NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Ford Fiesta Recalls
The 2011 Ford Fiesta has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 8, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Ford Fiesta. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 730
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Ford Fiesta, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2011 Ford Fiesta
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 20V331000
- Reported
- June 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,147,323
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Fiesta, 8 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 15V246000
- Reported
- April 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 456,440
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Fiesta, 2 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 12V488000
- Reported
- October 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 154,471
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Fiesta
2011 Ford Fiesta complaints by year
NHTSA has received 730 owner complaints about the 2011 Ford Fiesta, the newest on August 20, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2011 Ford Fiesta, the component group named most often is the power train (50%), followed by the structure (17%) and the engine (15%).
None of the 2011 Ford Fiesta's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2011 Ford Fiesta owners gave the mileage (602 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train366
- Structure125
- Engine108
- Electrical System96
- Unknown Or Other58
- Vehicle Speed Control57
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 32 | |
| 2013 | 44 | |
| 2014 | 154 | |
| 2015 | 131 | |
| 2016 | 77 | |
| 2017 | 37 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 76 | |
| 2020 | 37 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Ford Fiesta peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 154. 38% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Ford Fiesta drew 4.1× the complaints of the median Ford Fiesta year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the Ford Fiesta years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 730 complaints about the 2011 Ford Fiesta are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fiesta by model year
Other 2011 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted