2012 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR FOCUS STUTTERS AND GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND. *TR

ENGINE STALLED AND SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. ENGINE ALSO REV'ED UP DOWN WITHOUT ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING AND TRACTION WARNING CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS DRIVEN TO NEARBY PARKING LOT WHERE IT COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, AS IT COULD NOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY. FORD DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A DTC CODE U0101 OR SIMPLY A BAD TCM(TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE). TCM WAS REPLACED ON THE TRANSMISSION AND PAID BY OWNER, DESPITE THIS PART BEING RECALLED BY FORD ON OTHER FORD FOCUS MODELS, AS FOLLOWS: FOCUS POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) RECALL NUMBER: 13V523000 RECALL DATE: 10/30/2013 PROBLEM SUMMARY: FORD MOTOR COMPANY (FORD) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012-2014 FOCUS ELECTRIC VEHICLES MANUFACTURED SEPTEMBER 15, 2011, THROUGH AUGUST 23, 2013. IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, A POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE PROBLEM MAY RESULT IN A STALL-LIKE CONDITION. CONSEQUENCE: AN UNEXPECTED LOSS...

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, IT OFTEN HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING, TURNING, ACCELERATING, OR DECELERATING. I HAD IT "REPAIRED" AT A FORD DEALERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDING REPLACING THE ENTIRE CLUTCH, IN MARCH 2014. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH ADDED LOUD NOISES AND GRINDING/SHUDDERING. I RETURNED IT TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AGAIN IN JULY 2014. THE CAR WAS FINE FOR AWHILE, BUT AFTER 200 MILES, STARTED HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS BEFORE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CLUTCH AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 2014. ON MY 4TH CLUTCH, AND IT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. I LACK CONFIDENCE IN FORD THAT THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM AND I AM CONTINUOUSLY CONCERNED THAT MY CAR MAY HAVE UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS CAUSING SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR

ON-GOING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, JERK, CHOKING AT LOWER SPEEDS ESPECIALLY AT ABOUT 15 MPG TO 40 MPG. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT YET BUT MANY CLOSE CALLS. DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, OR MAKING A TURN FROM A STOPLIGHT, OR IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHERE SPEEDS ARE SLOWER - DRIVING THIS VEHICLE BECOMES AN ISSUE. THERE ARE TIME WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED, IT JERKS AND CHUGS UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION KICKS IN CAUSING A DELAY IN ACCELERATION, OR IT CHOKES AS IF IT WILL DIE ON THE SPOT. THESE ARE ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR TO BE HIT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GET YOUR CAR TO MOVE. IN DETROIT TRAFFIC IS BRUTAL - THEY DO NOT STOP FOR ANYTHING. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2012 - I ONLY HAVE 21,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE ( CURRENTLY 10/15/14)....

CLUTCH CHATTER AT LOW SPEED, START OFF AND SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND, ONLY SEEMS TO DO IT AFTER ITS WARM OR UNDER A LOAD. *TR

DRIVING DURING VERY HEAVY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC (AT APPROX 25 MPH). CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER/HESITATE VERY BAD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE - I WAS ABOUT TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE CAR THE REMAINING FEW MILES TO THE OFFICE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE DRIVE HOME. WAS ABLE TO PLUG IN MY OWN OBD COMPUTER AND RECEIVED THE CODE P0902 (CLUTCH ACTUATOR CONTROL CIRCUIT LOW). NEXT DAY, STARTED CAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF AND CAR DROVE FINE. HAVE APPOINTMENT FOR 10/15 TO TAKE CAR TO DEALERSHIP BUT FEAR THAT BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NO LONGER ON THEY WILL BE UNABLE TO "RECREATE THE ISSUE" AND WILL NOT FIX IT. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS CAR IN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION RESET, BUT THIS OCCURRENCE WAS BY...

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW FROM GOLDEN CIRCLE FORD, JACKSON TN. I HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS TO FORD CORPORATE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND TREMENDOUS SHUDDER, LOOSING POWER AND NOT SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS. AREA REP ADVISED FOR ME TO GET ANOTHER OPINION FROM DEALER 100 MILES FROM ME AND HE WOULD CALL BACK BUT HE NEVER DID. LOCAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS SHUDDER IS NORMAL AND SERVICE MANAGER HAS SAME VEHICLE THAT DOES THE SAME. TELLS ME THIS IS THE WAY TRANSMISSION IS MADE TO GET GOOD GAS MILEAGE. I WAS RECENTLY REAR-ENDED B/C MY VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN, AFTER BODY REPAIRS MADE, THEY TOLD ME, "NORMAL, JUST THE WAY IT IS". WHILE SITTING AT INTERSECTION STOPPED, LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED, VEHICLE STALLED, WAS HIT. OTHER PARTY ASSUMED LIABILITY BUT ASKED WHY I DID NOT GO AHEAD AND MOVE. MY CAR DID WHAT IT DOES CONSTANTLY....

I PURCHASED THIS FORD ON SEPT 22, 12... IT HAD 83 MILES ON IT.. I AM THE ONLY OWNER. SINCE THEN ITS BEEN IN THE DEALER FOR SERVICE OVER 10 TIMES. I AM ON MY (3)THIRD CLUTCH SYSTEM TO STOP THE SHUTTER AND LOUD NOISES IT MAKES. THE LAST CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED ON SEPT 23, 14. AND AFTER A WEEK ITS BACK TO ITS SAME JERKING/SHUTTERS AND THE NOISE IS LOUD WHEN YOU MAKE TURNS. ITS REALLY NICE WHEN I TRY TO GET A BUYER TO TEST DRIVE IT. I PRAY IT DOES NOT MAKE A NOISE DURING THE TEST DRIVE. AND, THE FRONT SHOCK SUSPENSION MADE CRUNCHING NOISES AT LOW SPEEDS ON UN-EVEN ROAD SURFACE. (LIKE DRIVING IN AND OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND IN PARKING LOTS). AND, THE WAY TO FIX THE FRONT SUSPENSION.... THE FORD SERVICE TIGHTEN THE FRONT END DOWN. AND. BELIEVE ME YOU FEEL EVERY...

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I NOTICED SIGNIFICANT SHUTTERING OF THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP INTO LOW GEARS. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, PER WARRANTY EXTENSION PROVIDED BY FORD (FIELD SERVICE ACTION NUMBER 14M01). SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THAT COMPLETED SERVICE, THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON -- AND WAS ON AND OFF OVER A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK. THE CAR ALSO PERIODICALLY JERKED FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ACCELERATING IN LOW GEARS, AND THE SAME UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY WHEN IN REVERSE. I MADE A FOLLOW UP SERVICE APPOINTMENT DURING THIS TIME. THEN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT, AFTER FILLING THE CAR WITH GAS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. WHEN TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE CAR SHUTTERED VIOLENTLY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF NOISE. AFTER CALLING A TOW TRUCK AND RESTING THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE...

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...

TRANSMISSION SHUDDER. REBUILT 3 TIMES. SOFTWARE RESET 5 TIMES. TRANSMISSION COMPUTER REPLACED 1X. STILL SHUDDERS, DRIFTS BACK WHEN ON A HILL, JERKS INTO GEAR SUDDENLY. SERVICE STATION ADVISED ME WHEN THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER (NOT UNDER WARRANTY) THAT THE SHUDDER AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WERE NORMAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS BEGAN WHEN I PURCHASE THE CAR IN SPRING OF 2012 AND IS STILL AN ISSUE NOW AT ABOUT 82,0000 MILES. MOST OF THE WORK WAS DONE WHILE UNDER THE NORMAL WARRANTY. THE LAST SERVICE, WHEN THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER 2014. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY AND SEEMS DANGEROUS AT TIMES WHEN IT JERKS INTO GEAR OR ROLLS BACK WHEN AT A STOP. *TR

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON CAME ON. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLAMMING INTO EVERY GEAR. I WAS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR REVVING AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 RPM GOING 30 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. THE DAY AFTER I TOOK INTO SPIKES FORD WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS THEN FIXED ON 08-11-14. I PICKED UP THE CAR AND DROVE HOME. 2 HOURS LATER AS I'M ENTERING A HIGHWAY TO GO TO WAL-MART, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD, RPM'S FLEW WAY ABOVE 6000 AND CAR SPED UP FOR A SECOND THEN SLOWLY DECLINED DOWN TO 30 ON THE HIGHWAY!! THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FELT THE PROBLEM SO THEY TOOK THE CAR YET AGAIN. NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY FIXED IT. ANOTHER 3 HOURS LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY REFLASHED IT FOR...

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING LONG DELAY/HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING AND SLOW/DELAYED ACCELERATION. NOTICEABLE SHUDDERING AND VIBRATION WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS AND OCCASIONAL HARD, PRONOUNCED SHIFT CHANGES CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS TO LUNGE. THIS CREATES VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS IN THE DASH STATING 'TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE NOW' THIS EVENT OCCURRED THE FIRST WEEK OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP (I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW JANUARY 2012). AT THAT TIME THE DEALER RECALIBRATED THE TRANSMISSION AND IT'S BEEN PERFORMING SATISFACTORILY UNTIL RECENTLY. THIS EVENT HAS NOW OCCURRED ON FOUR OTHER OCCASIONS WITH THE MOST RECENT EVENT OCCURRING ON 9/30/2014. THE 9/30/2014 EVENT WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS AND SEVERE SO THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO DIFFERENT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT A PART KNOWN AS THE "FORK" FELL WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATED 12/17/14*LJ

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IS HORRIBLE WITH EXCESSIVE SHUDDERING AND LURCHING. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2012 FOCUS RECENTLY AND A FEW DAYS LATER ON 9/22/14 I WAS DRIVING AROUND 50 MPH WHEN THE RPMS JUST SHOT UP. I LET OFF THE GAS AND PRESSED DOWN ON IT AGAIN AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT AGAIN THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TRIED TO CHANGE THE GEAR TO NEUTRAL, THEN REVERSE, THEN BACK TO DRIVE AND EACH GEAR DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF I TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE MESSAGE "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" CAME ON. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES IT STARTED UP AND DROVE FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY AND I HAD TO CROSS THREE LANES OF HIGHWAY...

CAR STUTTERS AND DOES NOT SHIFT. SEVERE SHAKING AND LOSS OF CRUISE SPEED IS EFFECTED. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND SEEMS TO LOSE SPEED WHILE DRIVING. I AM SCARED TO LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE THIS CAR AND ONLY HAVE OWNING IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ONCE AND GOING BACK AGAIN. THERE IS NO APPARENT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED AND THIS DID NOTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

AT A STOP LIGHT CAR IN DRIVE BRAKES LOCK, SHIFT GEAR LOCKS. MESSAGE APPEARS TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK. CAR TAKES AT LEAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES TO TURN BACK OVER TO START UP. CAR STALLS TO GO INTO DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ACCELERATES WHEN TURNING A CORNER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE BEFORE THE VEHICLE WENT BACK INTO GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIR AND SERVICE UPDATES WERE PERFORMED FOR THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. ..UPDATED 10/15/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. UPDATED 4/1/2015 *JS

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, SAYING CHECK TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING THE CAR SHAKES OR VIBRATE WHEN THE PEED CHANGE. *TR

AT RANDOM TIMES THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF LEAVING A COASTING VEHICLE DOWN THE HIGHWAY, OR LEAVE YOU STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. IF YOU LEAVE IT SIT FOR 30MIN-1HOUR IT MAY RESTART. IF YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR IT WAS NOT RESPOND. AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES THE VEHICLE WILL RECOVER FROM A ROUGH IDLE AND TRY TO LUNGE FORWARD EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK. PROBLEM: TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *TR

IT DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. SLOW AND SLUGGISH TO SHIFT. VERY JERKY. ESPECIALLY AT LOWER GEARS. JERKS FORWARD WHEN NOT EXPECTING IT. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO DEALER TWICE. HAD A NEW CLUTCH PUT IN. WAS GOOD FOR A DAY OR TWO. DOING IT AGAIN!!!! THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED & RETURNED TO OWNERS ONLY WHEN THIS IS FIXED. FORD KNOWS THIS EXPERIMENT DID NOT WORK & IT IS TIME TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY & THIS EXPERIENCE HAS LEFT ME VERY UNHAPPY. I WAS SOOO HAPPY TO GET A NEW CAR. NOW I AM LEFT WITH THIS. AS A SINGLE WORKING MOTHER, I WAS APPALLED THAT I WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION BEING MANUAL HYBRID UNTIL I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE. THIS IS FRAUDULENT SALEMANSHIP FROM FORD. *TR

DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION APPARENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO SHIFT LEVEL ACTION [SHIFTING FROM 'DRIVE' TO 'SPORT' MODES]. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, AND WAITING A FEW MINUTES I RESTARTED AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY. THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ON THE THIRD DAY, THE SAME FAILURE. AFTER RESTARTING, I TURNED AROUND AND IT FAILED AGAIN [200 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS FAILURE]. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND IS WAITING FOR INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN A LIGHT MESSAGE ON MY DASH CAME ON SAYING "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" AND THE CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER TO THE WHEELS, MOTOR REVVED BUT I WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE. I TRIED PUTTING IN A SPORT MODE TO SEE IF COULD SHIFT VIA TOGGLE SWITCH, BUT STILL NO GEARS. I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON. I SHUT THE CAR OFF HOPING IT WOULD RESET SOMETHING, BUT ONCE DID THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T START, I HAD POWER AND ALL BUT WHEN TURNED KEY TO START NOTHING HAPPENED. IT'S SITTING AT THE DEALER NOW. I CHECK SOME MARK II FOCUS FORUMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND WHEN TAKING TO DEALERSHIP NOTHING IS BEING DONE. *TR

ON AUGUST 24TH, WHEN DRIVING ON A MAJOR HOUSTON HIGHWAY AT 64MPH, I LOST ALL DRIVE-TRAIN POWER. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND DRIVE STATUS INDICATOR IMMEDIATELY STARTED BLINKING, AND I HAD NO RESPONSE FROM MY THROTTLE. I WAS SIMPLY COASTING. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY TAKE AN EXIT RAMP AND PULL INTO A RELATIVELY SAFE LOCATION OFF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY. I WAITED SOME TIME WITH THE CAR SHUT OFF, AND AFTER STARTING IT BACK UP, THE CEL CLEARED ITSELF AND CAR WAS FUNCTIONAL AGAIN AFTER LEAVING MY CAR AT TOMBALL FORD FOR A WEEK, THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, AND FOUND NO RECORD OF THE CEL IN THE SYSTEM. I WAS FORCED TO PICK THE CAR BACK UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND UPON REPEATED INQUIRIES FROM MY WIFE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS WOULD NOT TELL HER...

FORD FOCUS TITANIUM HATCHBACK (2012) HAS TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH PROBLEMS. FORD SERVICE DEPT. HAS "FIXED" OVER THREE TIMES WITH NO RESULT. LEAK BETWEEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, ALS LEAK. AT ONE POINT THE SERVICE CHANGE WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO PARTS BEING UNAVAILABLE. FORD REFUSED TO PROVIDE RENTAL CAR OR AND EXTRAS TO HELP WITH THE INCONVENIENCE. *TR

MY CAR SHUDDERS VERY BAD TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND ALMOST COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN TAKES OF LIKE YOU HAVE JERKED IT INTO GEAR ITS MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISE IN AND OUT OF THE CAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS UNTIL YOU LET THE CAR COOL DOWN FOR A LONG TIME. ITS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE BUY FORD AND NOW THERE TELLING ME THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DUE FOR ME BECAUSE ITS IN SPEC. *TR

