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2012 FORD FIESTA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

1 injured · 2144189 · 2025-10-29

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
FIESTA
Year
2012
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Speed
20 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I was driving to work this morning; the car made a horrible "clunk" when I accelerated to around 20 then lost power and nearly crashed. The car then displayed error lights (yellow CEL, yellow wrench icon, HEAD unit showed "transmission issue service immediately" This is a direct result of the DPs6 transmission put into all 7th gen Ford Focus/Fiesta models. This DCT transmission has been replaced 3 times for this particular car and failed the same manner each time - meaning 3 near accidents have occured because this transmission fails. Across the USA; more than 50 people have been injured as a result of this transmission failing.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11696374
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown