Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford fiesta. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 17v209000 (engine and engine cooling). the vehicle was taken to the dealer (covert ford of hutto, 1200 us-79, hutto, tx 78634), but no failure was found. the contact was advised to monitor the coolant level. while driving 75 mph, the temperature gauge displayed "overheating". the contact pulled the vehicle over and the engine stalled. the vehicle was unable to restart. the vehicle was towed back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the radiator was cracked. the manufacturer had not been contacted. the failure mileage was 80,500.
My wife and i purchased the car new from our local dealership. after owning the car for about a week i noticed that the exhaust tail pipe does not extend out to the outer body line. matter of fact the tail pipe is located over 20 inches inside the outer body line. couldn't exhaust gases leak into the trunk and passenger cabin when the vehicle is not moving. i am more concerned in the winter time when the vehicle idles more and the warmer exhaust gases rise because of temperature. i went back to the dealership to see if the other ford fiesta had the same exhaust location, and it did. i also noticed that the other ford models exhaust tail pipes do exit to the outer body line. please get back to me on my concern. thanks !!! *tr