2012 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

WHEN DRIVING IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSE THE CAR TO LURCH AND JERK. WHEN TRANSITIONING ONTO FREEWAY, AT TIMES THERE WILL BE MINIMAL POWER AS THE TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO SHIFT AND THE ENGINE STAYS BETWEEN 3500 TO 4500 RPMS. THIS RESULTS IN MERGING INTO 70 MPH TRAFFIC AT 30-40 MPH. WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM FREEWAY TO CITY ROAD, CAR WILL HAVE NO POWER FOR 3 TO 5 SECONDS AND THEN MASSIVE POWER LUNGING FORWARD FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS BEFORE LOSING POWER AND ALLOWING FOR BRAKING.

THREE WEEKS AFTER BUYING MY BRAND NEW 2012 FORD FOCUS, THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE ON THE HIGHWAY. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS A FORD PROBLEM AND NOT THEIRS. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, I ALMOST DIED IN THE CAR. A REGIONAL MANAGER FROM FORD CAME TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SPEAK WITH ME, RESOLVED NOTHING. I FOLLOWED LEMON LAW PROTOCOL AND DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING THROUGH THE SERVICE DEPT. MORE THAN 12 VISITS. FOUR VISITS BEFORE THE NEAR FATAL CRASH AND THE REMAINDER AFTERWARDS. FORD RAN OUT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON MY VEHICLE SO THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PAY ME. THE VEHICLE HAS A PROPENSITY OF TURNING OFF WHEN ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH. WHEN MAKING A TURN OR U-TURN THE CAR HESITATES. FORD ADMITTED TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND STILL WOULD NOT PUT ME IN MY ORIGINAL POSITION WHICH HAS LEFT ME WITH DISC DISPLACEMENTS BENEATH MY BRAIN STEM....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO STALL. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. FORD OF KIRKLAND (11651 FLATER AVE NE, KIRKLAND, WA) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. *PM *TP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT REDUCED SPEED THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT REDUCED SPEED. ADDITIONALLY, THE REVERSE GEAR WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PEPBOY'S AUTO CARE CENTER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF DTC CODE: P090C- CLUTCH ACTUATOR CIRCUIT LOW. THE CODE WAS CLEARED. AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED WITH FRIENDLY FORD, 660 N DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89107, (866) 724-9143, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. FORD COUNTRY, 280 N GIBSON RD, HENDERSON, NV 89014, (888) 360-8509, WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND...

WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR STARTED TO STUTTER WHEN SHIFTING. I WAS MINOR AT FIRST. AND I JUST ASSUMED I WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I GOT THE OIL CHANGE AND THE PROBLEM STILL GOT WORSE. I WOULD DRIVE 5 BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD (HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET) AND MY CAR WOULD TELL ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVER HEATING AND TO PULL OVER SAFELY. IF I TRIED TO GO UPHILL WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR WOULD JUST NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE IT AND WOULD JUST ROLL BACKWARDS NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS I GAVE IT. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR 2 RECALLS, THINKING MAYBE ONE OF THEM WAS CAUSING THE ISSUE. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED AFTER THOSE WERE FIXED. I ALSO REPLACED THE TCM AND HAD IT PROGRAMMED TO NO AVAIL. NOW FORD IS TELLING ME IT'S AN ISSUE INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION. I BELIEVE MY CAR IS FINALLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE MOVED SLOWLY. THE CONTACT CALLED CIOCCA FORD OF QUAKERTOWN (321 S WEST END BLVD, QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951, (215) 536-8600) AND SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CIOCCA FORD WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH, GASKET CYLINDER, TIE ROD, IN AND OUT LUG NUTS SPLASH GUARDS, GASKET VALVE COVER, LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BUSHING, OIL PAN GASKET, POLLEN FILTERS, AIR FILTER ELEMENT, ALL FOUR TIRES, WIPERS, AND THE BATTERY CABLE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V735000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE....

