2012 FORD FOCUS Electrical System Problems

SYNC MODULE FAILED. COSTING $1000 TO FIX. A SMOG PART FAILURE RESULTED IN FORD WANTING 2000 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THE CLUTCH FAILS TO ENGAGE ON LOW SPEED TURNS CREATING A LOSS OF CONTROL. FORD FIXED WITH THE RECALL. STEERING FAULT DETECTED MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE CAR. RECALL IS AVAILABLE ON OTHER MODELS BUT NOT FOCUS. ANOTHER 1000 TO FIX IT. FORD IS UNSAFE!

I HAVE 2012 FORD FOCUS WITH ABOUT 85,000 MILES. SINCE 2014, I'VE HAD MY TCM REPROGRAMMED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN REPLACED IN DEC 2015 UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AFTER IT COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO FORD AGAIN IN JULY 2017 BECAUSE MY STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP IN A PARKING LOT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE EPAS SYSTEM, AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1,800 TO REPLACE SINCE IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AT THEIR INSISTENCE, I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT. I ALSO MADE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME. SINCE JULY, I'VE HAVE BEEN BACK TO THREE FORD DEALERSHIPS - FIRST TWO TIMES BECAUSE OF A GRINDING NOISE (THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE IT THEN BUT HAVE SINCE SAID IT IS MY CLUTCH) AND A SECOND TIME THIS PAST TUESDAY (9/12) AFTER MY CAR BASICALLY SHORT CIRCUITED...

AT 48,000 MILES MY HORN STOPPED WORKING

SHUDDER WHEN TAKING OFF, SEEMS TO BE FROM 1ST TO 2ND....OR 2ND TO THIRD. I DONT REALLY KNOW. AUTOMATIC GEARBOX. AS WELL, MY RADIO WILL CRACKLE AND POP THEN "FREEZE" NO SOUND OR CONTROL OTHER THAN A VERY LOUD AND DISTRACTING STATIC AND POPPING FROM THE SPEAKERS. THIS HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE.

THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THIS IS A SUDDEN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK STATIONARY AND ALSO WHILE IN DRIVE MOVING. IT OCCASIONALLY WOULD HAPPEN. AFTER THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME, THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND POWER STEERING LOSS REMAINED DESPITE TRY TO RESTART CAR, THIS FINAL TIME IT DID NOT SHUT OFF PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE INTO FORD WHERE I HAD TO PAY FOR A COMPLETE NEW STEERING RACK AND CBM. COST $2,000 AT FORD DEALERSHIP.

AS I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65MPH ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON WITHOUT ME TELLING THEM TO. THEY CYCLED THROUGH FAST, NORMAL, INTERMITTENT, OFF FOR 60-90 SECONDS PER CYCLE. AFTER THE SECOND CYCLE I DECIDED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND FIND A PLACE TO PARK AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I THEN HEAR A THUD AS I COME TO A LIGHT, 30 SECONDS LATER I SEE SMOKE. I PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT AND SEE LOTS OF SMOKE AND SOME FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND THE WIPERS KEEP GOING. I GET OUT AND CALL 911 AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES MY CAR IS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

STARTED WITH HORN AND TAIL LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORKING. THEN INTERMITTENTLY AS YOU ARE DRIVING THE CAR SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! EVERYTHING LOCKS UP AND YOU ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALL DASH LIGHTS WORK BUT CAR WON'T START. FOUND SAME COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET AND YOUTUBE BUT NO RECALL. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY CANNOT FIND THE ISSUE. THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE DID NOT ISSUE A CODE. I EXPLAINED IN DETAIL THE ISSUE AND ASKED FOR DOCUMENTATION OF THE ISSUE. THE PAPER THEY GAVE ME SAID RUNS ROUGH WHEN AC IS ON. I SAID THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THEY SAID DON'T WORRY THE TICKET IS STILL OPEN IN THE SYSTEM. I ASKED IF THEY COULD PUT A READER ON THE CAR WHILE DRIVEN TO CATCH THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE AND THEY SAID NO. SO I AM...

DRIVER WINDOW WAS SLOW TO GO UP AND DOWN THEN FINALLY QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP IN TALLASSEE ALABAMA. BEN ATKINSON FORD WHICH IS NOW TALLASSEE AUTO. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME $275. TO HAVE IT FIXED.

