Worst things about the Fiesta ST MK7! (BAD CAR?!)

[@justindutoit7360]

I totally agree with you, as a fellow st owner, these things are annoying. The freezing of the screen had not happened to me personally but what has happened is that the screen somtimes just does not turn on. The squeaking by the seatbelt latch happens with me, i just places a black rag there, seem to stop it. Beware with age the seat will also start to squeak.

[@JoshBatesYT]

At least it’s not just me then with the squeaky seat belt. 😂

[@WaddlesToys]

I personally like the fiesta for its quiet exhaust since nobody likes a loud fiesta and lets the noise of the turbo do the talking anyway 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@paulrudkin757]

As a fellow St owner, its all the rattling from the door cards ,does my head in lol.

[@JoshBatesYT]

Yeah that is super annoying

[@georgemorley1029]

Have you tried applying a little bit of oil to the seatbelt fitting? Just a thought.

[@HD-di2eb]

For the screen freeze you can fix it by pulling the fuse behind the glovebox 👍

[@JoshBatesYT]

I just wait it out and eventually it goes back. Thanks tho if it stays for ages I’ll try that.

[@bestyoutube5318]

You should of got st3 Cut that strange wig thing you got going ..bad hair day 😂

[@WingsOfNovaaris]

TA is traffic announcements if i'm not mistaken. Basically, if you're listening to the radio, for example Capital or something. It will change to BBC R2 or something similar when they do traffic news. Its meant to tell you about any bad traffic ahead but i think its a pointless feature.

[@scottmatthew9605]

ST-3 got a bigger screen, sat nav and parking sensors as standard, but the reversing camera was an option. The bigger screen is better obviously but it's still the same SYNC system just on a slightly larger screen. Exhaust will sort your sound issue but I can see you're already onto that. In terms of the general build quality and squeaks I don't think how stiff the suspension is and how bad the roads are will help with that, there's some roads where it feels like I'm going down a cobbled street. Really would have benefited from adaptive dampers but I guess at the price point it's understandable it didn't get them.

[@carllatham1558]

With the wind screen, it's big to allow more light in as it's a dark interior. You can add a sun strip like some to make it feel smaller. I have a miltek car back non res on my ST. it's made it sound so much nicer. Don't forget new it was 2k cheaper than the opposition and a few grand cheaper than the mini. So you'll always find it cheap in the build quality.

[@JoshBatesYT]

Yeah I know I said this in the vid. You get what you pay for. Still a great car and yeah I’ll have to get a sun strip

[@craigtungcheun7106]

Add another earth strap to the battery and it will solve the electrical glitches. Happened on my focus st. Lost power steering a few times. More earth straps, no problem.

[@JoshBatesYT]

I hope I don’t loose power steering 😂

[@meganjay30]

Where on the body do you join the 2nd earth? I recently sanded some paint off where the factory earth joins as it's only relying on a couple of spot welds and the bolt thread to connect... Bad design!!

[@RookieBuds]

MAN I wish we got the 3-door in the US. My least favorite thing about US spec Fiestas is too many doors 😪

[@meganjay30]

Here in Australia everyone was crying about it being a 3 door and now the mk8 only came here as a 5 door.... 🤦 And they were even complaining about it only being available as a manual transmission WTF 😒 Australians are toasted... I'm from NZ lol

[@lukewhiting3025]

TA 😂means traffic announcements 😅the hole of doom is my only complaint with the fiesta 😅

[@georgeseabrook1157]

Put a sunstrip at the top of the window 👍🏼

[@JoshBatesYT]

Yeah I will be doing that definitely

[@willtomlinson4774]

I miss the jcw🫠

[@JoshBatesYT]

That was such a good car

[@thurmanmerman9099]

what's with that hair style

[@jacquessaints]

You need the mountune stage 1 kit boost pipe air box upgrade and will make her sound nicer

[@Mrcoops85]

That screen issue is still a problem in my 20 plate Focus

[@typicalsailor9721]

Wait until the water start coming in and rust take the car away, those small issues will be the least of your concern🤣

[@JoshBatesYT]

Don’t say that 😂😂

[@d4tjr165]

TA is traffic announcement

[@JoshBatesYT]

Ahhhh I see that makes sense

[@JohnSmith-ws1dp]

Wd40 on the seatbelt. TA strands for traffic announcements. Build quality It’s a fiesta. Fit a mountune 215 kit. If you bought an ST3 you’d have satnav with a reversing camera

[@JoshBatesYT]

I’ll try the WD40. Thanks.

[@milow-cd1dd]

Incorrect you don’t just get a reverse camera if you get an ST-3. ST-200 come stock with them as for the ST-3 it all depends how it was spec from factory i have an st-3 and no reversing camera Ik many others too. Don’t get me wrong would have loved one.

[@allanwenzke749]

Bloody whinging pom! lol.

[@travturner97]

TA is for traffic announcements

[@HelloImNik]

Agreed on the infotainment, wtf is it all, awful

[@Zodliness]

I like Fiesta's, I love mods and Ford knows it. 😉

[@paulhfl7710]

did you even test drive the car?

[@nanibarbar2995]

Of course not, the F did he expect From a ford, goof ball

[@paulhfl7710]

@@nanibarbar2995 gosh you comment like you got a tree trunk up your ass

[@coolkidsclanyeet5549]

6:19 buy an exhaust?

[@JoshBatesYT]

1 step ahead of you on that one. It just arrived today 😳

[@TheEryk03]

I dont have anything od those. And your wipers are not from this car. But I agree that infotainment system is just meh. But i dont care I dont use it I just turn music on and drive it. And it doing it well good bt connection.

[@lewiebrownie]

what happens when your 19 and your parents have way too much money, you get in a bmw/mini then get a car you can actually afford yourself and realise your a total prima donna

[@JoshBatesYT]

Bmw and Ford cost the same money. I’ve always bought my cars with my own money. Shush mate

[@DoktrDub]

@@JoshBatesYT I’ve owned both and bmw/mini do tend to have the high level of quality and build overall and do cost some more to similar cars of Ford but I agree that dude is just being insulting for no reason

[@judgementalist]

TA is traffic announcements u pleb.

[@samuelhall2397]

One answer MINI

[@JoshBatesYT]

The mini was a great car. It would be nice to have both 😂

[@lawrencecolwell5527]

Yeah I Agree , I had a fiesta which I soon got fed up with. I hated the info system far to many buttons and the build quality was plastic city. You will have another Mini one day and you will be happy again. !

[@DoktrDub]

@@JoshBatesYT sometimes you just fancy a chance lol, I’ve had 2 Mini Cooper S’s gen 2 and 3, might get one of these next though

[@JoshBatesYT]

I’m still very happy with the fiesta and can’t wait to make it my own. At the moment just feels too stock

[@H0rnet69]

An other moaning video, all KZbin needs!! If you're not happy with the Mk7 buy a Mk 8. you bought it, you would see the majority of these issues before you bought it on the test drive.

[@JoshBatesYT]

You clearly didn’t watch the whole video because at the end I say how much I like the car. This is just me pointing out the bits I don’t like about the car. No car is perfect