2012 FORD FOCUS Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS THE RPMS INCREASED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 11/07/2017*CN

THE SPEAKERS MAKE A LOUD POP AND THE RADIO GOES COMPLETELY OUT. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND THE RADIO WORKS HOWEVER, THE THIS IS HAPPENING ONCE A WEEK NOW. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE ANY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND/OR THE RADIO AND TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIO FOR APPROXIMATELY $800. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH MY 2012 FOCUS AND AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE IN THE FUTURE.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FOCUS. ONLY A YEAR AFTER BUYING THIS CAR I BEGAN TO NOTICE ISSUES WITH SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION ISSUES TO MY DEALER. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS "NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION". BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FORS CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM HAPPENED, THERE WAS A MINOR RECALL TO REDUCE INSTANCES OF ROLLING BACK ON HILLS. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THAT FIXED ONLY TO HAVE MORE INTENSE ISSUES SURFACE LATER. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR DIAGNOSTICS MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT WITH NO REAL RESULTS ON THE TRANSMISSION. IN OCTOBER OF 2014 -2.5 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW CAR. MY TRANSMISSION OFFICIALLY FAILED AS I TRIED TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. FORD ISSUED A NOT-QUITE-RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT, AND I TOOK MY FORD IN TO GET THE REPAIR SERVICE DONE WITH 51,095 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I HAD...

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS FOR FOCUS 2012 TWO YEARS AGO, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY STALL OUT AND STOP WORKING ENTIRELY. I AM 6 MONTHS PREGNANT AND AFTER BRINGING THIS CAR IN FOR NUMEROUS REPAIRS OF THIS ISSUE, WITH NO REAL RESOLVE, I AM NOW FURIOUS. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND MY ENGINE SAID "PARKING ASSIST FAILURE" AND THE CAR DIED. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY MULTIPLE CARS AS I TRIED TO COAST MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT STARTED AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I COULD BRING IT IN "BUT THEY ALREADY FIXED IT." THEN JUST A FEW DAYS LATER I AM AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, AND IT STALLS AGAIN..THIS TIME WONT TURN BACK ON. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND FROM FORD, AND THE FORD...

DRIVER WINDOW WORKED ONLY INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN CEASED ALTOGETHER. HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW IS EXHIBITING THE SAME EARLY SYMPTOMS. IT TOOK ONLY ONE WEEK FOR THE FIRST WINDOW TO FAIL, SO IT PROBABLY WON'T BE LONG BEFORE WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE SECOND.

POWER STEERING QUIT AND DRIVING WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FEW BLOCKS. POWER STEERING THEN CAME BACK INTERMITTENTLY. MANUAL SAID TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF FOR 10 SECONDS AND RE-START. THAT WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS AND NOW STEERING IS GOING OUT ALL THE TIME FOR A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME.

ON SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015, I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON INTERSTATE 40, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. SUDDENLY THE GAS PEDAL BUMPED TWICE AND MY VEHICLE WENT COMPLETELY DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BUSY INTERSTATE. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM JUST DIED, MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS WOULDN,T EVEN WORK. IALL I COULD DO WAS CONTINUE TO LAY ON THE HORN AND WAVE MY HAND OUT THE WINDOW TRYING TO GET THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO REALIZE MY CAR HAD STOPPED. MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I WENT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A GOOD SAMARITAN, STOPPED AND WAS ABLE TO PUSH MY CAR ACROSS THE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND SAFELY ON THE RIGHT MEDIAN. THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN 7:30 AND 8:15 IN THE EVENING. MY HUSBAND ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WE PLANNED TO RETURN IN THE MORNING WITH A BATTERY HOPING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED SINCE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A LEAK AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND THE BRAKE LINE AND CIRCUIT BOARD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000.

VEHICLE NOT STARTING. VEHICLE HAS POWER BUT NOTHING WHEN I TRY TO START CAR. EVERYTHING WORKS BUT FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE CAR STARTS. I'M STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THEY FIXED IT BUT SAME JERKING STILL HAPPENS. SO FED UP WITH THIS CAR. . IT IS A LEMON.