I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE OF IT HAS BEEN NOT STARTING/HESITATING TO START WHEN IN PARK. I ALSO TRIED SWITCHING TO NEUTRAL AND ATTEMPTED TO START AND GOT NOTHING. MY MECHANIC RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND ITS COMING UP WITH A SECURITY CODE ISSUE STATING MY KEY DOES NOT READ BUT WILL START SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER ATTEMPT. THIS HAS JUST RANDOMLY STARTED HAPPENING AND I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS IN FORD FORUMS STATING THE SAME SITUATION. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH AND RADIO COME ON BUT CAR HAS NO NOISE AND REFUSES TO START. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY BATTERY OR STARTER AND MY MECHANIC HAS CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS NEITHER. I TRIED CONTACTING THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THIS CAR AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. THIS MAKE HAS HAD MORE ISSUES THAN I HAVE EVER HAD WITH ANY VEHICLE...

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND WON'T TURN THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN I JUST START THE CAR. I CAN PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION AND ALL THE LIGHTS, RADIO, AND CHIME WORKS, BUT THE CAR WON'T START. I HAD IT CHECKED WHEN I GOT IT STARTED AND THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND THE ALTENATOR WAS FINE AND SO WAS MY STARTER. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS PLEASE HELP.

WITH LESS THAN 21K MILES ON THE CAR AND THE ALTERNATOR, IT SEIZED UP, TORE THE PULLEY OFF, AND SHREDDED THE BELT AND LEFT MY CAR DEAD. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HEARD A METALLIC GRINDING AND JINGLING SOUND. HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXIT WHEN I DID, I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY NAVIGATE MY CAR TO A STOP. FORD IS REFUSING TO ADMIT THAT IT WAS THEIR MANUFACTURING THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. THEY DID NOT COVER IT UNDER ANY OF THE REMAINING WARRANTIES ON THE CAR. MY DAD WORKS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY TEST THE ALTERNATORS THAT HIS COMPANY MAKES TO LAST 150K MILES AND THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED THE WAY THAT IT DID.

CAR WAS RUNNING FINE THEN TURNED IT OFF AND 10 MINUTES LATER WOULD NOT CRANK. CAR WILL NOT START.YOU CAN JUMP START IT AND IT STARTS. NOW CUT IT OFF WANT CRANK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND THE KEY WAS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE IGNITION. ALSO, THE 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT APPROPRIATELY AND THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON DUE TO THE FAILURE. THERE WAS ALSO A SUDDEN LOSS OF EPS AND THE STEERING ASSIST FAULT WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER (DAVE KNAPP FORD LINCOLN, 500 WAGNER AVE, GREENVILLE, OH 45331, (800) 717-3673) WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND TWO MANUFACTURER SERVICE CAMPAIGNS (TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER/TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT SEAL - 14M01, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE EXTENDED COVERAGE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 08/03/17*LJ

CAR WILL SPORADICALLY AND INTERMITTENTLY NOT TURN OVER WHEN KEY IS IN IGNITION. BATTERY IS NOT FAULTY. ALTERNATOR IS NOT FAULTY. WIRING IS NOT FAULTY. ALL HAVE BEEN TESTED. FROM WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR'S INTERNAL SOFTWARE (OR MORE SPECIFICALLY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IS IN PARK THEREBY PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING. THIS SOMETIMES PREVENTS THE VEHICLE FROM BEING STARTED FROM ANYWHERE OF 30 SECONDS TO AT AN EXTREME INSTANCE NEARLY 45 MINUTES. OFTEN TIMES, THE ONLY WAY TO START THE CAR IN THESE INSTANCES IS TO KEEP THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE, MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL AND WAIT (FOR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TIMES) UNTIL THE DASHBOARD INDICATES THAT IT RECOGNIZES THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL. (WHEN THIS OCCURS, WHEN SHIFTER IS FIRST MOVED TO NEUTRAL NO GEAR APPEARS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN DASHBOARD)

OUR FAMILY TOOK PART IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN THAT WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS FORD SOLD PREVIOUSLY. (THIS CAMPAIGN WAS NOT EASY TO DISCOVER). THE CAR WOULD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC RANDOMLY, AND STILL DOES AFTER THE DEALERSHIP APPLIED THE FIXES FORD SUGGESTED. MY MOTHER EXPERIENCED TOTAL POWER LOSS TWICE AND WAS ALMOST IN TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THAT. (THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS). THERE ARE ONLY 54,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT IS IN GREAT PHYSICAL CONDITION.

MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH NOT WANTING TO GO BACK UP AFTER BEING ROLLED DOWN. THEN BOTH OF MY REAR WINDOWS & MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AND NOW NEITHER OF MY FRONT WINDOWS WILL ROLL DOWN AT ALL. THIS STARTED JUST AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AND MAKES NO SENSE CONSIDERING IT IS GARAGE KEPT AND DRIVEN BY 1 PERSON. I HARDLY EVER USED ANY OTHER WINDOW BESIDE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SO IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH NOT WANTING TO WORK PROPERLY BEFORE THE DRIVERS SIDE DID. ALSO MY CAR HAS HAD A RECALL ON IT FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND THEY STILL SAY THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE AS OF TODAY. I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY WITH THE RECALL AND ALSO WONDERING IF THAT ISSUE DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY WINDOWS...

