NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Ford Fiesta Recalls
The 2013 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 2013 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
- 668
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 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 2011–2012, 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 2011–2012, 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 2011–2012 Fiesta
2013 Ford Fiesta complaints by year
NHTSA has received 668 owner complaints about the 2013 Ford Fiesta, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (2%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Ford Fiesta, the component group named most often is the power train (59%), followed by the engine (16%) and the structure (12%).
None of the 2013 Ford Fiesta's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2013 Ford Fiesta owners gave the mileage (547 complaints), the median was 31,483 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train391
- Engine110
- Unknown Or Other91
- Structure78
- Electrical System62
- Latches/Locks/Linkages47
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 59 | |
| 2014 | 109 | |
| 2015 | 138 | |
| 2016 | 81 | |
| 2017 | 46 | |
| 2018 | 36 | |
| 2019 | 85 | |
| 2020 | 40 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2013 Ford Fiesta peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 138. 58% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Ford Fiesta drew 4.4× the complaints of the median Ford Fiesta year in the same window: 1st highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2013 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 668 complaints about the 2013 Ford Fiesta are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fiesta by model year
Other 2013 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted