2013 FORD FOCUS Unknown Or Other Problems

BATTERY CHARGER OVER HEATED AND MELTED CHARGER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CHARGER UNABLE TO USE AND TO MY OUTLET.

INITIALLY, ONCE VEHICLE IS STARTED AND RADIO IS TURNED ON, CRACKLING SOUNDS ARE HEARD ACROSS ENTIRE DASH OF CAR. RADIO STOPS WORKING. SOME DAYS RADIO WORKS, OTHER DAYS LONG STRETCHES OF CRACKLING AND THEN RADIO STOPS. RECENTLY, RADIO DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. WHEN BACK DOOR IS OPENED, SPEAKER IN REAR DRIVER DOOR CRACKLES AND SOUND IS HEARD ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR AND ACROSS DASH TO THE RADIO. RADIO HAS STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. CANNOT BE TURNED OFF (APPEARS TO BE ON EVEN THOUGH NOT WORKING). EVENTS OCCURRED OVER 2 WEEK PERIOD. NO DIFFICULTY WITH TRANSMISSION, OPERATION OR DASHBOARD. LAST EVENT WITH CRACKLING OCCURRED AS REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED TO PUT ITEMS IN BACK SEAT. CAR NOT RUNNING.

HILL START ASSIST LIGHT UNAVAILABLE LIGHT AND SKID LIGHT CAME ON. CAR JOLTS IN IT'S OWN DIRECTION ALL OF A SUDDEN. CLUTCH PROBLEM ALSO. CAR ISN'T DRIVING PROPERLY OR SHIFTING IN GEARS PROPERLY. DRIVING CAR ON STREET. WHEN TURNING CAR WANTS TO GO IN IT'S OWN DIRECTION. SCARY.

POWER STEERING GOING OUT WITH NO WARNING. IT WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME.I STOPPED FOR COFFEE ON ANY TO WORK. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED. I WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST OCCURANCE. ALWAYS STATIONARY AND OR AT A RED LIGHT. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN AND SAME RESULT.IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN WHEN THE PROBLEM ACURES. THE STEERING IS ELECTRIC THEREFORE THE NEED FOR FLUID ISN'T A FIX OR CURE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO. THIS IS A CAN BE A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHEN ON A HWY GOING 65 OR 70 MPH. IN CLOSING LET ME STATE THAT I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE LAST RECALL TO BE FIXED. I RECEIVED A LETTER OVER 2 YEARS...

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STEREO STARTING TO POP AND HAVING STATIC SOUND. THE POP SOUND IS VERY LOUD AND ALWAYS UNEXPECTED. WHILE DRIVING THE POPS SOUND CAN MAKES YOU TURN THE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL TO A SIDE.

DRIVING TO WORK MY DOOR (DRIVER) SUDDENLY FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS TURNING ONTO HARRISON DR. CORNER OF PATRICK AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THROUGH THE SUDDENNESS. I REMEMBER FEELING UNABLE TO REACT OR THINK OF THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AS IF IN A PANIK. I HAVE TRIED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIR BUT EVERY FORD AND LINCOLN DEALER HERE IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA ARE HOPELESSLY BOOKED INTO THE FUTURE FOR 2 WEEKS. I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG. THE CAR IS INOPERABLE IN THIS CONDITION!

TOUGTH DIRECTION.

THE VEHICLE- WHETHER STATIONARY, IN MOTION, OR DRIVING- EMITS RANDOM LOUD CRACKS AND POPS FROM THE SPEAKERS. EVEN IF MY RADIO IS TURNED OFF- THE RANDOMNESS OF IT IS SO SCARY THAT IT IS A DRIVING HAZARD. I REACHED OUT TO FORD AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT.

THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVE, BUT WENT OFF AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON. THE LIGHT CAME BACK OFF AND ON THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING HOME THE NEXT DAY, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE CAR BECAME REALLY HARD TO TURN. ONCE I GOT THE CAR HOME PARKED, THE WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP ON ME. NOW I RECEIVE THE TRANSMISSION FAULT ERROR WHENEVER THE CAR IS STARED ALONG WITH THE BATTERY LIGHT. I HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED, BUT BOTH ISSUES STILL PERSIST. ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE?

