2014 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP, I SIGNALED AND STARTED TO PULL OUT. WHILE PULLING OUT, THE CAR JERKED BACKWARDS AND HESITATED. A CAR BEHIND ME WAS A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM HITTING ME. DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION HESITATING IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IN MY 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED TWICE AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP ASAP FOR A 3RD REPAIR.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2014 FORD FOCUS WITH 33000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY THE CAR STARTED DISPLAYING WHAT A MECHANIC DESCRIBED TO ME AS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. TO INCLUDE, SHUTTERING, DELAYED RESPONSE, JOLTING, HESITATING WHEN TAKING OFF, SLIPPING, STALLING, AND GOING BACKWARDS ON A HILL. THIS BECAME A REAL CONCERN WHEN I WAS TURNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TAKING OFF, IT BOGGED DOWN, LOST POWER AND RESPONSIVENESS AND THEN JOLTED. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION. THE DELAY WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE VEHICLE COMMON TOWARDS SWERVED OUT OF THE WAY. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT BUT COULD HAVE GONE A LOT WORSE. SECOND THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE SAME ACTION WHEN PASSING ON THE INTERSTATE, BOGGED DOWN AFTER ITS STARTED GOING AND THE PERSON CAME VERY CLOSE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND AM CONCERNED. I CONTACTED FORD, NO RESPONSE. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER PHIL LONG FORD IN COLORADO SPRINGS, THEY INITIALLY SAID...

VEHICLE SHUDDERS, SHAKES AND HESETATES ON ACCELERATION. VEHICLE HAS ALSO LURCHED FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. TRANSMISSION SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING APART AND READY TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR!

TRANSMISSION STALLED AS I WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY, WAS ALMOST HIT. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, TRANSMISSION LIGHT HAS WARRNED OF OVERHEATING. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT STILL RUNS BADLY. MY DAUGHTER ALSO HAS THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR. HER CAR RUNS WORST THAN MINE. FORD HAS REFUSED TO HELP US WITH THE PROBLEM. IN FACT THAY HAVE REFUSED TO TALK TO US AT ALL. SOMEONE AT FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IT ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES THAT DAY, WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION FOR GAS. ONCE FUELED AND LEAVING THE CAR STARTED TO BOG DOWN AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THE GAS STATION EXIT RAMP WAS INCLINED, WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET. THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK. GETTING HOME THE PROBLEM GREW WORSE. CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO KENTUCKY, ON I-75 SOUTH, THERE IS A MAJOR HILL CLIMB. THE CAR BARELY MADE IT UP THE HILL, THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED ALL AROUND. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY NEW ALL ABOUT THE ISSUE AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS BEFORE I COULD BRING IT IN.

I PURCHASED MY 2014 FOCUS DEC 2013 WITH 44 MILES ON IT. AT AROUND 6200 MILES IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD HESITATE UPON ACCELERATION. IT ALSO WOULD SHUTTER UPON TAKEOFF, LIKE IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING INTO GEARS. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HAS NUMEROUS CARS IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. UPON PUTTING IT ON A MACHINE THEY SAID IT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH TO REPAIR TO KEEP DRIVING IT. I TOOK IT BACK SEVERAL TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUES UNTIL AROUND 7800 MILES THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED THE GEARS. IT WAS OK FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT THEN IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT COULDN'T COME OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN I WAS GOING ABOUT 65 ON THE HIGHWAY THE SHUDDERING WAS ALSO GETTING WORSE THAN BEFORE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 14500 MILES...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE AND MADE AN ABNORMAL GRINDING SOUND AS IT HESITATED TO SHIFT GEARS AND ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPROGRAMMED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE DEEMED UNSAFE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST YEAR AND FROM THE GET GO, THE TRANSMISSION JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. THE CAR WOULD JOLT UNEXPECTEDLY AND WOULD HAVE ISSUES GOING THROUGH GEARS. I WAS TOLD TO JUST LET THE CAR BREAK IN MORE AND FINALLY AFTER ABOUT A YEAR I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. NOW WHEN I TRY TO PUSH THE GAS, THERE IS A DELAY FOR THE GEARS TO ENGAGE, WHICH HAVE ALMOST RESULTED IN 2 CAR ACCIDENTS. THIS CAR SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE ROADS IMMEDIATELY. GOING ON THE HIGHWAY SEEMS TO BE OK, BUT YOUR LOWER GEARS THE CAR JOLTS, MAKES LOUD SOUNDS, AND WILL RANDOMLY ACCELERATE AND GO TO HIGH RPM'S. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH AND SEALS AND THAT THE PARTS WOULD TAKE OVER 30 DAYS TO ARRIVE ON 08/24/2015. I INFORMED THE SHOP THAT I DID NOT FEEL...

THE CAR BUCKLES AT LOW SPEED WHEN ACCELERATING. THERE IS HESITATATION OR LOSS OF POWER AS THE CAR ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE NEXT GEAR. THIS CAN ALSO CAUSE THE CAR TO JOLT FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN. THE CAR ALSO FEELS LIKE IT JUMPS WHILE TURNING.

TRANSMISSION ISSUE: FAILURE TO SHIFT GEARS SMOOTHLY/APPROPRIATELY. FAILURE TO ENGAGE IN GEAR. PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER TRANSMISSION HAS REACHED FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURE (APPROXIMATELY 30 MIN OF DRIVE TIME). VEHICLE CONTAINS 6 SPEED POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION (ELECTRONICALLY SHIFTED MANUAL TRANSMISSION). INITIAL ISSUE WAS SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. TRANSMISSION CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHUDDER SEVERELY CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION AS TRANSMISSION ATTEMPTS TO COMPLETE SHIFT. SAME PROBLEM THEN BEGAN OCCURRING IN THE SHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. SHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 4TH AND ABOVE ARE NOT AFFECTED (AT THIS TIME). 1ST TO 2ND SHIFT HAS BECOME WORSE NOW RESULTING IN INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS (COMPLETE LACK OF ACCELERATION). THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC AS THE TRANSMISSION CAN TAKE UP TO 3 SECONDS BEFORE ENGAGING 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP. TECH RODE ALONG IN THE CAR FOR TEST DRIVE. BECAUSE ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT AND VARIES AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN EXCESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN EXCESS, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

O5-08-14 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS WITH 49 MILES ON IT. WITHIN 500 MILES I COMPLAINED OF A SHUDDER IN THE TRANSMISSION (TRANSMISSION: SLIPPING, JUMPING, HESITATING, SLOW TO ENGAGE, SAFETY HAZARD, FAULTY CLUTCH, MOSTLY ON TAKE OFF, ETC )AT 5900 MILES I TOOK IT IN FOR A SERVICE AND ASKED ABOUT THIS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL ITS THE NEW DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION AKA DCT . IF THIS WAS NORMAL THEN WHY DID IT GET EXCESSIVELY WORSE AS I ADDED MILES? SO I BELIEVED THEM AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE UNTIL LATER IT CONTINUED TO WORSEN AND BE MORE NOTICABLE. 6-18-15 FORD REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND IT CONTINUED THE SAME PROBLEM WITHIN 500 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THERE WAS A DELAYED RESPONSE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN A JERKING MOTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS EVERYONE ELSE WITH MY CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION. IT CAUSES MY CAR TO JUMP, STALL, GRIND, FAIL TO SHIFT, ROLL, ETC. I HAVE BEEN IN NUMEROUS NEAR-ACCIDENTS AND FORD WON'T BUY BACK THIS UNSAFE CAR BECAUSE OF OKLAHOMA'S LEMON LAWS. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED TWICE NOW AND WORK DONE ON THE TRANSMISSION. I GOT THE CAR BACK TWO WEEKS AGO AND NOW IT'S BACK IN AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IF YOU'RE READING THIS, DO NOT BUY A FORD FOCUS!

THE WIFE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION MAKING NOISES PERIODICALLY BUT I NEVER DID HEAR OR FEEL ANY ISSUES WHEN TEST DRIVING IT. I FIRST NOTICED THE ISSUE MYSELF ON 7/2/15 WHEN I WAS DRIVING. IT AT THE BEACH ON VACATION. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP ON 7/6/15 ABOUT THE ISSUE AND A RECALL I RECEIVED ON THE FUEL PUMP AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN THE FUEL PUMP CAME IN AND TO MONITOR THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL THEN. RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP THE WEEK OF 7/28-8/2/15 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHUDDER WHEN LEAVING FROM TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO THE POINT THERE WAS CONCERN IF WE WOULD GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT GETTING HIT OR STRUCK FROM BEHIND. WE CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPT ON 8/3/15 AND AN APPOINTMENT WASN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL THE MORNING OF 8/6/15. WE DID NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL WE TOOK IT TO THE APPOINTMENT DUE TO...

I BEGAN NOTICING ISSUES AROUND 8,500 MILES. MY CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN I WOULD GO FROM AN IDLE INTO GEAR, SURGE FORWARD, STUTTER AS I WAS BRAKING OR GOING INTO SPEED, AND LASTLY REFUSE TO CHANGE GEARS AS I SPED UP MAKING ME THINK I WAS IN LOW GEAR. I NOW HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL CARS ARE CLEAR BEFORE I MAKE TURNS BECAUSE MY CAR WILL LOSE POWER AS I MAKE TURNS, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE. I DRIVE MY CAR BETWEEN ROCHESTER, NY AND BUFFALO, NY OFTEN AND THIS IS QUITE CONCERNING TO ME. I TOOK IT INTO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SINCE I AM UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY PART THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER, BUT SHOULD BE IN A COUPLE DAYS AND I SHOULD BE FINE TO DRIVE MY CAR AS IT IS NOW. WELL...

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ISSUES SHIFTING AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK.

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. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCHES IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE COMPLAINED TO FORD EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR BRAND-NEW FORD FOCUS SE 2014 IN THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. MORE THAN ONCE THE ENGINE RESPONDS BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOTHING AT ALL! I TOOK MY CAR IN WITH THE ABOVE COMPLAINT WITH ONLY 250 MILES AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED MORE MILES ON THE CAR, 2500, SO THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT MODULES AND RESET THEM IF NEEDED. WELL THATS WHAT THEY DID. I RETURNED AT A DIFFERENT TIME WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED YET MORE MILES ON THE CAR. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICING WITH 6500 MILES BUT NOW FORD IS SAYING THEY NEED 10,000 MILES BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING AT ALL. WHEN I MENTIONED THEY EARLIER HAD RESET THE MODULES I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS WRONG...

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

WHEN STOPPED UPON ACCELERATION THE CLUTCH SLIPS/CHATTER OCCURS ESPECIALLY WHEN ENGINE/DRIVETRAIN WARM. PROBLEM BECOMES WORSE IN WARMER WEATHER AND MORE CONSISTENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35. UPDATED 8/31/15*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.

PURCHASED 2014 FOCUS NEW, SHORTLY AFTER THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND SHUDDER. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TWICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE DURING THE INITIAL DRIVING DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COMPUTER LEARNING TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. THE SHUDDERING BECAME WORSE. TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER THAN THE ONE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEY "RESET" THE COMPUTER. THE SHUDDERING RESUMED. THE CLUTCHES WERE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS AGAIN STARTED SHUDDERING. THE DEALER HAS AGAIN "RESET" THE COMPUTER. THE HESITATION/SHUDDERING IS BAD ENOUGH UPON ACCELERATION I AM AFRAID OF BEING HIT BY OTHER MOTORISTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE CLUTCH SLIPPED TO DIFFERENT GEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,500. UPDATED 8/27/15*CN

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHUDDERING ON SLOW STARTS. THE CAR HAD TROUBLE DECIDING WHAT GEAR IT NEEDED TO BE IN. SOMETIMES IT WAS VERY SLOW ON TAKE OFF AND OTHER TIMES IT JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO. RPMS WERE GOING UP AND DOWN WHILE MY FOOT WAS STEADY ON THE GAS PEDAL AND WE WERE CRUISING AT 55 ON FLAT ROAD SURFACE WITH NO WIND. FORD NOW ADMITS THAT THE CLUTCH IS BAD AND WILL DO A WARRANTY REPAIR. ...UPDATED 08/20/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. UPDATED 08/27/15*JB

I AM TREATING THIS AS A NEW OCCURRENCE, OR AT LEAST FORD TOLD ME I HAD TO START AT THE BEGINNING. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN MARCH 2014. IN OCTOBER 2014, I HAD THE HEATING CORE REPLACED AND THE CLUTCH REPLACED. I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF TAKING THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER WITH SHIFTING ISSUES. THE WOULD HAND ME A PIECE OF PAPER AND TELL ME IT WAS NORMAL. AFTER IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION VIBRATIONS FAR EXCEEDED THE NORMAL AND THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. AT TIME OF REPLACEMENT, THEY FOUND SHARDS OF METAL IN THE BELL HOUSING. SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT 4 MONTHS AFTER THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH, IT HAS STARTED TO DO THE EXACT SAME THINGS THAT IT DID BEFORE THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED. SOMETIMES YOU...

WHEN I TEST DRIVE I FELT THAT CAR FEELS DIFFERENT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS A BIT DIFFERENT. THE SALES PERSON TOLD ME THAT IT'S NORMAL, AND CAR LEARNING ME. IN MY IN NEXT HALF YEAR I START TO EXPERIENCE ROUGH, HARSH SHIFTING, JERKING, GRINDING NOISE, VIBRATIONS, SHUDDERING UPON TAKING OFF AND STOPPING. ALSO CAR WAS ROLLING BACK WHEN DRIVING UP HILL. I TOOK I TOOK MY CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THEY REPLACE CLUTCH AND REPROGRAM MY TCM MODULE. FEW MONTHS LATER AFTER REPAIR CAR START TO HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM LIKE THE PREVIOUS TIME PLUS ROUGH SHIFTING ON 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, GRINDING NOISE. MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS TO REAR END CAR IN FRONT ON ME OR GET INTRO ACCIDENT BECAUSE CAR WAS ROLLING FORWARD EVEN IF YOU PRESS BRAKE PEDAL. I TOOK MY CAR SECOND TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEY SAID THAT...

THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS ARE HORRENDOUS MAKING THEM SHAKE AND SHUDDER. THEY LURCH FORWARD WHEN THE GEARS ARE SHIFTING BETWEEN 1-2ND GEAR. MY CAR IT YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE. I HAVE TO LEAVE SPACE JUST TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HIT ANYONE.

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2014, IT HAS BUCKED AT SLOW ACCELERATION AT SPEEDS OF 10-25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS CAUSED VIBRATION OF THE REAR END AND INCONSISTENT ACCELERATION. IT OCCURS MORE OFTEN IN HOT WEATHER. I HAVE HAD IT CHECK TWICE, BUT THE DEALERS SAY THAT IT IS NORMAL WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. IT ALSO IS MORE PREVALENT IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHUDDERS AND HESITATES UNACCEPTABLY AT TAKEOFF. IT REQUIRES COMPLETELY TAKING FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN REAPPLYING VERY SLOWLY. OTHERWISE THE CAR JERKS AND HEAVES. I AM A SLOW AND CAUTIOUS DRIVER-I RARELY FIND THE NEED TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. IN EITHER CASE THE SAME SITUATION OCCURS. I NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT FOR 2011,2012, 2013, 2014 FORD FOCUS UPON RESEARCHING THE INTERNET.. ASIDE FROM BEING ANNOYING, I FIND THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE WHEN ACCELERATING AROUND VEHICLES AND DURING ACCELERATION WHEN OTHER VEHICLES ARE BEHIND ME. THE VEHICLE (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION)APPEARS TO SHIFT FINE IN HIGHER GEARS FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER, WHAT SEEMED TO BE OCCURRING IN TRANSITION FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR NOW SEEMS TO BE CREEPING IN BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY DELAYING THE SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND-IT IS A HIGHLY SPASMODIC EXPERIENCE. I USUALLY...

CAR WOULD SHUDDER AND SHAKE WHEN SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED AND IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH MORE SHUDDER AND SHAKE. CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SHUDDER WAS WITHIN TOLERANCES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THE CAR MADE A LOUD METALLIC NOISE AND HESITATED SEVERELY, THEN SLAMMED INTO THE NEXT GEAR ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US, WE HAD JUST PURCHASED IT THE DAY BEFORE, GOT THE RUN AROUND FOR 6 WEEKS NOW, DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S WITHIN FORD "SPECS". HAS DONE THIS EVERY DAY, GETS WORSE AND WORS , I HAVE BEEN BEAT UP FROM THE SHAKING, NERVES SHOT FROM THE UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR, EVERY DAY IS A NEAR MISS OF BAD ACCIDENT, THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE, WHY IS IT FORD NOT RESPONSIBLE? I GUESS WE ARE WAITING ON A LOST LIFE AREN'T WE, SO SAD, WHO'S CHILD? WIFE? FATHER? MOTHER? INNOCENT BYSTANDER? THIS CAR WILL CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT, JUST A MATTER OF TIME, DEFINITELY A LEMON, BUT 3 YEARS NOW! IT ISSSTILL BEING DECEPTIVELY SOLD AT EVERY DEALERSHIP, I WAS A VICTIM, MANY...

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2014 FOCUS SKIPS/HESITATES/GRINDS!!! WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE AT LOW SPEEDS MY TRANSMISSION WILL SKIP AND CAUSE THE CAR TO BUCK AND WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE TO GET TO A HIGHER SPEED THE ENGINE WILL REV OUT BUT THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A HIGHWAY. MY OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THIS CAR IS IF HAD TO GO BUY ANOTHER COMMUTER CAR... I WOULD NOT BUY THIS CAR NOR WOULD I RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE! I HAVE EMAILED THE CEO OF FORD AND CALLED AND HAVE YET (AND DONT EXPECT) A RESPONSE. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET A RECALL?

WHEN I AM ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE CAR SHAKES AT HIGHER RPMS IN FIRST GEAR AND WHEN IT IS TRYING TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR FROM FIRST. THE CAR HAPHAZARDLY ACCELERATES OR SOMETIMES WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL, BUT I DISAGREE.