POWER STEERING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE. NOTICED THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS ISSUE AND OTHER ISSUES. NOT ON RECALL LIST AT MOMENT, AND MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I DROVE TO THE SUPERMARKET. AFTER I CAME OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. EVERYTHING WORKS ELECTRICALLY (RADIO, LIGHTS, ETC...) BUT TURNING THE IGNITION KEY FULLY DID NOTHING. THIS NOW HAPPENS DAILY AFTER THE CAR WARMS UP. IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF IT WILL NOT START OR TURN OVER. IF YOU LET THE CAR COOL DOWN FOR A COUPLE HOURS IT GENERALLY WILL START. DRIVING IS DONE MAINLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE OIL LEVEL AND ENGINE TEMPERATURE ARE FINE ACCORDING TO DIPSTICK AND GAUGES. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY IN CASE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ENSURED THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY WAS SOLIDLY ATTACHED TO METAL (NOT PAINTED METAL) TO ENSURE PROPER GROUNDING. NOTHING HELPED. DEALER APPOINTMENT THIS WEEK. ALSO RECEIVED "HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" WARNING ON...

I PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN EARLY 2014. I HAD THIS CAR NOT EVEN TWO YEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE CAR SHAKES, RATTLES, AND STALLS AS I'M DRIVING. THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM FORD STATES THAT THIS IS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON MY CAR IS LEAKING AND CONTAMINATED. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WOULD BE ALMOST EMPTY IN 24 HOURS. IN ORDER TO USE MY CAR FOR A DAY, I WOULD NEED TO REFILL MY CAR WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID SO IT WILL AT LEAST MOVE. THE CAR AT TIMES WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE POWER-SHIFT STRUGGLES TO CHANGE GEARS AND AT TIMES WON'T ACCELERATE. THIS PROBLEM MAYBE NOW BEGINNING TO AFFECT MY ENGINE. THE FOCUS WON'T EVEN START AT TIMES. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE RADIO WILL GO ON/OFF AND WITH TIME, SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THEIR...

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT ON TUESDAY 3/12/15. MY CAR HAS FLASHED TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION, PARKING AID MALFUNCTION, HILL ASSIST NOT WORKING. MY CAR WOULD START, BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. TWO COPS HAD TO PUSH MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 75 AND THE CAR JUMPS OUT OF GEAR AND I CAN NO LONGER GO, SO I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER AND LUCKILY RESTART THE CAR AND GO. I ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING THIS PAST WEEK AND IT KEEPS FLASHING PARKING AID MALFUNCTION, SERVICE REQUIRED. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IF THIS CAR CAUSES US TO BE INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT. THIS IS COMMON ISSUES AND FORD IS FULLY AWARE YET I DO NOT HAVE ANY...

HORN STOPPED WORKING CHECKED FUSES AND RELAYS WHICH ALL WORK BUT AFTER READING THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN THAT THE WIRING IN THE CAR CAUSES A PROBLEM WITH THE HORN BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THIS IS A WIDER PROBLEM AND WISH TO HAVE FORD ISSUE A RECALL. I HAVE HAD ISSUES NOT BEING ABLE TO WARN PEOPLE DRIFTING OR NOT PAYING ATTENTION WITH NO WAY TO WARN THEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WAS DRIVING WITH MY MOM WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HER POWER STEERING GAVE OUT AND IT WAS INCREDIBILITY HARD FOR HER TO STEER. I TOOK OVER AND DROVE HOME NOW I DROVE VEHICLES WITH OUT POWER STEERING BEFORE BUT THIS WAS BY FAR THE TOUGHEST STEERING VEHICLE I DROVE. IT WAS COMPLETELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE OF FORD TO NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE AS OF YET. THANKFULLY I WAS WITH MY MOM THAT DAY AND NOTHING WORSE HAPPENED BUT IT COULD HAVE ENDED ALOT WORSE. *TR

MY CAR SYNC HAS NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY AND MY RADIO WOULD JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD HAVE TO STOP TURN OFF MY CAR AND TAKE THE KIT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ELECTRICAL BECAUSE I COULD MANIPULATE THE FREQUENCY SOUND BY TURNING THE HEAT ON AND OFF OR THE WIPERS.EY OUT THEN OPEN AND SHUT THE DOOR START IT BACK UP AND THE RADIO WOULD TURN ON. RECENTLY SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE A LOUD CRACKLE CAME THROUGH THE SPEAKER AND THE RADIO WENT OUT BUT THEN A STATIC CAME ON THAT I COULD NOT SHUT OFF. I COULD NOT TURN OFF THE SOUND EVEN AFTER I SHUT OFF THE CAR THE STATIC KEPT GOING LONG AFTER I SHUT THE DOOR AND WALKED AWAY. I WOKE UP TO A DEAD BATTERY. FORD MADE ME PAY FOR A NEW BATTERY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A WEAR ITEM EVEN THOUGH WHATEVER WAS...

BOTH FRONT ELECTRIC WINDOWS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MOTOR MISFIRED AT 50MPH. *TR

I OWN A 2012 FORD FOCUS SE. I BOUGHT MY FORD FOCUS IN DECEMBER 2012 FROM FOLSOM LAKE FORD LOCATED IN FOLSOM CALIFORNIA. AT 20000 MILES I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ITS FACTORY SERVICE AND ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. ACCORDING TO FOLSOM LAKE FORD THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER AND ORDERED PARTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION'PARTS THAT WOULD TAKE A MONTH TO ARRIVE, BUT NEVER HEARD BACK FROM FOLSOM LAKE FORD AFTER THAT. ABOUT 35000MLS STARTED MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH MY FOCUS-IT WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NOR WERE THERE ANY OTHER DIAGNOSTIC/MALFUNCTION ADVISEMENTS FROM THE VEHICLES INFORMATION SYSTEM. OTHER SYSTEMS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION 'SPECIFICALLY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, IDLE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED-. IDLE ROUGH, SOMETIMES IDLING WILD AND EXTREME FLUCTUATIONS.MY FOCUS WOULD STALL CONSTANTLY WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS, ALSO RANDOMLY STALLING WHILE AT DRIVING SPEEDS. MULTIPLE TIMES MY FOCUS STALLED ON...

THE HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT WORKED THE FIRST FEW WEEKS WE HAD THE CAR, AND IT NO LONGER WORKS CURRENTLY. FUSES AND RELAYS WERE CHECKED ASSOCIATED WITH HORN FUNCTION VIA OWNERS MANUAL AND WERE NOT THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

*ONGOING *PLEASE SEE ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS # 10473215 AND #10670375* LONG HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION REPAIRS SINCE PURCHASE. LATEST REPAIR ON 1/5/2014 WAS TO REPLACE MALFUNCTIONING TCM. WHEN GETTING CAR BACK FROM SERVICE, ODD NOISE AND HESITATION UPON STARTING. SERVICE MANAGER ATTEMPTED TO START. SYMPTOMS OF TCM MALFUNCTION AGAIN, AND THEN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. SERVICE STATES THAT CHAFED WIRING WAS FOUND UNDER DRIVER SEAT, CAUSING NEW TCM TO MALFUNCTION AND THEN SHORTING OUT ALL POWER IN VEHICLE. AFTER HEARING ODD NOISE UPON STARTING, I WAS VERY CLOSE TO DRIVING CAR OUT ONTO VERY BUSY HIGHWAY... DECIDED TO TURN CAR OFF INSTEAD AND SEEK HELP FROM SERVICE MANAGER. I AM THE ONLY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I VERY RARELY MOVE THE SEAT. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE THAT MOVING THE SEAT ON 1/5/2015 CAUSED THE CHAFED WIRING TO SHORT OUT THE POWER IN THE CAR. I NEVER MOVED THE SEAT WHEN...

THE CAR WAS OPERATING FINE UP TO THE POINT AFTER IT WAS PARKED AT A NEARBY STRIP MALL. AFTER RETURNING TO THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON, RADIO WORKS, ETC BUT THE STARTER ACTED LIKE IT WAS NOT EVEN GETTING POWER. I THOUGHT THE VEHICLE HAD A BAD BATTERY, AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO JUMP START THE CAR, IT FINALLY STARTED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I CHECKED THE DASH INDICATOR TO SEE IF IT WAS IN REVERSE AND THE SHIFT INDICATOR HAD NOTHING HIGHLIGHTED. I PUT IT BACK IN PARK THEN IT HIGHLIGHTED THE "P", PUT IT BACK IN REVERSE AND AGAIN IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I ROLLED BACK A BIT AND PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT STILL ACTED AS IF IT WAS...

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO START VEHICLE PROMPLY PROBLEM PROGRESSED UNTIL TODAY 12/10/2014 CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. *TR

I HAVE RECENTLY HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHERE MY DASH LIGHTS TURN OFF, HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF, RADIO TURN OFF, AND A MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASHBOARD SAYING "HILL START ASSIST UNAVAILABLE". THE RADIO TURNS BACK ON AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS. THE DANGEROUS PART IS WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER SHUTS OFF AND I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. I HAVE CONTACT THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE ON THIS AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I ALREADY HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION WHERE I HAD A FULL REPLACEMENT AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO TAKE ANY ACTION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR ANYONE TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY FIGURE THIS OUT. I DONT KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT REGARDING THIS ISSUE SINCE I HAVE GONE TO FORD, THE DEALERS, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND THEY ALL...

2012 FORD FOCUS DANGEROUSLY STALL WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR ON AN INCLINE *CW THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

IN MAY OF 2012 MY CAR HAD THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REPLACED AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP FOR 6 WEEKS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD STICK ON AND NOT SHUT OFF. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITIONER BOTH DECIDED NOT WORK AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE HAD THE STRUTS REPLACES BEFORE 10,000 MILES. THE GAS MILEAGE GOES FROM 14 MPG TO 33MPG RANDOMLY. THE CAR LIKES TO ROLL BACK AND NOT GO INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING. I REPLACE TIRES EVERY 6 MONTHS BECAUSE THE CAR EATS MY TIRES UP. MY FAVORITE PROBLEM IS LOOSING POWER WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE KEPT ALL PAPERS REGARDING THE CAR IN THE SHOP. MY FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE FOCUS FORD PAID FOR MY RENTAL CAR TO BE DRIVEN 17,000 MILES DUE TO MY CAR BEING IN THE SHOP. I HAVE ASKED FOR HELP WITH THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS WITH FORD TO BE TOLD I...

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE RPMS SHOT UP BUT CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. FINALLY AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT BY OTHER CARS IT SHOT OFF LIKE A ROCKET. AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF JERKING AND NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE RANDOMLY I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED IN APRIL 2014. NOT LONG AFTER, IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING EXCEPT WORSE. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND WAS TOLD THE TRANNY TEST RESULTS CAME BACK NORMAL AND THAT A MOTOR MOUNT WAS MISSING OR LOOSE. THEY KEPT IT FOR 3 DAYS TO FIX THE MOTOR MOUNT. THE CAR IS NOW WORSE AND TODAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER. GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL FIX IT THIS TIME. MY GAS MILEAGE...

MY FIRST ENCOUNTER STARTED IN MARCH WITH A WARNING CONDITION INDICATING A DEFAULT IN MY STEERING ASSISTANCE ONLY WHEN I WOULD TURN ON THE IGNITION, I CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD GO AWAY BY TURNING OF THE IGNITION AND TURNING IT BACK ON.,AND IT DID GO AWAY. NOW IN AUGUST, I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A SAFE STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THAT WAS THE MOST SCARIEST FOR ME WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. GOD WAS WITH ME.. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I STARTED MY CAR IGNITION, BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER ABOUT 2 - 7 SECONDS, THE POWER STEERING FROZE UP AND A CAUTION LIGHT LIT UP ON MY DASH. IT READS: POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTION, CHECK MANUAL. OR WORDS VERY CLOSE TO THAT EFFECT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 - 15 TIMES SINCE APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER !8, 2014. I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY. THEY SHOWED LOW VOLTAGE TO THE STEERING...OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE EXACT THING KEEPS HAPPENING. IT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER I START UP THE CAR. I TURN OFF THE IGNITION, RESTART THE CAR, AND IT WORKS OKAY AFTER THAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SLOWLY ON OCCASION. OTHER TIMES, THE RPMS WOULD RACE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER TO INSTALL THE NEW PART AND HAD TO RE-INSTALL THE OLD PART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A FOURTH TIME TO HAVE THE NEW PART INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE SENSORS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED FOR THE BRAKE ASSIST AND PARKING AIDE. IN ADDITION, WHILE MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED INTERMITTENTLY MORE THAN ONCE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CLOCK INTERMITTENTLY SHORTED OUT AND THE TIME DISPLAY WAS INCORRECT. THE DEALER PROVIDED AN INTERIM REMEDY AND SUGGESTED THAT THE...