MULTIPLE INSTANCE HAVE OCCURRED STARTING IN 2013 REGARDING SHUDDERING WITH THE CAR ON ACCELERATION. IT HAPPENS WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION OR EVEN JUST TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS CAUSED SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, THE LATEST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. THE PERSON BEHIND ME WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT AND STARTED TAILGATING ME. HE WAS SO CLOSE WE COULD HAVE REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED HIS CAR. I COULD NOT GO FASTER, AS HARD AS I TRIED BY PUSHING ON THE GAS. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED, THE CAR CONTINUED TO FOLLOW ME WAY TOO CLOSELY FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE FINALLY TURNING OFF THE FREEWAY. THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY ON MY CAR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE FOR TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. THE LAST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN ( APRIL 2014), I WAS...

WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED STATING THE "HILL ASSIST" IS NOT FUNCTIONING. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I GAVE IT GAS THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE RPM RAN UP. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE, REVERSE OR STANDARD. I TURNED THE CAR ENGINE OFF THINKING IT MIGHT RESET ITSELF. INSTEAD, WHEN I TURNED THE KEY NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WOULD ALSO NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN THE ONLY LANE OPEN TO ALLOW CARS TO PROCEED STRAIGHT. THE RIGHT LANE WAS CLOSED DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND I WAS BLOCKING THAT ROAD CREW. SEVERAL TIMES I NEARED RECEIVING A REAR END COLLISION. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP TELLS ME THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONS AND NEEDS REPLACED AT A COST OF $1300.00. I FIND THAT CURIOUS AS THE CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND THERE...

SHUTTERS/ GRINDING NOISE/ TUGS AND JOLTS AT LOW SPEEDS AND UP HILLS. WHEN IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC MESSAGE ON DASH, OVERHEATING TRANSMISSION PULL OVER WAIT 8 MINUTES. *TR

HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHAKING, SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY, AND BEING UNABLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 40-35 MPH. I WOULD ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD OPERATE AS THOUGH IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN KICK IN AND REV UP TO 6-7000 RPM AND STILL NOT ACCELERATE. THEN IT WOULD FINALLY FEEL AS THOUGH IT HAD DOWNSHIFTED BUT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT. THEY APPLIED THE LATEST COMPUTER UPDATES AND CHECKED FLUIDS. THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE HAD A SHIFTING FORK CODE (DCT), AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED- YET THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE AFTER THE COMPUTER WAS UPDATED. IF THERE WAS A SHIFTING FORK ISSUE, THEN IT WOULDN'T MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER A COMPUTER UPDATE AND COME RIGHT BACK. THE VEHICLE OPERATED FINE FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH NO ISSUES. THEN I...

VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHILE AT A STOP, I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS ROLLING AND BUMPED THE CAR BEHIND ME WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. GRADE AT STOP LIGHT IS 99% LEVEL GROUND. HAS CONSISTENTLY ATTEMPTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AT ALL STOPS THEREAFTER, DEALER HAS SERVICED ISSUE MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO RESULT. *TR

ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN AFTER 3 "FIXES" AT A FORD SERVICE CENTER. TRANSMISSION HESITATES, JERKS, AND SHUDDERS IN GEARS 1 THROUGH 3 PRIMARILY, SOMETIMES HARD ENOUGH TO SPILL A DRINK. SLOW SPEEDS AND STOP AND GO SPEEDS RESULT IN HORRIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS AS THE JERKS/SHUDDERS GET WORSE. IT FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL BE PREPARING FOR A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC (WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE THIS TURN), AND THE HESITATION WILL BE SO BAD THAT IT'S UNCLEAR IF I'LL MAKE THE LEFT OR GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC FIRST. TRANSMISSION HAS NOW MOVED ON TO A GRINDING SOUND, JERKING MOTION, SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING'S GETTING STUCK. EACH TIME I'VE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE SHOP, IT RUNS WELL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN STARTS THE SHAKING AND HESITATING AGAIN. SLOWLY THE RESULTS COME BACK, AT FIRST SUBTLE SO YOU...