19S22 RECALL. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PORT HURON TO CLINTON TOWNSHIP. MY CAR WENT FROM 70 MPH HOUR ON THE FREEWAY TO 35 MPH. ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. I CANNOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 35 MPH. THE VERY NEXT MORNING I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AT 9 MILE IN HARPER BECAUSE THE SAME PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED MONTHS BEFORE IN MAY. I TOLD HER THAT SAME THING HAPPENED BEFORE MY CAR IS NOT ACCELERATING MY RPM SHOT UP AND I CANNOT GO ANYWHERE SO SHE ASKED ME TO BRING IT IN I DID I ASKED HER ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING RECALL ON THE CAR SHE TOLD ME THAT HER GUYS FORGOT TO LOOK AT IT. FORD HAD MY CAR FOR A WEEK I LOST MY JOB AND I ALSO DO LIFT ON THE SIDE SO I'M OUT $1200 JUST IN THE WEEK. THEY CALLED ME, AND SAID ITLL COST AROUND...

THE FORD FOCUS TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH SYSTEM IS DANGEROUS TO BOTH THE OPERATOR AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. ALL FORD FOCUS/FIESTAS WITH THE DPS6 TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED AND REMOVED FROM UNITED STATES' ROADWAYS. THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE COST THEY PAID FOR THE VEHICLES AT THE EXPENSE OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE INCONSISTENCIES IN ACCELERATION AND MAINTAINING GEAR ARE ENDANGERING LIVES. THE LONGER THESE MODELS STAY ON THE ROAD, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO FAIL. SINCE FORD IS NO LONGER REPLACING/REPAIRING THESE ISSUES, PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED TO DRIVE DEFECTIVE CARS THAT CAN FAIL WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD THE CLUTCH SYSTEM REPLACED 5 TIMES IN ONLY 62,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING AGAIN BUT FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR IT FURTHER. I AM NOW DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT IS CONSIDERED...

STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, SHUDDERING IN LOWER GEARS, JERKS AND LUNGES. SOMETIMES THE RPM'S FLUCTUATE. ALSO NEED TO BRING BACK IN FOR SERVICE FOR THE FUEL GAUGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO FORD OF MURFREESBORO (1550 NW BROAD ST, MURFREESBORO, TN 37129, (615) 713-1436) FOR UNKNOWN REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

HAD A 2012 FORD FOCUS, THAT WENT INTO WORLD FORD HERE IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FIVE TIMES DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. IT HAD STALED OUT ON US IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, WITH OUR TWO GRANDCHILDREN, SEATING IN THE BACK... THEY ARE VERY DANGERS CARS.

HAVE TAKEN MY FOCUS FOUR TIMES TO FORD. TWICE FOR THE SHUDDERING THE CAR WAS DOING TO TUCKER FORD IN BRUNSWICK ME. AND NOW TWICE TO ROWE FORD IN AUBURN, ME. WHERE A NEW CLUTCH WAS PUT IN AND NOW THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND FORD WILL NOT COVER. THEY WANT 950.00 TO DO THE WORK AND I MAY GET MY MONEY BACK IN THE SETTLEMENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK AND A HALF. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THE CODE FROM THE CAR AND ALL REPAIR RECORDS SINCE I FILED WITH THE SETTLEMENT GROUP. FORD IS MAKING THINGS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH ANY CLUTCH ISSUES. THEY EVEN ADMIT THE ISSUES AND DO NOTHING AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE CUSTOMER TOP GET MADE AND JUST PAY FOR THE REPAIR SO THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO...

I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO TAKE MY FORD FOCUS 2012 SE..I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S STILL RUNNING POORLY I CAN HEAR THE TRANSMISSION STILL GETTING STUCK AND THE WORDS TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAS APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD... NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS DEFINITELY NOT WORKING...HAVE INVESTED TOO MUCH FOR THIS CAR ALREADY AS I AM LEASING AND I HAVE PAID 3XS THE AMOUNT THE CAR IS WORTH...AND NOW AFRAID ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG WHILE DRIVING THE CAR....WHAT CAN I DO?? SEEMS NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO HELP ME...I HAVE ALWAYS TRUSTED FORD...NOW WHAT...AM I TO DIE IN THE CAR BEFORE IT WILL BE REPLACED...I HAVE PAID TOO MUCH TO WORRY LIKE THIS...MY FAMILY WILL NOT LET IT GO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME AS A RESULT OF THESE RECALLS THAT DO NOT GET FIXED...I'M GOING BACK TO THE DEALER AND...

