2013 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

MY BATTERY UNEXPECTEDLY DIED. UPON FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS MY BATTERY IS CHARGE AND IS FINE. CAR CODE READER INDICATES TCM POWER LEVEL LOW. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT WHERE I RECIEVED A JUMP.

THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL DONE 8 MONTHS AGO AND RECENTLY THE SAME PROBLEMS OF THE RECALL SUCH AS THE GAS TANK ISSUE AND THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ARE STILL A PROBLEM N WENT TO FORD N TOLD WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT JUST 2 WEEKS AGO BEFORE I TOOK IT TO FORD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT I WAS DRIVING N MY CAR SHUT OFF AS I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD CARS PASSING ME BY MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND I PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE STRESSED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR A TOW TRUCK AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG UNTIL SOMEONE SAID TRY PUTTING GAS IN IT AND I TOLD THEM MY TANK WAS HALF AND GAS MONITOR SAID I HAD 140 MILES TO GO BEFORE IT'S EMPTY BUT WHEN THE GAS WAS PUT IN THE CAR IT TURNED...

THE CAR, IS NOW , BEGINNING TO NOT START,. WHICH I SUPPOSE THAT DOESN'T MATTER SINCE THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL COMPLETELY OUT, I WISH FORD WOULD FIX IT, OR GO AHEAD AND ALLOW ME TO COLLECT ON THE SETTLEMENT

THE CAR, STARTED JERKING REALLY HARD. IT WAS NOT SHIFTING WELL, THEN NOT AT ALL, IT SLUNG ME INTO TRAFFIC EVEN WITH MY BRAKES PRESSED. THE CAR BEGAN TO JUST IDLE ALMOST AS IF IN NEUTRAL THEN IT SAID WARNING TRANSMISSION HOT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

I JUST HAD TO BRING IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN. TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING, SLIPPING, HESITATING FROM A DEAD STOP THEN LUNGES. SOMETIMES WILL HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO PASS ON FREEWAY.

I AM BRINGING IN MY VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AS I AM STILL HAVING CLUTCH PROBLEMS. LACK OF POWER FROM STOP, CAR WON'T SHIFT AFTER 40MPH, REVS OUT AT 3K RPM.

JUST GOT ANOTHER RECALL. TRANSMISSION IS STILL HAVING SAME ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH TEMPS. HESITATES, CLUTCH DOESN'T GRAB, STALLS EVEN WHEN FOOT IS ON THE GAS.

VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE SLOWLY FROM A STOP SIGN OR MAKING A TURN ON TO A STREET. SOMETIMES SHUDDERS WHEN I AM ALREADY MOVING BUT TRYING TO SPEED UP WITH TRAFFIC SUCH AS BEING ON A HIGHWAY. ALSO WHEN IM LOW ON GAS BEFORE IT REACHES E IT COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. NO GAS LIGHT OR SHUDDERING. I HAD CHAMPION FORD IN ERIE PA LOOK INTO THIS BUT THERE WAS NO CODE OR ANYTHING TO GO BY. IM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FRQUENTLY NOW BUT EVERYONE I TALK TO SAYS ITS HARD TO DETERMINE WITHOUT A CODE, BUT WHAT IF MY CONTROL MODULE IS MESSED UP OR SOMETHING? I HAVE 5 KIDS I TRANSPORT EVERYDAY AND WORRIED THAT THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SOMETHINGS NOT DONE?

I PURCHASED A 2013 FORD FOCUS SE ON OCTOBER 2014. IMMEDIATELY NOTICED ISSUES WITH CAR SHAKING UPON ACCELERATION. FIGURED IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TORQUE I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER. WASN'T TILL I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING CAR AND IT WAS HESITATING EVERYTIME I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. AFTER FEW MINUTES IT WOULD PICK UP SPEED WITHOUT HESITATING UNTIL I STOPPED AGAIN.( THIS CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC BUT FEELS LIKE A STANDARD.) HAD RECALLS AND REPAIRS DONE IN 2015, A WEEK AFTER THAT HAD TO TAKE CAR BACK AGAIN FOR SAME ISSUES. IT WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. HERE WE ARE SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 AND SAME ISSUES. BUT NOW DEALERSHIP IS SAYING RECALL EXPIRES 7 YRS FROM WHEN CAR WAS MADE. NOT PURCHASED. I WAS JUST A WEEK PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE. NOW I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMETHING FORD COULD NOT GET DONE RIGHT. NOT ONLY THE FIRST...

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION.

I RECENTLY RECEIVED ANOTHER SAFETY RECALL. BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE AN ALL THEY WOULD DO IS DIAGNOSE, BUT NOT FIX COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. I AM HAVING A CHALLENGING TIME DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY YET THEY TOLD ME IT'S OPERATING AS DESIGNED.

