2014 FORD FOCUS Engine Problems

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SO MANY TIMES BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS CAR.

CAR HESITATES AND SHUTTERS WHEN DRIVEN. THIS IS WORSE AT LOWER SPEEDS OR WHEN TURNING. THIS HAPPENS BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. IT'S BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, EACH TIME THE MODULE REQUIRES REPROGRAMMING, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAD BEEN ON. WE'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS TURNED ON AGAIN ONLY 5 DAYS AFTER THE LAST REPAIR. I'VE CHECKED AND THE FOCUS HAS 5 DIFFERENT ACTIVE RECALLS, 2 OF THEM WITH REGARDS TO POWER TRAIN, BUT THIS CAR SEEMS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THEM AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE ESCAPED BEING HIT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MY CAR DOING THIS. I HAVE A FEAR I AM GOING TO BE REAR ENDED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF MY CAR. THE CAR STALLS ON THE ROAD THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION OUR CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A MONTH, SECOND TIME ON THE TRANSMISSION JERKING AND STALLING ON THE ROAD WHEN YOU WOULD BE STOPED AT A RED LIGHT THEN IN MOTION IT JERKED WHEN YOU INCREASED YOUR SPEED, VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NO ONE IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. FORD CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL. . NOT JAPORDIZING MY FAMILY LIFE FOR A CAR THAT STALLS ON THE ROAD.

THE CAR SHUDDERS UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP; CHANGING GEARS MORE LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT IT IS. ALSO, THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING AND SHUDDERING DURING RIGHT HAND TURNS. SO FAR, THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE ACCELERATION FROM SLOW SPEEDS AND FROM A STOP IS DANGEROUSLY SLOW AND NEARLY UNRESPONSIVE AT TIMES. *JS

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN NEUGEBAUER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENTS OF THE 19TH DISTRICT OF TEXAS RE FORD SAFETY ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS SE WITH THE OPTIONAL DPS6 POWER SHIFT TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A SEVERE, ERRATIC MOVEMENT, ALONG WITH SHUDDERING/JERKING, WITH THE MOST SEVERE BEING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, PARK OR DRIVE ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ON TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS, IT HAPPENED WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS; ONCE HITTING A PEDESTRIAN AND LEAVING SCRATCHES ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WITH A DENTED LICENSE PLATE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND APPLYING THE BRAKE DID NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. LAST YEAR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO HIT A CURB, IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD NUMEROUS...

SHUDDER IN FIRST TO SECOND GEAR LOSING POWER WITH ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION; LOSS OF SPEED AND SHAKING AND NO ACCERLATION FROM STOP TO START; LOSS OF POWER AND AUTO JUMPS UP AND DOWN WITHOUT GOING ANYWHERE.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. MY CAR JUDDERS SEVERELY. FAILED TO GET UP TO SPEED CORRECT. RPM IS 4,500. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD CORPORATE, THEY HAVE FAILED TO EXECUTE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PART BUT THERE IS 6-8 WEEK BACK ORDER. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP IN TOWN AS A USED VEHICLE BUT WITH ONLY 20K MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO LET ME TEST DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY CITING DEALERSHIP RULES. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK FINE. ONE WEEK AFTER GETTING CAR HOME IT BEGAN SHUDDERING AND FAILING TO ACCELERATE ONLY TO RAPIDLY SHIFT GEARS ONCE IT FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WANTED TO DO. WHEN TRYING TO ENTER HIGHWAY THE CAR WOULD RUN THROUGH 4 GEARS BEFORE HITTING MPH CAUSING HORRIBLE AND SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE. WHEN FINALLY GET UP TO 55 MPH OR MORE, THE CAR SHUTTERS SO BAD IT IS MAKING OTHER PARTS FALL APART AND COME LOOSE...LIKE THE STEERING AND A/C NOT WORKING PROPERLY...I HAVE TO GO 80 JUST TO GET IT TO REDUCE SLIGHTLY. I CALLED UP DEALER AND DEMANDED THEY REPAIR. DEALER RESET TRANSMISSION TO FACTORY DEFAULTS WHICH FIXED NOTHING. TOOK CAR IN...

