NAME : Narsinha Chari <ramesh_tamirisa2007@yahioo.com>
Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh (India)
POSTED ON : Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 04:42:40
REVIEW : I have TDCI ZXI . The car is not at all good. You can
not trust the car . Any way i have got the car which started giving
problem day one onwards. Bad Millage and noise in Clutch. So before
buying the car check and then purchase. The service centers in Hyderabad
are not able to resolve my car problem. This type of infrastructure. So
improvement is needed in this area.
NAME : Vivek Kumar Sogani <vksogani@hotmail.com> Jaipur,
Raj. (India)
POSTED ON : Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 10:15:46
REVIEW : I like this car..and may be this is my upcoming car..
NAME : Anurag Jain <anurag.electrical@gmail.com> Bilaspur,
(India)
POSTED ON : Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10:17:17
REVIEW : Its fantastic and good looking car ....its my
choice(engineers choice)
NAME : Sanjeev Guleria <eevia@rediffmail.com> Shimla, H.P.
(India)
POSTED ON : Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:58:05
REVIEW : Close ur eyes n believe ford......nothing to say
more.....go n drive ford fiesta.
NAME : Rahul <rahul68518@yahoo.co.in> Kolkata, (India)
POSTED ON : Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 03:49:33
REVIEW : We have purchased Ford Fiesta CRDi in Feb 2006, the
mileage of the car is good, its comfortable, the inside space is good
enough , the interior of the car is nice but there are some drawback of
this car.
- A.C is very troublesome,we have to send it to service centers in
every 3 months.
- Battery of the car is made by ford and is of very bad quality,we
have to replace it within a year.
- Front tyres are getting flat with correct allinment
- Spear Parts are not available in the market ,even service centers
takes time.
- There is only one service center in kolkata and whatever estimate
they give, you have to agree on that.
NAME : Rakesh Sharma <rakeshsharma1212 @gmail.com> Indore,
M.P (India)
POSTED ON : Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 04:33:15
REVIEW : Good style
NAME : Rohit<rohit2663@yahoo.co.in> Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh (India)
POSTED ON : Saturday, October 06, 2007 at 09:54:13
REVIEW : I am one of the sufferer of Ford India.I got Ford
Fiesta Zxi which cause some wire accident and it got repair i was billed
a sum of rupees Rs 1,00,000 odd as my bill and cause of accident is due
to manufacter defeat and gave great discount of Rs 700/-.so i request
you to not to buy ford fiesta.
NAME : Sanjit Gupta (sanjit_gupta@yahoo.com) Kolkata, West
Bengal (India)
POSTED ON : Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 02:39:29
REVIEW : This is an amazing car. I like the looks. Performance
is good. Good fuel efficiency. Ford needs to improve the suspension.
NAME : James Morrissey (iames morrissey70@gmail.com) Adelaide,
South Australia (Australia)
POSTED ON : Friday, June 08, 2007 at 02:21:08
REVIEW : I bought my 1.6ltr Ford Fiesta 12 months ago and i have
not looked back since. the fuel economy is fantastic while still having
enough get upand go to it. The ride is very smooth and the steering is
fantastic. For someone like me who is over 6 feet tall there is still
plenty of head room available. The car performs extremly well on long
distances with plenty of power to over take on the highway.
NAME : BH (bh.madhu@gmail.com) Hyderabad, A.P (India)
POSTED ON : Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 01:34:24
REVIEW : I got 1.4 TDCi in FEB, have heard that its giving
mileage of 18-20, but i am getting 13 only. Looks are good but very very
poor suspension.
NAME : Sanjeev (kc_studio@yahoo.co.in), Hyderabad, AP (India)
POSTED ON : Saturday, November 04, 2006 at 11:13:26
REVIEW : I have a 1.4 diesel sxi and is definitely an excellent
car. At times i face power crunch when required in emergency overtaking
in 2nd gear. suspension is definitely much poor compared even to my 14
year old maruti 1000 which sailed smoothly on pot holes even with old
suspensions.The 6 cd changer is a horrible looking gear for a 8 lakh
car.
