Which parts fail
Components named in complaints (doors, hood, frame, rust, paint and trim).
Mileage when the problem started
Owner reports
Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2014 Ford Fiesta owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).
2014 Ford Fiesta manual sedan exhibiting recurring, dangerous hood latch malfunction (recently noticed) where hood unlatches while driving/parked & experiencing sudden power loss when AC is used (fuse removed to prevent this dangerous condition). Potential safety hazards: obstructed vision, hood detachment, engine tampering, sudden loss of control. Ford Service Advisor admitted hood latch "should" be a recall, yet dealership attempts to charge $350-$500 ($250 diagnostic) for repair instead of initiating recall. This raises concerns Ford prioritizes profit over safety, esp. since Fiesta is discontinued. Other issues include previous brake pad lock-up requiring costly ABS Hydraulic Control Unit repair & door latch recall 20S15 ("door may unlatch while driving"). Multiple recurring issues suggest vehicle may be a lemon overall. …
When a rear seat passenger exits the vehicle and closes the door, the rear door does not latch properly. This causes the door to swing open while the car is moving. The vehicle is available for inspection. The problem has manifested itself on several occasions, especially when I am dropping off school children at their stop. The crossing guard has been kind enough to close the door for me. That is, he closes the door after it swings open. The vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer or repair shop (yet). The problem first appeared last week, after the Thanksgiving holiday break. There were no symptoms to warn of the problem. It just appeared out of the blue, so to speak. To describe the problem further: The door is closed by the passenger who has just exited the car. There is no "door open" light to indicate a problem. …
The door latch on one of the doors has a broken piece inside of it that won't allow the door to close, no dealer has checked it out yet, my safety is a concern because any of the doors could break as well and open while I'm driving
back ride side door will not latch and stay closed,if aperson was in back seat with door that won't latch that person is in a dangerious position.backing out of drive way door opened and wouldnot latch shut.
My car worked perfectly fine, I was out using it and coming back from the place I was at. My door just stopped closing out of nowhere. Realizing my door latch is not working at all anymore. It does not move
Our daughter was in a 3 car accident. There was bridge construction and all of a sudden traffic went from moving at highway speed to stopped. Directly ahead of our daughter was a refrigerator truck. Our daughter was not able to stop quickly enough and struck the back of the refrigerator truck. The speed listed above is an estimate. No one in the other vehicles were hurt, nor did their cars sustain repairable damage. My daughter's car was stopping straight at the point of collision and struck the back of the truck square. The officer at the scene suggested she be checked out in the er. My daughter sustained soft tissues injuries and bruises. After some time with the chiropractor she should be fine. My question/concern deals with the air bag system. The driver knee airbag deployed, the steering wheel airbag did not. Is that possible? …
My Ford Fiesta 2014 has a recall with the module valve. At present I took it into the shop 3 different times. 1) richmond highway 2/2014 2) 9/2015 and 3) 3/2016 at present my car has been in the shop for 10 weeks
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 Ford Fiesta. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact noticed that the rear driver's side door opened. The contact pulled over to close the door, but it would not latch. The contact's son had to hold the door closed while driving to the contact's residence. The contact tied the rear driver's door with a piece of rope and drove to the dealer (legacy Ford, 413 industrial blvd, mcdonough, ga 30253) where it was diagnosed that the door latch was faulty. This was the second door latch failure within a year. During the first occurrence, the rear passenger door opened while driving. Greene Ford (2365 browns bridge rd, gainesville, ga 30504) stated that there was a recall on all four door latches and, to the contact's understanding, the recall repair had been performed. …
The 2014 Ford Fiesta, 5 speed manual transmission, has a single power door lock button in the middle of the dashboard. In order to unlock all doors, including the trunk latch, one must lean all the way in to press the power unlock button. There is no way to unlock the trunk using a key. When doing this, the person unlocking the vehicle is left vulnerable, and is a huge safety risk, and is opposite all the safety recommendations provided by police and other safety organizations: do not turn your back on your children (when having to lean in to unlock the back doors where the children will go) and do not lean into your car where you could be carjacked. It is dangerous, and either the company needs to purchase back the vehicles or find a way to fix the issue so the power lock is on the door (there are no buttons on the inside of the doors, either). The engineers were way off on this one.
Door/latches: front passenger side door will not close/latch making it unsafe to drive. Ford had two recalls (2015 & 2017) on this known problem (recall: 15s16), but they did not include my VIN as part of the recall, even though my 2014 Ford Fiesta could still have the same type of latch. If all 2014 Ford fiestas have this defective part, why weren't all vehicles included in the recall? I just purchased this car less than 6-months ago and they told me there were no open recalls, but 2014 Ford fiestas have been known to have these problems. It doesn't appear that Ford made the latch recall part-specific, and if they did, the latch I have is just as defective as the previous ones. The Ford recall department was unable to tell me if my car had the defective part, but they told me that NHTSA reviews all their recalls and they approved that my car didn't need a recall on the door latches.
Body complaints in other Fiesta years
Frequently asked questions
How common are body problems on the 2014 Ford Fiesta?
NHTSA has 54 complaints about the body & structure of the 2014 Ford Fiesta, 11% of the model year's 504 complaints. The component named most often is body (53 mentions).
Is there a recall for 2014 Ford Fiesta body problems?
No. NHTSA lists no body & structure recall for the 2014 Ford Fiesta, though it has 7 recalls for other components. If the problem is widespread, a repair may still be covered by an extended warranty or a manufacturer service bulletin — ask a dealer.
At what mileage do 2014 Ford Fiesta body problems start?
Half of the complaints with a recorded mileage happened before about 44,000 miles, and 14% before 25,000 miles.
Is it dangerous?
Owners linked 2 crashes, 0 fires and 2 injuries to body & structure problems on this model year. If you notice symptoms, have the car checked before driving further.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) — owner complaints through October 20, 2026, recalls and defect investigations; fuel economy from the EPA. Complaints are unverified reports and are not proof of a defect. How we rate model years.