2011 Ford Fiesta Brakes Problems

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.

NHTSA ID

11487482

Incident

Sep 21, 2022

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED, THE STEERING LOST POWER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRIENDLY KIA (877-544-6719, LOCATED AT 5819 US-19, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34652) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO HUMIDITY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO FORD OF PORT RICHEY (727-233-7143, LOCATED AT 10715 US-19, PORT RICHEY, FL 34668) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES, TRANSMISSION, AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000.

NHTSA ID

11254430

Incident

Aug 10, 2019

Mileage

14,000 mi

I LEASED AND THEN PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW 8 YEARS AGO. AT AROUND 3,000 MILES, I BEGAN HAVING BRAKING ISSUES. I WOULD GO TO BREAK AND THE PEDAL WOULD ALMOST TOUCH THE FLOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT SO I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT TOOK ME 3 SEPARATE VISITS TO GET IT PROPERLY DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY FORD. TURNED OUT, THE VEHICLE HAD A FAILED MASTER CYLINDER AND HAD TO HAVE A NEW ONE INSTALLED. NOW, 7 YEARS AND ABOUT 84K MILES LATER, I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. I AM UNABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE CAR, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE WELL. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT STATED THE MASTER CYLINDER ONCE AGAIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT STATED IT IS INCREDIBLE RARE FOR THIS TO FAIL IN ANY VEHICLE. THEY WERE BOTH SURPRISED THAT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE AFTER SO FEW MILES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND HAS BEEN REOCCURRING ON THE VEHICLE. I CALLED FORD DIRECTLY AND THEY STATED UNTIL THE PART IS OFFICIALLY RECALLED, THEY ARE OFFERING NOT CONCESSION OR WARRANTY TO REPAIR THE PART. THIS PART RARELY FAILS IN VEHICLES AND LAST TYPICALLY AT LEAST 125K MILES. I WILL NOW HAVE HAD TWO IN LESS THAN 87K MILES. IT IS NOT A REPAIR YOU CAN AVOID FIXING EITHER AS IT WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SAFELY STOP ONCE THE ISSUE BEGINS.

NHTSA ID

11216950

Incident

May 23, 2019

Mileage

87,000 mi

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!

NHTSA ID

11091058

Incident

Apr 18, 2018

Mileage

71,285 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

11010035

Incident

Jul 1, 2017

Mileage

39,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10897857

Incident

Aug 23, 2016

Mileage

97,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10860844

Incident

Apr 21, 2016

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.

NHTSA ID

10785140

Incident

Oct 21, 2015

Mileage

734,000 mi

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF GRINDING DURING NORMAL DRIVING. FORD REFUSES TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10714005

Incident

May 1, 2015

Mileage

60,787 mi

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. *TR

NHTSA ID

10680697

Incident

Feb 2, 2015

Mileage

62,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10606294

Incident

Jun 4, 2014

Mileage

22,000 mi

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. *TR

NHTSA ID

10559862

Incident

Jan 9, 2014

Mileage

88,000 mi

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. *TR

NHTSA ID

10465941

Incident

Jun 9, 2011

Mileage

2,109 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES EMITTED A VERY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS CAUSED BY DIRT AND THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000. ...UPDATED 08-03-12 *BF

NHTSA ID

10463015

Incident

Dec 7, 2011

Mileage

13,000 mi

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.... *JS

NHTSA ID

10452475

Incident

Mar 20, 2012

MY FORD FIESTA IS A GOOD AUTOMOBILE. HOWEVER THERE IS A PROBLEMATIC DESIGN FLAW IN THE BRAKE LEVER TRAVEL AND SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE A SIZE 12 FOOT AND THERE IS INADEQUATE SPACE FOR PROPER CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR. MANY TIMES MY FOOT MUST SWING COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT THE CENTER CONSOLE TO CLEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC TO ACCELERATE THE CAR. ALSO THE BRAKE LEVER TO THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS WAY TOO MUCH TRAVEL FOR SUCH A SMALL AUTOMOBILE. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IN A EMERGENCY STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSES PAST A POINT WHERE THE TOP OF MY SHOE TOUCHES THE ACTUAL LEVER ARM THAT THE PEDAL IS ATTACHED TO, THEREBY RESULTING IN UNPREDICTED SUDDEN INCREASE IN BRAKING. THE BRAKE PEDAL ITSELF IS TOO SMALL IN WIDTH FOR BIG FEET. I ALSO MANAGED ONE TIME WHILE BRAKING TO TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR AT THE SAME TIME. OLDER FORD CARS AND TRUCKS REQUIRED ONLY TO TAP THE BRAKE A SMALL DISTANCE BEFORE COMPLETE STOP. WHY DID THIS CHANGE? I HAVE CHECKED THE BRAKE LEVEL FLUIDS AND THEY ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. I FEEL WHEN USING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT SHOULD NOT DEPRESS PAST THE POINT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IF THEY ARE LOCATED SO CLOSE. THIS SITUATION MAKES ONE CONSCIOUS CONSTANTLY ABOUT FOOT PLACEMENT WHILE DRIVING. THIS COMPLAINT SHOULD BE E-MAILED TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT FORD ASAP SO THEY CAN TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT REPORTING THIS IN THE EVENT SOMEONE WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED OF THIS ENGINEERING FLAW. *TR

NHTSA ID

10435669

Incident

Nov 15, 2011

Mileage

8,000 mi

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). *TR

NHTSA ID

10347296

Incident

Aug 4, 2010