2012 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

CAR LOSES POWER WHEN IN DRIVE AT 20MPH ON STREET. PULLED OVER, TURNED ENGINE OFF. RESTARTED NORMALLY. NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION ON DASHBOARD. THE NEXT DAY WHILE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY CAR LOSES POWER. IT RESUMES ACCELERATION AFTER STALLING FOR APPROX 10 SECS. CHECK ENGINE SIGN APPEARS AFTER RESUMING ACCELERATION. I EXIT THE FREEWAY AND MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME. TRANSMISSION FAILS TWICE WHILE EN ROUTE ON FREEWAY. BOTH OCCASIONS I MANAGE TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHILE IN NEUTRAL. ONCE IT RESUMED AFTER A FEW SECONDS, ANOTHER TIME I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER TURNING IT OFF FOR APPROX 10 SECONDS. I TAKE IT TO BOB WONDRIES FORD IN ALHAMBRA FOR TCM REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS RESUME ONE WEEK LATER, WITH SLOW ACCELERATION ON FREEWAY, LOSS OF POWER WHEN DRIVING UPHILL, TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING, AND TRANSMISSION GRINDING.

ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT MY FAMILY AND I WERE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED TO THE BEACH, WHEN I WENT TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO MERGE ON THE HIGHWAY THE RPMS WENT UP BUT THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION FOR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS CAUSING US TO LOSE SPEED WHILE MERGING. THE CAR THEN CHANGED GEAR REALLY HARD AND JUMPED US FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 3 TIMES NOW FOR TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH REPLACEMENT. IT WILL RANDOMLY SHUTTER, HESITATE, JERK AND JUMP FORWARD. ON ONE OTHER OCCASION IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER UPON PICKING THE VEHICLE UP FOR A DUAL CLUTCH REPLACEMENT I WAS TOLD IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK IN SOON AND BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN...

WHILE AT A DEAD STOP MY CAR FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR, TWO TIMES. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN EXCEPT THAT THE "P-R-N-D-L" INDICATOR ON THE DASH WOULD FLASH. EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULDN'T BE RESTARTED FOR 10 MINUTES. THIS IS A SIGN OF OF A FAULTY TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE). 2011 & 2102 FORD FIESTAS AND 2012 FOCUS ARE PRONE TO THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. FORD REPLACED THE TCM UNDER THE EMMISSIONS WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I HAVE SEEN POSTS ON THE WEB WHERE THIS FAILURE HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING.

WHILE DIRVING OUR 2012 FORD FOCUSE WHICH WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START TO SLIP AND CHATTER. IT TOOK LONGER TO ACCERALATE TO SPEED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON 19AUG2012 AND THEY CALIBRATED THE TRANSMISSION. WE DROVE THE CAR UNTIL IT STARTED AGAIN TWO MONTHS LATER. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON THE 22 NOV 2013 TO A DIFFERENT CERTIFIED FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A SEAL ON THE CLUTCH WHICH WAS ALLOWING FLUID TO DRIP ON CLUTCH PLATE AND ALLOW TO SLIP WILL DRIVING. DROVE THE CAR AND IT WAS WORKING BETTER. BUT OVER TIME THE CAR STARTED AGAIN AND THEN GOT WORSE. TOOK THE CAR BAKE IN BECAUSE ON THE 9AUG2015 I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN THEN IT OVER HEATED AND HAD A MALFUNCTION. I HAD LOST ALL MY GEARS ON A HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS...

WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE CAR JERKS, SHUTTERS AND THE GEARS GRIND & DESPITE HAVING THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE OVER 12 DOCUMENTED TIMES, NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE. JUST AS RECENTLY AS 8/4/15 THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED AGAIN, REPLACING THE CLUTCH, AND IT DROVE GREAT FOR JUST UNDER 5 DAYS AND THEN I SIMPLY STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT THE VEHICLE JERKED AND BUCKED, NEARLY STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEN FOR THE 50 MILE DRIVE HOME, THE VEHICLE WOULD GRIND THROUGH THE LOWER GEARS, MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. THE VEHICLE IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT, FORD SHOULD JUST RECALL THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WHY ARE WE ALL TO SUFFER BECAUSE FORD IS NO LONGER THE COMPANY THEY USED TO BE, I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AND I AM...

2012 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER HAS PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ON ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ARTEMIS. *SMD THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. WHILE DRIVING, IT SEEMED THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE SAME PART NUMBER AS THE ORIGINAL. *JB

PURCHASED A 2012 FORD FOCUS IN DECEMBER OF 2014. THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD SHIFTING ISSUES ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE. IN MAY, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN STUTTERING AT LOW SPEEDS. WHEN REACHING SPEED ON AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP, THE VEHICLE SHOWED THE MESSAGE "VEHICLE NOT IN PARK" AND SHUT OFF AS I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. A DAY LATER WHEN DRIVING IT, IT STUTTERED AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT, ALONG WITH A DEFECTIVE PART NOTICE TO THE DEALER FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SYSTEM, WHICH THE DEALER SAID WAS THE ISSUE AND SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE DEALER ALSO RESET THE "AUTOLEARN" FEATURE IN THE TRANSMISSION. FOR A FEW DAYS IT WORKED FINE, THEN THE STUTTERING AND SHIFTING ISSUES BEGAN AGAIN. ON AUGUST 8TH, 2015 THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE STORE, AND WORKED AS IT USUALLY DID, WITH MINOR...

I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A BLINKING YELLOW ARROW. SEEING A COMING BREAK IN TRAFFIC, WHERE IT WOULD BE SAFE TO EXECUTE THE TURN, I BEGAN INCHING FORWARD. WHEN THE CAR PASSED, ALLOWING ME TO SAFELY TURN, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, MY CAR SAT IN THE INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC ONCOMING, WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD. THE TYPE OF HESITATION HAS HAPPENED TO ME A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES BETWEEN APRIL OF 2014 AND AUGUST OF 2015. IN ADDITION, THE CAR HANDLES ROUGHLY IN LOW GEAR, MAKING GRINDING NOISES, STUTTERING IN CHANGING GEARS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND, AND SOMETIMES SHAKING THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CAR HAS A SERVICE NOTICE. I DID TAKE THE CAR IN IN DECEMBER 2014 FOR THE RECALL, WHERE IT WAS TESTED AND A NEW SEAL WAS INSTALLED. I DROVE THE CAR FOR 8 MONTHS BEFORE EXPERIENCING...

AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, MY CAR SLIPPED FROM ACTIVE GEARS (I BELIEVE 2ND GEAR) AND RIGHT INTO NEUTRAL. I COULDN'T ACCELATE AND DRIVE WITH TRAFFFIC, WHILE TRAVELLING UP HILL MY CAR DECELLERATED QUICKLY. IN TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, I NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. AFTER FINALLY REACHING THE SHOULDER I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK (IT STARTED TO ROLL DOWNHILL) AND THEN APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE. 10 SECONDS LATER MY CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AGAIN. THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE SERVICED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS EXACT ISSUE HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS THE WEEK PRIOR TO.

AFTER HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED FROM A RECALL, THE 6TH TIME FOR REPAIR; THE CAR BROKE DOWN AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE IS OUT NOW AND IT IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 7TH TIME RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE. I CONSIDER THIS CAR DANGEROUS AND WILL ULTIMATELY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH. WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT IS FOR ALL 2012 FORD FOCUS VEHICLES.

7/28/15 WHILE ON HIGHWAY AND DRIVING IN FAST LANE, CAR LOSES ABILITY TO ACCELERATE CREATING VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CAN NOT ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO SAFER LANE. MANAGES TO GET OFF RODA AND DRIVE SLOWLY TO REPAIR SHOP. CAR SHUDDERS AND NEARLY STALLS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON BUT NOT BLINKING. REPAIR SHOP GETS TRANSMISSION CODE P090C. CAR IS TOWED FOLLOWING MORNING AND REPAIR SHOP CHECKS AGAIN AND FINDS SAME CODE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. 7/30/15 CUSTOMER SPEAKS TO SERVICE DEPT MANAGER NAMED JOHN EXPLAINING ALL OF THE ABOVE. AGREES CAR IS UNSAFE AND WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD LET HIS DAUGHTER DRIVE IT, HE REPLIES NO. STILL WON'T REPAIR CAR BASED ON CODE PROVIDED BUT AGREES THAT IS THE LIKELY CAUSE. CUSTOMER OFFERS TO PAY FOR REPAIR EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BASED ON LETTER SENT OUT BY FORD AND HE REFUSES SAYING HE DOESN'T...