AFTER MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION VISITS THE VEHICLE IS GUZZLING GAS, STILL SHUDDERING WITH A LACK OF POWER. WE PRIMARILY ONLY DRIVE MY WIFE'S TRUCK SO WE DON'T GET STRANDED.

THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHILE ACCELERATING AND ONCE IT IS HOT, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS REALLY BAD AND GOES INTO NEUTRAL

2012 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED DAYS AFTER HAVING THE RECALL REPAIR 19S22 COMPLETED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER. *JS

THE ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING AND NOW WILL CRANK BUT WON'T START. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A START.

CANISTER PURGE VALVE RECALL (CPV) AND PRIOR POWERTRAIN AND PCM RECALL ISSUES. HISTORY INVOLVING POWERTRAIN, PCM AND CPV. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) CAME ON A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE CAR COULD NOT RESTART. COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. RECENTLY, IN THE SUMMER 2019, CEL ON AND GAVE A CODE ABOUT FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHEN I SPENT $106 AT GREEN FORD TO READ AND DIAGNOSIS THE CODE. THE LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF AND ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2019, THE CAR STALLED AND/OR WOULD NOT START BACK UP MANY TIMES WHEN THE CEL WAS ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK THE NEXT MORNING, TWICE, ON THE WAY TO GREEN FORD, AND WAITING ON RECALL TO BE PERFORMED. THE CAR HAS 151,000 MILES AND IS A ONE OWNER VEHICLE. THE POWERTRAIN, PCM AND THIS CURRENT ISSUE HAS BEEN THE ONLY ISSUES THAT SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED.

THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND SLIPS ON ACCELERATION FROM STOPS. THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND IT WILL NOT SHIFT. VEHICLE JERKS WHEN SHIFTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AT THE STOP LIGHT. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED GANLEY FORD WEST AT 216-941-9800 (LOCATED AT 16100 LORAIN AVE, CLEVELAND, OH 44111) AND WAS INFORMED THAT LETTERS WERE SENT OUT APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO AND THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE FAILURE AT THAT TIME. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS CURRENTLY EXPIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT CONFIRM THAT A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 59,000.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, ESPECIALLY ON ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON ME RECENTLY; IT TOOK ME ABOUT 10 TRIES BEFORE IT FINALLY LET ME MOVE IT OUT OF REVERSE AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE

VEHICLE STALLS DURING ACCELERATION, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, SKIPPING AND SHIFTING HARD WHEN DRIVING, CUTS OFF DURING DRIVING (ESPECIALLY UPON DOWNSHIFT) VEHICLE HAS A FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS TO REPLACE THE TCM. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO MAKE THE CAR SAFE BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT A RECALL.

CAR HESITATES AND SHUDDERS BEFORE PULLING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP. CREATE A TIN RATTLING NOICE WHEN MAKE TURNS TOO FAST. THE HESITATION IS TOO DANGEROUS.

HESITATION ON ACCELERATION; TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND HAS NO POWER

EXCESSIVE SHUDDERING ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. TE ENGINE WILL NOT START SOMETIMES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIGHT COMES ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND STALLED AND THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ATCHINSON FORD (LOCATED AT 9800 BELLEVILLE RD, BELLEVILLE, MI 48111, (734) 697-9161) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V523000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

MY 2012 FORD FOCUS HAS RECENTLY BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING, RATTLING NOISE DURING ACCELERATION, AND SOMETIMES SHUDDERS OR JERKS ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WHITE DRIVING. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE MOST SEVERE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP OR TRANSITIONING FROM CITY STREET TO HIGHWAY SPEED. THE CURRENT SYMPTOMS CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO BEHAVE UNPREDICTABLY IN TRAFFIC. MY FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THIS AS A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH, COMMON IN POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS FROM THIS ERA. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVEN MORE DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS VEHICLES SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING WHILE ON HIGHWAYS.DESPITE WIDELY-REPORTED DEFECTS IN THESE TRANSMISSIONS, FORD IS NOT WILLING TO COVER ANY REPAIRS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH SHUDDER ON ACCELERATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT READS TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. MULTIPLE RECALL REPROGRAMMINGS OF PCM AND TCM

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATIONS AND HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO GEARS. THERE IS A SCRAPING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AFTER DRIVING A LONG TIME.

