2012 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,491.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ON FREEWAY, FAILED TO SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND HESITATES TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM STOP. HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD MULTIPLE TIMES AND PROBLEM COMES BACK EVERY TIME. *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 WAS LEAVING FROM THE BP GAS STATION FROM WAYNE SULLIVAN DR IN PADUCAH, KY I HAD DROVE FROM LEDBETTER WHICH IS 10 MINS OUTSIDE OF PADUCAH AND WHEN I STARTED MY CAR TO LEAVE GAS STATION PULLING OUT INTO BUSY INTERSECTION I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 10MPH WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND MY 5 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. I HAD REPORTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY PUT COMPUTER TO ADJUST IT BUT TOLD ME SLIPPAGE AND JERKING WOULD BE NORMAL DUE TO THE TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS ROLLED BACK ON STEEP HILLS ALSO. *TR

WENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE CAR WENT INTO A NEUTRAL STATE AND JUST REVVED UP. THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE SCREEN WAS NO LONGER THERE. AFTER 15 OR SO SECONDS IT REAPPEARED AND RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THE CODE READ AND IT SAID A TCM LOW SHIFT POINT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.THIS WAS AT 60700 MILES. AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE OF HOURS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING RANDOMLY ANYWHERE FROM DAYS APART TO A MONTH APART. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD ASSIST AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN OR WILL DO FOR ME... *TR

DRIVING THE CAR, PULLED IN TO POST OFFICE CAR DIED. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. DISPLAY SAYS PARKING AID MALFUNCTION NO PRND INDICATOR THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. IF HAPPENED GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, GOING ABOUT 40-50 MPH ON A SUNNY, HOT DAY IN JULY, THE TRACTION CONTROL SUDDENLY TURNED ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE. I FOUND IT ODD AS THE WEATHER WAS NOT INCLEMENT AND I HAD NOT HIT A POTHOLE SO I PULLED OVER SINCE THE CAR WAS AUTOMATICALLY SLOWING DOWN. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AS THERE WERE PLENTY OF CARS AROUND AND THIS WAS LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM THE HIGHWAY THAT I WAS ABOUT TO TRAVEL. AFTER PULLING OVER, I TURNED THE CAR OFF TO TRY TO CLEAR THE TRACTION CONTROL AS IT SEEMED TO BE STUCK ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON (THE ENGINE WAS NOT TURNING ON THOUGH THE BATTERY WAS FINE). AFTER CALLING THE FORD AUTO CLUB AND HAVING HELP COME OUT, THE CAR GOT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE ISSUE...

THE VEHICLE DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT PROPERLY. IT DOESN'T SHIFT UP WHEN IT SHOULD AND REVS UP BADLY. THE SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN I GO DOWN LARGE HILLS. IT SHIFTS DOWN AND IT SHOULDN'T, SO THE ENGINE REVS AND I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS. FURTHER, WHEN I AM PARKED ON A HILL, IT ROLLS BACK A BIT BEFORE STOPPING. LASTLY, THE BLUETOOTH MICROPHONE IS DYING AND SOUNDS TERRIBLE ON THE OTHER END. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND BECAME UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL SEAL WAS RUPTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,900.

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS STALLING OUT, SHAKES VIGOROUSLY, AND SHIFTS ROUGH. IN THOSE TIMES THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THIS TRANSMISSION MAKES THE CAR VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

2012 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WATER LEAKAGE ON THE INSIDE PASSENGER SIDE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWO AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED, WATER LEAKED INSIDE AGAIN. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THEN AT 13,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE WHEN SHE ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER THEN TRADED THE VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER A 2014 FORD FOCUS AND SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SHUDDER PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ALSO HAD A CLUTCH. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION IS KNOCKING WHEN IT SHIFTS GEARS ESPECIALLY THE LOWER GEARS. IT STUTTERS REALLY BAD AS WELL. *JS

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN JUNE 2012 AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHAKY, SLIPPING, STUTTERING, JERKING, STALLING ON ACCELERATION, OVERHEATING, ROLLING BACK ON HILLS, NO ACCELERATION ON HILLS, AND GRINDING EVER SINCE. HAD CLUTCH SEAL REPLACED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM PURCHASE WHICH THEY CLAIMED CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM PERSISTED BUT THEY TOLD ME TO GIVE IT TIME TO ADJUST TO THE REPAIR. I TOOK IT BACK IN AT 11,000 AND THEY REPLACED ONE OF THE CLUTCHES. PROBLEM PERSISTED ONLY THEN THE CAR'S SYSTEM INDICATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING (WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY) AND INDICATED ON THE CONSOLE THAT I NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR COOLED DOWN. THE TEMP ON THE CAR WAS IN NORMAL RANGE. I WAS 3 HOURS FROM HOME WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND LEFT ON THE SIDE OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY BECAUSE MY CAR'S SYSTEM SAID THE TRANNY WAS OVERHEATING. TOOK IT TO...

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TRIED TO TAKE OFF AT STOP LIGHT. WHEN I HIT THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR JERKED REAL HARD BUT BARELY ROLLED. THEN THE RPM WENT TO 5000-5500 AND IT TOOK OFF REAL FAST. *TR

AFTER THREE MONTHS OF THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE I STARTED EXPERIENCING SOME SHUTTERING/NOISE/STALLING OF THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY "REFLASHED". IT WAS FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN IT STARTED AGAIN. TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND IT GOT "REFLASHED" AGAIN. THE THIRD TIME THEY DID SOMETHING WITH THE MODULE BOX. AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH ON THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK IN AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED. SO IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO FORD ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THE CONCERNS OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. I HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN THE CAR STALLS BETWEEN GEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND CROSS TRAFFIC DOESN'T STOP. I EVEN TRIED SEEING ABOUT...

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE IN MOTION. IN INCIDENT 1, THIS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) AND INCIDENT #2 IN LOCAL TRAFFIC (15 MPH). IN BOTH CASES ALL POWER WAS LOST INCLUDING THE ACCELERATION, POWER STEERING, ETC. AFTER INCIDENT 1, THE CAR RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO THE DEALER - EXTENSIVE REPAIRS WERE MADE "TO THE TRANSMISSION" (PER THE DEALER). IN THE SECOND INCIDENT AFTER DEALER REPAIRS AFTER INCIDENT 1, THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WOULD NOT RESTART - TOWED TO DEALER. AGAIN LOSS OF ALL POWER INCLUDING ACCELERATION, POWER STEERING, ETC. AFTER INCIDENT 2 THE DEALER REPLACED THE "MASTER CONTROL UNIT". WHILE BOTH INCIDENTS WERE COVERED BY FORD UNDER THE "DRIVE TRAIN" ORIGINAL WARRANTY I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF POWER IN TWO INCIDENTS SEPARATED BY ABOUT ONE MONTH. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, NOT GOING INTO PARK, AND SHUDDERING AND SPUTTERING WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE HAD MY CAR. THIS WEEK, I COULDNT GET IT OUT OF PARK AT ALL AND THEN WENT TO DRIVE HOME FROM WORK MY SHIFTER WOULD MOVE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. *TR

WITHIN A MONTH OF PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN "SHUDDERING" I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY TIME I SENT IT IN FOR SERVICE AND ALL THEY TELL ME IS "IT IS NORMAL, YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO IT. ITS THE NEW TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY OF FORD." I CANT BELIEVE THAT AFTER 2YRS AND 17K MILES ON IT THAT IT IS STILL EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION TO IT. MAY I KNOW UNTIL WHEN AM I GOING TO WAIT? ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT JUST CAME UP- I HAVE WITNESSED A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE SPEAKER. SEEMS LIKE A THUNDER/CRACKING NOISE. MY HUSBAND HAS HEARD IT TWICE. IT IS A VERY LOUD SOUND. IT SCARED ME WHEN I HEARD IT THE FIRST TIME. *TR

MY CAR (2012 FORD FOCUS) HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING AND MAKES A SHUTTER NOISE WHILE TAKING OFF I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. *TR

NOTICED ROLL BACK ON INCLINE AT VEHICLE SERVICE TECH REPROGRAMMED PCM TCM AND ABS MODULE JULY 2013 HAVE BEEN NOTICING HESITATION AND JERKING ON SHIFTING AT SERVICE ONCE AGAIN TECH REPROGRAMMED TCM JULY 2014 CAR HAS STILL CONTINUED TO HESITATE ON ACCELERATION AND NOW A VIBRATION AND NOISE CAN BE HEARD FROM TRANSMISSION TECH CAN FIND NO PROBLEM. *TR

I JUST HAD MY VEHICLE IN A FORD DEALERSHIP YOU GET THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE WAS ON. IT HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS AND WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAR CAME TO A HALT AND WOULD NOT SHIFT AND I WAS ALMOST REARENDED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT A FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT. WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL OF THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL? *TR