MY TRANSMISSION DOESN'T WORK RIGHT AND NEVER HAS, FROM THE MINUTE I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. IT JERKS, VERY HARD AT TIMES, IT SHUDDERS, AND WORST OF ALL, IT HESITATES, SO WHEN YOU PULL OUT AT TIMES YOU PRAY IT KICKS IN BEFORE YOU END UP GETTING HIT AND KILLED. I TOLD MY SON AFTER LESS THAN SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THIS CAR THAT IF I GET KILLED BECAUSE OF IT, I WANT HIM TO SUE FORD. THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS! THEY DON'T CARE IF CONSUMERS GET HURT OR KILLED, OBVIOUSLY. IT LOOKS GOOD AND RIDES GOOD, BUT IS A LEMON BECAUSE OF THE TRANS. THEY MAINTAIN THAT IT ONLY MAKES IT MISERABLE TO DRIVE, BUT THEY DOUBT YOU'LL GET KILLED, SO REFUSE TO HELP. THESE ARE SOME SORT OF TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE CONVERTED FROM MANUAL TO AUTOMATIC AND NOT VERY...

WHILE DRIVING IN OPEN COUNTRY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED. DROVE THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10 ADDITIONAL MILES AFTER RESTART AND THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY COASTED AS IF IN 'NEUTRAL" EVEN THOUGH GEAR SHIFT WAS IN "DRIVE" POSITION. THIS TIME THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH THE VEHICLE IN "DRIVE." SHUT OFF VEHICLE. SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE REMAINDER OF TRIP WITHOUT INCIDENT. NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING IN LOCAL COUNTRY TRAFFIC, VEHICLE AGAIN COASTED AND APPEARED TO SHIFT TO "NEUTRAL" WITHOUT WARNING. GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN EVEN THOUGH SHIFT LEVER WAS IN "DRIVE." HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE.

LETTER FROM SENATOR ISAKSON ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2012 FORD FOCUS ISSUES. (ATTN: HANNA YU). *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD FOUR MAJOR REPAIRS AND 6-8 MINOR REPAIRS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. ALSO, WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING, AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED DELIVERING POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND REVVING WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL, BUT NO ACCELERATION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE. I CHANGED TO L, AND NO POWER. I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE GEAR INTO PARK, BACK TO D, AND NO POWER. I HAD TO RESTART THE ENGINE TWICE, BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED.

THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP. REPORTED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. DEALER SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEARNS YOUR DRIVING HABITS. THEY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY THEN IT RETURNS TO THE SHUDDERING.

THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES; TWICE IT REQUIRED A NEW CLUTCH AND SEALS, AND ONCE (MOST RECENTLY) IT REQUIRED A NEW TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. IN EACH CASE, THE CAR EITHER STALLED WHILE DRIVING OR BECAME STUCK IN A GEAR (MOST RECENTLY, IN REVERSE).

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THERE WAS NO CLICKING OF THE VEHICLE TRYING TO START. AFTER 4 TRIES TO START THE CAR IT WAS LEFT TO SIT FOR 30 MIN BEFORE WE TRIED AGAIN. THE CAR THEN WAS TRIED TO START AGAIN DID NOT START UNTIL THE 4TH TRY. THEN THE CAR STARTED. IT SEEMS TO BE SKIPPING A GEAR WHILE DRIVING WILL GO FROM 6K RPM TO ALL OF THE SUDDEN JUMPING DOWN TO 2K RMP. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CLUTCH/ TRANSMISSION WITH SHIFTING AND NOW SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE STARTING SYSTEM.

BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN MAY. IT DROVE FINE FOR THE FIRST MONTH AND NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH A CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HESITATES AND SHUTTERS WHEN YOU START FROM A STOP AND WHEN YOU GET GOING IT FEELS LIKE IT SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL, RPM GOES REAL HIGH AND THEN SHIFTS HARD. THE CODE THAT POPS UP IS P2862, P2831, P2832, P2837, AND P285F. FOR 2 OF THEM THE CODE IS SHIFT FORK A AND B POSITION CIRCUIT SHIFT, AND THE OTHERS SAY NO DEFINITION FOUND.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM HERE.

ACCELERATING UP A SHALLOW HILL THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO STUTTER AND JERK AND GRIND AS IT CHANGED GEARS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JERKING THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND REVVED UP. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AT SPEED. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (ON A HILL) PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL - CLEARLY THE CAR WAS NOT ENGAGED IN PARK. I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR AND ENGAGED THE E BRAKE. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START. ERROR KEPT FLASHING 'PARKING AID MALFUNCTION - SERVICE REQUIRED'. THE FAILURE LEFT US STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A 95 DEGREE DAY WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO START THE CAR. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR FORD DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE...

