stuttering was normal, according to Ford that is normal. It's not that when my car started jerking and sputtering that I realize something is very wrong. Ford did give me an extended warranty for up to 70k miles. Also,I notice that when the surface is wet and I break gradually on a wet surface ie,painted street dividers,painted street signs or oil ,abs will break the vehicle,the vehicle will lock up causing it to slide and then when I get on the gas pedal the car will be unresponsive to my gas pedal input. Basically, I wouldn't be able to get out of hands way because the cars power to move for 2-3seconds is non existent.

Currently driving my car with a bad clutch assembly because the part is on back order because of a customer satisfaction bulletin from Ford motor company. Driving today and the vehicle in front of me came to an abrupt stop. I came within an inch of rear ending the vehicle because when I put my brakes on my cars the clutch would not do downshift to stop my car. Had to steer to the right onto curb to avoid hitting the car in front of me, came within an inch of hitting the car. The dealer service department told me putting in a new clutch will not fix the problem because they are putting in the same defective part. This is my second clutch assembly within 7,000 miles.

Brake rotos have rusted to the point of grinding during normal driving. Ford refuses to fix the issue.

Car cannot be driven in snow. If trying to start from a complete stop in 1" of snow, the traction control will cut power to the wheels, leaving you stuck in place. This is very dangerous as it can leave the driver stuck in the middle of an intersection as happened to me today. Ford has since added a way to disable the traction control, but this model year is extremely dangerous in the snow.

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.

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 the transmission on this car and they only told me "there's nothing they can do about it". They saw an issue and told me it would be approx. 3 thousand dollars to fix the car is only 2 years old. Ford also told me the car isn't safe for me to drive on the road. Yet they don't see that as a reason to not recall the cars to get it fixed since I'm positive my car isn't the only one that has done this. I guess myself almost getting into and accident and causing injury to myself and others is not a good enough reason for them.

Gas sticks, brakes make noise too stop car, gas speed control wide open hard too stop car,brakes not working well. . . . . . . Almost killed someone!!!!!!!!!!!. . . . . Stupid rent a car from enterprise. . . .

Coming to stop you start to speed up why you are pressing on brakes,do to the fact that the brake pedal and gas pedal are to close to each other.

You've filed a problem incorrectly. The below complaint was filed under Fiesta, but it's clearly an f250 pickup that had the problem. Report date : August 4, 2010 at 04:22 pm search type : vehicle year : 2011 make : Ford model : Fiesta results : 1 | all records displayed make : Ford model : Fiesta year : 2011 manufacturer : Ford motor company crash : no fire : no number of injuries: 0 odi id number : 10344678 number of deaths: 0 date of failure: June 9, 2010 VIN : [xxx]. . . Component: service brakes, hydraulic check to request research. Submit below. Get summary. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).