THIS PROBLEM START SINCE I GOT THE CAR THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL BUT THIS IS THE 3 TIME I ALMOST HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY AND INTERSECTIONS THE CAR ENGINE STALL WHEN THAT HAPPEN THE CAR WONT RESPOND THIS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME IF I AM DRIVING FAST OUR SLOW. I ALREADY TAKE IT TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES TO GET IT FIX AND THE CAR IS GETTING WORSE I ONLY HAVE ONE REPAIR INVOICE THEY WONT GIVE ME ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR THEY ALSO REPLACE THE CLUTCH AND RESTART THE TRANSMISSION A FEW TIMES.

I PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW. IT STARTED BOGGING OUT DYING IN SLOW TRAFFIC AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNS. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE NOTHING WAS RESOLVED. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN IN A COUPLE ACCIDENTS WHEN TURNING THE CAR DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF STREET AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN T BONED. I SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT AT TIMES. SOMETIMES WHEN IT STARTS TO DIE IT EXCELERATES AND SEND THE CAR FORWARD AT A FAST SPEED. I HAVE ONLY HAD CAR 18 MONTH. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR!

THE VEHICLE HAS WENT INTO REVERSE ON 3 OCCASIONS WHILE THE GEAR STICK SELECTOR IS IN THE DRIVE POSITION. ONE INCIDENT IT WENT INTO REVERSE, STRIKING A PEDESTRIAN CAUSING INJURY. ON ANOTHER IT WENT INTO REVERSE WHILE ON A FREEWAY, THEN CAME TO A CRAWL AND STOPPED. FORD SENT OUT THEIR FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN AND SAID THAT AN ENGINE CRANKSHAFT SEAL WAS LEAKING (IN ADDITION TO THE CLUTCH SEALS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED FOR LEAKAGE EARLIER). THE DEALER SAYS THAT THESE LEAKS ARE COMMON AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO EXHIBIT ERRATIC BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING GOING INTO REVERSE. ACCORDING TO THE FORD DISPUTE RESOLUTION DEPARTMENT, THEY COULD FIND NO ABNORMAL CODES IN THE COMPUTER OF THE CAR - WHICH COULD BE A WHOLE OTHER DEFECT IN ITSELF. FORD REFUSES TO PROVIDE ME PAPERWORK ON THE TECHNICIAN'S REPORT/REVIEW OF THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, NOR WILL THEY...

CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THIS CAN OCCUR AT A STOPLIGHT OR AT FREEWAY SPEED.

CAR JERKS AND SHAKES. ESPECIALLY WHEN TAKING OFF OR ON TURNING VEHICLE JERKS BADLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. THIS CAUSES A HUGE DANGER TO ME BECAUSE IF I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC I NEVER KNOW IF MY CAR WILL GO OR RESIST. SONS DAYS ARE SO BAD THAT I JUST GIVE UP DRIVING BECAUSE IT FEELS AS IF MY CAR WILL STALL. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT A CAR THAT YOU'VE BOUGHT NEW AND PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON TO RUN LIKE DAILY. DEALERSHIP, TODAY, SAYS IT'S FINE. INITIAL ISSUES DATE BACK TO AUGUST 2014.

THE ENGINE OVERHEATS FOR NO REASON AND AS A RESULT THE CAR SHUTS OFF. TOOK THE CAR TO FORD AND WAS TOLD DUE TO IT BEING A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION THERE IS NOTHING UNDER THE HOOD TO COOL THE ENGINE DOWN AND TO JUST PUT THE HOOD UP FOR 20 MINUTES AND IT IS FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