MY FIRST ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE IS A MALFUNCTIONING HORN AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. FORD REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ALSO FIXED THE HORN. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THE HORN IS STILL NOT WORKING. I DON'T USE THE HORN MUCH, BUT I REALIZED HOW DANGEROUS NOT HAVING ONE CAN BE LAST WEEK. I HAD TO SIGNAL A VEHICLE BACKING UP INTO THE MAIN ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION. SINCE MY HORN WAS NOT WORKING, I HAD TO SWERVE. THE VEHICLE IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT UPDATED ME ON THE STATUS OF MY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A GREEN AND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE'S DOWNHILL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT BEING ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE REVVED AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO NORMAL. OTHER TIMES, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

NOTICE CAME UP ON DASH MONITOR "STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTION-NEEDS ATTENTION". AFTER RE-STARTING THE CAR YOU COULD STEER IT, AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A "STEERING RACK" AT A COST OF $1600.00, NOT COVERED ON THE "DRIVE TRAIN" WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD BY THE SALES MAN FROM A DIFFERENT DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, THAT A NEW STEERING RACK HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT JUST OVER 3000 MILES. THE CAR NOW ONLY HAS JUST OVER 45000 MILES ON IT. NOT HAPPY! CAR WAS NOT MOVING WHEN THE INITIAL "NEEDS ATTENTION" MESSAGE APPEARED, IT WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, AND JUST STARTED TO GO HOME FROM WORK.

I WAS DRIVING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT WOULD NOT GO ANY HIGHER IN SPEED OF 25MPH AND THEN IT SPEEDS UP DRASTICALLY. I PARKED IT AND LATER THAT DAY CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER 15 MINUTES CAR TURNED ON WITHOUT PROBLEMS THEN I DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT AND DOESN'T TURN ON AT ALL. PUT IN NEW BATTERY BUT CAR STILL WOULD NOT TURN ON ON COMPUTER SCREEN SAYS TO CONTACT MANUFACTURE.

"DRIVER ASSIST FAULT" AGAIN. THIS IS THE 4TH INSTANCE THAT IS HAPPENED IN 3 WEEKS - WHERE MY CAR SUDDENLY POWERS OFF WHILE I AM BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE LAST THREE TIMES IT HAPPENED WHILE MY CAR WAS IN REVERSE MOTION. TODAY, IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN DRIVE BUT STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE, NC. SOMEONE HAD TO HELP ME PUSH MY CAR OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. OCCURRED ON MY WAY TO WORK AROUND 3:30 PM EST.

I STARTED MY CAR THIS MORNING, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE CAR LOCKED UP AND LOST POWER. I COULD NOT STEER OR BRAKE AND THE CAR CONTINUED ROLLING BACKWARDS UNTIL IT HIT MY GARAGE AND STOPPED. THE LIGHTS CAME ON MY DASH READ "(I) STEERING ASSIST FAULT". I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, THE STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED AND I WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE AND GAIN FULL CONTROL OF MY CAR AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY FORD DEALER IN KANNAPOLIS, NC (WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR) AND THEY SAID THE CAR WOULD NEED TO "DUPLICATE THE ERROR" BEFORE THEY COULD DIAGNOSE IT. I EXPLAINED THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE IN MOTION FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND I CANNOT STOP THE CAR IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. I DRIVE ON THE...

PURCHASED 2012 FORD FOCUS USED, 04-14-15. I TEST DROVE THE CAR IT JERKED A LITTLE. THE REP STATED IT WAS NORMAL. THE NEXT 4 MONTHS IT CONTINUED TO JERK, SKIP, HESITATE AND JUST NOT MOVE WHEN YOU ACCELERATED. IN 08-2015 I REC'D A LETTER FROM FORD, MY CAR NEEDED A TCM-SOFTWARE UPDATE. 09-09-15 I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP IT TOOK AN HOUR TO RE-PROGRAM THE TCM. THE DEALERSHIP HANDED A PRINTED COPY OF THE TCM CHARACTERISTICS. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE SAME ISSUES HOPING IT WOULD GO AWAY. 10-19-15 WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TCM RE-PROGRAMMED AGAIN. I CALLED FORD TO COMPLAIN 10-19-15 AND A CASE FILE WAS ISSUED #[XXX]. I DID NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP. 10-23-15 THE CAR WENT TO THE 2ND DEALERSHIP. DISCOVERED THE TCM HAD FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED., EXPLAINING TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL STIFFENED AND FAILED. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE ISSUE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