AT 38,500 MILES RADIO WOULD RANDOMLY MAKE LOUD POPPING AND STATIC NOISES NOW A FEW MONTHS LATER THE RADIO QUIT ALL TOGETHER. FUSES ARE GOOD

TRANSMISSION SHUDDER THEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY LOW OIL LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY HAPPENED BEFORE TOOK TO SHOP AND SAID THE REAR MAIN SEAL WENT OUT WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION AND MAKING THE CLUTCH SLIP

AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK WITH GAS, THE VEHICLE STUTTERS AND FEELS LIKE IT'S JUMPING WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT AND START TO GO. THE GAS GAUGE GOES UP WHILE I AM DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS RANDOMLY. I WAS PARKED AT MY HOUSE AND IT WOULDN'T CRANK WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS THE 1ST TIME (ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO) AND THE 2ND TIME (6/6/2018), I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE VEHICLE DIED DUE TO NO GAS, YET THE GAUGE WAS NOT ON EMPTY. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT AT FORD SERVICE REPAIR SHOP AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM BUT THE SERVICE REPAIRMAN SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THAT HE HAD THE SAME VEHICLE IN THE WEEK BEFORE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. LAST...

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR STARTS JERKING AND SKIDDING AND SLOWING DOWN. I WAS SCARED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I CALLED MY TECHNICIAN AND HE SAID THAT A CODE CAME UP ON MY CAR P087A. HE SAID THAT THE CODE HAS TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AS THE FAULT IS A COMMON FAULT WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION THAT FORD STARTED USING IN 2001. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THIS VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IF FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 77K MILES.

AUTO STOP WORKING AND SUDENLY SHIFT OFF UN HIGHWAYS WITH UNKNOWN RASONS OR CAUSE. THIS IS EXPRIENCE AT LEASE 2 OR 3 TIMES DAILY. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS COMES ON. THEN YOU NEED TO STOP AND RESTART. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS IN HIGHWAYS.

THE CAR IS STALLING AND HAS A ROUGH IDLE. WITHIN 2 WEEKS MY CAR STALLED AND THEN SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT RESTART OR STAY ON ONCE I GOT IT PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ONE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME ON THE ROAD OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY BAD DISASTER. GAS MILEAGE SAID I HAD OVER 100 MILES TO EMPTY. PAID TO GET IT TOWED TWICE AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC HE TURNED IT ON (AFTER 2 HOURS) AND THE CAR SHOWED EMPTY 0 MILES/FUEL. HE PUT A FEW DOLLARS IN GAS AND IT RAN JUST FINE. SINCE THEN I CANNOT TRUST THE FUEL READING OF MILEAGE. FORD DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON FUEL SYSTEM BUT THEY ARE HAPPY TO DO A DIAGNOSIS FOR OVER $100 AND THEN THEY CAN...

I TRY TURNING ON MY CAR IT DOES NOT START. IT TURNS ON BUT DOESN'T FULLY POWER UP. I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AS WELL

MY CAR SMELL LIKE GAS AND AFTER IPUT GAS IN THE CAR IM UNABLE TO START IT. MY FRONT DOOR ITS CLOSING AS IF THE LATCH HAS BROKEN, BUT IT LOOKS OK

LOUD CRACKLING/POPPING/STATIC SOUND COMES FROM RADIO AT RANDOM INTERVALS, RADIO THEN STOPS PRODUCING SOUND, HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF, OPEN & SHUT DOOR, THEN TURN CAR BACK ON THEN RADIO STARTS WORKING AGAIN. SAFETY CONCERN IS THE LOUDNESS OF THE SOUND COMING AT RANDOM TIMES IS STARTLING AND CAN CAUSE AN INVOLUNTARY JERK/JUMP. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE- ONE EXAMPLE IS THIS FORUM: HTTP://WWW.FOCUSFANATICS.COM/FORUM/CAR-AUDIO-SYNC-MYFORD-TOUCH-ELECTRONICS/358625-CRACKLING-RADIO-PROBLEM-MY-2012-SEL-38.HTML. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE ISSUE, WHICH I CANNOT UPLOAD, BUT TYPE FORD RADIO ISSUE INTO YOUTUBE AND YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF EXAMPLES.

