NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Fiesta Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 617
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2011, 2013–2014 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 2011, 2013–2014 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 2011, 2013 Fiesta
2012 Ford Fiesta complaints by year
NHTSA has received 617 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Fiesta, the newest on September 9, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Fiesta, the component group named most often is the power train (44%), followed by the structure (21%) and the engine (11%).
None of the 2012 Ford Fiesta's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2012 Ford Fiesta owners gave the mileage (491 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train274
- Structure128
- Unknown Or Other78
- Engine68
- Electrical System66
- Latches/Locks/Linkages57
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 138 | |
| 2015 | 136 | |
| 2016 | 81 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 28 | |
| 2019 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 27 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 23 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Fiesta peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 138. 50% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Fiesta drew 4.1× the complaints of the median Ford Fiesta year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2012 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 617 complaints about the 2012 Ford Fiesta are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fiesta by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted