Ford Festiva problems
Owners have filed 198 complaints about the Ford Festiva with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 1994. More of them are about the seat belts than anything else.
Every Ford Festiva year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Ford Festiva
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 1988
Worst in 1993
Worst in 1992
Worst in 1993
Worst in 1991
Worst in 1988
Worst in 1993
Worst in 1990
Worst in 1993
Worst in 1992
Worst in 1994
Worst in 1990
Worst in 1993
Exactly what failed on a Ford Festiva
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Ford Festiva, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the Ford Festiva
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.