I've had my Ford Street KA for 6 years and for the first 3 I loved it! So many features and it looked great, it was at that time the best ford i'd ever had (previously owned two fiestas and a puma). But over the past few years it has been one issue after another. Many of the things other people have highlighted on this site have all gone wrong on mine too, despite regular services, and it's costing me an absolute fortune. The door handles have broken twice on each side, both have been replaced twice. However it still has ongoing issue, every so often going into lock and unlock mode, lights flashing, doors locking and unlocking. I've had all the bushes and arms replaced, front and back and it still clonks over bumps. It's had to have a new clutch as it suddenly wouldn't excellerate or do anything whilst stuck out in the fast lane of a motorway - a very scary journey home! It's also had a new exhaust sensor, an abs sensor, and several sets of tyres. It now has engine issues, revving far to high that it sounds like youre in third when your in fifth and like the engine will explode any minute, it blasts hot air out whenever you get stuck in traffic for a couple of minutes, it has an intermittent problem with four way flashers going off as you drive along which can only be solved by stopping, removing the key, locking it and then unlocking it! Embarrassing and infuriating! I would love to get rid of it, but at this moment in time I'd probably only get scrap value for it. In a bid to at least try to resolve the current engine problems so that I can try to sell it, I've taken it to three independent garages, none of whom have had any interest in trying to tackle it, instead finding other more minor things to do. In the end I bit the bullet, braced myself for a big bill and took it to a ford garage hoping they'd sort it, as the so called experts. They had no interest in sorting it either! On arrival and initial inspection they said it was noisy and agreed it seemed to be revving high, but later in the day said a road tester found it to be fine!! They didn't run the diagnostic test they said they'd do, just a quick spin up the road! They claimed the car was old and as a convertible, would be noisy! If they really think 65k miles is a good life for a car it says alot about what they think of their manufacturing! I fear to many long trips and the engine will probably go, it's revving at 4,000 revs doing 70. I can only guess Ford is all to aware it's one of the worst cars they have ever made and hence have no interest in trying to fix them! I loved ford cars, have been looking at what I might buy next, but after this piece of rubbish and the disgusting response I had from the ford garage I will never buy a ford again.

I've just had to buy a whole new computer for my street ka.................£800!!!!!!!!!! i've had nothing but trouble since i brought it and this is the icing on the cake!! The electrics have gone totally wrong and now its costing a fortune to replace and get my car back to normal!!

I've got a focus for a courtesy car, i'm so tempted to buy one, i love it

I brought my 04 Street Ka in Sept last year and I have had enough of it already! The only problem I've had which is driving me insane is that the alarm goes off whenever it feels like it! The annoying thing is - there is never any reason for it to go off.
It has been back to Ford twice already and they claim there is nothing wrong with it. I am now sending it back to them to disconnect the alarm as i can't bear to hear it going off anymore (esp at 5am!!). Whilst it is fun to drive with the roof down and very cute, DO NOT buy this car without some sort of warranty otherwise it could cost you a fortune!

Lovely handling, nippy and fun to drive with roof down. Bought a great window cleaning product (Renovo) for the back window which really improved visibility. Poor visibility. Unfortunately, rear window cracked while folding roof. Insurer will pay for new window supplied by Ford but nobody is able (even at Ford) to figure out how to fit it. Nobody wants to deal with it. It's even been suggested I go to an upholsterer for stitching or buy new roof!!! This is my first and last Ford car Ka 1.6. Just too many hassles. I now hate my car and will sell it asap.

Don't waste yourmoney - mine was scrapped for a reason! Alternator failure at just under 3 years old and it has only done 21,000 miles! This needs replaced. Window seals keep coming off - been replaced 3 times!! Electric wing mirrors didn't work a few months ago. My glovebox broke and my drivers door handle broke. It just goes on and on!
Guzzles petrol, high tax and poor visability due to blind spots with both hard top on or the soft top up.

I've had my Ford StreetKa for nearly 5 years and was until last week reasonably happy barring the issues listed in the bad points. Last week whilst driving along the A3 my engine died. A large chunk of metal (some sort of rod - integral to making the engine work!) snapped off. I found this under my car lying in the £20 worth of petrol I'd just put in my car. Before anyone asks was there oil in the car - there was. To date no one can tell me why this has happened, besides the obvious I need a new engine, which will cost in the region of £3k. I'm really frustrated as I only had just over 11,000 miles on the clock after 5 years, what a complete waste of money!