VEHICLE HAS MANUAL/AUTO TRASMISSION AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION NO LONGER WORKS. WHEN IN AUTO, THE CAR HESITATES WITH ACCELERATION, BEFORE JOLTING FORWARD AND HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.

I HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT IS ON FOUND OUT ITS A EVAP LEAK GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING RAN OUT OF GAS CAN NOT PUT GAS ON GAS TANK WITH A GAS CAN IF I TRY IT POURS OUT THE BOTTOM WHEN I START VEHICLE IT SHUDDERS AND WANTS TO DIE OUT ON ME LACK OF POWER WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND TICKING SOUND IN ENGINE ALSO DOOR LATCH ON PASSENGER BACK DOOR DOES NOT UNLOCK UNLESS I PUSH THE BUTTON UNLOCK 2 OR 3 TIMES

I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS SHUTTERING WHILE UP SHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC DURING THE LAST WEEK. NOW THE TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT IS ON AND IT HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR. I READ ONLINE THAT FORD EXTENDED IT'S WARRANTY ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM BUT WHEN I CALLED THE SERVICE CENTER THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS A SPECIFIC WARRANTY AND THEY I MIGHT NOT QUALIFY OR BE COVERD AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF 2013 FORD FOCUS'S WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. I NEED TO FIND OUT IF THIS QUALIFIES BECAUSE I NEED THIS CAR FOR WORK AND CANNOT AFFORD $2000 TO FIX A FAULTY FORD TRANSMISSION. I KNOW THAT THIS LETTER MAY BE PREMATURE BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO WORK AND LACK OF MONEY TO FIX THIS CAR WHICH IS FINANCED.

WHILE DRIVING AND PRESSING THE GAS THE CAR WILL DO A LOT OF JERKING THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHENEVER I PRESS ON THE GAS TO GO FASTER(SPEED LIMIT). IT DOESN'T PICK UP THE SPEED LIKE IT SHOULD AND THIS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THIS IS DRIVING IN THE CITY AND HIGHWAYS.

2013 FORD FOCUS AUDIO SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. CRACKS AND POP AT EXTREME VOLUMES EVEN WHEN SYSTEM VOLUME IS FULLY TURNED DOWN AND/OR OFF. ISSUE OCCURS EVEN PRIOR TO VEHICLE BEING STARTED, DOESN'T MATTER IF CAR IS RUNNING, DRIVING, AT A STOP, IN PARK, ETC. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVER AS THE SOUND IS A SIMILAR VOLUME TO SOMEONE SETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN THE CAR. THIS WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS FOR DRIVERS IF IT IS NOT CORRECTED. FORD CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A WIDESPREAD ISSUE BUT A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH OF "FORD FOCUS AUDIO ISSUES" BRINGS UP MANY RESULTS PROVING OTHERWISE. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR, BEGAN ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. AUDIO SYSTEM IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO WHERE I SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES...

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD STATIC AND POPPING NOISE STARTED HAPPENING COMING FROM THE SPEAKERS. IT STARTLED ME AND I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD AND HURT MY EARS AND MY CHILD'S EARS. WHEN I PULLED OVER I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE RADIO BUT THE NOISE KEPT ON GOING. I THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT WAS STILL MAKING THE LOUD NOISES. WE GOT OUT THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS VERY LOUD AND OVER WHELMING AND WAITED UNTIL IT STOPPED. WHEN WE GOT BACK IN AND I STARTED THE CAR UP THE RADIO SEEM TO BE FINE. I WAS WRONG. IT HAPPEN AGAIN THIS TIME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR AND WHEN I STARTED IT BACK UP IT WAS FINE. THE RADIO KEPT DOING THIS AND THE LOUD NOISES ARE VERY SCARY AND COULD...

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN AT ALL TIMES.

CAR LATCH ON FORD FOCUS2013 WONT LET CAR DOOR CLOSE. I LEFT THE STORE AND NOTICED THAT THE AIR WAS COMING INTO THE CAR AS IF A WINDOW WAS OPEN. WHEN I GOT HOME MY DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE.

MOON/SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING- NO VEHICLES, ROCKS OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS WERE NEAR

THIS CAR EXPERIENCES SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER LEADING TO THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR EVEN MOVE THE VEHICLE FOR VARYING LENGTHS OF TIME. THIS IS LEFT ME STRANDED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THREE TIMES. TWICE I WAS IN TRAFFIC (COMING OFF THE I-95 NORTH AND NEEDING TO MERGE MY EXIT, THEN WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN A LEFT TURN LANE) . MOST RECENTLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP AFTER BEING IN A PARKED. IN THE LATTER EPISODE JUMP-STARTS DID NOT HELP. WHILE THE DASH LIGHTS EVENTUALLY CAME ON, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ABLE TO MOVE ONE TO TWO TIMES AND THEN DIED, THE ENGINE SIMPLY WOULD NOT TURN OVER. INITIAL EVALUATIONS BY THE DEALER FOR AN ENGINE LIGHT GAVE AN "OVERSPEED CODE" WHICH WAS NOT RELEVANT TO DRIVING CONDITIONS.

CLUTCH KIT REPLACEMENTS, ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MODULE REPLACEMENTS (THREE TIMES), AFTER ALL THIS I STILL HAVE A CAR THAT SHUDDERS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. I TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE THEY PUT THERE MACHINE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT ON AND THE ERROR CODE IS P090C WHICH IS THE CLUTCH POSITION CIRCUIT. I PUT IN GEAR TO GO AFTER BACKING UP BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE UNTIL I PUT IN GEAR S. I TOOK IT TO EBY FORD GOSHEN IN TO HAVE IT FIXED.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN BY ANYONE BUT ME. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN HURT OR INJURED IN MY CAR. ANY REPORTS LIKE THE ONE THAT ON YOUR SITE UNDER VIN#[XXX] IS FALSE, AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED *SEARCH OF COMPLAINT DATABASE ON APRIL 24, 2017, SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLAINT FILED ON THAT VIN*SMCH INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE VEHICLE'S CLUTCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IT STUTTERS/HESITATES, MAKES GRINDING NOISES, ETC. AND STILL DOES SINCE SECOND REPAIR, RADIO MADE POPPING, STATIC SKRECKING SOUNDS THAT GOT WORSE OVER TIME TO THE POINT OF HAPPENING ALL THE TIME AND MADE RADIO USELESS, PURGE VALVE FAILED AND COULD HAVE DESTROYED GAS TANK AND FUEL PUMP IF NOT DEALT WITH WHICH THANKFULLY I DID. THESE ARE ALL KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE.

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING REALLY BAD AND GETS UP TO 3,000-4,000 RPMS THEN JERKS REALLY HARD.

OVER THE PAST 1 + YEARS MY RADIO WOULD RANDOMLY MAKE A HISSING AND CRACKING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A LOUD POP AND STOP WORKING. BOTH THE RADIO AND BLUE TOOTH CAPABILITIES WERE DISABLED. RESTARTING THE CAR WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO UPDATE THE SYNC/RADIO, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. AS PER THE FORD SYNC WEB SITE, I USED WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUMS STORAGE (2GB) AND HAD A PROPERLY FORMATTED USB DEVICE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE DEVICE FOR AN UPDATE. YESTERDAY THE RADIO COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD CONTINUE TO HISS AND CRACK, EVEN WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF AND KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION. I HAVE TRIED TO RESET THE RADIO, BUT IT IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONING AND HAVE NO BLUE TOOTH CAPABILITY.

VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH. I AM STILL HAVING THE ISSUE. THE SHUDDERING HAPPENS EVERYDAY.

THE FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK THAT I PURCHASED FROM AUFFENBERG DEALER GROUP, 1708 NEW CAR DRIVE, O'FALLON , ILLINOIS ON DECEMBER 13, 2016 CONSTANTLY JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY, AS IF IT IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS. (STRANGELY, I DID NOT SENSE THIS WHILE TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE. DURING THE TEST DRIVE ON DECEMBER 13, 2016, I DID MENTION TO THE SALES PERSON THAT I HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE CAR THAT SPARKED MY CONCERN BUT WAS TOLD HE HEARD NOTHING. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE REACTION OF THE WHEELS ON THE CAR WHEN ACCELERATION IS SLOWED. MY GREATEST CONCERN IS THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT WILL STOP IN TRAFFIC. THIS CAN PROVE DANGEROUS TO ME AND OTHER MOTORISTS. NO ONE MENTIONED OR DISCUSSED WITH ME ON DECEMBER 13, 2016 THESE PROBLEMS ALTHOUGH I'VE SINCE SEEN A PAPER LACKING MY SIGNATURE CONCERNING THE SAME....