FIRST INCIDENT TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS GEARS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO GEAR DOES NOT WORK. PULLED VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER, PUT INTO PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE. ENGINE WILL NOT START, NO CRANK. LET VEHICLE SIT FOR A MINUTE, RETRY STARTING, VEHICLE RUNS NORMALLY. NEXT INCIDENT AROUND 2 WEEKS LATER. SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, BUT TRAVELLING APPROX 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY. REQUIRED TO PULL OVER, RESTART VEHICLE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT RESTART AND ENGINE RUNNING AT LOWER RPM THAN NORMAL IN ALL GEARS. VEHICLE RESTS OVERNIGHT, RUNS NORMALLY WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, WITHOUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SIMPLY NEED TO PULL OVER, RESTART VEHICLE. MOST FREQUENTLY OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. 6TH OR 7TH INCIDENT, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. VEHICLE SERVICE SCHEDULED...

PURCHASED CAR MARCH 29TH 2014 WITH 12K MILES. SHORTLY AFTER CAR WOULD SHUTTER CONSISTENTLY UPON ACCELERATION AND NOT EXCEL IN A TIMELY MANNER.ON SEPT 25TH WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR AND IT DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FROM A STOP. RPM WOULD WOULD JUST GO TO 4 OR 5 AND EVENTUALLY ENGAGE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT A MILE HOME AND PARK IT. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN THEY COULD GET IT IN. THEY REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE $744.68. DROVE IT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY IT WAS WORSE. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK AND THEY TOLD ME SINCE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THEY COULD NOT GET IT IN FOR THREE WEEKS. I DROVE IT LIKE THIS FOR MONTHS. MARCH 2015 I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE DIAGNOSIS CODE P0902 CAME UP. THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH ACTUATOR AND...

WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS A TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AND LOSS OF ACCELERATION DURING SHIFTING.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ENGINE SHUDDER AS WELL AS A RATTLING NOISE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AND SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. VEHICLE AT TIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN ALL INTERSECTIONS AND THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED INTO THE DRIVE GEAR AND IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DURING TIMES OF FREQUENT STOP AND GO (ACCELERATING AND DE-ACCELERATING) THE CAR SHUDDERS AND ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE OR DE-ACCELERATE PROPERLY SOMETIMES. I DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL ABOUT 40,000 MILES AND HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM EVER SINCE. SOME MODEL OF FORD FOCUSES ARE UNDER RECALL, HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID MY CAR SPECIFICALLY WAS NOT BEING RECALLED YET IT WAS EXHIBITING THE SAME ISSUES.

STARTING THIS PAST WINTER, MY FORD FOCUS'S TRANSMISSION SHAKES, SHUDDERS, AND SLIPS, ETC CONSISTENTLY WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I'VE HAD IT IN TO FORD AND THEY MADE THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BETTER BUT THE VEHICLE STILL NOTICEABLY SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING. IT CAN ALSO BE VERY HESITANT TO ACCELERATE WHEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS AS WELL. FORD HAS CHECKED THE ISSUE AGAIN AND SAYS THAT ITS "WITHIN TOLERANCE". I FIND IT ABSURD THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER WHAT MY CAR DOES TO BE ACCEPTABLE. THIS IS BOTH ANNOYING AND A SAFETY CONCERN CONSIDERING THE ACCELERATION IS NOT ALWAYS THERE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. ONCE RESTARTED, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,800.

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

7/1/15 CAR HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION WAS IN D BUT ACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. PULLED INTO A BUSINESS DRIVEWAY. PARKED CAR. PUT SELECTOR IN P, CAR DASH SAID CAR WAS NOT IN P AND WOULD NOT ALLOW KEY TO BE REMOVED. CALLED A FORD DEALER, HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. WAITING ON THEM TO WORK ON CAR. (THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE AVAILABLE TIME IN SHOP UNTIL 7/9/15)

IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT AND THEN THAT HESITATION YOU FEEL AND IT'LL KICK IN,? DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TRANSMISSION WILL STOP WORKING. THERE IS NEVER ANY WARNING SIGNS. VERY DANGEROUS. DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE GOING UP AN HILL OR DRIVING FLAT ROAD AND SPEED HAS NO FACTOR EITHER. THEN THE CAR WILL TURN OFF ON ITS OWN. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH FORD FOCUS. EVERY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE SAME TRANSMISSION ISSUE. FORD FOCUS 2012 IS A LEMON....... NOW FAMILY CAN'T RIDE IN THIS CAR. NOT SAFE! IT JUST SITS AT HOME. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR SURGED FORWARD BRIEFLY, MADE A BANGING SOUND AND SHIFTED BY ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER, I PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AN PLACED IT INTO DRIVE. THE CAR ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND AGAIN WENT INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING ONE MORE TIME I PLACED THE CAR INTO LOW AND CAREFULLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST EXIT WHERE I STOPPED AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO LITHIA FORD.

I WAS DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AROUND 1030 PM.. I STARTED UP A HILL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I DO MEAN SUDDEN! LOST ALL POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION AND IF THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF CARS ON THE ROAD I COULD OF BEEN INJURED OR KILLED.. I HAVE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERING ROLLS BACK WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP ON A HILL..

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD FOCUS ONE MORNING IN REVERSE AFTER PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. WHEN I WENT BACK T DRIVE AND STARTED ACCELERATING THE CAR DIDN'T ACCELERATE. I GOT THE ERROR LIGHT SAYING " SERVICE CAR IMMEDIATELY" I FINALLY GOT THE CAR HOME (THANKFUL I WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY). CAR HAS SINCE BEEN INCREDIBLY SHAKY AND SPORADIC WITH THE ACCELERATION. I HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO AUTO ZONE FOR A ENGINE TEST AND WAS INFORMED THE CAR HAS BEEN GETTING STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. ITS CLEARLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TERRIBLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION THAT FORD DID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ACCELERATING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

CAR LOST TOTAL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AS IF IT SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO THE PASSING LANE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT BUT WENT INTO A STATE THAT APPEARED TO BE NEUTRAL. THE RPMS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AND THE CAR WAS SUDDENLY DECELERATING AS I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO THE PASSING LANE, A LARGE TRUCK LITERALLY ALMOST COLLIDED WITH MY REAR END AS THE EVENT WAS SO SPONTANEOUS THAT I HAD LITTLE ABILITY OR EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH SUCH A SITUATION. PULLED OVER TO COLLECT MY WITS, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND PROCEEDED ON AFTER A WHILE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FORD DEALERSHIP , RUSS MILNE IN MACOMB MI, THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO REPLICATE THE EVENT. ITS OBVIOUS FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM YET THE DEALERSHIP SENDS ME BACK ON THE ROAD WITH A...

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN NOVEMBER OR 2014. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING THERE WAS THIS A LOUD BOOM WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT. AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHUTTER SO BAD THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVE-ABLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY TESTED AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE WORST SHUTTERING THEY HAD EVER RECORDED. THEY TOLD ME FORD WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE BUT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. I WAITED FOR OVER 2 MONTHS AND THEY FINALLY HAD THE PART. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE FIXED IT DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 7500 MILES AND THEN THE SHUTTERING STARTED TO OCCUR AGAIN LIGHTLY AT FIRST BUT SLOWLY INCREASING. I AM NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND STUCK IN A LOAN WITH A CAR THAT DOESN'T DRIVE LIKE IT SHOULD. I HAVE OWNED MANY FORDS IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD A SINGLE...

WHILE DRIVING (AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS), TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AND CAR MUST BE PARKED AND RESTARTED TO MOVE AGAIN. THE ENGINE DOES NOT STALL, AND YOU CAN REV THE ENGINE, BUT TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE (LIKE BEING IN NEUTRAL) TO MOVE VEHICLE. TOOK FORD DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES TO FIX THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED AN ERROR CODE TO WORK FROM, EVEN THOUGH ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOW DEFECT OF THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (I.E. COMPUTER CHIP THAT REGULATES THE TRANSMISSION), IN THIS VEHICLE, WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED (AND NOW THE CAR RUNS FINE). SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT CAUSED MULTIPLE DANGEROUS ROAD SITUATIONS WHERE I COULD NOT POWER THE VEHICLE ON A FREEWAY WITH TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH THAT IS COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE BY THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE COMPUTER CHIP, AND FORD IS MOST LIKELY AWARE...

WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MPH, CAR LOST POWER, RPMS WENT UP, CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND TRIES I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME (HAPPENED 2 TIMES ON WAY HOME ALSO)

AT 12,738 MILES I TOOK TO DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT SLUGGISH ACCELERATION. AT 14,886 MILES I TOOK TO DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT CLUTCH SHUDDER AND THEY INSTALLED NEW CLUTCH AND INPUT SHAFT SEALS AND AXLE SEALS, REINSTALLED TRANY WITH NEW HARDWARE. ALSO COMPLAINED THAT CAR WOULD NOT START TWICE, ON FIRST TURN OF KEY. AT 14886 MILES, I WAS ON HIGHWAY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I GOT UP TO ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SEEMED TO DOWNSHIFT, COMING ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN IT WAS VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AT TWO MORE SUCCESSIVE STOP SIGNS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY TO AVOID RUNNING INTO ME. I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAR SOMETIMES SCOOTING ON THE PAVEMENT UPON ACCELERATION AS IF "BURNING RUBBER" OR "PEELING OUT" ALSO COMPLAINED THAT ONE TIME, I TURNED THE...

