 We have had transmission problems since day 1, they always tell us it is fixed and it never is.  It has spend so much time in the garage that Ford should be making some of my payments for me.  I don't complain often about vehicles because I know things can go wrong with anything mechanical but please listen when i say don't buy an automatic transmission fiesta from 2012.  This vehicle has had so many recalls and they are still attempting to repair the transmission after the 30th time at the garage.  Just got it back a week ago and back it goes again next week for the SAME issue.  I can say it is very economical on gas when we do have it to drive.  The other upside is that i have never been stranded with the vehicle, the transmission just doesn't work right.****update 9-18-2016 fiesta has been in the shop several times.  Mechanics verify issues verbally just not on paper, prompted by Ford Motors, and refuse to remedy this ongoing issue.  Drove it for a trip to Boston recently and I can tell you if you think the transmission is horrible to drive for normal driving DON'T drive it in large cities or rush hour because it is horrendous jerking, jolting and skipping of transmission with acceleration!!March2018 as of this week & thanks to the class action law suit against Ford I have received notification that Ford is buying my junk vehicle back.  I guess I didn’t realize how much time, accumulatively, my car has been in the garage being repaired until I had to count the days for the buy back.  It has been in over 1/2 a year for repairs & that doesn’t count the time I have had to spend running it back & forth to the garage that is 45 mins away.  Most recently in August 2017 they refused to continue fixing it at Quirk Ford in Augusta, Me.  Hopefully this will be a nightmare that is soon over, never would have had this issue if Quitk Ford would have sold the the standard transmission I wanted but they convinced me this one was a much better deal.  Yes a deal for them because they already knew the issues these cars had.  Fingers crossed within the next mo th it will be fine because we have emailed confirmation of a buy back & the requisition team is supposed to be contacting us within 2 weeks!!