The 2017 Ford Fiesta has 72 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are power train and engine. Owners most often flag powershift automatic transmission shuddering, jerking, and hesitation at low speeds: frequency: very frequent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2017 Ford Fiesta vehicles (US, public record).
Across the 9 Fiesta model years we track, complaint volume runs from 1 (2002) to 729 (2011). With 72 complaints, the 2017 Fiesta sits belowthe model's median of 92.
These are raw NHTSA complaint totals, not adjusted for how many cars sold or how long each model year has been on the road. Older and higher-selling years accumulate more complaints.
Owners overwhelmingly describe the automatic PowerShift dual-clutch transmission as the defining flaw of this generation, with shuddering, jerking, and hesitation at low speeds being very frequent complaints. The manual transmission versions are praised as rel
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Used Fiesta listings typically run $7,150–$10,189 across 2011 to 2019 model years.
Compare every Fiesta year side by side to see how 2017 ranks against the rest.