MY WIFE PURCHASED OUR FOCUS AUGUST 2012. SHORTLY THERE AFTER WE NOTICED THE CAR SHAKING AND SHUTTERING. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES EACH TIME IT WAS PUT ON A COMPUTER AND GIVEN BACK TO US. THE SECOND TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT'S HOW FORD MADE THIS VEHICLE THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE.(WOODY SANDERS FORD). THE CAR ONLY HAS 9000 MILES ON IT AND STILL DRIVES LIKE CRAP. *TR

CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND BOG DOWN AS I MOVED FORWARD. THEN SLIPPED GOING INTO 2ND. WHEN GIVEN A GOOD AMOUNT OF GAS THE CAR HESITATED AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR. *TR

I CANNOT GIVE EXACT DATES AND MILEAGE BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FORM THE GET GO AND GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE RECENTLY. THE CAR USED TO SIMPLY STRUGGLE TO GO FORM A STOP OR LOW SPEED. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPROGRAMMED BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. IT CONTINUES TO ACT IN THAT MANNER BUT NOW HAS GOTTEN DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT IS DRIVEN FROM GEORGETOWN, KY TO CINCINNATI 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR WORK. IT NOW HAS ROUGHLY 105,000 MILES ON IT, THOUGH THAT MAY BE JUST A LITTLE HIGH. THE CAR IS NOW LOSING POWER, NOT SHUTTING DOWN BUT LOSING POWER. IT IS HAPPENING AT SLOW SPEED AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MY WIFE HAS REPORTED IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. WE HAVE SPENT OVER $1100 TRYING TO FIX IT BASED ON WHAT THE DEALERSHIP IS...

ONGOING AND PERSISTENT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION; HESITATION, JERKING, SHUDDERING, GRINDING, LACK OF POWER. SLOW SPEED AND STOP-AND-GO DRIVING RESULTS IN VERY POOR PERFORMANCE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ONE OCCASION I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO MERGE AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY; THE ENGINE WAS REVVING BUT THERE WAS ALMOST NO POWER GOING TO THE WHEELS AND A VERY LOUD GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE SHOP TWICE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON. THEY REPROGRAM THE SOFTWARE AND IT DRIVES OK FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE CAR IN MY OPINION IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ABOUT HALF OF THE TIME. FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS OR CORRECT THE ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT THE 2012 FOCUS AROUND FEBRUARY OF 2012. AT FIRST I WAS ESTATIC AND THE CAR RAN GREAT. HOWEVER, JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE CAR STARTED GRIDING AT LOW SPEEDS HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE GOING UP A HILL TO THE POINT IT WANTS TO STALL. AT ONE POINT I DID GET UP THE HILL, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T SEEM TO RECOVER AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER THE CAR DID STALL DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND WE HAD TO GLIDE IT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND INTO A PARKING LOT. THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BY THE TIME I GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT HAD GONE OFF, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T "DUPLICATE THE ISSUE", AND THAT IF THE LIGHT HAD WENT OFF THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE REAR ASSIST MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHEN TURNING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE FRONT OF THE CAR MAKES A METAL ON METAL SCRAPING SOUND (INTERMITTINGLY) ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SEEM TO ALWAYS KICK IN WHEN AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR SHAKES AS THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED. I'VE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, IT IS JUST HOW THE CAR OPERATES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR STOPPED WHILE I WAS STEPPING ON THE PEDAL - I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY GEARS SO THEY WERE CHANGED AND MY CAR WAS REPAIRED FOR OVER 3 WEEKS AND WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP - IT STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM - MY TRANSMISSION ISN'T SHIFTING WITH MY GEARS SO IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK AFTER ONLY DRIVING 6 BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE FORD DEALER. IT IS STILL BEING REPAIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED ROUGHLY AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY FORD FOCUS 2012, THE ENGINE WOULD SHUTTER INBETWEEN SHIFTS. THIS RESULTED IN DELAYS IN THE SHIFT AND THEN SOMETIMES IN SURGES IN POWER, BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS ALSO OFTEN A GRINDING OR CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE DURING THE SHIFT. I FINALLY GOT FORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AFTER TAKING IT INTO THE SHOP FOR SERVICE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND MAKING NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS. IN THE INTERIM, I BELIEVE MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER DO TO THE UNPREDICTABLE MALFUNCTIONING OF THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET THROUGH AN INTERSECTION OR GET ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE DELAY/SHUTTER/SURGE OF THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, AS I COULD NOT PREDICT WHEN THE INCIDENTS WERE GOING TO OCCUR, OR EXACTLY TO WHAT DEGREE. I BELIEVE FORD'S REPEATED REFUSAL TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER....