VEHICLE HAS HAD A RED FLUID LEAK FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE MANY TIMES AND CURRENTLY FILING LEMON LAW ARBITRATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 55 DAYS ALTOGETHER SINCE IT'S PURCHASE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR DUE TO THE FLUID LEAK WHICH SEEMS TO BE MORE OF COOLANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS BURNING OIL AND OR LOSING IT SOMEWHERE THAT ISN'T VISIBLE. IT ALSO HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH STARTING AS WELL AS THE RADIO CLOCK AND PRESETS ALL RESETTING AFTER SITTING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE SUNROOF RESALES AFTER IT HAD LEAKED FOR OVER TWO MONTHS AND THE DEALERSHIP WASN'T ABLE TO FIND THE LEAK. THE FRONT END MAKES HORRIBLE NOISES WHEN DECELERATING. IT GRINDS AND WHINES AS IF SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP. I'VE TAKEN IT INTO THE...

PREVIOUSLY, DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING INTO REVERSE WHILE THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN "D" DRIVE, I BACKED INTO A FEMALE PEDESTRIAN HITTING HER AND ALMOST RUNNING HER OVER. THERE ARE STILL SCRATCHES FROM HER RINGS ON MY BACK BUMPER. FORD HAS PERFORMED NUMEROUS TSB'S AND RECALLS TO "FIX" THE ISSUE. UPON THE MOST RECENT TSB AND RECALL UPDATE, I WAS PROMISED IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF ANY ISSUES, INCLUDING AN ISSUE WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER AND SEARCH FOR A GEAR BEFORE ENGAGING AND SPINNING OUT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 30 MILES, I NOTICED THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, SHAKING, AND SLOWING DOWN WHILE IN IDLE. I STOPPED FOR A REFUEL. I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND CALCULATED MY MPG'S AS I ALWAYS DO - ONLY 19MPG, WHICH FORD SAYS IS "WITHIN SPEC" AS LONG AS IT IS NOT MORE THAN 8MPG OFF. (THE ON...

VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, ROUGH IDLING AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE 2 CYLINDERS WITH LOW COMPRESSION AND METAL IN ENGINE. FORD CASE#7853581 ENGINE WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP FOR 9 DAYS. FORD REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER DOES NOT RESPOND TO MY EMAILED QUESTIONS. AFTER REPAIR CAR DOES NOT START UP IMMEDIATELY, GRADUAL PROBLEM UNTIL 9 DAYS AFTER ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE CAR DOES NOT START AT ALL. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND HAS NOW BEEN THERE FOR 2 DAYS. I FEAR THAT AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT SAFE.

THE TRANSMISSION IS SHUDDERING, SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I COULD HEAR GRINDING NOISE, LIKE ITS AND BOLTS AND LOOSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE JERKED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO RESET THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED THE FUEL MODULE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,200.

I PURCHASED MY 2014 FORD FOCUS SE ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014, AND SINCE THEN HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES (TODAY, BEING THE THIRD TIME) TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON. THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH; THE SECOND TIME, WHEN I CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TIMING AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED; AND WHEN THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, I TOOK IT IN YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE REPORT READS, "ROAD TEST DIAGNOSE CUSTOMERS CONCERN. PERFORM TSB 150120 MEASURE SHUDDER AFTER RELEARN. TEST PASSED. A 143 OUT OF A MAX ALLOWABLE 250 WAS RECORDED & SENT TO FORD. THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING WITHIN FORD'S DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS." WELL, FORD'S DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS ARE TERRIBLE. THE CAR JOLTS FORWARD FROM A STOP AND DRAMATICALLY SHUDDERS, NO MATTER HOW LIGHTLY OR HEAVILY I...

BEGINNING AT 6000 MILES AND 7 MONTHS OF OPERATION, MY 2014 FORD FOCUS BEGAN OPERATING ERRATICALLY. THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED PHYSICAL SHUDDERS, LURCHING WHEN COMING OUT OF 0MPH, AND BOGGING DOWN/FAILING TO SHIFT TO ACCELERATE WHEN MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRST AND MOST NOTICEABLE TIME, IT RESULTED IN MY HITTING THE BUMPER OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AND A MORE THAN $5000 REPAIR TO THEIR CAR. AT THE TIME, I WAS A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY AT A DRIVE-THRU AND APPLIED GAS TO MOVE FORWARD. AT FIRST, NOTHING HAPPENED, THEN THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD SUDDENLY. I TAPPED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME-- NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY CAR, BUT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THEIRS. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN UNTIL NOW THE CAR EXHIBITS VIOLENT SHUDDERING COMING OUT OF FIRST AND SECOND AND HAS PROBLEMS ACCELERATING, TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS...

