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Ford Fiesta by model year

4,356 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford Fiesta across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Ford Fiesta 0 750 1,500 2011: 1,040 '11 2012: 834 '12 2013: 918 '13 2014: 655 '14 2015: 368 '15 2016: 254 '16 2017: 107 '17 2018: 46 '18 2019: 129 '19
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
20111,040
2012834
2013918
2014655
2015368
2016254
2017107
201846
2019129

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2019 129 Backover prevention (24%) 3 28 to 31 4 stars
2018 46 Drivetrain & axles (22%) 29 to 31 4 stars
2017 107 Drivetrain & axles (22%) 29 to 35 4 stars
2016 254 Drivetrain & axles (36%) 29 to 35 4 stars
2015 368 Drivetrain & axles (26%) 4 29 to 35 4 stars
2014 655 Drivetrain & axles (31%) 7 29 to 35 4 stars
2013 918 Drivetrain & axles (42%) 3 32 4 stars
2012 834 Drivetrain & axles (33%) 3 32 4 stars
2011 1,040 Drivetrain & axles (33%) 3 31 to 33 4 stars