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2012 Ford Fiesta brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 17 complaints for the 2012 Ford Fiesta, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
14,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fiesta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 14,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 14,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 73% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 14,000 miles, and 73% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving approximatly 45 MPH on st rt 28 in milford ohio and my door was locked and the door ajar light failed to indicate any failure in securing the door apropiatly, well as I began braking to reduce speed my door flew open and I reached out to shut it as I was applieing pressure to the brake and they completely failed causing me to rear end the vehicle in my front, upoun impact the air bag on the drive t side only failed to deploy therfore causing a sustantially greater amount and longer lasting injuys.

Reported at 13,000 miles, October 2014 CrashInjury

Today, 1/19/2016 is my 6th visit to ford dealer service since 2014 august. My car has been towed in to service location with condition of transmission shudders excessively. I was not able to drive the car with a in-operating transmission. It is very sad, I do not feel safe to drive the vehicle no more than 15 miles if I can. Transmission and clutch has been fixed for 3 times. Every time I have talked to ford customer rep.

Reported at 49,937 miles, January 2016

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