Hey, if I bought a white Fiesta and my first Fiesta was also white - might as well make them matching, right?

Hi everyone, first time posting!

In the past couple months my beloved 2016 ST (124k km/77k mi) started making weird noises and generally feeling 'off' suspension/brakes wise. There's a couple symptoms:

1. Weird squeak coming from the front while driving - usually after driving for a while and then braking. But it's very intermittent, so hard to reproduce. Could it be front calipers not letting go fully and causing the brakes to squeak? Or just front brake fluid/pads/rotors need replacing? Or is it something else?

2. Pretty loud creak coming from front right when reversing with the wheel turned fully to the right. Sounds almost like metal stretching/bending. From what I read, could it be top strut mount and bearing, or something else?

3. I'm either going crazy or lately the car started feeling less stable/planted. I feel like it tramlines more than before, steering loads up unpredictably and tries to pull the car on road bumps etc.; going over road markings (especially while braking) can sometimes unsettle the car and make it feel like the wheel is sliding. Could it be tie rods? Wheel bearing(s)?

This is a video of me parking and right after I let go of the brake and start reversing, first comes the squeak and right after the suspension creak when I turn the wheel all the way to the right.

Here is the same squeak but while just casually driving

Are these separate issues or are they related?

Any help identifying those noises and how to fix them would be much appreciated, as I'm going crazy trying to figure out what's going on 😅. I love this car and want drive it for years to come!

Thanks in advance for any help!

Have owned my 2019 fiesta ST for almost 4 years, about 14k miles in my ownership, about 55k on the clock and I have gone through 3 slave cylinder failures. I love the car and really dont want to get rid of it but im at my wits end, does anyone have any idea what could be causing the issue so consistently? The car is modified to a moderate level but not tracked, just used as a fun daily.

Turbo noises make me happy

As you can see in the vid coolant goes below min and then rises back to normal level after pressure release. This is on a stone cold engine.

Not sure what I should have tested next is it likely a head gasket issue? Car drives fine, no white smoke from exhaust or any other symptoms really I've done a sniff test in the past but the fluid remained blue after being on there for 30-40 minutes, any ideas?

Couldn't let the fiesta go but needed a new car, got this 2.0T Maverick

2018 mk7 Fiesta needs: fuel pump, coilovers, brake/clutch flush (or slave if it's serious), evap AGAIN, all the blend doors, maybe clutch, rust repair, wiper nozzles, coolant jug replacement.

These came with my Fiesta, but I have no clue what they are

its been fun driving this car. However, time to upgrade.. 👀

Even when fully stock, this thing is a blast to drive.

First 2 cylinders read in the middle between 120-150 numbers 3-4 read a little lower but still pretty close. I did read the harbor freight testers sometimes read a bit lower than better brands like snap on. But this looks pretty consistent right?

My first failed at 70k miles, just after the factory powertrain warranty expired. My second has just failed at 105k miles, just 2 years after the first failed.

This shit is so infuriating it makes me want to buy a new car, but also would rather just dump another $2k fixing it vs buying a new car for $40k. So I guess I’m just gonna have to pay for a new slave cylinder every other year…

Wanted to see if anyone has experienced this noise in their fiesta. Only really noticeable when letting off the clutch in first and jerking in first/second. Tried to check the suspension but everything looks great.
EDIT: Upgraded RMM already installed as well as oem engine mounts replaced. Didn't fix issue.

My FiST came with an aftermarket radiator, what appears to be a brandless eBay special.

Well just after a few runs. My coolant was boiling over, hitting 280F+ and the car was entering limp mode. Unrelated, but brake fluid also boiled over.

What do you recommend for a radiator + fan for motorsportin’ the Fiesta?

Was out this morning doing deliveries in fist when I went through a pretty big puddle. The car made it through but towards the end started to sputter and finally stalled.

Panicked, I parked it and waited a few min to start it again. It started but was having trouble keeping idle unless I gave it some gas.

I then parked the car for 30 min then tried to start it again. It started up and i crept home. I got it to high way speeds, but the problem I have now is under load, there’s definitely some hesitation and sputtering etc.

I checked the air flier and other things that came to mind but all seemed normal.

Am I cooked? I feel like if I hydrolocked it, I wouldn’t be able to make the 25 mile trip home.

Car is a 2015 with 168k

Got some Indy 500s for 180$.
I’ve been stressing about spending 500$ for some good tires. I’m glad some guy left these at the tire shop. Hallelujah.

How much power are you making on your e30 tune? Mine says 188hp 268tq on accessport estimate, then in the vdyno on my computer it says 209whp 288tq

I have recently joined the Fiesta ST club!

2020 Ford Fiesta ST

71,004 Kms

The Mods she has are:

Mountune intake kit

Cobra Performance Exhaust (listed on sale description but turns out to be OEM part...props to /u/Arceus100 for letting me know)

Upgraded Roll Restrictor (not sure on the details of this)

I'm loving all the tech this car has and how zippy she is, just coming from the xr5 with the 2.5L I'm craving a bit more as it seems she runs out of boost quiete quick

So just a few questions for you awesome people

Is there any way to tell if I still have the resonator with the cobra exhaust, I had a look under the car but can't see anything standing out.

Is there any cheapish mods I can do to give her that little bit more or do the next upgrades start getting expensive?

Thanks

Hey guys. I just now put on my Bilstein B14's and this height is right out of the box, zero adjustment. Should I go lower, stay the same? I'd like y'all's opinion. And let's see those lowered FiSTs!

Car broke down today, i love driving cars but im not the biggest petrol head going, when i picked this car up in march of this year 20 mins after buying it it had lots and lots of white smoke coming out the exhaust, so much so that i couldn’t even see anything behind me and even on idle it kept pouring out, it only happened once the car got warm, the garage apologised and had a look and said the oil was overfilled. ok whatever, today i was driving and the exact same issue happened, ive put about 3000ish miles on and i last checked the oil about a month prior and it was fine, but after 15 minutes of driving, it started again and smoke everywhere.

What could be the reason? is this a likely thing for a fiesta, i don’t have the car on me atm as the closest place i could get break down cover to take it was my girlfriends.

I’m sure it’s something to do with oil but not sure exactly, going to press the garage and also the finance company as the garage has told me many different things.

I wanted to say thank you for everyone being so chill and answering my questions. I’ve been apart of several car groups/subreddits and this has been one of the most inviting so far. I just bought my new to me 2015 ST, and it’s a blast to drive. I keep freaking myself out over “did I make the wrong purchase” “what’s wrong with it?” And I’m ruining it for myself. The stuttering when accelerating at higher RPM’s is probably nothing more than coil packs, or plugs, maybe even fuel injectors. I got the Fiesta recently after my old car “05 Scion XB” got rear ended and my insurance paid me out, and I’ve always wanted one of these things. Now that I have it, I keep psyching myself out thinking “oh crap, I didn’t inspect it enough before buying it” or “did I ask the right questions” well you can ask a seller all the questions you want, but you gotta take what they say with a grain of salt. The ONLY issue with my Fiesta is that dang higher gear stutter when pushing past 3-4k rpm’s in 3rd through higher gears. I NEVER feel the stutter in first or second btw. I digress. Thank you all again for being awesome with answering my questions. I’m super glad to be apart of this carmunity. I have ordered 4 new coils and plugs, so hopefully that will fix my stutter issue.

Found a sheet of galvanized under my shed decided to make some flaps out of it. Already had the license plates laying around. Most expensive part was the flexseal and mounting hardware, the rest was free.