SINCE ABOUT 6,000 MILES, MY CAR "STUTTERS" UPON ACCELERATION. GOING FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THERE IS HESITATION PRIOR TO ACCELERATION WHICH IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AS THOSE BEHIND ME ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THEN, IT STUTTERS, OR HESITATES, AS I ACCELERATE TO A POINT, AT WHICH POINT ACCELERATION CEASES AND THE RPMS RACE. AGAIN, A DANGER OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND OR THE SIDE WHEN MERGING. I ASKED MY OIL CHANGE GUY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT HE REFUSED AS HE HAS HEARD ABOUT TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THE FORD FOCUS CARS AND SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. WHEN I CALLED FORD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SAID THEY JUST NEEDED TO "RECALIBRATE". MY CAR "PASSED" THEIR TEST, BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUED. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID HE IS ON THE PHONE WITH 7-8 FORD FOCUS...

RANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING FOR OVERT TCM FAILURE WARNING SHIFTLING PROBLEM. WENT TO DEALERSHIP APRIL 30 2015 AND WAITING ON THE PART IT HAS BEEN OVER THREE MONTHS WAITING

WHILE DRIVEN I HAD TROUBLE WITH CAR JERKING WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE THEN ERROR MESSAGE TRANSMISSION AT FAULT AND HILL SIDE ASSIT NOT WORKING. IT WOULD GO FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN DRIVING THE MESSAGE KEPT COMING ON. RMP WOULD JUMP REAL HIGH AND NOT MOVING THEN IT WOULD CATCH AND JERK AND CONTINUE GOING.

THE VEHICLE DRIVES LIKE IT IS IN THE WRONG GEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION OR SOMETHING IS DRAGGING. IT DOES NOT GO SMOOTHLY TO ANOTHER GEAR. IT DRIVES HARD FOR A 2014 CAR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS..... UPDATED 09/30/15*BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT IN THE ENGINE FAILED AND CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TO FRACTURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO INDICATE THE ACCURATE SPEED LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT UNKNOWN WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES ROLL FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY LUNGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER ADAPTIVE LEARNING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000. MA 10/2 UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN

I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ON COMING TRAFFIC HAD A GREEN LEFT ARROW ALLOWING THEM TO TURN THEM IN FRONT OF ME. ONCE THE TRAFFIC CLEARED, I STARTED MY RIGHT TURN. THE CAR STUTTERED AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME APPEARED TO ALMOST HIT ME AS MY ACCELERATION WAS ALMOST NOT EXISTENT. I PRESSED THE GAS FURTHER AND FINALLY AROUND 5500 RPM, THE CAR SEEMED TO 'ENGAGE' SINCE IT LURCHED AND THE TIRES CHIRPED A BIT AS THEY GRABBED THE PAVEMENT.

AFTER DRIVING INTO HOUSTON LAST YEAR, CAME TO A STOP LIGHT ON THE TOLLWAY. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINED REVVED HIGH FOLLOWED BY A METAL "CLAPPING/CLANKING" NOISE WHEN VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR, BUT CAR STILL ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I ENDED UP RUNNING INTO A CURB TO KEEP FROM HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. THE NEXT DAY, GOING UP A PARKING GARAGE AT 2-5MPH, TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED ERRATIC MOVEMENT AND HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN REVERSE (GEARSHIFT WAS IN THE "DRIVE" SLOT). A GIRL WAS PASSING BEHIND ME AND WAS STRUCK AS I WAS REACTING TO THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN DIRECTION TRYING TO BRAKE. SHE PUT HER HANDS OUT TO PUSH HERSELF AWAY AND HER RING SCRATCHED MY BACK BUMPER AND HER HAND DENTED IN MY BACK LICENSE PLATE. HER HAND WAS TURNING RED AND BRUISED, BUT SHE REFUSED TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 266. UPDATED 7/10/15*CN THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MODULE. HOWEVER. 100 MILES LATER, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. UPDATED 05/05/16.*JB