THE REFLECTIVE CAP THAT SAYS "FORD" INSIDE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FELL DOWN, DISALLOWING THE HEADLAMP BEAM TO BE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE CAR CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS.

I TURN THE KEY AND THE FOCUS DOESN'T START. AT FIRST THE DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE KEY - THEY WERE RECEIVING AN ERROR MESSAGE. THE SECOND TIME, THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE PART THAT READ THE KEY AND THEY REPLACED IT. THE THIRD TIME THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SOMETIMES I CAN HOLD THE KEY 2-4 SECONDS AND THE FOCUS WILL START. OTHER TIMES AFTER HOLDING THE KEY A FEW SECONDS, I RELEASE THE KEY AND THE FOCUS STARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC GLAZE ON THE WINDSHIELD SEPARATED FROM THE GLASS, WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND MADE A BUCKING MOTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RECALIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

I WAS DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH COMPUTER INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN ONTO ANOTHER STREET WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AT LEAST 5 TIMES. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCASION NOTED HERE, THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE (PSCM) HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP 4 OR 5 DAYS PREVIOUS. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT BOTH THE ORIGINAL PSCM AND THE REPLACEMENT PSCM WERE PART OF THE SAME BATCH THAT WERE APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY HAVING YET ANOTHER PSCM INSTALLED BY THE DEALERSHIP. IF FORD IS AWARE OF A DEFECTIVE BATCH OF PSCMS, A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I AM ALSO...

OUR 2012 FORD FOCUS SHUT OFF AT 70 MPH, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LOSING PWR STR, PWR BRK, & ILLUMINATING ALL INST PANEL ICONS AS IN (KEY ON-ENG OFF). THEN WHILE COASTING TO COMPLETE STOP, CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL OPS & WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY, NEVER TOUCHING THE IGN KEY SWITCH. FORD DEALER CLEARED MULTIPLE CODES, WHICH THEY WOULD NOT REVEAL. THEY DID TELL ME THERE WAS A PCM COMMUNICATION FAILURE IN HISTORY, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON FOR IT. THEY ALSO PERFORMED MULTIPOINT INSPECTION, WITH NO ISSUES FOUND. 1 MONTH PRIOR TO INCIDENT THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH-OIL SEAL RECALL WAS PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY. (CLUTCH & INNER INPUT SHAFT SEAL WAS REPLACED). CAR HAS BEEN OK SINCE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PARKING ASSIST ERROR SERVICE REQUIRED AND THE SKID INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

WITHOUT WARNING, (NO LIGHTS ON DASH-BOARD - NO UNUSUAL NOISES - NO PROBLEMS STARTING ETC), THERE WERE NO GEARS AND I WAS LEFT IN NEUTRAL. IT REQUIRED COMING TO A STOP, PUTTING IT INTO PARK AND STARTING AGAIN TO LIMP ALONG TO GET TO A SAFE POINT TO PARK THE CAR AND CALL FOR HELP. LUCKILY I WAS NOT YET ONTO THE FREEWAY! THE FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HE TOO FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT GEARS; HE WAS ON THE FREEWAY ON-RAMP AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE HIT. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS IF YOU ARE IN 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING 60 MPH!!! NOTWITHSTANDING THE SEVERITY OF THIS "MODULE" DEFECT, THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO FORD DOES NOT COME UNDER THE 'TRANSMISSION RECALL' AND MY CAR IS 3,500 MILES OVER THE MAGICAL 60,000 POWER-TRAIN RECALL. I AM STUCK WITH A $1,500 BILL...