AUTOMATIC MANUAL CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS, JERKS, VIBRATES AND LURCHES AT LOW SPEEDS OR ON HILLS. FORD REPROGRAMMED CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION IN 2014 AND IT IMPROVED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AS THE CLUTCH IS SLIPPING. PLEASE RECALL AND FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2012 FORD FOCUS MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR JERKS WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOP USUALLY THRU 1ST AND 2ND GEARS THRU THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD SPLIT TRANSMISSION. A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE ON THIS CAR, I GUESS IT WILL TAKE SOME ACCIDENTS AND LIVES BEFORE FORD DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

AUTOMATIC MANUAL CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS, JERKS, VIBRATES AND LURCHES AT LOW SPEEDS OR ON HILLS. FORD REPROGRAMMED CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION IN 2014 AND IT IMPROVED, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS MORE INTERMITTENT WITH IT OCCURRING ONCE OR TWICE DAILY. FORD HAS SINCE TRIED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BUT SAY THERE IS REALLY NOTHING WRONG AND IT PASSES THEIR TEST. THEY SAY IF IT FAILS THEIR COMPUTER TEST THEY WILL REPLACE THE AUTO CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. NOT REAL CONFIDENT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR IN HILLY AREAS. *TR

FORD MOTOR COMPANY ADMITTEDLY ENGINEERED A DEFECTIVE "AUTOMATIC CLUTCH TRANSMISSION" AND PUT IT TO MARKET. I, AS A CONSUMER, WAS SOLD A CAR THAT WAS LABELED/TICKETED WITH AN "AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION". I WAS ADAMANT ABOUT THE STYLE OF TRANSMISSION AS I COMMUTE WITH 40% OF DRIVING WITHIN CITY LIMITS. I DID NOT KNOW, NOR WAS IT DISCLOSED THAT, THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS A HYBRID COMPUTERIZED CLUTCH. A CLUTCH ASSEMBLY PACK WAS REPLACED AT 17,265 MILES WHICH REDUCED THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DEFECT FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO "FIX" THE CAR, THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM TOLD ME TO SUE FORD. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY SIMPLY REPEATED WHAT ALL OTHERS ARE SAYING "IT OPERATES ACCORDING TO DESIGN". AT THIS TIME, THE CAR IS OPERATING AT ITS WORSE SINCE I TOOK POSSESSION. LIKE MOST OTHER COMPLAINTS, THERE IS GRINDING,...

I PURCHASED MY FIRST 2012 FORD FOCUS IN 2011. I EXPERIENCED SHIFTING ISSUES ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET LOOKED AT BECAUSE EACH TIME I HAD TAKEN IT, THE DEALER INSISTED THAT IT WAS DRIVING CORRECTLY AND THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE NEW TYPE OF TRANSMISSION EXCEPT EACH TIME THEY WOULD "REPROGRAM" THE TRANSMISSION AND SEND ME ON MY WAY. I WOULDN'T BE 10 MINUTES DOWN THE STREET AND IT WOULD START ACTING UP AGAIN. LAST YEAR I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER MY 3RD "REPROGRAM" AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. AFTER FIGHTING WITH FORD AND THE DEALERSHIP I ENDED UP EATING THE NEGATIVE EQUITY FROM MY FIRST FOCUS AND ROLLING IT INTO A SECOND 2012 FOCUS. I WAS ASSURED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS ONLY DUE TO A FIRST...

2012 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING POWER AND TRYING TO STALL OUT. SHE WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD REV, BUT WOULD NOT GO, AND WHEN IT FINALLY DID GO, IT WAS VERY JUMPY AND SLOW. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A COMPUTER UPGRADE. THE DEALER STATED IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE FOR THE UPGRADE TO WORK, BUT IT NEVER DID, AND THE PROBLEM WORSENED. THE NEXT TIME, THE DEALER STATED THE TCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TCM, MADE THE PROBLEM EVEN WORSE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING UPON ACCELERATION AND IT FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. *JB

I STARTED EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY FOCUS AFTER WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED THE END OF THE BREAK IN PERIOD, WHICH WAS AROUND 8,000 MILES. THE CAR WOULD STALL, SHUDDER, AND SHAKE DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, AT LOW SPEED DRIVING, AND GOT NOTABLY WORSE THE LONGER I DROVE ESPECIALLY ON HOT/HUMID DAYS. I FOLLOWED THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AS OUTLINED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND EACH TIME I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE I DISCUSSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND RECEIVED THE "CORPORATE" ANSWER EACH TIME "YOUR TRANSMISSION IS OPERATING WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS", THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME. ON 27 JUNE 2014 AS I WAS APPROACHING THE MAIN GATE OF THE BASE I WORK ON, MY CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT AND DISPLAYED THE ALERT "PARKING ASSIST MALFUNCTION MAINTENANCE REQUIRED". THE HAZARD LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE, GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR WOULD NOT SHIFT...

