Stereo Overheating- Design Fault!!!

[loulou123]

Hi there

I have a 2011 fiesta, unfortunately the stereo overheats on a long car journey (a couple of hours) the cd gets so hot you can't touch it. It has been in a ford dealership and it turns out the heating unit for the car is under the stereo (design fault) so to fix it the dashboard needs to come out and the heater re-aligned!!!!! The garage are now ignoring my phone calls as they were escaliting it, but unlikely they will fix it as its a whole days labour.

has anyone else had this problem- i've been looking online and can't see anything. I really don't feel safe driving around with this issue- despite ford saying its not a fire hazzard!

thanks :)

[MrKnoe]

I noticed this on my 2013 ecoboost fiesta. My iPod had died on a long journey out a cd in a had it on for a while then had an error message come up with the CD player overheating and it wouldn't play anything for a while untill it cooled down

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[WelshFordFan]

Had this in my last car (honda civic)

Replaced twice under warranty, in the end i replaced it with a double din and never had the fault again

Only use ipod and usb now so not to strain the hu

[potter18]

My vivaro van's cd gets hot if its on for a while but so far had no problems

[Rossbclarke123]

If the car is still under warranty escalate it with ford directly?

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[loulou123]

Thanks for your replies, I have phoned ford today to escalate it.

Having been told its a common design fault i'm surprised there isn't more people with the issue.

[tdavies]

Happens in my fiesta metal they get pretty hot

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