VEHICLE JERKS AND SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION FROM STOPS. VEHICLE ALSO HESITATES AND LACKS POWER AT TIMES. IT ALSO OVERHEARS AND LEAKS COOLANT.

AT THIS POINT I REFUSE TO DRIVE MY CAR ON THE FREEWAY. THE SHUDDERING AND JERKING ONLY GET WORSE WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP.

STILL HAVE LACK OF POWER WITH INTERMITTENT SHUDDERING. HAVE TROUBLE TAKING OFF FROM A STANDSTILL AND ON FREEWAY.

SHUTTERING, RATTLING AND CLUNKING WHEN ENGAGING THE GEARS. VEHICLE WILL JERK WHEN ACCELERATING LIKE IT WILL STALL OUT. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL JUST NOT START.

THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND MAKES NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN ACCELERATING AT AROUND 15MPH, THE VEHICLE BOGS DOWN AND LACKS POWER. ENGINE OIL LEAKS ALSO.

MY FOCUS IS STILL JITTERING AND SHUTTERING AT TAKE OFF. IT LACKS POWER AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE LIKE IT SHOULD.

THE VEHICLE IS SHORT SHIFTING AND MISSING GEARS WHEN AT A STOPLIGHT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS HOT, THERE ARE MORE ISSUES. THERE IS A LOT OF JERKING AND TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN TAKING OFF; FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS UPON ACCELERATION, SPUTTERS INTO GEARS AND DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY. IT ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AT ABOUT 20MPH

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, JERKS AND MAKES RATTLES ESPECIALLY ON ACCELERATION

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON AND THE ENGINE LEAKS OIL. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS, SHUDDERS EXCESSIVELY AND LACKS POWER GOING UPHILL.

NEEDS ANOTHER CLUTCH REPLACEMENT AND TCM STILL SHUDDERING.

PRIOR TO INCIDENT, VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SHUDDER ON TAKE-OFFS. INCIDENT INVOLVED VEHICLE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A LARGE METRO AREA WHEN ALL POWER TO WHEELS WAS LOST. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. ENGINE WOULD REV WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, BUT CAR ACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. CAR COASTED TO A STOP. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF NEUTRAL UNTIL AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) HAD FAILED AND A NEW TCM WAS INSTALLED AND CAR NOW WORKS MOST OF THE TIME, BUT INTERMITTENT SHUDDER ON TAKE OFF STILL OCCURS, THOUGH LESS FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE IN USE. TRANSMISSION WILL LAG, HARD SHIFT, VEHICLE WILL GET "STUCK" WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WILL VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND SHUDDER GOING AROUND SLOW TURNS OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. IN TRAFFIC, THE ACCELERATION LAG AS WELL AS SHE SHUDDERING ARE DANGEROUS. THE VEHICLES BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND AS WELL WHEN SHUDDERING. FORD INSISTS THAT ALL VEHICLE PARTS ARE OPERATING CORRECTLY. IF THAT IS THE CASE, FORD HAS DESIGNED AN INCREDIBLY UNSAFE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION MAKES A METAL TYPE NOISE CONSISTENTLY AND SURGES WHEN WARM. THERE IS A RANDOM CLICKING NOISE UNDER HOOD. TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND SHUDDERED WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO CRANE FORD (4601 COLONEL GLEN PLAZA DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK, AK 72210) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN FAILED AND AN UNKNOWN PART WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS IN EXCESS ON TAKE- OFF, WHEN COMING OFF A STOP AND JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING.

JUST PICKED UP YESTERDAY AFTER 4TH TRANSMISSION VISIT. CAR WAS HARD SHIFTING IN LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND LUNGE. WON'T DRIVE DISTANCE OR ON FREEWAY ONLY GOOD FOR LOCAL SMALL ROUTES.

BOLT SHEARED OFF IN THE TRANSMISSION WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL OUT & BE UNABLE TO GO INTO ANY GEAR, GATES FOR THE GEARS SEEMED TO BE GONE AS SHIFTER KNOB COULD MOVE FREELY AROUND. IT DID RE-START ONCE, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, THEN IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. GOT THE BOLT REPLACED WITH A FORD BOLT, IT SHEARED OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING DOWNTOWN WITHIN 4 DAYS, HAD IT REPLACED AND BOLTED THROUGH A 2ND TIME, AND IT SHEARED OFF YET AGAIN WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, 2 OF THE THREE TIMES THIS HAPPENED CAR WAS ABOVE 30MPH, ONE TIME I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15MPH. CAR IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONAL & FORD HAS STATED THUS FAR, THEIR SUGGESTION IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX, AS EVERYONE ELSE WHO I KNOW/HAVE LOOKED UP THAT'S HAD THIS DONE ONLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF PARK, THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND FAILED TO FUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HUNTINGTON BEACH FORD (18255 BEACH BLVD, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648, 714-842-6611) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DUAL CLUTCH SYSTEM INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR AND THE RPMS INCREASED. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE ENGINE, THE ACTUATORS, BOTH CLUTCHES, THE ENGAGEMENT BEARING, AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

