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Poorly Assembled and poor quality - JUNK!
musicmitch, 07/23/2014
updated 02/10/2020
2014 Ford Fiesta Titanium 4dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
18 of 29 people found this review helpful
As of 2020,These models are so awful,they discontinued them. Tramission, They know it's bad. The front has a fully independent suspension, but rear has only a cheap beam in the back. And the rear bottoms out on bumps. Engine has Zero torque from A standstill when flooring the accelerator. The gas economy is not 29/39. My trip computer at 15,841 miles, says only 17mpg city and 26 on the highway - I challenge Ford to come and look. The only way this car could have ever gotten the epa estimated 29/39 is, in my opinion, with an anorexic, midget, driver and the only thing in the rest of the car including the trunk was a toothpick. lol. The transmission was rebuilt after only 12,000 miles. The grinding noise continues which is the result of duel clutches. And then rebuilt again at 30,000 miles. The trunk had water leaks causing damage to the trunk and stinking up the interior of the car and causing mold and mildew damage. It took months to correct it because the dealer could not find the problem, but eventually they did. The car was assemble in Mexico, not Michigan like most other fords. The Mexican people are great, wonderful, people, but in my experience, the assembly plant in Michigan does a much better job. They assembled it's cousin, the Ford Focus, which shares many of the same parts, as for example, the same defective 6 speed, duel clutch, transmission. Yet although the Focus still has problems, it's no where near what this lemon has. update: at 36,000 miles, the gas economy is still poor for a subcompact this size and Ford does not know why. My theory is because they over estimated the fuel economy. Even the Ford Focus, (I know because, my family member has one), the fuel economy was way overestimated and she does not get anywhere near the mileage told. But, even that said, it is a larger compact and she gets better mileage than our subcompact fiesta, and she has a larger engine. Visibility is poor. The back seat has almost no leg room for it's passengers - it has, but very cramped. For a car built like this, you would think, high fuel economy - guess again. The outside convex mirrors designed to help you see cars in the blind spot works somewhat, but then causes a misperception of how close the curb is when you try to park the car. Continued problems with engine warning light. But nothing is wrong. The car is warning us we are on an ice slope in the summer with 90 degree weather. Sometimes does not start properly. It's really scary. Would never buy one of these again and shame on Ford for not recalling the whole batch and just remodeling the whole line, especially throwing out this horrific defective transmission and replacing it with a real one that works. Double shame on them for not AT LEAST RECALLING and replacing this defective transmission with one like in the Ford Fusion which runs perfectly. Given a choice of buying these three cars in the future, (if i would even consider a Ford again), I would easily chose a base Fusion over these other two cars. It's slightly bigger, but more reliable. And yes, the gas economy is going to be a little less, but less headaches, better trip, and less repairs. If you really want to buy this the Fiesta or the Focus, I strongly recommend that you take out a 7 year extended warranty to prevent yourself from going broke on the repairs after the basic warranty expires. If you have to buy a Fiesta, look at the hatchback. For some reason it looks sturdier than the other models. ********** As of 2018 there is a class action lawsuit for both the Ford Fiesta and the Ford Focus - google for more info. I strongly suggest that you do not buy these cars for model years, especially 2013-2018 and even beyond - stay away! Ford never recalled them to change the defective parts. Ford is scrapping all Ford Focus production as of 2018 because the car shares a lot of the same defective parts (especially the transmission) as the Ford Focus. They are redesigning the focus into a crossover, skipping production in 2019 and that car will be available in 2020. They installed a newly designed 8 speed transmission (really? the newly designed transmission in the focus and fiesta failed for all these years and they never recalled or replaced it). You think they would give it the transmission in the fusion which has proved to be basically trouble free - dah!!!! And the car will be assembled in where? Detroit? Germany? Spain? Korea? nope - China. The Chinese are known for a lot of great things but car assembly is not one of them. I suggest you stay away from this car also until Ford gets their act together and once again proves to us that their quality went up. If you look at consumer reports april 2018 edition, or any edition after, you can see the repair history is poor for both the focus and the fiesta and they also do not recommend you buy these cars. Get it in the library or go online and read their report based on hundreds of thousands of consumer surveys.
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Small but a blast
michael surrency, 04/21/2016
2014 Ford Fiesta ST 4dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
This car is almost a good family car being a hatchback....put for pure joy of driving it is a 4 1/2 star ... Small fast great steering FUN in town and great in the mountains...for what you pay this thing ROCKS
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littlemower, 01/25/2015
2014 Ford Fiesta SE 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
Love the car does great on gas handles great and looks great.
RIP. OFF.
Disgusted, 11/21/2015
2014 Ford Fiesta S 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
11 of 18 people found this review helpful
This car is a death trap and an embarrassment to drive. The transmission is constantly jerking, grinding, hesitating, etc. This is a common problem that Ford is apparently doing nothing about. It should be illegal to sell a car like this. Of course the fact that the Ford salesman lied to me when I purchased the car doesn't help. Will not ever purchase another Ford. Can't wait to get rid of this piece of garbage.
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I was a Ford man until this
Justin Long , 02/10/2020
2014 Ford Fiesta SE 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I bought this car at 33k miles and literally 600 miles past the 60k power train warranty, the head cracks and causes the car to overheat and dies. Leaving me in a situation where I'll likely have to file bankruptcy because the only reason I financed this car was because I don't have the money or time to deal with constant car repairs. The issues my car has were recalled on Europe but no luck for people in the US. Thanks Ford.