CAR IS A DEATH TRAP! GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND IT JUST LOSES ALL POWER AND DIES! THAT WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REBUILT THE CLUTCH. THIS DID NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT ALL. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED A WEEK LATER WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, AND WE WERE MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND JUST DIED. HOW WE DID NOT ALL END UP SMASHED TO BITS IS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD HIMSELF. IT IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW WITH THEM SAYING IT'S THE TCM MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION. I CAME ONLINE TO INVESTIGATE ONLY TO FIND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR AND IT'S TOTAL PIECE OF CRAP TRANSMISSION. I NOW HAVE ZERO FAITH THAT THIS WILL FIX...

SHUDDER VIBRATION AND ACCELERATION LAG IS PRESENT WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2012 FORD FOCUS. SHUDDERS ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY WHILE ACCELERATING OR REVERSING FROM A FULL STOP, AND ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARMED UP. FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING DURING SHIFT, ALMOST FEELS AS IF A STALL IS IMMINENT ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING UP STEEP HILLS. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED ON JUNE 25, 2014. ON JUNE 28, 2014 WHILE I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE CAR SEEMED TO SLIP OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR. I NEARLY HAD A VERY BAD WRECK TRYING TO GET THE CAR BACK IN CONTROL. ONCE I WAS STOPPED I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP, IT STARTED UP JUST FINE AND DROVE JUST FINE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. THEN IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE CAR NO LONGER WANTS TO SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. I TOOK IT INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT FIX IT FOR ME WITHOUT ANY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES BECAUSE...

JERKING AND SHUDDERING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, DUAL CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, AND THE ISSUE STARTED AGAIN 3 WEEKS OUT OF SERVICE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING A NEARLY BRAND NEW 2012 FORD FOCUS AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH WHEN COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING AT LEAST EQUIVALENT IF NOT HIGHER SPEED. I SAW THE OTHER CAR ATTEMPTING PULLING IN FRONT OF ME AFTER FAILING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR BY BRAKING, BUT THE CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP IN TIME. I T-BONED THE OTHER CAR AND MY CAR WAS DRAGGED BY THE OTHER CAR AND RESTED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS A RESULT, MY CAR WAS TOTALED. ON THE POLICE REPORT, THE POLICE INDICATED THE CRASH WAS MODERATE. THE WATER PUMP, BUMPER AND OTHER STUFF CAME OFF THE CAR, BUT THE AIRBAGS WERE NEVER DEPLOYED. I SUSTAINED HEAD AND CERVICAL SPINAL INJURIES. *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL. ONE WEEK AFTER GETTING IT, I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION "SHUTTERING" BEFORE SHIFTING. TOOK IT IN AND HAD IT FIXED. SEVERAL OTHER THINGS MESSED UP ON THIS CAR SUCH AS THE MY TOUCH SYSTEM, "AUTO" UP/DOWN, AS WELL AS OTHER MINOR THINGS. AFTER WEEKLY GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER, I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS "SHUTTERING" AGAIN WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. ALSO WHEN BACKING UP, THE CAR JERKS. TOOK THE CAR BACK IN AGAIN. TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THREE DAYS LATER, THERE IS ANOTHER MINOR DEFECT IN THE CAR. ITS LIKE THE CAR IS FALLING TO PIECES RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES. TRANSMISSION IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE AND THE HESITATION (SHUTTERING) OF GOING INTO PASSING GEAR COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY DISASTER. THIS CAR IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER'S...

THE TRANSMISSION IS OFF. I HAVE TAKEN IT 4 TIMES TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS, BOTH DID REPAIRS THE FIRST TIME IN, WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK WITH SAME ISSUES BOTH DEALERSHIPS SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. THE CAR SHUDDERS, STALLS, THE BRAKES GRIND AND SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE SHOVED TO THE FLOOR TO WORK EVEN GOING AT A SLOW SPEED. THE CAR STALLS UP HILL AT TIMES AND GRINDS AS YOU ACCELERATES. I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH AN ISSUE WITH A 2012 FOCUS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO ABOVE THE DEALERSHIPS HEAD AND FORCE THEM TO FIX THE ISSUE. MY CAR IS UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY STILL ONLY HAS 22K MILEAGE BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING AFTER ONE TIME, THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *TR

THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC WITH A STANDARD TRANSMISSION. STARTED MAKING "CLUNKING" NOISES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEAL AND THEY PUT A "PACKAGE" ON IT ISSUED BY FORD. SAID THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION BUT THE NOISE WOULD CLEAR UP. TOOK IT BACK A MONTH LATER STILL MAKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY. TO THIS DAY IS STILL MAKING THE NOISE AND RECENTLY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. SCHEDULED AN APPT FOR NEXT MONTH FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. NOW I AM NOTICING THAT SOMETIMES IT WILL SOUND LIKE IT IS IN ONE GEAR BUT THE TACHOMETER IS RACING UPWARDS. MY DAUGHTER HAS SAME CAR JUST A 2013 AND HAS BEEN HAVING SAME ISSUES WITH IT AND HAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH SAME ANSWERS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNED THESE CARS AND THEY TRADED BECAUSE OF SAME...

CAR JERKS/HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION; SHIFTING IS JERKY; WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE THE CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR; FRONT LEFT VIBRATES/RATTLES UPON ACCELERATION; CAR WILL BOG DOWN WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN I GO TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR WILL NOT GO. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED WHEN I CROSSED AN INTERSECTION AND THEN WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT MY CAR DID NOT GO INTO GEAR. WHEN I AM ON THE INTERSTATE AND IN TRAFFIC, IF I NEED TO GET AROUND A CAR QUICKLY I CANNOT DUE TO THE HESITATION IN THE SHIFTING. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE FILED A CASE WITH FORD AND AM TOLD THIS IS HOW THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO DRIVE. *TR

ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASE I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION SLUGGISHNESS, SLOW ACCELERATION DUE TO GEAR SLIPPING, AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION. NOT ALWAYS, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. I CHALKED IT UP TO THE NATURE OF THE DTC AS THE DEALER INSISTED THAT IS HOW THE TRANS WORKS. AFTER SEVERAL MORE MONTHS I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR TRANS PROBLEMS. HAD TRANS REPROGRAMMED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS, ALL PROBLEMS RETURNED ALONG WITH A GRINDING SOUND WHEN IN LOWER GEARS. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REGULAR 7500 MILE CHECK AND SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH TECHNICIAN. HE HAS SAME CAR AND STATED THAT MY CLUTCH PLATES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH SOME OTHER HARDWARE. UNFORTUNATELY, TRANS TECH WAS BOOKED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND A HALF. MADE APPT AT OTHER DEALER AND AFTER THEY CHECKED THE CAR, STATED THAT ALL I NEEDED WAS TO HAVE THE TRANS REPROGRAMMED, GOING SO FAR AS...

TRANSMISSION SLIPS / LOSS OF POWER. SOMETIMES FROM A DEAD STOP AND OTHER TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS FLOORED AND NEEDED FOR PASSING AT SPEED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ITS NOT GOING BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE 3RD TIME ON 6/30/2014 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKS AT AGAIN. ITS HAD TWO PRIOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS AND ITS NOW FAILING THE SAME WAY AGAIN. IF A TRANSMISSION IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE POWER RELIABLY WHEN NEEDED ITS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED AS A RESULT. *TR

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN THE DTC TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HAVE A HARD TIME GOING INTO GEAR AND A LARGE LURCH FOLLOWED THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS AROUND IDLE. ONCE AT IDLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY ALLOW ME TO REV THE ENGINE WITH THE TRANS IN DRIVE. I HAD IT FIXED ALREADY DUE TO TRANS OIL LEAKING INTO THE CLUTCH AREA. 500-1000 MILES LATER SAME ISSUE AWAITING TO GET IT LOOKED AT AGAIN. *TR

I HAD MY FORD FOCUS FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK. BOUGHT USED FROM THE DEALER. I STARTED TO TAKE OFF FROM WALMART PARKING LOT AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND STALLED. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAULTY CLUTCH. AFTER REPAIR MY CAR HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. NOW IT ROLLS BACKWARDS ON HILLS IN AUTOMATIC. GRINDS GEARS WHEN IT TRIES TO SHIFT OUT ON HILLS. AND STILL JERKS TERRIBLY WHEN TAKING OFF. THE SHOP TELLS ME ITS BECAUSE ITS BUILT LIKE A MANUAL FOR EXCELLENT GAS MILEAGE. NOTE NO MANUAL SHIFT IVE EVER DROVE "GRINDS OR JERKS" IF IT IS SHIFT RIGHT. THIS CAR IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS

CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL. AFTER SITTING AWHILE IT STARTED UP AGAIN ONLY TO LOOSE POWER AGAIN. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE COMPUTER, THEN THE BATTERY, THEN THE TRANSMISSION. NOW BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TCM VOLTAGE BEING THE PROBLEM. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS SAID THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE CARS REQUIRING THIS PART. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME RECALLS ON MANY OF THESE MODELS. IN FACT THERE IS A RECALL FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE ON MANY OF THEM BUT NOT MINE. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL IF THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS CAR. *TR

WHEN I START TO GO FROM A STOP. MOTOR HESITATES, AND THEN A VERY MAJOR SHUTTER THROUGH OUT THE CAR. ALSO COMING FROM A STOP ON A HILL CAR WILL ROLL BACK. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME ITS JUST THE WAY IT IS AND THAT IT COULD BE I AM NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH ON TAKE OFF. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2012 FORD FOCUS FROM LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 14,2012. IT HAD 25 MILES ONLY. I'M PAYING A VERY HIGH INTEREST RATE ON $20000+ LOAN FOR VEHICLE. I'M ALSO PAYING EXTRA $2500.00 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE TRANSMISSION FAILED. MILEAGE WAS 10,192. IN JULY, 2013 ANOTHER DEALERSHIP HAD TO FIX TRANSMISSION AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY 29000 MILES THAT TIME. ON 5/23/2014 CAR SHOWED MAJOR FAILURE WITH OCM COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSION AGAIN. WOULD NOT CRANK. NOW AT APPROXIMATELY 63000 MILES. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FIXED ON 06/17/2014 AND I PICKED IT UP AROUND 2PM.. I IMMEDIATELY WENT WORKING WITH THE CAR AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER 100 MILES. AS I WAS RETURNING HOME, ACCELERATING UPHILL ABOUT 45 MPH THE CAR LOST ALL GEARS. AFTER TURNING CAR OFF, IT WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. THIS IS SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN...

ON-GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SHUDDERING/SHIFTING PROBLEMS THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WERE "NORMAL" AND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT ONCE IT GOT USED TO MY DRIVING PATTERN. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I TOOK IT BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED TO GET USED TO MY ACCELERATION. DURING ONE OF THE VISITS THE DEALER DID REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND SEVERAL SEALS. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS BADLY, ON TAKE OFF, AND HAS BOGGED DOWN TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE. I AM COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 FOR MY DAUGHTER. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT, THE "ENGINE" INDICATOR CAME ON AND CAR BEGIN TO HESITATE, WHEN SHE GOT ON THE HIGHWAY SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE MORE THAN 40 MPH AND THE TACHOMETER WAS FLIPPING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DIAL TO THE OTHER. SHE MANAGED TO THE DRIVE THE CAR HOME. I STARTED THE CAR, THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND IT DROVE "NORMAL". I COULD FEEL THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT HESITATION AND A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN IDLING. I CALLED THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, HE SPOKE WITH SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY STATED WHATEVER THE PROBLEM WAS, IT SELF-CORRECTED ITSELF; BUT TO BRING IT IN IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I AM PARTICULARLY UPSET BECAUSE I PURCHASED THIS AS AN UPGRADE FROM THE CHEVY COBALT. MY DAUGHTER AND SON WILL BE...

APPROACHED STOP LIGHT ON A ROAD WITH STEEP INCLINE. CAME TO COMPLETE STOP BEHIND SEVERAL CARS WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT WHEN PRESSED GAS TO MOVE AT GREEN LIGHT, GEAR (DESPITE BEING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) SLIPPED AND STAYED IN NEUTRAL, REVVING BUT NOT ENGAGING. CAR BEGAN QUICKLY ROLLING BACKWARDS. I WAS ABLE TO YANK EMERGENCY BRAKE JUST BEFORE HITTING THE CAR APPROACHING MINE FROM BEHIND. SIMILAR INCIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO INCORRECT/ DANGEROUS AUTOMATIC GEAR CHANGES -- SUDDEN LOSS OF NEEDED GEAR CHANGE TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM RAMP (FLAT LAND) AND ALL KINDS OF GEAR CHANGING PROBLEMS (STUCK IN GEAR SEVERAL GEARS TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH) IN HILLY TERRAIN. THIS CAN RESULT IN LURCHING AS WELL. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NORMAL OPERATION AND SAYS THE CAR ISN'T GENERATING HELPFUL CODES AS A RESULT. *TR