DAILY DRIVER AFTER MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS STILL SHUDDERING EVERY TIME, JERKY TRANSMISSION HESITATES WITH LACK OF POWER.

CAR STILL SHUDDERING INTERMITTENTLY, IN ALL SCENARIOS.

HESITATION ON ACCELERATION AND GRINDING SOUND; TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACK; CLUTCH HAS EXCESSIVE SHUDDERING AT LOW SPEED. VEHICLE WILL NOT START

VEHICLE HESITATES, SHAKES, AND SHUDDERS WHILE MOVING FORWARD AND STOPPING. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE CAR IS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. STALLED COMPLETELY IN AN INTERSECTION.

TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING; LIGHT COMES ON WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CAR SHIFTS HARSHLY, MAKES GURGLING NOISES, HESITATES AND JERKS. ROARING AND CLUNKING COMING FROM ENGINE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING.

CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES SINCE WE BOUGHT IS NEW. WE TOOK THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR HESITATION, SLOW TO CATCH GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING AND STUTTERING. REPLACED SENSOR AND TOLD US TO PUSH THE GAS TO THE FLOOR AND LET IT GO THROUGH THE GEARS TO REST THE SYSTEM (DO AS NEEDED). WE FIND OUR SELVES AGAIN NEEDING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION PARTS. NOW THEY TELL US IF IT IS NOT FIXED SOON THE CAR COULD SLIP INTO NEUTRAL ON THE HIGHWAY OR WE COULD LOOSE REVERSE. NOT SURE WHY WE ARE NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT A DEALER TELLING YOU THE CAR CAN GO INTO NEUTRAL ON THE HIGHWAY IS TELLING ME THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE RPMS INCREASED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SHORTLY AFTER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND STUTTERING. CAR SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN MOTION PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ONLY TO HAVE CAR SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND NOT MOVE ANYMORE. CAR HAS SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR ON HIGHWAY MANY TIMES WHILE IN MOTION

CAR WOULD NOT START WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR GO IN REVERSE HAD IN FORD DEALERSHIP 16 TIMES STILL HAD ISSUES ALSO CAR RUSTED IN LEAST THEN A YEAR HAD IT IN DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION AND RUSTING . TRANSMISSION SITTING OR MOVING CITY OR HIGHWAY OR TURNING DEALERSHIP WAS SUBURBAN FORD ON 59 ROAD IN WATERFORD , MICHIGAN

THIS CAR REPEATEDLY THRUSTS FORWARD AT LOWER GEARS WHILST IN TRAFFIC AND WHILE IN MOTION. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE WITHIN A 6-MONTH TIME-FRAME FOR THE FAULTY DPS6 TRANSMISSION. THE CAPLESS GAS TANK IS ALSO PRESENTING A CONSTANT ISSUE, INVOLVING A LEAK OF SOME SORT THAT CONTINUES TO REOCCUR. I HAVE BEEN IN NUMEROUS SITUATIONS THAT COULD HAVE PROVEN TO BE FATAL AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION RESPONDING TOO LATE: AS WELL AS THRUSTING AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN COMING OUT OF A STOP OR TRAFFIC BACK-UP. THIS ISSUES HAPPEN WHILE IN MOTION, OR WHEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO GO INTO MOTION.

THIS IS A CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUE, BUT MOREOVER THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE. I NEED HELP. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FOR MY DAUGHTER TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, GO TO COLLEGE, AND START HER CAREER. SO I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 5K BY A FORD DEALER AND EVERY REPAIR SUGGESTED HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, IT WAS OBVIOUS THE CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, AS EXHIBITED BY SHUDDERING AND FAILED ACCELERATION. IT ALSO HESITATES TO THE POINT THAT WE COULD GET HIT PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR TRYING TO AVOID BEING HIT. THE DEALER OFFERED MANY EXCUSES OVER THE NEXT YEAR BUT I FINALLY RECEIVED THE REMEDY... "A" NEW CLUTCH. FORD THEN CALLED ME DIRECTLY TO GIVE ME A DEAL THAT WOULD HELP ME GET INTO ANOTHER CAR. THIS WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A SALES PITCH TO BUY A FUSION, WHICH I COULDN'T...

