2014 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, BUT DID NOT STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FAIRLANE FORD (LOCATED AT 14585 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48126, (313) 846-5000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT GIVEN THE PROGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE PER A WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM. 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 8,000.

I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2014 FORD FOCUS SE. WITHIN THE FIRST 15,000 MILES, I HAD TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS SHUDDERING/STALLING. FORD TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND IT WOULD BE FREE TO FIX. I HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED THREE OTHER TIMES BEFORE HITTING 60,000 MILES FOR THE SAME ISSUES. NOW I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND NEXT TIME IT WILL COST ME $1500 TO FIX! THESE ISSUES POSE A TRUE SAFETY CONCERN. ABOUT 10,000-ISH MILES AFTER GETTING MY CAR FIXED IT WILL BEGIN TO SHUTTER WHEN I'M PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. OVER TIME THIS SHUTTER BECOMES A HESITATION OR A STALL, MEANING THAT I BECOME A SITTING DUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS OR WHEN ENTERING BUSY ROADS, OR MERGING ONTO INTERSTATES. WHEN DRIVING IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO TIME YOUR ENTRY INTO TRAFFIC, I...

SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR, IT HAS SHUDDERED, JERKED, MADE NOISES, LOST ACCELERATION, JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT ME GIVING IT GAS....IT HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE MANY TIMES , REPLACED CLUTCH ONCE ALREADY...CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND BECOME A NUISANCE TO DRIVE....I ALWAYS RENT A CAR NOW WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY....CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AGAIN , BUT THEY DO NOT ANSWER OR RETURN MY CALLS....THIS IS THE NEWEST , YET WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED....I NOW OWE WAY MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH DUE TO THIS ISSUE .....

THIS 2014 FORD FOCUS OFTEN SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPS THROUGH FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. LITTLE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING THROUGH A RIGHT HAND TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED ABNORMALLY AND THERE WAS A CONSTANT INTERMITTENT HESITATION. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE DUE TO THE LAG OF THE TRANSMISSION GEARS CHANGING OVER. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY STALL FROM A LOSS OF MOTOR POWER. BILL BROWN FORD (32222 PLYMOUTH RD, LIVONIA, MI 48150, (734) 399-4244) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION MORE THAN TWICE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS THE NORMAL CONDITION OF THE POWER TRAIN/TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V523000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

2014 FORD FOCUS WITH THE FAULTY DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AT 25K MILES WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME. NUMEROUS TRIPS AFTERWARDS TO THE DEALERSHIP RESULTED IN THEM SIMPLY 'RESETTING IT TO FORD SPECIFICATIONS'. THE DEALER NEVER MADE ANY MORE ATTEMPTS TO REPLACE OR FIX WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. AS THE LATEST REPORT STATES THE DEALERSHIPS WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING PAID BY FORD MOTOR CO. WHICH EXPLAINS A LOT. ONCE OUT OF WARRANTY THEY INSTANTLY SAID THE CLUTCH NEEDS REPLACED. THE DEALER COULD NOT STATE THOUGH THAT IT WOULD FULLY FIX THE ISSUE KNOWING IT WOULD MOST LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN. RECALIBRATING THE DIAGNOSTICS NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM OF THE CAR CONSTANTLY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL FROM FIRST. MOST DANGEROUS WOULD BE WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT FACING UP HILL AS IT WOULD SIT THERE SEARCHING FOR 1ST GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. AT LOW SPEEDS THE...

MY CARS TRANSMISSION STALLS EVERYDAY WHILE DRIVING. IT SHAKES AND STUTTERS AT LIGHT OR STOP SIGNS WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF. IT SHIFTS HARD. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER BUYING THE CAR. IT DOES THIS ALL THE TIME AND ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AS WELL.

BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW IN SEPT 2014 IN AUGUST TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR SHUTTERING PROBLEMS WHICH HAPPENED STOPPED AND TAKING OFF FROM STOP SIGN OR JUST DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH. IN NOVEMBER 2015 MY TACH WOULD GO WAY UP! IN 4-8-16 THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUTTER AGAIN AT TAKE OFF THE TESTED IT SAID IT WAS OK ON 9-27-16 THEY PERFORMED WORK ON CLUTCH AGAIN ON 11-25-16 TOOK THE CAR BACK IN AND THEY PUT A ENGINE CONTROL MODULE IN. AND ON 2-22-17 THEY REPLACED SEAL ASY AND GASKET AND ON 2-28-17 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT IDLE CLEARED CODES REMOVED MASS AIR FLOW SENSIR FOUND BUG INSIDE?! ON 6-15-17 TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND THEY REPLACED AGAIN ON 12-28-17 REPLACED CLUTCH AGAIN AND ON 11-15-18 VEHICLE IS SHUTTERING AGAIN AND REPLACED CLUTCH AGAIN! SHUTTERING SOMEWHAT AGAIN AND ALMOST LIKE IT IS GOING TO...

TRANSMISSION SHAKES, JERKS, LOSES POWER AND OVERHEATS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VICTORY LANE FORD (LOCATED AT 903 OLD RTE 66 N, LITCHFIELD, IL 62056, (217) 324-3965) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN SEVERAL TIMES TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

CAR SHUDDERS ON TAKE OFF.

84000 MI I BRING INTO FORD DEALER THAT I PURCHASED FROM AND MAJORITY OF SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE AT. POOR SHIFTING AND STUTTERING HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FAR BACK AS 33,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS SO BAD NOW, AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, UPON PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, CAR VIOLENTLY SHUDDERS AND WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD FOR 5 TO 8 SECONDS. TODAY, JULY 17TH 2019, DEALER FOUND CLUTCH TO BE 700 RPM OUT OF SPEC. TOLD ME THAT MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED BOTH FACTORY AND THE EXTRA SERVICE PROTECTION THAT I PURCHASED WHEN NEW. I EXPLAINED THAT THE DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IS UNDER A FORD BULLETIN THAT IS COVERED FOR 100,000 MILES BECAUSE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM DATING BACK YEARS IN FOCUSES AND THE FORD FIESTA. SERVICE MANAGER GIVES ME FORD CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TO CONTACT, SO I DO. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THIS IS PART OF THE KNOWN...

I'VE OWNED MY CAR FOR SINCE 2015, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO AVAIL. SERVICE MANAGERS STATING, "THIS IS HOW THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RUNNING" OR BETTER YET, THEY GIVE ME DRIVING ADVICE AS TO HOW TO ACCELERATE SO MY CAR DOES NOT JOLT NOR STALL. TODAY 7/17/2019 MY TRANSMISSION FAULT SERVICE LIGHT WENT ON AND MY CAR IS SERIOUSLY SKIPPING AND STALLING. THIS TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY AND THESE CARS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CO ALL I WAS TOLD, WAS THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I DON'T WANT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, I WANT A CAR THAT RUNS AND IS NOT GOING TO STALL ON ME AND MY FAMILY. MY CAR IS A 2014 WITH ONLY 33K MILES. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERS MY...

I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR JERKS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, HESITATES AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. MY FAMILY ALMOST GOT HIS BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE. I LITERALLY HAD THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE RPMS WERE RUNNING HIGH BUT THE CAR WAS BARELY MOVING. I CAN BE ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR SLIPPED GEAR AND IT'LL MAKE A HIGH ROARING SOUND. ALL OF THIS IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND I FEAR FOR MY FAMILIES SAFETY AND FORD IS UNWILLING TO HELP.

ENGINE STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING, AND STOPS WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD. OCCURS FREQUENTLY AND HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. FORD SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH AROUND 28K MILES. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED TWICE ALREADY, AND IT CONTINUES TO ACT UP INTERMITTENTLY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SHUDDERING AND JERKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST TWO GEARS, UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE (THROTTLE INPUT GIVES DIFFERENT RESULTS IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS) FAILURE TO ACCELERATE IN A MANY CIRCUMSTANCES: OFTEN REVERSE TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO ENGAGE, AND IF YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, SUCH AS TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT OR HAZARD, TOO HEAVY OF AN INPUT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REV VERY HIGH BUT THE CAR DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. THE UNIT ALSO HAS DELAYED OR "STICKY" DOWNSHIFTS, ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATION. AND OVER THE FIRST 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, FUEL ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE DECREASING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY SERVICED BY FORD DEALERS UNDER MY OWNERSHIP. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRANSMISSION IS, HOW IT FUNCTIONS, AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED, JERKED, AND FAILED TO SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS AT ANY GIVEN POINT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DAVID STANLEY FORD OF MIDWEST CITY (6601 SE 29TH ST, MIDWEST CITY, OK 73110, (405) 733-1611) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT FAILED TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REMEDY. THE DEALER LATER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V523000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE...

LOSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION FROM DEAD STOP OR ONTO FREEWAY, TRANSMISSION BUCKS AND DOES NOT ENGAGE FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR IN ALLEGED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO PLANS FOR A LONG TERM FIX.

