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2011 FORD FIESTA — POWER TRAIN

crash · 1112448 · 2014-09-23

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
FIESTA
Year
2011
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
POWER TRAIN
Miles at failure
71,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY CAR WAS SITTING IN A PARKED POSITION ON A HILL SIDE AND DRIFTED BACKWARD OVER THE HILL, HIT A GUIDELINE AND ROLLED OVER TWO TIMES. THE CAR HAD BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP OVER 20 TIMES. FORD AND ERIE INS. MET IN MAY OF 2014 AND BOTH DECIDED THE PROBLEMS WERE RELATED TO MANUFACTURING ISSUES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY 2011 FORD FIESTA'S COMPUTER, WATER PUMP,REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE FLYWHEEL BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE TRANSMISSION,ENTIRE ENGINE (SHORT BLOCK AND HEADS WERE REPLACED, COILS, AND MANY OTHER ITEMS WERE REPLACED TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.THE TRANSMISSION ALLOWED THE CAR TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE CAR IN A STOPPED POSITION. I ASKED MY CAR INSURANCE COMPANY AND FORD MOTOR TO MEET AND HAVE THE CAR ASSESSED FOR MECHANIC FAILURES AFTER THE CRASH SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TOLD BY THE REPRESENTATIVE AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP THAT FORD DID NOT WANT TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO OPEN THEMSELVES UP TO LIABILITY.. ERIE INSURANCE DID NOT WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY INVESTIGATING THE CRASH, IT SHOULD BE FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK INTO THE CRASH. I ASK ERIE INSURANCE TO HOLD THE CAR AT THE SAVAGE YARD UNTIL EITHER PARTY COULD INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEMS THE CAR HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE RESULTING IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF MY VEHICLE. FORD MOTOR AND C HARPER FORD BOTH KNEW MY 2011 FORD FIESTA HAD ISSUES OVER THE PAST YEAR WHILE MY CAR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET FIX(IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHI

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10638300
Machine
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