AFTER WE GOT THE RECALL DONE ON THE CAR FOR THE TRANSMISSION MODULE. THE CAR HAS BEEN HAVING A POPPING AND STATIC NOISE COMING FROM THE RADIO AND SPEAKERS WHEN THE CAR IS ON OR SHUT OFF. *TR

'MY TWO SONS WERE DRIVING EAST ON I-10, NEAR SCHULENBURG, TX, AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH, WHEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE AND RELATED COMPONENTS SHUTDOWN (NO POWER STEERING, NO ENGINE, NO NOTHING), WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE. IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THEY WERE NOT INJURED OR KILLED BY THE 18 WHEELER TRUCK BEHIND THEM WHEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, TOMMIE VAUGHN FORD, WHO DIAGNOSE THE CULPRIT PART TO BE A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. FORD HAS ISSUED A FIELD SERVICE ACTION (NUMBER 14M02) REGARDING SAID PART. HOWEVER, FORD NEEDS TO RECALL ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

SINCE PURCHASING MY FOCUS IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAVE CAUSED ME TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AS THEY HAVE RESULTED IN MULTIPLE NEAR-ACCIDENTS. I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT WITHIN THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND NOTHING WAS FOUND, I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK IN WHEN SYMPTOMS PERSISTED AND GOT THE CLUTCH REPLACED WITHIN ROUGHLY A YEAR OF BUYING. THE SYMPTOMS SUBSIDED FOR A WHILE, BUT HAVE RETURNED AND ARE STILL AN ISSUE TO DATE. ISSUES ARE DETAILED BELOW: THE CAR OFTEN CHUGS WHEN IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY REFUSE TO ACCELERATE IN A NORMAL FASHION. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE MOVING AROUND 20-40MPH AND ALSO WHEN COMING FROM A STOPPED POSITION - SAY WAITING AT A RED LIGHT OR...

TAKATA RECALL. THE CAR WILL DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. DOESN'T MATTER THE SPEED YOU ARE GOING THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WILL LIGHT UP AND YOU CANT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE THE CAR WILL JUST DIE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG HESITATION AND DELAY UPON APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO INCREASE SPEED. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE RADIO FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. EVENTUALLY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

THE PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND I'M AFRAID THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY. WHEN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED, THE WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER SWITCH AND STEERING ANGLE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED THAT THE MAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD BOOMING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEREO MODULE INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVEN WHEN THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE STEREO MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

AT 58,000. HORN STARTED TO WORK INTERMITTENT, NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. WHAT NEXT? ALREADY HAD WORK DONE ON TRANNY. EVERY THING SEEMS TO BE COMPUTER RELATED. IT ALSO SURGES AT START UP AT STOP.

RECENTLY I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE STARTER. THE DASH STATED THE CAR BATTERY WAS LOW, I HAVE THE CAR TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE BATTERY IS TESTING THAT IT IS GOOD. THE CAR WILL START IN THE MORNINGS AFTER RESTING AND I DON'T DRIVE AS MUCH AS JUST TO BE SAFE WHILE I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CAR. I'VE HAD THIS CAR FIXED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, ONCE FOR THE CUSTOMER SURVEY SATISFACTION (NOT A RECALL FORD TOLD ME) TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FIXED, ANOTHER TO HAVE THE STEERING MODULE REPLACED AND A THIRD TIME TO HAVE THE CLUTCHES REPLACED AND THAT WAS DONE BY A DEALERSHIP TO STOP THE LURCHING AND JERKING THAT THE CAR DOES. I'M AMAZED AT THE CALLOUSNESS OF A COMPANY THAT COMPLETELY IGNORES THE PLEAS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALMOST CRASHED IN THEIR VEHICLES! NO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING ASSIST MODULE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND ON TO BE ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE EXITING THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST POWER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,025.

POWER STEERING FAILURE- STARTED WITH EVERYONCE IN A WHILE ID GET THE ERROR NOTICE OF POWER STEERING FAILURE SO I WOULD TURN OFF THE CAR START IT BACK UP AND FINE, IT STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY TO THE IMBARRASSING POINT OF HAVING TO TURN ON AND OFF THE CAR 5-10 TIMES JUST TO HAVE POWER STEERING, THEN I GOT A LETTER TO UPDATE MY CAR'S SOFTWARE TO HELP FIX THE POWER STEERING ISSUE, I GOT THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND 3 MONTHS LATER TOTAL FAILURE, I NOW HAVE ZERO POWER STEERING AND NOW FORD WANTS ME TO PAY $2200 TO FIX IT, WHEN IT FAILED I ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR WITH MY KIDS IN MY CAR ON THE FREEWAY, NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE GREATFUL TO BE ALIVE, SAD THING IS ALL OTHER MODELS FROM 2011-2012 WITH THE SAME EXACT POWER STEERING SYSTEM GET A RECALL WHY NOT THE...