NAME : Sarwar Ansari (webmaster2@indiaaccess.com), Mumbai,
Maharashtra (India)
POSTED ON : Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 17:48:50
REVIEW : Great Car to drive, with performance and features,
Great Power, good Features, Good Price. I have been driving fiesta 1.6
SXI for the past 5 months now. I purchased it from my friend Sailesh
Gaikwad of Dombivli, who sold it to me after driving it for 3 months
/1800 kms. Since then I have never regretted my decision at all. He
purchased Skoda Rider, I got Fiesta for 80,000 less. My friend tells me
that the many of the features of Fiesta are same as Skoda Rider the
placement of light control switches and other visible stuff the keyless
entry and the remote boot release. Probably Ford copied it from Skoda
for fiesta.
The looks the drive, the safety is well above average and nearing
excellence, while mileage is average, but then you cannot have
everything.
Before owning Fiesta I have owned 800, Esteem, Palio, Uno and Santro.
Fiesta inspires confidence while driving in the city and more so on the
highways where you can overtake in complete control and very easily the
Qualis's the Sumo's and the sundry cars, the hills and the ghats get
eaten up without any burp.The taut feeling of the steering, and the car
is very comforting. The head turning style and macho Mercedes like
presence is really ego boosting.
During the rains the bonnet got stuck and no amount of pulling the
bonnet release would open it. while having my third Free service done I
asked the ford service guy to open it, he asked me to press lightly in
the centre of the bonnet while he pulled the release and it opened.
But when I tried to do the same at home, to fill in the wiper fluid, I
pressed on the bonnet center and it went in and depressed about 2 mm
giving the smooth bonnet a ugly look, I took the car to Wasan Ford,
Thane. Abdul Bhai of repair dept. pulled the tin out with some hydraulic
machine and did some polishing / rubbing job whitout any cost. Excellent
service, later the service people greased the release and the boot
problem has not recurred yet.
During the rains the windows rear windows fog frequently, rear
de-fogger helps. Rear wiper would have been excellent.I also find the
clutch slightly hard till date. I informed service supervisior Kapil, of
Wasan Motors Thane, that the clutch seems hard compared to Santro and
others, he said it is hydraulic clutch you should not have problems. I
told him can you lighten it slightly, he just looked at me strangely,
probably the clutch does not have plus minus settings.
Also there is no need to do under carriage Anti-Rust treatment, before
the rains during my second service. I checked the under of the car it is
covered in thick rubber coating of some kind, the service guys told me
there was no need to spend on Anti-rust, the car under is already
treated with rubber coat. Also I had an accident, I had stopped at Mahim
Church Signal, when this guy driving Swift hit the car from the back
deforming the boot lid. The boot lid would'nt close, The Accident
Department Manager, Abdul Bhai at Thane Wasan Ford, handled the whole
issue of insurance paper work whitout me getting invloved. The repair
work done by his dept was excellently done, as good a new.
Fiesta gives me mileage of 11.5 to 12 KMPL in mixed highway and city
conditons, with AC on, for a performance and heavy/ safe car it is good
mileage. The gearshift is short and sweet.
The engine is super silent, I have to watch the tachometer to see if
the engine is running.
if you put on the AC the change in engine RPM is only about + 100 RPM
which is good for mileage.
The AC is superb it cools the hot car standing in the sun in less then
a minute.I am first of the Traffic signal at green light consistently
for 5 months except once when a skoda overtook me after 1 KM., great
power and excellent exhaust note when engine crosses 3000 RPM like a
race car, with plush interiors and great looks.
The distance to empty meter is an excellent touch, and really makes
filling up decisions easy to make. There are lots of nooks and cranies
all over the doors, to hold bottles, toll slips, bills coins and other
stuff. The boot is spacious it can easily hold luggage for the entire
family's vacation.
I suggest you go for Fiesta 1.6 SXI with leather interiors, and six CD
in dash and double din radio and all the aluminium-steel finishes all
over the interior exterior of the car, the Alloy wheels, and the keyless
entry (no need for auto-cop or other security gadgets), power windows,
side mirrors. You will not have to spend any money on any other
accessories.
The re-sale value I am afraid to find out, that is the only draw back I
can anticipate. I understand the Fords have impression of expensive
maintanence. the car I have purchased has 2 years extra warranty on
electrics and other parts I am sure that will help me swallow the cost.
Albeit with sword of re-sale value hanging over your and my head, I
advice you to go for Fiesta 1.6, go for 1.4 or diesel if you want better
mileage and less power.
