2014 FORD FIESTA — Complaint #1616781
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) filed October 30, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1616781 (ODI reference 11277084) concerns a 2014 FORD FIESTA and was filed on October 30, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 20, 2019. The vehicle had 35,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD FIESTA cohort independently describe similar power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 FORD FIESTA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME, WHICH WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FORD OF CLERMONT (1101 E HWY 50, CLERMONT, FL 34711) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL BRAKE FLUID LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A SHUDDER THAT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. AFTER THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED, THE DEALER CALLED THE CONTACT AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE DEALER CALLED THE CONTACT BACK AND ADVISED HIM THAT THE ABS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. *BF CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER, LETTER STATED THE CONTACT MIGH
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1616781 |
| ODI Number | 11277084 |
| Date Filed | October 30, 2019 |
| Failure Date | October 20, 2019 |
| VIN | 3FADP4BJ8EM |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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