INCIDENT #1 - WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES TO PREPARE FOR AN UPCOMING EXIT. NOTICING FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM BEHIND (I HAD JUST ENTERED THE FREEWAY), I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO SPEED UP DURING THE LANE CHANGE. MY VEHICLE "SHIFTED" INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING ME TO LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IT TO MATCH THE SPEED OF OVERTAKING TRAFFIC. I QUICKLY MOVED BACK TO MY ORIGINAL LANE TO AVOID BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND. INCIDENT #2 - WHILE STOPPED AT A YIELD, WAITING TO ENTER A TRAFFIC CIRCLE, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE INTO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, BUT JUST AS MY CAR BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO "NEUTRAL", RPMS WENT UP TO ABOUT 4,000. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS TO APPLY BRAKE AND STOP MY ENTRANCE TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, THE TRANSMISSION CAUGHT (CLUTCH ENGAGED) AND PROPELLED ME INTO THE...

ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY. IN DOING SO, THE CAR CUT POWER CAUSING THE CARS BEHIND ME TO ALMOST HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR AT ABOUT 40 MILES AND HOUR. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE, I AM WAITING FOR THE DAY SOMEONE ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO PERFORM IN A USUAL MANOR AND I, OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE CAR, IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE TRANSMISSION IS KNOWN TO BE FAULTY. MINE STUDDERS WHEN GOING FROM FIRST TO SECOND WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP LIKE SOMEONE WHO CAN'T DRIVE A MANUAL. MY 01 FOCUS IS A MANUAL. IT HAS SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES ON ME AND FRIENDS DRIVING IT IN INTERSECTIONS, AND HIGHWAYS. THE CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD. SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I FEAR IT WILL WND UP CAUSING HARM TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WITH MY 2014 FORD FOCUS RELATED TO THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION. BESIDES ROUGH SHIFTING AND LOTS OF SHUDDERING OVER THE YEARS, MY CAR HAS COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME WHILE IN MOTION, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 2 DIFFERENT TIMES. I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING MORE THAN 65 MILES PER HOUR, AND I HAD TO COAST THROUGH HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER (BOTH TIMES). THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS JULY 29TH, 2017 IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. THE 2ND TIME WAS JUNE 6TH, 2019 ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. BOTH TIMES WERE VERY SCARY AND PUT MYSELF AND OTHERS AT RISK FOR A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ACCIDENT. EARLY ON, THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE ROUGH TRANSMISSION IS NORMAL AND WOULD GET BETTER IF I IMPROVED MY DRIVING HABITS. MORE RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD...

THE TRANSMISSION HAS OBVIOUS ISSUES. I HAVE TO GUN IT FROM A STOP SO IT DOESN'T CHUG EVERY SINGLE TIME I STOP. ONE TIME I REALLY FEARED FOR MY LIFE WAS WHEN I WAS ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND SOMEONE SLAMMED THEIR BRAKES ON IN FRONT OF ME. I, IN TURN, SLAMMED MY BRAKES ON TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. MY CAR WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE OFF. I WAS STALLED AND HELPLESS. I FELT LIKE A SITTING DUCK READY TO BE RAN OVER. I FEAR FOR ANYTIME I HAVE TO SLAM MY BRAKES ON TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THAT I WILL AGAIN BE SITTING WAITING TO BE HIT. I BOUGHT MY CAR USED. I TOOK IT IN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL WORK THAT I ASSUMED WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT NO...

THE CAR SPUTTERS, BUCKS AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN ROUGHLY 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR IN FALL OF 2013. IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN TO THIS DAY. IT IS INTERMITTENT BUT EXTREMELY STRESSFUL WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON THE FREEWAY. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN ACCELERATING EITHER OUT OF A STOP OR WHILE TRY TO INCREASE SPEED. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED SEVERAL "FIXES" BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED.

THE TRANSMISSION IS BEING DEFECTIVE SINCE I INITIALLY PURCHASE THE CAR IN AUGUST 2014, I DID NOT NOTICED IT RIGHT AWAY, IT WAS UNTIL I WAS DRIVING WITH A PASSENGER THAT HE MENTION THE SHAKE THAT THE CAR HAVE WHEN I WAS IN A STOP AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE IT START SHAKING LIKE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING A MANUAL AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY CHANGE THE SHIFT. IT KEEP DOING IT SO I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANICS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE ALL THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE DUAL EVEN IF THEY CHANGE IT I WILL STILL EXPERIENCE THE SAME. SO AT THAT MOMENT THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD ONLY RESET THE COMPUTER TO SEE IF ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, IT DIDN'T SO I TRY TO TAKE IT AGAIN BUT THEY WILL TELL ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE...

IT SHUTTERS WHEN YOU STOP AND IT HAS A DELAY WHEN YOU TRY TO RETURN TO DRIVING. IT ROLLS WHEN YOU ARE SETTING ON HILL.

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS BEGAN SHUDDERING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER I BOUGHT IT, WHICH WAS MAY 2014. I TOOK IT TO MY FORD DEALER TO EXPLAIN. I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T A PROBLEM AND I SHOULD CONTINUE DRIVING IT. THE SHUDDERING CONTINUED. IT NORMALLY HAPPENS WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOPPED OR NEAR STOPPED POSITION, ON FLAT AND INCLINED SURFACES. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE FORD DEALER ONCE AGAIN. THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED A FEW THINGS AND I WOULD BE FINE. TOOK IT BACK A 3RD TIME AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO ORDER A NEW CLUTCH. SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THAT DONE. IT WORKED FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT I WAS BACK AT THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE SHUDDERING AND TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN MY 2014 FORD FOCUS. I WENT BACK AGAIN TO COMPLAIN OF SAME ISSUE, I WAS TOLD MY WARRANTY...

AFTER PURCHASING THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM A FORD DEALER IN DAYTON, OH IN DECEMBER 2013, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHUDDER OF THE CAR WHEN INITIALLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER 1,500 AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR AND THAT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I CURRENTLY HAVE 94,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY 10-15K TO INQUIRE OF A FIX FOR THE CAR. AROUND 60,000 MILES IN THEY FINALLY SAID THAT THEY HAD A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE FIX. THEY PERFORMED THIS UPDATE AND THE ISSUE WENT AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER.

I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING A FORD FOCUS AND IT IS A COMPLETE MESS. THE TRANSMISSION IS AWFUL. THE WHOLE CAR EITHER CHUGS IN LOW GEAR OR IS ON A MASSIVE DELAY FROM THE GAS PEDAL. I HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND THE DELAY IS SO BAD THAT TRAFFIC HAS ALMOST CAUGHT UP AND T-BONED MY CAR. THE CHUGGING IS JUST AS BAD. IT JERKS TERRIBLY. IT IS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. I HAVE STUCK BY FORD FOR YEARS AND I FEEL COMPLETELY HUNG OUT TO DRY WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER FORD.

SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW, THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, REGARDLESS OF SPEED, IT FEELS LIKE IT SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL GEAR EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. WE HAVE TO PULL OVER AS QUICK AS WE CAN TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY OTHER MOVING VEHICLES. OUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE TO WHERE THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS RELATED TO SOME CLUTCH SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT PROVIDE REPAIR ORDER DOCUMENTS FOR THESE REPAIRS. THE MOST CURRENT ISSUE WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY WHEN THE VEHICLE AGAIN LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, HAD TO PULL OVER AND SIT FOR A WHILE. START THE VEHICLE BACK UP AND IT WORKS NORMAL AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND STILL OWE $ ON IT. WOULD LIKE FORD TO JUST BUY BACK THE CAR.

7/15 DRIVING NORTH BOUND ON CLINE (HIGHWAY) AND WHILE MY FORD FOCUS SLIPPING OUT OF DRIVE IN TO NEUTRAL. COULDN'T GET MY CAR TO RESPOND AT ALL OR GET BACK IN DRIVE SO I PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER

7/15 WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OFF OF HIGHWAY CLINE MY FORD FOCUS SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS DOWNSHIFTING AS I HAD MY BRAKES APPLIED WITH SMOOTH PRESSURE THROUGHOUT BUT AS THE CAR DOWNSHIFTED AGAIN IT LAUNCHED ME INTO A 4 WAY INTERSECTION ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

WHILE LEAVING WORK, I WAS BACKING UP IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERED VERY BADLY AND EVEN AS I HAD MY BRAKES APPLIED IT LURCHED SEVERAL FEET ALMOST COLLIDING WITH A GARBAGE DUMPSTER.

HESITATES WHEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY SHUTTERS WHILE DRIVING VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT WHEN I TAKE IT TO FORD DEALER THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO THEY DONT DO ANYTHING SO I END UO WASTING MY DAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE CONTACT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN, BUT THE JERKING CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ZIEMS FORD CORNERS (5700 EAST MAIN STREET, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO 87402, 505-325-1961) AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH TWICE; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO JERK AND LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION MODULE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

MANY TIMES PULLING OUT FROM SIDE ROAD ONTO HWY SHUDDERS AND SOMETIMES LUNGES. ALSO WHEN TURNING THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. HAD THE CLUTCH INSIDE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, HAD COMPUTER RECALIBRATED TWICE, AND LAST TIME WE TOOK BACK FORD SAID IT FELL WITHIN THEIR PARAMETERS OF BEING OK.

THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDERS DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION CAUSING HESITATION WHEN AT STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN AT A STOP, I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED DUE TO DELAY IN ACCELERATION. IT FEELS LIKE I AM IN 3RD GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT A STOP LIGHT/SIGN.

CAR TRANSMISSION HESITATES, SHAKES AND SHIMMERS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR REPAIRED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME IT COMES BACK. ITS ESPECIALLY WORSE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. AT ABOUT 20-25 MILES PER HOUR I HAVE TO LET GO OF THE GAS THEN PRESS AGAIN JUST TO GET IT TO GO. THE DEALERSHIP PRETTY MUCH TOLD ME THEIR ISN'T MUCH ELSE THEY CAN DO EXCEPT KEEPING REPLACING THE MANUAL CLUTCH INSIDE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN IT HESITATES, IT LITERALLY DOESN'T TAKE OFF AS FAST AS IT SHOULD. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN TRUST IT.

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE I HAVE HAD TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR MULTIPLE TIMES TO EVEN GET IT TO MOVE BUT ON SUNDAY JULY 14TH, 2019 AT ABOUT 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION IN DOWNTOWN APEX NC AND MY CAR JUST STOPPED AND WOULDN'T GO. IT CONTINUALLY KEPT REVVING UP AND WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE! I HAD A 6 MONTH OLD AS WELL AS MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IN MY BACKSEAT AND TRAFFIC WAS ABOUT TO START COMING RIGHT FOR ME. I HAD TO LITERALLY FLOOR MY CAR NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD EVEN MOVE AND WHEN IT DID IT JUMPED INTO THE NEXT LANE OVER. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCHES REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE 4 TIMES ALREADY AND HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO GET THEM DONE AND HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE. I AM OFFICIALLY SCARED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED WHENEVER THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL WOULD NOT LET UP EASILY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AUTONATION (20777 KATY FWY, KATY, TX 77450, (281) 305-8949) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT SERVICE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

I HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2016. LOSE OF POWER ON FREEWAYS AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO TURN ON AND OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. FORD CONTINUE TO DENYING THOSE PROBLEM, CAUSING A LOT OF STRESS EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE LONG DISTANCES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, IT MOVED FORWARD INSTEAD OF BACKWARDS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS SLOW TO RESPOND. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JORDAN FORD (13010 IH 35 N, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78233, (210) 653-3673) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. *TR CONSUMER STATED NOT INCLUDED FROM MY VERB STATEMENT IS THE FOLLOWING: CAR HAS HAD FAILURES TO RESPOND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING LISTED ON THE REPORT.(7/2019). CAR HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER SINCE JULY 2017 WHEN IT WAS EXPERIENCING ALL OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS BUT THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AFTER KEEPING IT FOR OVER...

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW FROM FORD. THE SALES PERSON TOOK US ON A TEST DRIVE DURING WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT HE CAR HANDLED "DIFFERENTLY" BUT THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND THE WAY THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD OPERATE. THE VEHICLE STALLS ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT, HESITATES TO GO JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING AND SKIPS. WHEN SITTING IN TRAFFIC OR ON SURFACE ROADS WITH ALOT OF STOP AND GO THE VEHICLE JERKS, HESITATES AND ATTEMPTS TO STALL OUT. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE IT HAS JERKED SO BAD IT SEES THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FALL OUT. FORD HAS REPEATEDLY SAID TO DRIVE IT AND IT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE, BUT NO FIX HAS BEEN MADE. THE COST OF REPEATEDLY GOING TO "SERVICE" THESE CONCERNS IS COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING, ESPECIALLY WHEN NO RESOLUTION SEEMS AVAILABLE.WE ARE EXTREMELY FEARFUL THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT...

CAR BADLY STUTTERS, MAKES IT HARD TO TAKE OFF AT LIGHTS. VERY DANGEROUS AT INTERSECTIONS. SOMETIMES CAN FEEL LIKE THE CAR IS POWERING OUT. VERY ROUGH WHEN SWITCHING GEARS. YOU CAN EVEN HEAR A GRINDING SOUND AND GREAT VIBRATIONS OF THE CAR. SOME DAYS YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT.

REAR DOORS - LATCHES WERE BAD. PASSENGER SIDE OPENED WHILE TURNING. USED BUNGEE CORDS TO KEEP IT SHUT UNTIL LATCHES COULD BE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION - CHATTERED UPON DRIVING, LIKE WHEN 1ST LEARNING TO DRIVE STICK SHIFT. SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT SHIFT UNTIL REACHING HIGH RPMS. OCCASIONALLY WOULD MOMENTARILY SEEM TO POP INTO NEUTRAL. THAT HAPPENED JANUARY 25, 2019. WAS PULLING OUT OF A RESTAURANT AFTER DARK, TURNING LEFT ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. IT PAUSED HALF WAY ACROSS THE NEAR LANE, A CAR WAS COMING DIRECTLY TOWARD ME AND I TURNED TOO SHARPLY AND RAN OVER THE MEDIAN. ENDED UP CRACKING THE OIL PAN, MESSING UP THE STEERING AND CRACKING THE ENGINE. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I WAS LIVID WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS WELL KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE AND DON CHALMERS FORD KNOWINGLY SOLD IT TO ME.

AUTOMATIC CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY IN GEAR ESPECIALLY WHILE IN 1ST GEAR THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC AND KEEP UP SPEED WITH THE TRANSMISSION JERKING TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS. THIS ALMOST CAUSED MY DAUGHTER TO GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. 1 TIME FOR CLUTCH REPLACEMENT AND FINALLY DEALERSHIP SAID THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT THEY COULDN'T DO AMY MORE WARRANTY WORK ON IT. CLUTCH WORE OUT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER BEING REPLACED. DEALER WANTED PAYMENT UP FRONT BEFORE THEY WOULD REPAIR THE CAR.

I PURCHASED FORD FOCUS 2014 IN 2015 BRAND NEW WITH ONLY W FEW MILES ON IT, AFTER 2 MONTHS OF DRIVING I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. THE CAR STARTED TO JERK/ SHUDDER/SHAKE, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO FORD DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT'S HOW THE TRANSMISSION IS MADE AND I WILL GET USE TO IT. FEW MONTHS LATER I TRY TO REVERS FROM A PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING, I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN THEY DID SOFTWARE UPDATE. FEW MONTHS LATER WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR JERK SO HARD, I THOUGHT I WAS HIT BY A CAR. FORD REPLACED THE CLUTCH, AT LEAST THAT WAS I WAS TOLD. IN 2016 THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD SLAMMING INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE DAMAGE TOTALING TO $23,000. FORD REPLACED THE CLUTCH 3 TIMES AND WITH...

TRANSMISSION DPS6 ISSUE THAT IS NOTED ALL OVER THE PRESS BUT THE NHTSA REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND PURSUE RECALL. STUTTERS ON ACCELERATION, GOES INTO NEUTRAL GETTING UP TO SPEED ON HIGHWAY. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE, MILLIONS FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD, FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN WHILE ACCELERATING AND JERKED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LONNIE COBB FORD (1618 US-45, HENDERSON, TN 38340, (731) 989-2121) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER MODULE WAS CALIBRATED AND REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

DPS6 TRANSMISSION IS UNRELIABLE AND VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO INCONSISTENT VEHICLE RESPONSE WHEN PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND FORD CANNOT CORRECT THE RECURRING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED MANY TIMES SINCE WE TOOK DELIVERY OF THE NEW VEHICLE IN FEB, 2014. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 9 TIMES FOR SHUTTERING/SHAKING, NO RESPONSE WHEN PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SURGING FORWARD SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOLLOWING NO RESPONSE, HESITATION WHEN PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. FORD HAS REPLACED THE CLUTCH 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 5 YEARS AND THE PROBLEMS RANDOMLY PERSIST. THE VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR MOST RECENT CLUTCH REPLACEMENT. FORD HAS UPDATED THE TCM/PCM AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND THE SAME PROBLEMS STILL RECUR. AFTER THE UPDATES TO THE TCM/PCM AND/OR CLUTCH REPLACEMENTS WE'VE CONTINUALLY BEEN TOLD THAT THE ROAD TESTS ARE WITHIN FORD SPECIFICATIONS BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. IN THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE ON 7/1/19, MY...