LOUD POPPING AND CRACKLING NOISE THEN INOP RADIO. STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. DIAGNOSED BY FORD AS CONSISTANT WITH OTHER RADIO FALURES WHERE THE ACM IS FAULTY. ADVISED FIX WAS REPLACE @ $800.

THE HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING AFTER 31000 MILES, THE RELAY AND FUSE HAVE BOTH BEEN CHECKED AND ARE STILL GOOD. I NOTICED IT WHEN I LOCKED MY CAR, AND THEN WHEN I PRESSED THE PANIC BUTTON THERE WAS NO SOUND AS WELL AS WHEN I PRESSED THE HORN BUTTON. THE HORN SHOULD NOT BE OUT ON ANY CAR AFTER ONLY 30K MILES, THESE CARS SEEM TO BE WIRED BADLY WHICH IS A SHAME.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AND NOW WILL NOT LATCH AT ALL.

I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM FORD DEALER USED.TRANSMISSION ACTED UP AFTER A MONTH TOOK IN IN AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME 200.00 TO LOOK AT IT.I PURCHASED THE 2 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY,BUT WOULD STILL COST ME THAT .I LEFT ,A FEW MONTH LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON .MY INSURANCE TOWED THE CAR AT THAT TIME THE DEALER KEPT MY CAR FOR A WEEK ,CHARGED ME 500.00 FOR CABLES TO THE BATTERY.1 WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM ARIZONA TO NEVADA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AND THE CAR LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN CAR WAS SHUTTERING LOSING POWER THANK GOD I MADE IT HOME.NOW ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND TURNED MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN..THANK GOD I WASN'T CLOSE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HAD SEAT BELT ON.HOWEVER NOW MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COMPUTER CHIP FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE COMPUTER CHIP NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,312.

2012 FORD FOCUS. DIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH DID NOT SECURE AND CAR DOOR OPENED WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION AND JEAPORDAZIED THE SAFETY OF MY SON. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SECURE DOOR IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY ADVISED NO RECALL AT THE MOMENT FOR SUCH ISSUE. CAN ONLY REPLACE LATCH FOR COST OF $640.00 DOLLARS. I MOST RECENTLY TOOK MY 2013 FORD FUSION WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED AND DOOR LATCH REPLACED,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WON'T LATCH. CAR WAS PARKED AT THE GROCERY STORE, AND I OPENED THE DOOR TO LOAD GROCERIES INTO CAR. WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR, INSTEAD OF LATCHING, IT BOUNCED BACK OUT. I COULDN'T GET IT TO LATCH AT ALL. MY 17 YEAR OLD CHILD HAD TO SIT IN THE BACK AND HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED TO GET HOME. IT STILL WON'T LATCH, SO I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT FIXED.

LOUD STATIC SOUNDS COMING FROM DASH. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. EXTREMELY LOUD. TODAY CAN SMELL BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE STATIC NOISE SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN CAR IS PARKED OR JUST AFTER PARKING VEHICLE AND ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING.

RADIO HAS POPPING AND CRACKING ITS REALLY LOUD MAY CATCH ON FIRE.

LOUD STATIC SOUNDS COMING FROM DASH. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. EXTREMELY LOUD. TODAY CAN SMELL BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE STATIC NOISE SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN CAR IS PARKED OR JUST AFTER PARKING VEHICLE AND ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING.

FOR THREE YEARS FROM 2013 TO CURRENT I REPORTED MY CAR HAVING INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHERE MY POWER STEERING WOULD JUST FAIL AND MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD CEASE TO FUNCTION THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY.... I REPORTED THIS TO FORD AND OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS HAD THE ISSUE INSPECTED BUT THEY COULD NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE.. NOW THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT SAY IT IS DUE TO FAULTY CENSORS.

IN 2012 I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM FUTURE FORD IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE CAR HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, PCM MODULE, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, CLUTCH, STARTER, STEERING WHEEL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS FOR REPAIRS. THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS CANNOT REPAIR THE CAR. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY MANY TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO REFUND MY MONEY AND RECALL THE VEHICLE THE CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND A RISK TO MY LIFE AND SAFETY. UPDATED 07/19/16*LJ *CN