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH IN FIFTH GEAR AND SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE BLEW. I STARTED BLOWING OIL AND SMOKE OUT THE REAR, "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" CAME ON, AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I LOST ALL POWER AND POWER STEERING, SO I MADE MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER. I PULLED THE HOOD LATCH AND STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE I WITNESSED FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE BAY. I BACKED UP AND WATCHED THE FRONT OF THE CAR FULLY ENGULF INTO FLAMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, FUEL LINE PRESSURE SENSOR, AND THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,500. UPDATED 7/14/15*CN UPDATED 10/12/2017*CN

AUTO CLUTCH SURGES, JERKS, DRAGS. SHIFTS INTO REVERSE WHEN YOU ARE IN DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,588. UPDATED 6/4/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL, SHUDDER AND SLIP OUT OF GEARS. UPDATED 12/17/15.8JB UPDATED 10/11/2017*CN

WITHIN THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED MILES I DROVE THE CAR I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT COULDN'T GET IN GEAR AND GO. THE ACCELERATION WAS DELAYED DRAMATICALLY. THAT HAS CONTINUED EVER SINCE. MORE RECENTLY FROM A DEAD STOP WHEN I ACCELERATE THE CAR SHUDDERS, MAKES LOUD, ODD NOISES AND ACCELERATES WITH DIFFICULTY. THIS CAR IS A DANGER TO ME AND TO OTHERS. *TR

THE CAR SHUDDERS, JERKS AND SLIPS OUT OF GEAR ... FORD WON'T DO IT AND LET ME BUY THE CAR WITHOUT SAYING A WORD EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS THEY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE CAR ACCELERATED, LURCHING FORWARD, INSTEAD OF STOPPING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING ME TO STRIKE THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CAR TRANSMISSION REVVED AND GAVE THE SOUND OF A CAR SHIFTING GEARS, AND CONTINUED TO REV FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER IMPACT. *TR

WHILE TAKING TURNS AT 10 - 15 MPH SPEED AND/OR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE GIVES OUT A SERIES OF RATTLING NOISES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SEEMS TO OCCURS AT NO / PARTIAL THROTTLE BEING APPLIED. AT TIMES, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM STOP, THE VEHICLE SHATTERS QUITE STRONGLY. THE SHUDDER IS PRETTY STRONG WHEN IT OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ON AN INCLINE. *TR

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, CAR SHUTTERS. IT CAN HAPPEN WITH USING NO FORCE ON THE GAS OR USING FULL FORCE ON THE GAS. CAR SHUTTERS AND EVEN MAKES A RATTLING NOISE. *TR

MY FORD FOCUS SHUTTERS, GRINDS EVERY TIME I GO FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER GEAR. THE CAR STARTS TO SHUTTER BADLY AS I PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND JUMPS WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. I HIT ANOTHER CAR. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE FOOD DEALER 2X WITH THE COMPLAINTS THAT THE CAR, SHUTTERS, GRINDS LIKE IT WONT GO INTO GEAR. THEY KEEP GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. *TR

HELLO I PURCHASED MY 2014 FORD FOCUS SEPT 1, 2014 DECIDED TO GET A FORD BEING THAT I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT TOYOTA COROLLAS IN THE PAST AND A PLYMOUTH NEON THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BUT PREFER COROLLAS ANYWAYS SOON AFTER I WAS DRIVING IT I NOTICED A JERKING, REVVING ON TAKE OFF AT FIRST I THOUGHT OK IT'S JUST ME BUT WHEN MY SISTERS NOTICED IT AND MY BROTHER WHILE HE TOOK IT TO THE STORE THAT'S WHEN I KNEW IT WASN'T JUST ME. THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT HAS NO POWER UPON TAKE OFF WHICH MAKES ME REALLY UNCERTAIN AND AFRAID I DON'T FEEL INSURE LETTING ANYONE RIDE WITH ME. I DRIVE UP ORTEGA HWY A LOT SINCE MY SON LIVES IN MISSION VIEJO IT'S A VERY UP HILL RIDE THE CAR JERKS A LOT AND AGAIN HAS NO POWER I LITERALLY HAVE TO GIVE IT GAS FOR...

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT MY CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, ONCE WHILE STOPPED, THE SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF OCCURRED WHILE STOPPED AT 0 MILES PER HOUR AT A DRIVE-THROUGH, I HAD TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES HARDER TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM HITTING THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. A SECOND OCCURRENCE OCCURRED YESTERDAY ON FEBRUARY 14 OF 2014. I WAS DRIVING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR IN A 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE WHEN THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT WARNING ACCELERATED; I HAD TO STEER THE CAR INTO A SNOW BANK AND I ALMOST HIT A LARGE TREE I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABOVE OCCURRENCES AND I WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH MY FORD DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WART WAS EVALUATED AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE IS...

2014 FORD FOCUS THE TRANSMISSION STUTTERS, GRINDS AND IS VERY SHAKY. UPON ACCELERATION ITS VERY JUMPY AND STUTTERS AND FOLLOWED BY A GRIND NOISE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED ALL THE INDIVIDUAL CLUTCHES. THEY TOLD ME DRIVE IT A BIT. THE STUTTER HAS STOPPED A LITTLE BUT IT STILL STUTTERS AND GRINDS. I TRIED TO IGNORE THIS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE IT IS VERY INCONVENIENT FOR YOUR VEHICLE TO BE IN SHOP. THEY SHOULD REALLY MAKE IT STANDARD FOR ALL FORD DEALERSHIPS TO PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR IF YOUR VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. I BOUGHT A NEW CAR SO THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS AND NOW I AM ALWAYS HAVING TO BRING IT IN. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY RE PROGRAMMED IT. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY REPROGRAMMED IT AGAIN...

TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, FOR THE 5TIMES . TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS I AM HAVING AND THEY STATED THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM, LIKE EVERY TIME, WITH THE SHUDDERING AND HESITATION I WAS EXPERIENCING. THEY HAVE REPROGRAMMED, AND REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND COMPUTER AND ASKED THAT I DRIVE IT AGAIN FOR A BIT AND SEE IF THE PROBLEM RETURNS. THE PROBLEMS STILL REMAINS THE SAME, WITH NO HELP FROM DEALERSHIP, THEY JUST KEEP MAKING EXCUSES, REFUSING TO FACE THE PROBLEM, THEY TOLD ME AFTER MY 5TH TRIP AND WAIST OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT A NEW CAR, MY CAR IS BARELY EVEN 11 MONTHS OLD. THE LAST TIME IT WAS SERVICE THEY DIDN'T EVEN PUT BACK IN THE OIL PLUG, FOR AN OIL CHANGE I DIDN'T EVEN RECEIVE, MY CAR IS WORST EVERYDAY, I HAVE BOUGHT 4 VEHICLES MFRI! THIS DEALERSHIP AND IF...

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE THRU A HOSPITAL PARKING LOT WITH MY FATHER IN THE CAR GOING ABOUT 3-5 MPH. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REVED HIGH BUT CAR DID NOT MOVE. IT WAS AS IF IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. MADE AN APPT AT THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMANT, BUT A DAY BEFORE THE APPT I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO A MAIN ROAD WHEN IT "HESITATED" SO BADLY THAT I WAS ALMOST TBONED. SERVICE SAID IT NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THEY SAID THAT THEY RECORDED SLIPPAGE AND THAT WITH THE UPDATE IT SHOULD BE FINE. THE CAR SINCE THEN HAS CONTINUED TO HESITATE AND SHIFT ROUGHLY. IT ROLLS BACK ON HILLS NOT STOPPING UNTIL EITHER MOMENTUM RUNS OUT OR I PRESS THE BRAKE. IT HAS EVEN GONE BACKWARDS ON A FLAT SURFACE WHILE IDELING. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE! I...

THE VEHICLE HAS IDLE PROBLEMS SO I TOOK IT IN 1 MOUNT AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR FORD SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT 2 MOUNTS LATER SAME PROBLEM THE CAR ACTUALLY JUMPED SPEED ALL THE SUDDEN AND RAN INTO DIVIDER THE BUMPER WAS WRECKED I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER IN SAN JOSE THEY TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN I TRY TO GET ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE BUT FORD DENIED ME ,I HAVE SO MUCH ISSUE WITH FORD VEHICLE I HAD 2 FORD DIESEL TRUCKS WITH 6.0 ENGINE I SPENT AROUND 8,000 THOUSANDS DOLLARS FIXING IT NOW MY BRAND NEW CAR NOTHING BUT PROBLEM. I HURT MY NECK WHEN I HIT THE DIVIDER BUT ALL I ASK IS FORD TO BACK UP THERE MISTAKE ON VEHICLES I ALSO BOUGHT A NEW F150 THAT TRUCK RUNS GREAT BACK IN 2001. I JUST DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THAT CAR NO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW. I'M A SINGLE MOM WITH A TIGHT BUDGET SO I WAS LOOKING FOR A VERY DEPENDABLE CAR. I STARTED NOTICING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AFTER THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF BUYING THE CAR. WHEN I WOULD GO DRIVE UP THE RAMP ON TO THE FREEWAY, I WASN'T ABLE TO SPEED UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS CAUSED EXTREME SAFELY ISSUES AS DRIVERS WOULD HONK AND GET BACKED UP BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE. I ALSO NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND WHEN WITHIN THE FIRST FEW SECONDS OF ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE OR BROKEN IN THE ENGINE. MY MOM CAME TO VISIT AFTER 2 MONTHS OF HAVING THE CAR. SHE DROVE THE CAR AND SAID THIS DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, TAKE IT IN. SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY FORD DEALER. I SAID THIS CAR DOES NOT DRIVE SAFE. I DON'T...

CAR SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP AND JERKS AND LUNGES UPON ACCELERATION FROM A SLOWDOWN. TRANSMISSION SLIPS GEARS AND ALSO HITS A DEAD SPOT CAUSING A LACK OF ACCELERATION AROUND GEAR 2-3. RPM'S REV UP WITH NO ACCELERATION AND THEN DROPS QUICKLY WITH A HESITATION BEFORE A REDUCTION OF SPEED. CAR CAN LUNGE WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR WHEN YOU DON'T WANT IT TO GO THAT HARD AND THE OPPOSITE HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY MERGES WHEN YOU NEED THE CAR TO GO AND IT WON'T DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION BOTTOMING OUT. PROBLEMS GET WORSE THE LONGER AND FARTHER YOU DRIVE THE CAR. HAD AT THE DEALER 3 TIMES NOW, REPROGRAMMED CLUTCH LAST TIME BUT SAY THE ISSUES FOUND ARE "NORMAL" AND THAT FORD MADE THE TRANSMISSION TO DO JUST AS THE PROBLEMS STATE TO MAKE THE CAR FEEL MORE LIKE A MANUAL THAN AN AUTOMATIC. THIS CAR IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO...

2014 FORD FOCUS SE HAS A HESITATION ON ACCELERATION (PERHAPS TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE COMPUTER) THAT HAS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE MERGING INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC, CREATING HAZARDOUS SITUATION. *MW THE CONSUMER STATED SEVERAL REPROGRAM FUNCTIONS WERE PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER STATED FREQUENTLY, ON A COLD START-UP, WHEN HE SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HESITATED BRIEFLY AS IF IT WAS NOT IN THE CORRECT GEAR. *JB