NHTSA Complaint #11289218 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

VEHICLE WOULD LOSE MOTIVE POWER IN LONG TURNING OFF/ON RAMPS WHEN FUEL LEVEL GOT DOWN TO JUST ABOVE A 1/4 TANK AT FIRST THEN AS TIME PROGRESSED THE SAME ISSUE WOULD OCCUR IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. NARROWLY AVOIDED ACCIDENTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO THIS. VEHICLE NEVER THREW A CODE FOR ANYTHING, IT WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING. I TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER TO PERFORM MANUFACTURER RECALL 18S32, THEY JUST REPORGRAMMED IT AND GAVE IT BACK. PROBLEM GOT BETTER AT FIRST BUT DID NOT GO AWAY. SINCE THE RECALL WORK ANOTHER RECALL HAS COME OUT AND THE LEVEL OF FUEL I NEED WENT FROM ABOVE 1/4 TO ABOVE 1/2 A TANK OF FUEL. WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE READS 1/2 A TANK THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE BETWEEN 7 AND 8 GALLONS OF GAS (THE FUEL LEVELS ON THE GAUGE ARE WRONG) THIS MORNING I LOST MOTIVE POWER ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEEDS WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL AND IT FINALLY THREW THE CODE P00C6 TWICE, WHICH AFTER LOOKING IT UP I IDENTIFIED THIS TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF INSUFFICIENT FUEL PRESSURE AT THE FUEL RAIL. I PLAN ON TURNING THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE SECOND RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE PERFORMED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND, ACCORDING TO THE RECALL FROM FORD, THIS SHOULD CONSTITUTE REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. I WANT THIS ON RECORD BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE IN. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING AND HAS MADE ME LATE FOR AND MISS WORK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.