VEHICLE JERKS/STUTTERS THROUGH 1ST AND SECOND GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING. TAKEN VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE FORD DEALERS AT LEAST SIX TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE BRAKING. ALSO, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND SHOOK WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED. ALSO, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY PICKED UP SPEED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PHIL LONG FORD OF DENVER (7887 W TUFTS AVE, DENVER, CO 80123, (303) 557-5913) WHERE THEY INITIALLY REPLACED THE CLUTCH; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

SHUDDERING CLUTCH WHILE ACCELERATING IN ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROYAL OAK FORD HAS SERVICED THE CAR FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE AND THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THE ISSUE RETURNS. THE LAST SERVICE APPOINTMENT COST US $116 FOR ROYAL OAK FORD TO TELL US ITS THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COVER IT. IT WOULD COST US $1700.00 TO FIX WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WE CONTACTED FORD HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS 'TO BAD YOUR CAR WAS BUILT AFTER 6-05-13 SO WE AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR'. OUR CAR WAS BUILT ON 6-19-13 WITH THE SAME FAULTY TRANSMISSION AS THE CARS BUILT RE 6-5-13. AFTER READING THE FREE PRESS ARTICLE AND CONTACTING ROYAL OAK FORD AGAIN REGARDING THE ISSUE THEY ARE GOING TO 'LOOK' AT THE CAR AGAIN ON 8-6-19. ROYAL OAK FORD COULDN'T SAY IF IT WOULD BE COVERED...

MY 2013 FORD FOCUS HAS A SHUDDERING AND OTHER KNOWN SHIFTING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DPS6 CLUTCH ISSUES. THE DETROIT FREE PRESS HAS OUTLINED THESE KNOWN ISSUES WITH FORD AND I AM EXPERIENCING THEM AS WELL. THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUE OCCUR WHEN I ACCELERATE AND MAY ALSO HAPPEN WHEN I AM STATIONARY. DUE TO THESE SAFETY ISSUES I AM NOT WILLING TO TRAVEL WITH MY KIDS OR WIFE IN THE CAR. I HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR AS A DAILY DRIVER BUT THERE IS NO WAY I AM PLACING MY FAMILY IN DANGER BY DRIVING THEM IN THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SKALNEK FORD (941 S LAPEER RD, ORION CHARTER TOWNSHIP, MI 48362, (248) 693-6241) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE DEALER FAILED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V515000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

WE HAD HAD THIS CAR IN AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE LAST VISIT WAS 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THERE IS ALSO A WARNING LIGHT THAT IS CONSTANTLY ON. THEY TOLD US IT HAS TO DO WITH A SENSOR BY WHERE THE GAS IS PUT INTO THE CAR BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR TURN OFF THE WARNING LIGHT. THE CAR STILL STUTTERS AND RUNS ROUGH AFTER MANY COMPLAINTS. MOSTLY WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP. ALSO CLUNKS WHEN TURNING.

VEHICLE HAS ONGOING ISSUES THROUGH IT'S LIFE, ALL DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION RELATED. THESE INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF THE CLUTCH 3 TIMES, UPDATES TO THE PCM AT VARIOUS TIMES. WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. SIGNIFICANT SHUDDERING AND LACK OF ACCELERATION, ETC IS ONGOING - FORD CANNOT FIX. VEHICLE ONLY SLIGHTLY IMPROVES AFTER WHICH SOON RETURNS TO THE HORRIBLE SHAKING, LACK OF ACCELERATION, ETC HAVE GIVEN UP ON ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR. CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE OR RECOURSE.

HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE UNIT. ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND NOT APPLYING POWER WHILE IN INTERSECTIONS, ISSUES WITH THE CAR CREEPING FORWARD. HAVE HAD ISSUES FIXED MULTIPLE TIMES ONLY FOR IT TO RETURN AGAIN WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO. ALSO HAD MANY OTHER ISSUES WITH CAR. THERE ARE MULTIPLE DATES FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID ALL THEY COULD DO TO FIX THAT ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT FIXED. DATES FOR TRANSMISSIONS: 6/26/2015; 8/1/2015; 6/4/2016; 12/19/2016; 7/19/2019. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN (7/19/2019) I FOUND A LETTER SAYING FORD WOULD FIX IT REGARDLESS OF WARRANTY STATUS. THIS LETTER WAS INCORRECT AND THEY WANTED ABOUT $1,200 TO FIX (PUT A TEMPORARY BAND AID ON) THE SAME ISSUE I HAD BEFORE THAT REAPPEARED WITHIN A MONTH OF THEM FIXING IT.