ENTERING EXPRESSWAY THE CAR LOST POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT THERE WAS NO DRIVE TRAIN. THIS CAUSE A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AS THERE WAS NO NOTICE AT ALL. I WAS ALMOST HIT IN THE REAR DUE TO THIS. I COASTED TO THE SIDE AND SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND RESTARTED. THE CAR WENT INTO GEAR AND I STARTED DRIVING. LESS THAN AN A MILE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CONTINUED TO STAY I THE RIGHT LANE AND DROVE SLOWLY. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER THAT HAS PERFORMED ALL THE WORK ON THIS CAR AND TOLD THEM I WAS BRINGING IT IN. DURING MY TRIP TO THE DEALER (AKINS FORD WINDER GA.) THE CONDITION HAPPENED 12 MORE TIMES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID COME ON AS WELL AS A NOTICE SAYING THAT THE "HILL ASSIST WAS NOT AVAILABLE" . I HAVE HAD THIS CAR RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO A DEALER WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

ABOVE SAID VEHICLES TRANSMISSION CONSIDERED TO BE A POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION HAS ISSUES OF JERKING AT LOW SPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR UPON ACCELERATION. THERE IS SHIMMING AND SHUTTERING AND THE NOISE OF WHAT SOUNDS LIKE CLANGING METAL PARTS. THE JERKING MOTION CAN BE ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO LUNGE FORWARD. FORD REPLACED THE BANDS AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY BUT THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO STILL APPEAR ON OCCASION. FORD ADVISES VEHICLE IS IN NORMAL SPECS AND THAT THIS IS THE OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS TRANSMISSION. NOT HAPPY WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I PURCHASED BUT WHAT OPTIONS DO I HAVE ?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE A FAILURE. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART BUT COULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHEN EXCELLERATING THE CAR SHUDDERED SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR, HAD LOSS OF SPEED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THEN DROVE FINE. THIS PATTERN OF SHUDDERING AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY HAPPENED FOR 1 WEEK UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION SEAL WAS REPLACED AND AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR, IT SHUDDERED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON YET AGAIN. IT WAS SO BAD THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB A HILL ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE MORE I PUSHED ON THE GAS THE SLOWER I WENT AND THE RPM'S CLIMED TO 5 1/2 WHICH IT HAS NEVER DONE. WITH FEAR OF BLOWING UP THE ENGINE, I HAD TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE AND SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR 5 MINUTES. I WAS THEN...

THE CAR SHUDDERS/HESITATE WHEN GOING FROM FIRST O SECOND GEAR IN THE AROMATIC TRANSMISSION/6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED BY A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THE CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION IS GOING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CARE AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT A THIRD ONE TO BE PUT IN. FORD HAS MADE A TRANSMISSION THAT IS FAULTY IN M EYES.

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.

THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2012 FORD FOCUS IS ERRATIC AND HESITATES FROM A STOP. AFTER SLOWING DOWN, IT STUTTERS AT LOWER SPEEDS. TRANSMISSION IS CHATTERING AND CLUNKING AT LOWER SPEEDS. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AT SEVERAL FORD DEALERSHIPS, AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL NOT RUNNING CORRECTLY. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOW SEIZED UP AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AND FORD DOES NOT WANT TO COVER ANY OF THE COSTS.

THE CAR HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH TRYING TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CAR HESITATES AND LURCHES WHEN ACCELERATING AND DOWNSHIFTING. AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE IS INCREDIBLY LOUD AS IF IT'S STUCK IN THE WRONG GEAR. NOW THE DEALER DISCOVERED A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK AS A RESULT OF THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I SEE ON-LINE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. I NEVER KNOW WHETHER IT WILL HESITATE OR SHUDDER WHEN TAKING OFF SO I DRIVE IT AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. HAVING THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING ONLY AMPLIFIES THE PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND IN SHORT ORDER WILL PASS THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY. MY DEALER, FOX FORD IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN HAS A REPAIR PART ESTIMATE OF SEVERAL WEEKS TO 6 MONTHS. THE SAME MESSAGE FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. I INVITE ANY OF YOUR INVESTIGATORS TO...