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...

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN JERKY, SHAKY, JUMPS INTO GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED PERIODICALLY SINCE I HAVE GOTTEN THE CAR AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. MOST RECENTLY, WHENEVER IT SHIFTS AROUND 20 MPH THERE IS A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE ALONG WITH A SHUDDER. BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO HUDSON FORD IN HUDSON, WI ON AUGUST 15, 2014. DEALER STATED THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK AND SEALS WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY REPLACED SEALS. I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID NO. ON MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2014 I CALLED THE DEALER BACK TO LET THEM KNOW THE GRINDING NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT, NOT ALL OF THE TIME SHIFTING BUT IT IS STILL OCCURRING. DEALER SAID TO "GIVE IT A THOUSAND MILES AND CALL BACK IF IT STILL HAPPENS BECAUSE NEW PARTS NEED TO LUBRICATE AND BEAK IN." I AM NOT SURE HOW TRUE THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE METAL PARTS...

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,...

WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A RURAL HIGHWAY FROM A STOP SIGN, MY CAR HESITATED BETWEEN 2-3 SECONDS AFTER MOVING PARTWAY INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE FEEL WAS DISTINCTLY LIKE CLUTCH SLIPPAGE, AND THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE ME APPLYING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER ALMOST 2 SECONDS OF VERY SLOWLY (2-3 MPH) CRAWLING INTO THE INTERSECTION THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED ABRUPTLY AND I RESUMED MOVING INTO MY LANE. I FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, DESPITE TWO DEALERS OVER 4 TRIPS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR IT, AND HAVE A GOOD FEEL FOR HOW TO MODULATE THE THROTTLE TO WORK THROUGH THE STALL. HOWEVER, THIS TIME IT NEARLY RESULTED IN ME BEING T-BONED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY AN 18-WHEELER TRAVELING 55 MPH. FORTUNATELY THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO BYPASS ME IN HIS LEFT LANE. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR MY FIFTH TRIP, THIS TIME...

THIS YEAR VEHICLE YEAR HAS A TRANSMISSION SURGE PROBLEM. FORD FOCUS 2012. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL SURGE, BUCKING, SCARING ME ALMOST TO LOSING CONTROL. DEALERSHIP DID NOT ADVISE ME BEFORE I BOUGHT. WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. DETROIT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY, BUT THAT DOES NOT HELP ME DRIVING IT. MY OPINION UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. I BOUGHT THIS IN FEB. 2014 WITH 34,000 MILES ON IT. I NEED PERRY FORD SAN LUIS OBISPO TO TAKE IT BACK. IT CAN NOT BE FIXED. I SEE 459 COMPLAINTS ON THIS. HOW CAN I GET HELP. I AM A DISABLED SENIOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE, I'D SAY 10 MPH. IT TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS WARMER OUT AND THE A/C IS ON. I HAVE FOUND THAT IF THE SHIFTER IS PUT INTO "SPORT MODE" AND I MANUALLY SHIFT FROM FIRST IT WON'T DO IT. THIS IS MY GF'S CAR AND SHE WILL NOT USE THE "SPORT MODE". THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR