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2012 Ford Fiesta cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 40 complaints for the 2012 Ford Fiesta, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
40 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
28,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fiesta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 28,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 28,000 miles
Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 76% 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 miles11
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 34 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 28,000 miles, and 76% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

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.

October 2025 Injury

I purchased the car in march of 2013 from the first week I owned the car I have complained that the car: shudders and gurgles at take off with no power what so ever, going up a steep hill has no power at all the car gurgles and then once it catches the car lunges forward very fast, when breaking there is a loud noise and the car shudder, the rpms rev high at take off. 1st appointment I was told it was a new transmission system and it had to learn the way I depress the gas.

Reported at 30 miles, April 2013

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