SIDE DOOR LATCHING (SAFETY RECALL) STILL NOT REPAIRED. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR TWO TIMES ALREADY SINCE OCT 2016 BUT THEY ONLY SAY THAT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE DOOR NO LONGER LATCHED, THEY REFUSED TO FIX IF FOR 3 WEEKS. THEN FINALLY FIXED IT, WHEN I WENT MY SEAT BELT ALSO STOPPED LATCHING AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT STOPPED LATCHING. THEY WILL NOT FIX UNTIL IN BECOMES AND ACTUAL RECALL. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS.

I HAVE HAD MY PRE-OWNED VEHICLE FOR 1 1/2 YEARS AND HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS ISSUES WITH MY TRUNK POPPING OPEN RANDOMLY. IT OPENS ANYWHERE AND AT RANDOM TIMES. I'VE HAD IT OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD, POTENTIALLY HAVING THINGS FROM TRUNK FLY OUT AND HIT ANOTHER MOTORIST. IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT TWICE BY BAXTER FORD IN OMAHA, NE. THEY CAN NEVER SEEM TO FIND THE ISSUE OR HAVE IT "DUPLICATE" ON THEIR TIME. THIS DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2013 FORD FOCUS SE FOR MY DAUGHTER BACK IN 2012, AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SHE STARTED EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH. WHENEVER SHE STOPS AT A STOP LIGHT AND TRIES TO ACCELERATE AT TAKE OFF, SHE FEELS JERKING, AND HESITATION WHEN DRIVING. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE HAD BEEN ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLES DUAL CLUTCH THAT WAS REDESIGNED ON THE CAR. THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AND DEEMED OKAY TO DRIVE PER DEALER. WE PICKED UP HER VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, UNTIL A FEW MONTHS LATER SHE STARTED HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED TO JERK MORE OFTEN AND WAS GETTING WORSE. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, CAR WAS PLACED ON COMPUTER AND WE WERE INFORMED BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT NO ISSUES WERE FOUND....

THE POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION CONTAINS ONE OR MORE DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUDDENLY LURCHING FORWARD, DELAYED ACCELERATION, AND SUDDEN LOSS OF FORWARD PROPULSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A VERY SLUGGISH SHIFT BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND GEARS AND THE UPSHIFT BOGS DOWN LIKE THE VEHICLE MIGHT STALL AND ERRATICALLY SHIFTING IN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR AS WELL,CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION DEFECT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUCKING, KICKING, JERKING, HARSH ENGAGEMENT, AND DELAYED ACCELERATION AND LURCHING. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THIS DEFECT CAUSES FATALITIES.

PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAS A VERY DELAYED SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR AND IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. CAN HEAR THE GEARS SLIP AND GRIND WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE LOWER GEARS ... ESPECIALLY GOING UP ANY TYPE OF HILL.COULD CAUSE A WRECK WHEN PULLING OFF A SIDE STREET TO MAIN ROAD OR WHEN GOING UP A HILL IT CAN'T ALMOST FEEL LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO DROP OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND THE CAR TO ROLLING BACKWARDS.

MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS FORD FOCUS.1ST PROBLEM I HAD WAS A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING.I NOTICE BECAUSE MY CAR WAS PARKED AND IT SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE.2ND INCIDENT HAPPENED A YEAR LATER. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN CAR JUST SHUT OFF ON THE ROAD. I WAS SO SCARED.I WAS IN NOTION BARELY MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON RT 50.THAT WAS SO SCARY I COULD HAVE DIED.I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO GET SERVICED AT SHEEHY FORD. THEY GAVE ME THE CAR BACK AGAIN AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE ROAD ON MY WAY TO WORK. AT THAT TIME I TOWED IT AGAIN BUT TO KOONS FALLS CHURCH.LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING EITHER UNTIL I GOT UPSET AND THEY TOLD ME TO GO FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH THE MECHANIC AND IT HAPPENED...

I HAVE HEARD THERE IS A RECALL ON THE DOOR LATCH ON THE BACK DOOR. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE COMPANY I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM.

ONE DEC 24 2015 DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY MY CAR HAD FULL LOSS OF STEERING, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE PEDALS STOPPED WORKING AND I NEARLY CRASHED THE CAR. AFTER PULLING OFF THE FREEWAY I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP. MOMENTS LATER I COULD START THE CAR, I RAN A VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT TO PROVE TO FORD THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. I THEN DROVE MY CAR WHICH WAS STUCK IN 1ST GEAR TO MY DESTINATION. THE STEERING WAS VERY HEAVY, THE PEDALS WERE NOT WORKING WELL AT ALL. AFTER LEAVING IT PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES I TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE ILLUMINATED, BUT THE PROBLEMS HAD CLEARED. THIS FEATURE IS VERY DECEIVING, AS SOME MAY ASSUME THE CAR IS NOW SAFE. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR, AND THEY SIMPLY REPROGRAMMED THE CAR. I CONTINUE TO THIS DAY TO...

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, MOST NOTICEABLY THE LOWER GEARS BUT IT HAS HAPPENED WITH HIGHER GEARS ON OCCASION. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ALSO "SPUDDERS" OR "CHUGS" WHEN ACCELERATION IS APPLIED, AND DOES NOT MATTER HOW AGGRESSIVELY OR GENTLY THE ACCELERATION IS APPLIED, IT STILL STRUGGLES, SOMETIMES HESITATING, OR SOMETIMES "CHUGGING," THEN USUALLY SLAMS VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR. THESE OCCURANCES ARE ONGOING AND ARE MOST PREVALENT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR FROM SLOW SPEEDS.

I WAS TRYING TO TRADE IN MY CAR AND WHEN I CAME OUTSIDE TO START IT UP IT WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. IN ADDITION, I HAVE ALWAYS EXPERIENCED IDOLING AND JERKING WHEN TAKING OFF WHICH SEEMS LIKE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT ISSUE. CURRENTLY STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES JERKING AND IDOLING WHEN TAKING OFF. WHEN MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE ELECTRIC PROBLEM WAS IN 2015 AND IT HAD ABOUT 30 TO 40,000 MILES ON IT BUT THE JERKING AND IDOLING HAVE ALWAYS OCCURRED AND I CHECKED THE RECALL BEFORE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T A RECALL.

REAR DOOR LATCH AND LOCKING SYSTEM FAILS TO LATCH OR LOCK DOORS. SAFETY ISSUE AND CANNOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO DOORS NOT LATCHING SHUT REAR DOORS FLYING OPEN.

MOON-ROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD FROM FULLY CLOSED POSITION, TRAVELING ON I-5 N, 4:42PM SAT 8/20/16 AT DUPONT WA. GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARD AND GLASS DEBRIS WAS WITNESSED EXITING OUT AND AWAY FROM THE ROOF THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ANY ROAD DEBRIS TO CAUSE AN IMPACT OR CHIP OR DING.

SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF PURCHASE THE CAR HAS HAD TRANS FAILURE. IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP AT LEAST 4-5 TIMES FOR REPAIRS WITH NO AVAIL.. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, MAKES LOUD GRINDING NOISES, STALLS, LOSES POWER THEN VIOLENTLY JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING. BECAUSE OF THIS MANY TIMES I HAVE NARROWLY MISSED HITTING OTHER CARS CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I DRIVE EVERYDAY WITH FEAR AND ANXIETY, THIS CAR IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. TO TOP THINGS OFF, SUDDENLY, MY REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY SHUT,. IT APPEARS THAT THE LATCH IS BROKEN EVEN THOUGH I RARELY IF AT ALL OPEN OR CLOSE THIS DOOR. THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR THIS ATROCITY THEY BROUGHT UPON THEIR CUSTOMERS.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH, CANNOT SHUT DOOR, HAD TO HOLD IT DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP. HUGE LIABILITY EXPOSURE. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS SAFETY RECALLS, BUT WAS TOLD BY SERVICE THIS VEHICLE NOT ONE OF THEM? EXCUSE ME, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS, AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT CERTIFIED USED, WE PURCHASED BEST WARRANTY, BUT THIS AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS NOT COVER. I AM APPALLED THAT SOMETHING I CONSIDER A SAFETY ISSUE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I WORK IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY AS AN ADJUSTER. THEY WANT TO CHARGE US $482.00 . . .