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 - MANUAL 5 SPEED FORD FOCUS DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR LOST POWER. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE IN 5TH GEAR AT 70MPH THE CAR HAD NO POWER TO PROPEL ITSELF FORWARD, AT THE SAME TIME THE RADIO/ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND TURNED OFF. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND ROLL TO A STOP WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE POWER GETTING TO THE CAR, MAXING OUT A SPEED OF 50MPH ON THE FREEWAY SO AS NOT TO STALL AGAIN, MADE FOR A SCARY RIDE HOME. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE OWNING THE CAR, WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND NOW HAS 49,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE PREVIOUS 2 TIMES, I TOOK IT TO A DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM,...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING HEAVY DOWNPOUR. IT WAS NOT FUSES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED. AT FIRST IT WAS FAST, THEN SLOWED DOWN. WIPERS CONTINUED FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE. LATER WHEN CLICKING ALARM REMOTE TO ENTER DOOR, WIPERS STARTED GOING AGAIN, VARYING SPEEDS AS TIME WENT ON. I NEEDED TO PULL THE RELAY FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOR THE WIPERS TO STOP. *TR

DRIVING UP LIGHT INCLINE ON PAVED HIGHWAY WHEN TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES INDICATING A LOSS OF TRACTION. SECONDS LATER CAR LOSES RESPONSE TO GAS PEDAL, FLASHES "TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILURE. SERVICE IMMEDIATELY." AFTER PULLING OVER AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AND POWERING OFF THEN 30 SECOND WAIT AND ON WARNING IS GONE AND FUNCTIONS ARE RESTORED. A WEEK LATER PROBLEM COMES UP AGAIN, THIS TIME ON INTERSTATE GOING 70MPH. CRUISE CONTROL IS SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY, NO POWER TO GAS PEDAL, TRACTION WARNING COMES ON, AND SAME TRANSMISSION WARNING FLASHES. GOES AWAY IN A SECOND OR TWO. PULL OVER AS SAFELY AS I CAN WHILE CUTTING OFF A SEMI-TRUCK, POWER CAR OFF AND ON, ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL. FOUR DAYS LATER PULL OUT OF PARKING SPOT WITH A HESITATION OF VEHICLE TO START, THEN A VIBRATING IN REVERSE. DRIVE AROUND LOT TO EXIT, PULL ONTO MAIN ROAD AND SAME WARNINGS/PROBLEMS AS USUAL HAPPEN. NOW BLOCKING...

I GOT IN CAR TO GO TO THE STORE PUT ON SEAT BELT STARTED CAR PUT CAR INTO DRIVE 1/4 MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY DOORS UNLOCKED AND OPENED I HAD TO STOP IMMEDIATELY AND THEY WOULD NOT CLOSE. LEFT FRONT DRIVERS DOOR AND RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE AND INSPECTIONS BY CERTIFIED MECHANICS. THEY SAID DOOR LATCHES WONT CATCH OR ENGAGE TO KEEP DOORS CLOSED NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONLY BLINKING DISPLAY THAT DOORS ARE OPEN ONLY AFTER I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED AND IN PARK. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE IN TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR EVENING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO COME TO A STOP ON TRAFFIC IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE DUE TO TRAFFIC AT A POINT WHERE THERE WAS MOVING TRAFFIC IN LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING AS NORMAL, NO LIGHTS CAME ON (NOTHING TO ALERT TO AN ISSUE), HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE MY CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS AS IF MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND I WAS REVVING THE ENGINE. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON, CALLED 911 TO REPORT I COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE TO MOVE MY CAR AS I FEARED I WOULD BE HIT SINCE IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT EVEN OPEN MY DOOR. I SHUT MY ENGINE OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND TRIED AGAIN. THE CAR STILL WOULD...

MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP ABOUT 4X'S IN 1 MONTH. ISSUE BEGAN DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. WENT TO ACCELERATE FELT A SUDDEN JERK & NOTHING. LOOK DOWN TO SEE MY DRIVE LIGHT FLASHING & AM STEADILY DECREASING IN SPEED WITH NO WAY TO ACCELERATE, LIKE IN NEUTRAL. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, PUT THE CAR IN PARK WHICH BEGAN TO FLASH. ACCELERATED A COUPLE TIMES TO BE SURE IT RESPONDED BEFORE DRIVING BUT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. DRIVING AGAIN, ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, NOT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME PUT IT IN PARK, ACCELERATED & NOTHING. SHUT OFF MY CAR TO RESET IT & MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON. AFTER WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK, THE CAR WOULD JUST NOT TURN ON, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE BATTERY WOULD TURN ON BUT THE CAR DIDN'T....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS PROPERLY, WOULD STALL SPORADICALLY AND WOULD JERK INTERMITTENTLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD OFTEN SEIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHO HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE NOR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION SENSOR BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED AND THE RADIO WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHEN IT WAS POWERED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER CHIP IN THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE, THERE IS AN ERROR MESSAGE, STEERING ASSIST FAULT. IT HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT WOULD TURN. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT THERE WOULD BE TIMES WHEN THE A/C FAN WOULD ADJUST ITSELF, BY GOING HIGHER OR LOWER AND THE RADIO VOLUME WOULD INCREASE OR DECREASES WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM ME. THIS PARTICULAR TIME IT WOULD NOT MOVE AND I WAS FORCED TO LEAVE IT IN A PARKING GARAGE OVERNIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET IT TO WORK BY TURNING THE OFF AND ON THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, SUGGESTING THE WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY IF I WERE DRIVING THE CAR. WELL, THE CAR SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN AND STARTED TO TRY TO TURN ITSELF ON WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. AFTER WHICH IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. I HAD IT TOWED IN...

WHILE I AM DRIVING (THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE GEARS KEEP SLIPPING. I TAKE IT IN AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER OR WHATEVER THEY DO AND IT WORKS FINE RIGHT AFTER BUT CONTINUES TO DRIVE LIKE THE GEARS ARE SLIPPING. *TR

WHEN EXITING GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, AS WE PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION/DRIVE TRAIN POWER, WHILE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS STARTED TO FLASH, AND ELECTRONIC GEAR INDICATOR TRANSITIONED FROM GEAR TO GEAR. RPMS, WERE STILL REGISTERING AND ON ACCELERATION, DRIVE TRAIN WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THIS HAPPENED ALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC, WHEN ONCOMING VEHICLES WERE APPROACHING. WE TURNED ON HAZARD LIGHTS AND MOVED TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. POWERED OFF CAR FOR A MINUTE, THEN RESTARTED. CAR STARTED BUT STILL EXPERIENCED SEVERE HESITATION ON ACCELERATION, AND SEEMED AS IF IT WAS STRUGGLING TO STAY ON. PULLED ONTO A SIDE STREET TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC, THEN AFTER TURNING CAR OFF, IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. AFTER APPROX. 10 MINUTES, TRIED TO TURN ON CAR AGAIN, AND IT STARTED. WAS ABLE TO CAREFULLY DRIVE CAR HOME, HOWEVER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOW BEEN ILLUMINATED. THIS WILL BE THE...

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START; FORD HAD THE CAR FOR 17 DAYS BEFORE THEY DECIDED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE; THEY CHARGED US IN EXCESS OF $1400; WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST 2+ YEARS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FREEZE UPS AND NOISE/VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END. *TR

CAR'S TRANSMISSION FELT SLUGGISH (HESITATE TO ACCELERATE) AFTER 15-20 MINUTES OF LOW-SPEED DRIVING (0-10MPH) IN A TRAFFIC JAM. TEN MINUTES LATER, ENGINE STALLED ON FREEWAY AT 70MPH. TACHOMETER DROPPED TO 0 AND SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED WAS 0. CAR RESTARTED, AND CONTINUED TO BE DRIVEN FOR 15 MINUTES. GEAR DISENGAGED WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS. POWER DID RESUME AFTER 2 SECONDS WHILE CONSTANTLY GIVING GAS. RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER AROUND 30 MINUTES, CAR STALLED AGAIN FEW MINUTES LATER. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART INSTANTLY. ONLY CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE BAY WHEN TURNING KEYS. WAITED 10-15 MINUTES TO RESTART. CAR ACCELERATED TO 70MPH BEFORE STALLING AGAIN AFTER 1-2 MINUTES. GEAR INDICATOR WAS FLASHING. WHEN THE CAR STALLED, ENGINE RAVED WITH LOST OF POWER FOR 1-2 SECONDS. CAR FELT LIKE IN NEUTRAL EVEN SHIFTER WAS IN DRIVE. TACHOMETER THEN DROPPED TO 300RPM AND NEVER RAV AGAIN. CAR WAS...