EVER SINCE AROUND 10,000 MILES, MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING DELAYED ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION, GRINDING NOISES COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, SHAKING, ROUGH STARTS, AND SHUTTERING. IT'S CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD RAPIDLY AFTER NOT INITIALLY ACCELERATING, WITH A FEW CLOSE CALLS IN TRAFFIC. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I'VE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED, ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THE PART ISN'T AVAILABLE. IT'S BEEN 4 MONTHS, STILL WAITING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

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

THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS DUE TO JERKY SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION AT TAKE OFF, STARTING AROUND 5,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP EVEN SAID ON INVOICE, "OPERATORS SHOULD READ OWNERS MANUAL FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF OPERATION." THE CAR IS NOW AROUND 11,000 AND THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO PRESENT ITSELF. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE SEVERAL "SOFTWARE UPDATES," WITH NONE EVER WORKING. THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF HANDLING TRANSMISSION WORK AT THEIR SHOP, SO WE HAD IT TOWED 120 MILES TO MIAMI, WHERE THE "HARDWARE WAS UPGRADED." THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP AGAIN.

I HAVE TAKEN THE FOCUS BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERING, SOMETIMES VERY VIOLENTLY, NO DOUBT A SAFETY HAZARD. IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD PARTS ARE ON ORDER, BUT NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM IN MONTHS. THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED.....

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 62 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN WHEN YOU SPEED UP IT JERKS 5 TO 8 TIME FAILING TO SPEED UP. THE ONLY WAY IT CAN SPEED UP IS IF YOU PRESS THE PEDAL MORE AND TRY TO GO FASTER. ALSO TODAY 5/6/2015 WE WERE AT THE INTERSTATE AND WE WERE IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR DIDN'T WANTED TO PICK UP, ONLY IF YOU PRESS THE PEDAL MORE THEN IS MAKING THE CAR GO FASTER THEN I WANT TO GO. IS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO NO WHERE. THEN ON MY WAY BACK ON THE INTERSTATE I PRESS THE PEDAL AND AT 30 MPH GOING UP THE SLOPE I SLOWED DOWN IT DID A HARD JERK. OTHER THING I NOTICED IS THAT WHEN I USE THE ELECTRONIC MANUAL SHIFT IS DELAYED MAKING THE CAR GO ON A HIGH RPM. CAR PURCHASE DATE 5/1/2015 2014 FORD FOCUS. *TR

CAR UNEXPECTEDLY HESITATES, DUE TO TRANSMISSION DESIGN, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THIS CAUSES VEHICLES BEHIND YOU TO RAPIDLY CATCH UP, MAKING A REAR IMPACT/ACCIDENT MORE LIKELY. ALSO, THIS SAME TRANSMISSION HESITATION CAUSES THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE OUT OF HARMS WAY WHEN NECESSARY. *TR

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, LUNGED FORWARD, AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GEARS WERE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE OVER INTO SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED A SEAL WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE CLUTCH BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE CLUTCH A SECOND TIME AND A FUEL VACUUM LINE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. A FOURTH OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME, HOWEVER THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16.

THE 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT LURCHES AS SLOW SPEED OF LESS THAN 20 MPG AND IT HUNTS FOR A GEAR WHEN PASSING OTHER CARS (50 TO 60 MPH). THE TRANSMISSION IS TWO THREE SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS SHIFTED ELECTRONICALLY AND IT DOES NOT WORK. I WOULD IMAGINE THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO CATCH THE CAR WHEN IT LURCHES IT WILL RUN INTO OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FORD NEEDS TO GET AN ENGINEER THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW TO PROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION AND SPEND SOME TIME WORKING WITH THE SHIFT POINTS. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY FORD FOCUS FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR- IT'S A 2014 MODEL. I BOUGHT THE CAR AFTER I WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MY 2012 FORD FIESTA, WHICH I TRADED IN FOR A FOCUS AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR HAD SUGGESTED I GO TO A FORD FOCUS AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS DIFFERENT FROM MY FIESTA. HE CLEARLY WAS NOT HONEST WITH ME ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NOW, I HAVE STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS FORD FOCUS AS EARLY AS LAST MONTH; THE SAME ISSUES THAT LED THEM TO REBUILD MY FIESTA TRANSMISSION, WHICH DID NOT END UP FIXING THE ISSUE. IT HAS BEGUN SHAKING AND GRINDING WHEN ACCELERATING. IT GRINDS WHILE IN MOTION AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND HAVE BEEN FINDING...