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Chart based on 45 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2011 Ford Fiesta
Engine not specified
35340 mi
Had looked at due to a rattling in the front end, replaced linking sway bar, noise went away for a few days and returned. strut replaced
knocking sound at low speed when turning either left or right directions
36000 mi
right front wheel bearing replaced
5600 mi
Rear shocks leaking, ordered parts first trip, replaced shocks second trip. Replaced rear shocks (leaking)
17000 mi
Both rear shocks leaking, replaced again. This is the third set of rear shocks this car has had.
22200 mi
Replace rear shock absorbers again
24000 mi
Rear shock absorbers leaking again. One day over warranty dealer will not fix, says Fiesta not made for dirt roads. Car does not steer right (wanders). Dealer says "can't find anything wrong."
28000 mi
US $120
Replaced rear shocks with lifetime warrenty
11421 mi
Re-Torqued Rear shocks and bolts.
Funny sound while driving, did not affect driving performance.
234700 mi
US $1296
Electric power assist motor quit requiring replacement and reflash of main computer.
298500 mi
Front struts and rear shocks. Shocks seem to do the job up until 150k depending on the road. Unfortunately they start to show oil leakage at about 50k. Struts are about the same. They seem to start knocking on rough roads at around 150k.
650000 mi
Replaced the front wheel bearings.
758000 mi
US $225
Worn front struts. Replaced both struts and mounts.
Steering column made noise when turning back and forth and over any bumps in the road. Column was replaced.
66800 mi
US $500
Rear shocks replaced, probably been leaking for 5,000 miles. Front struts replaced, upper plate broken on right front.
124000 mi
US $800
Replaced struts & shocks all around
119821 mi
US $130
Car had clunking on some bumps and turns. Shop diagnosed and replaced sway bar frame bushings and lower ball joints. Shop diagnosed bad rear shocks. I replaced them.
45000 mi
Left rear shock was leaking oil, dealer replaced under warranty.
47000 mi
US $439
Was making a slight clunking noise when turning slowly. Dealer said might be electrical, turned out to be the intermediate steering shaft, which there is a tsb for.
64000 mi
Replace worn bushing in steering system that was causing jerking at low speeds.
8000 mi
Play in steering... Replaced Steering Shaft after waiting a week for part.
38300 mi
Bent bolt causing steering noise
19000 mi
US $850
replace upper strut mounts, dry and worn. Replaced original tires with on 19000 miles on them due to dry rot previous week.
65544 mi
US $100
Clicking noise was heard when changing direction (rotation) of wheel. Steering Column replaced. Steering was making clicking sound, replaced steering column
29000 mi
Clicking in the steering at slow speeds or stopped.
Replaced a steering shaft per TSB.
36580 mi
Steering shaft as per tsb. New battery. weatherstrip
2000 mi
Both rear shocks leaked oil. A Ford engineer I talked to said that examination of the first set showed that paint on the shaft had damaged the seal of the shock.
12000 mi
Both rear shock absorbers leaking oil. Shocks replaced for second time.
Worn gear on rack, replaced whole steering unit (credit given for "core return")
55000 mi
US $500
Replaced both rear shocks. I didn't detect the problem, but the dealer reported they were "leaking" and needed to be replaced (and were 7 years old).
49280 mi
C $175
Rear shocks were replaced, the one on the drivers side was shot.
60760 mi
C $500
Front left wheel bearing had to be replaced Stabilizer bar links replaced on both sides
131000 mi
US $31
Replaced right tie-rod end
139700 mi
Wheel hub & bearing
128500 mi
US $350
Had to replace blown shocks in rear again, replaced all shocks, struts & springs.
117200 mi
US $60
Inner tie rod was clunking, after 2 weeks of searching we found one. When I went to install I noticed the lock nut was lose, not properly torqued when KOST Tire did alignment. Repair corrected without changing part. keeping part!
111000 mi
US $40
Front end clunking on low speed turning. Diagnose needs new struts.
31000 mi
US $50
Strut was leaking. Strut was replaced by dealer.
13020 mi
Steering Shaft Clunk
55800 mi
C $300
Shocks leaking
11160 mi
Centered steering wheel. Tilted to the right from factory. Fixed under warranty.
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