2015 Ford Fiesta
This year drew an ordinary 258 complaints for a Ford Fiesta — the model's median is 502. What they were about is the unusual part: 9.7% of them mention independent, against 3.8% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 258 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 502 |
| Involving a crash | 16 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 30 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- independent — 9.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: independent, independent mechanic, mechanic who, contact called.
- every time — 6.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: every time, fueling, fill.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
the vehicle was leaking oil. The contact was unaware of any warning lights being illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact that the failure was due to the cylinder head being cracked. The contact called the local d…
THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED SPONTANEOUSLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO THE VAST [VIN] CHANGES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FA…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V209000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V005000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V177000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 23V775000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Fiesta was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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