New FiST owner, the good, the bad, and the ugly!

[Vatghern]

Hello, I recently purchased a brand new 2017 Fiesta ST, it's my first brand new car, but not my first Ford. for the last 10 years I've been driving Honda's and a Lexus. The good is I really enjoy the car, it's a blast to dart around the back roads and I've missed rowing my own gears. The bad is I didn't get the Recaro's (oop's) they only ST's left in my area all had he standard "sport" seats, although I don't really know what I'm missing since I've never even sat in the Recaro's but I do wish the standard seats had a little more bolstering on the seat portion, other than that I like the fabric and they are comfy. The ugly is my A/C stopped working after only 850 miles! I do have a warranty repair scheduled with the dealer, but damn, not something that inspires confidence.

 

[D1JL]

Dave

 

[Flaco]

Welcome !

 

[Truth in Ruin]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Vatghern]

Thanks guys!

 

[John9851]

Welcome fellow magnetic owner !!!!

 

[Socal_ST]

Welcome and keep us updated on the ac issue. Me being a new owner also and just hit 100 miles. Curious what the issues is. Hoping ill be fine on my vegas trip and back on sunday )

 

[RobbyD]

Hello, I recently purchased a brand new 2017 Fiesta ST, it's my first brand new car, but not my first Ford. for the last 10 years I've been driving Honda's and a Lexus. The good is I really enjoy the car, it's a blast to dart around the back roads and I've missed rowing my own gears. The bad is I didn't get the Recaro's (oop's) they only ST's left in my area all had he standard "sport" seats, although I don't really know what I'm missing since I've never even sat in the Recaro's but I do wish the standard seats had a little more bolstering on the seat portion, other than that I like the fabric and they are comfy. The ugly is my A/C stopped working after only 850 miles! I do have a warranty repair scheduled with the dealer, but damn, not something that inspires confidence.

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Welcome! If it makes you feel better my traction control switch went out at 300 miles lol

 

[Vatghern]

Maybe I should test mine out when I get it back, I haven't seen if it even works or not.

 

[Vatghern]

I heard back from the dealer today, they said it's the blend door actuator, apparently they fail a lot in Ford's. They have to remove the driver side knee airbag to get to it, luckily it's not the whole dash. I hope this one last longer.

 

[Vatghern]

Well, that didn't last very long. After they "fixed" the AC, 100 mi later it's not blowing cold again. Guess I'm bringing back for service again. Would a the lemon law apply to this after so many fix attempts?
I didn't buy a new car to be in the shop all the time.

 

[99riocobra]

Sorry to hear of all of your AC troubles. On the upside, nice to see another FiST in the STL area.

 

[Vatghern]

Thanks! I'm hoping they can get it fixed properly this time. Any FiST meetups happening around here?