MY CAR IS CURRENTLY SHUDDERING AND NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING SOME DAYS IT DRIVES AND SOME DAYS IT WON'T MOVE AT ALL. IT ALL STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED DUE TO IT SHUDDERING, THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND CAME TOO A COMPLETE STOP AND DASH READ TRANSMISSION IS TOO HOT WAIT 8 MINS. I AM GUESSING ONCE IT COOLED IT WOULD BE BETTER BUT IT KEPT SHUDDERING SOME DAYS IT DRIVES FINE AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S DRAGGING RPM HIGH AND SHUDDERING WHEN PULLING OFF FROM LIGHT OR STOP SIGN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE CHANGED INTO SECOND GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THOMASTON FORD, INC (2230, 1011 US-19, THOMASTON, GA 30286, (706) 648-2191) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, I PUT MY CAR IN THE REVERSE GEAR HOWEVER NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES, PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR WOULD ONLY BACK UP SLIGHTLY. AFTER SOME TIME I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY BACK OUT AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE. WHEN I WAS IN DRIVE, THE CAR WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND JERKING AS I WAS IN MOTION. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE CHECKED OUT. THE GARAGE COMMUNICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO DRIVE AT ALL. THEY TRIED DRIVING IT IN REVERSE AS WELL AS FORWARD.

2012 FORD FOCUS REPEATEDLY JERKS UPON ACCELERATION. STALLS ON HOT DAYS AFTER EXTENDED OPERATION, DASH WARNING SAYS "TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, PULL OVER FOR FIVE MINUTES". WILL NOT CLIMB HILLS WITHOUT ENGINE RACING, OFTEN QUITS ON UPHILL ROADS, OR WILL NOT KEEP UP SPEED. TRANSMISSION QUIT ENTIRELY ON MAY 20, 2019 IN TOWN OF EAGER, AZ, WITH MY DAUGHTER DRIVING IT ON HER WAY HOME FROM COLLEGE. WAS ABLE TO HAVE HER FOLLOW ME BACK TO EL PASO. CAR HAS CONTINUED TO STOP DUE TO TRANSMISSION ISSUE JUST DRIVING AROUND EL PASO CITY LIMITS. CAR TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED TWICE IN 2016 AT FORD DEALERSHIP AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.

CAR WILL START TO SHUDDER WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A STOP (EX. STOP SIGN/LIGHT). VEHICLE WONT START AFTER PUMPING GAS. FUEL GAUGE SEEMS TO BE OFF EVEN AFTER A RECALL WAS DONE. WHEN ACCELERATING RPM WILL GO UP BUT THE CAR WONT ACCELERATE.

AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, IT STARED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP. THEY REWORKED THE FRONT END AND TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTERS ON BOTH THE FRONT END AND TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SYNC TOGETHER. THIS CAUSED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE IT FAIL FOUR MONTHS LATER. THE CAR STARTED TO JERK, JUMP FORWARD AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. THE ENGINE WAS RACING BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT WORK. I WAS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THANKFULLY HAD PEOPLE HELP ME PUSH IT OUT OF THE ROAD. IT'S BACK AT THE REPAIR SHOP, AGAIN ITS THE TRANSMISSION MODULE AND TRANSMISSION. !

WAS DRIVING HOME ON A FAIRLY BUSY STREET THEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE RANDOMLY STARTED TO JERK AND KICK WHILE ACCELERATING. WHEN ACCELERATING IN DRIVE, THE CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SUDDENLY JOLTED AND WENT TO FIRST GEAR THEN SECOND AND THEN BACK TO FIRST ALL IN A SPAN OF 20 SECONDS. THE RPM WAS ERRADICT AND RISED AND DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE BRAKING SO I HAD TO KEEP A WIDE DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD UPON ACCELERATING OR TRYING TO STOP. I HAD TO DRIVE LESS THAN 20 MPH, ANY HIGHER AND THE CAR WAS KICKING AND JOLTING.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE IN 2015. 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF. IT WAS TOWED AND FIXED BY FORD STATING THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. AS TIME WENT ON THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND JERK SWITCHING OUT OF GEARS. WHEN I TOOK IT TO FORD THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT IT WASN'T THE PART COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. IN OCTOBER I WAS DRIVING AND THE INDICATOR COMES ON STATING TRANSMISSION HOT. THE CAR FROM THERE WOULD NOT REVERSE. I WAS IN A DIFFERENT STATE ON VACATION AND HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SHOP DUE TO FORD NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE CAR FOR A WEEK. IT WAS STATED THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. I SPENT OVER $1900 ON A REBUILT TRANSMISSION...

THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT SLIPPING. AND IT RAKES TIME TO CHANGE GEARS SOMETIME THE CAR BLINKS HILL START ASSISTANCE UNAVAILABLE AND IT KEEPS RESEATING THE MPG MILLAGE AND TRIP TIMER. THIS MORNING WHEN I LOCKED MY CAR IT WAS LIKE A DOOR WAS OPEN BUT I CHECKED ALL THE DOORS AND THEY WAS LOCKED

THIS CAR IS MY DAILY DRIVER, IT STILL ROLLS BACK ON AN INCLINE AND HESITATES ON TAKE OFF AND ACCELERATION.

GOT THE FUEL SYSTEM RECALL LAST WEEK AND FORD SENT THE DEALERSHIP THE WRONG SOFTWARE. CAR IS PARKED IN GARAGE, SCARED IT ILL OVERHEAT AND LEAVE US STRANDED.

THIS CAR ALSO HAS THAT TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION, MINE REPLACED FOUR TIMES THE FUEL FLAPS BOTH GET STUCK AND IT FLOODS, WON'T START PROBLEMS WITH TIRE LUG NUTS, TWO PIECE DESIGN? WHO DESIGNED ME WHAT A PIECE!

SHUDDERING FELT WHEN LEAVING A STOP SIGN; SHAKING ON ACCELERATION

MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AND I AM STILL EXPERIENCING CONSTANT SHUDDERING AND STALLING.

CONSISTENT OIL LEAK; TRANSMISSION LAGGING ON SHIFTS WHEN STARTING OUT FROM STOPS; TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY

MY CAR HAS, SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT IT, STUTTERED RANDOMLY WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAS CAUSED ISSUES WHERE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP CAN BE UNRELIABLE, CAUSING ME TO FAIL TO ENTER TRAFFIC AT THE EXPECTED SPEED AND CAUSING INCREASED RISK FOR A COLLISION. I THINK IT MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION, SINCE IT FEELS LIKE A GEAR IS SLIPPING. EVENTUALLY, THROUGH THE STUTTERING, I WILL GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO WHERE IT STOPS BEING AN ISSUE. (POSSIBLY WHEN ENTERING THE NEXT GEAR)

WHILE TRAVELING ON CITY STREETS AND ON THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF POWER, SHIFTING ISSUES AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHILE TRAVELING ON ROADWAYS

FOUR TRANSMISSION FIXES FOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY DUE TO SHUDDERING AND ONE COMPLETE BREAKDOWN. ONE FIX FOR LOSING ACCELERATION WHILE TURNING LEFT AT TRAFFIC LIGHT.

2012 FOCUS TRANSMISSION - LOSS OF ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING ON TO FREEWAY, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT TOWED IN 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS - AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER UNABLE TO REPAIR TRANSMISSION - FILED TWO CLAIMS WITH FORD MOTOR CO -THE LETTER WE RECEIVED AT TIME OF PURCHASE DATED AUGUST 2014 STATED " WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING HIGH QUALITY, DEPENDABLE PRODUCTS". THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND FORD IS DENYING ANY ASSISTANCE! OUR FOCUS IS CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND HAS BEEN AT LARRY MILLER FORD FOR 8 MONTHS. PLEASE HOLD FORD ACCOUNTABLE AND ISSUE A RECALL. THANK YOU.

THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND FREQUENTLY DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND HAS EVEN FAILED TO APPLY POWER WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC RISKING A COLLISION BY NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED ONCE WHILE ON A HILL CAUSING ME TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. AFTER I HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP THE REARWARD ROLL, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN PRESENT FROM DAY ONE OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD INSISTED THAT THIS WAS HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V515000 (POWER TRAIN) REGARDING A STUCK CANISTER PURGE VALVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT IN TWO WEEKS WITH TASCA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (1300 PONTIAC AVE, CRANSTON, RI 02920, (800) 788-2114). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.