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2012 Ford Fiesta body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 129 complaints for the 2012 Ford Fiesta, 15% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
129 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
44,000 miles 113 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fiesta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 44,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 29 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 52 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 44,000 miles
Based on 113 complaints that include mileage. 80% 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 miles29
40k to 60k miles52
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 113 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 44,000 miles, and 80% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

We were on the highway while it was snowing. All of the other vehicles were slowing down because there was an accident blocking off the highway. Eventually we all came to a stop. After we stopped there was a yukon that was unable to stop because of conditions and its load and hit us from behind. He was probably going 35 MPH. Both the passenger and driver's head flung back against seats. No airbags deployed. Passenger has suffered in the spine from this accident.

March 2014 CrashInjury

My child went to get into the car this morning and the rear passenger door would not latch. As my only transportation, I had to tie the door shut just to transport my kids and the door is still not completely shut. This is so unsafe for people that this should be recalled immediately.

Reported at 60,000 miles, November 2014

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