2019 Ford Fiesta problems
Owners have filed 119 complaints about the 2019 Ford Fiesta with NHTSA. Back over prevention accounts for 22.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 17.6%.
Complaints119
Crashes16
Fires1
Injuries10
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Back over prevention 22.7% · 27
Power train 17.6% · 21
Unknown or other 11.8% · 14
Electrical system 8.4% · 10
Engine 8.4% · 10
Service brakes 7.6% · 9
Air bags 6.7% · 8
Vehicle speed control 3.4% · 4
Severity
Of those complaints, 16 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 10 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 8 model years of the Ford Fiesta in this data, 2019 draws comparatively few complaints; 2011 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 78 in the last three years against 30 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 51,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that while reversing, the rear-view camera became inoperable. The contact stated that the camera image display was flickering. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for further assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. Back over prevention · reported at 150,000 miles
I had slammed on my breaks to avoid rear ending someone and I slid down the bridge and ended up rearending them. My front end was smashed up but no airbags deployed. My wife was driving our 2018 Ford Fiesta hatchback and totaled the front in by hitting a pole and the air bags did not deploy as well. We are highly dissatisfied that the airbags have yet to deploy when they should. Air bags
On monday december 2, 2019 on my way to work I was going straight on the street with heavy traffic and seen that there was needed to be a stop up front so I slowly stepped on the brakes and nothing was happening and then I pressed on the brakes firmly and the pedal went nearly to the floor and I got into a accident due to the fact that the brakes failed Service brakes · reported at 2,670 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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