NAME : Samir Sarkar
POSTED ON : June 16, 2006
REVIEW : Fantastic car...drove the 1.6 SXI with ABS option.
Great pickup and excellent ride and handling. The engine is very quiet
and the steering is a little heavy but very precise and that gives us
the confidence to drive the car at high speeds as it always has a
'stuck-to-the-road' feel. Very stable car and the braking with ABS is
superb. Suspension if good too as I took the car on stretches where
there is hardly any road surface....the suspension simply soaks up the
bumps. Can recommend the car to anyone. The only issue that I see with
the car might be the cost of spares and maintenance but I am not sure. I
am told that Ford's service standards in India are not all that good.
However, with new generation parts and technology, ownership experience
of this car should be like a walk in the park !!
NAME : Suresh
POSTED ON : May 28, 2006
REVIEW : Very poor suspension and fuel efficiency...
One of my friend has bought the 1.4 model. the engine performance is OK
but The suspension of the car is very poor. The car gets shaked by even
smallest of path holes. FE in city is just 8-9 KM/l...its very low.
Interiors quality is also very cheap..sxi has got better interiors but
then its price is almost same as City ZX so why will one go for sxi
variant for such a small price difference....also the side seat and rear
seats are very cramped...not comfortable at all....
and above all this...no need to mention FORD's poor after sales
service.... overall a very poor package...not value for money at all...
NAME : Awanish Kumar
POSTED ON : May 27, 2006
REVIEW : I got my Ford fiesta 1.4 in Feb - have driven in mumbai
only, still to hit highways. Great looks - make heads turn to you... has
been very good to control even in slow moving mumai traffic. Great
pickup, excellent breaking - specially at high speeds. Just got the
first service done and performance has imporved after that. Ac is
powerful and matches perfectly with engine loading..most of the time you
have to look at the RPM meter to know if the engine is on or off (its so
damn quite)
NAME : Shravan
POSTED ON : May 11, 2006
REVIEW : I recently purchased the 1.6sxi,the car is superb when
it comes to performance but recently there was some sound from the
steering when i turn the steering either to left or right ends.i like
the road presence of the car , guys if ur looking for power this is the
car to go.
NAME : ND
POSTED ON : April 26, 2006
REVIEW : I bought 1.4 petrol variant on 17 Jan 06 .... Ok.. Good
things first ... its a great package at this rate .. fantastic pick-up
.. decent interiors ... most importantly very high "novelty value"
... now the bad part ...During 1st service, the dealer reported oil
leakage ... some components were changed ... a week later I observed
leakage again ... and to my horror they could not fix up the problem for
15 days !!! ultimately the entire engine has been replaced ... now its
doing fine except for some strange "thud" sound from rear left
... I have decided to live with the sound coz Ford cant fix it ...
bottom line ... never buy a FORD !!!
NAME : Pradeep Kanianthra
POSTED ON : April 15, 2006
REVIEW : ford fiesta 1.4 zxi (TDCI) is a superb vehicle, with OK
power for the indian roads with good mileage.service Feed back is good
through the phone,but it as to implemented on the vehicle.The problem
with the noise from the back side of the vehicle still exist after
service.
NAME : Prateek Mathur
POSTED ON : April 11, 2006
REVIEW : FORD means FIX OR REPAIR DAILY. Guys ! Never buy a
Ford. My Ford Fiesta 1.4 Petrol started giving me trouble even in the
first month. Can you believe it. I am completely shocked at the way the
Ford Service is handling the situation. BAD ! BAD ! BAD ! Never buy a
FORD!
NAME : K.Johny
POSTED ON : March 3, 2006
REVIEW : I bought my Ford Fiesta on january 6, 2006.
1. Within the first month of my buying the car, my car was making
horrendous sounds from the steering wheel. After a lot of follow-up, a
component of the steering wheel was changed.
2. Within a week, the sound came back. I got in touch with Harpreet
Ford again, and after follow-up, another component of the steering wheel
was changed.
t3. This time when the car came back, we realized that there was a
crack in the windscreen.
4. I called up Harpreet Ford again. After another couple of visits, the
windscreen was changed.
5. Within one week of that, the sound in the steering wheel is back
again. I have informed Harpreet Ford once again.
I have no clue what else or how many of such instances are in store.
