2002 Ford Fiesta finess from UK and Ireland - Comments

Ford Fiesta 2003 Zetec.

I had the same thing back in April 2007 steering rack had to be replaced at a cost of over £600. Only done 17,000 miles approx.

Now, November, there is a problem with the clutch, which I have just been told is a common fault on this model car.

Will not be buying a ford again.

Ford Fiesta 1.3 lx 2002.

I inherited my Fiesta just over two years ago from my grandfather who bought it brand new. It has given both of us over 5 years of trouble free motoring and is still a pleasure to drive after 40,000 miles, with no rattles or squeaks to be found.

I would recommend a Fiesta to anyone.

I bought a ford fiesta zetec 2003 and have noticed that the power steering fluid is leaking near the left wheel. I just hope this is not the rack gone. I will take it to garage to have it checked while I continue to pray.

Ford fiesta 1.4 tdci nov 2007 misfire

Ford cannot or will not repair my new car they claim as it doesn't show hard fault code then there isn't anything wrong. RUBBISH It drives like crap I just think ford don't know how to fix cars anymore I am gonna take this all the way.

I have a Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25 with an 02 plate. I have worke d out the mpg for it and it is about 18 mpg!!! It is supposed to be around the 40 mpg mark! Any one who can help me figure out what is wrong as it is wasting alot of money? cheers.

My wife purchased a new Diesel Ghia Fiesta in 2004. The services were carried out by the Ford dealer until the warranty ran out and then it was given its 3rd service by a non Ford, but reputable local garage. So far so good. Three months out of warranty and the Turbo gives up. Only 28000 miles on the clock. Repair at Ford dealers cost nearly £600. They say it must be the oil etc. Contact Ford customer relations, much chasing around for proof that non Ford service was not the cause only to be told eventually that Ford will not do or give anything for us as the service was a some of weeks late! It appears to me that Ford spent their time and energy looking for any way out of helping rather than looking for a way to help. I will be contacting ford at the top as I can't believe they are content to let loyal customers go elsewhere for the sake of a small contribution that we would have been content with.

Ford Fiesta Finesse 2002. Steering rack gone for the second time. Cost me nearly £700 18 months ago to have the rack reconditioned. Apparently very difficult to get hold of the Mk6 rack and currently on 5 months back-order from Ford so my local garage is trying to look for the part on ebay/spares/scrap. Will never buy this model of Ford again.

I bought a 2002 1.4 Ford Fiesta Zetec from a small Ford Dealership in March 2008 and it started giving me some trouble before the 3 month warranty ran out. I took it back in May, they checked it over, sorted a few things out and assured me it was OK. A further 4 months down the line the car got much worse so I took it to another Ford Dealer who informed me that the power steering had been leaking for some time and that this and the steering rack need replacing. As I am now out of my warranty I have written to the dealership who sold me the car to complain but are yet to hear back. Has anyone with similar problems had any success complaining to Ford themselves or even contacted Watchdog etc?

Hi, I've got a Ford Fiesta Zetec 03. It has done 43,000 miles and the power steering is leaking. It sounds like it's a common fault. It's not very well put together is it? You'd expect better build quality from Ford. Hope mine isn't the steering rack; it sounds like a very expensive thing to fix, and I don't have money to throw around, and there's a credit crunch going on.

Ford Fiesta 52 reg, 29000 miles, fluid leaking, steering rack needs replacing. To replace the steering rack costs £1000 from Ford. It looks as though Ford steering racks don't last long or there is a major fault, which Ford will not admit to!

We have a Ford Fiesta with a 52 number plate, and we too have just had the steering rack replaced. The car made a dreadful noise as we tried to back it out of the garage, and there was steering fluid on our garage floor.

We were told at our local garage that the Ford part would cost £500 plus labour and VAT, but a universal type part would be £200 plus labour & VAT. We went for the cheaper option, but the total bill still came to almost £400.

We used to have an old style Fiesta, and had no end of problem with the door locks. We understand that it was also a common problem that was known about by Ford.

My Fiesta TDCI refused to start 2 days after purchase. The garage removed it on a truck and returned it a day later mended.

The mechanic told me I'd caused it by parking 2 wheels on the kerb and 2 on the road (on my road this is necessary) and if it ever did it again to squeeze the fuel grenade till hard. 3 months on and out of warranty, same problem.

Car will not move now unless grenade is pumped. I've been quoted £200 for a new injector seal by a local garage, but other garage says a new fuel grenade will fix it??? Anyone had similar problem??