2014 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

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

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE, BUCKING, KICKING, JERKING, ROUGH ENGAGEMENT, SUDDEN ACCELERATION, DELAY IN DOWNSHIFTS, SHUDDERING AND DELAYED ACCELERATION. *TR

VEHICLE SHAKES, HESITATES, SHUDDERS FROM STOP AND AT SLOW SPEEDS. VERY JERKY AND INCONSISTENT SHIFTING THROUGH THE FIRST 2 TO 3 GEARS. NOT AS APPARENT AT SPEEDS OVER 25MPH. *TR

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

TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING UPON ACCELERATION. FEELS LIKE DRIVING IN HIGH GEAR, LOTS OF JUMPING & JERKING. *TR

THE FORD FOCUS HAS HAD SHIFTING ISSUES SINCE FIRST PURCHASED. FORD PERFORMED A REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER MODULE, DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. FORD REPAIRED THE CLUTCH AND IT SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTHS. THE SLUGGISH SHIFTING REAPPEARED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIR CONDUCTED ON BATTLEFIELD FORD (VA). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TED BRITT, FORD CHANTILLY VA, ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. "FORD STATES THAT SOME SHIFTING LAG IS ACCEPTABLE" OF CONCERN IS THAT I'VE OWNED A FORD, RANGER/FUSION/EXPLORER/ FORD FUSION HYBRID, NONE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIS ISSUES WITH SHIFTING. ITS FORD GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT? *TR

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS UPON ACCELERATION. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE CAR HAS ALMOST STALLED OUT ALMOST CAUSING US TO BE REAR ENDED. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER, THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. 2ND TIME THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AWAITING OUTCOME THIS TIME. VERY UPSETTING CONSIDERING THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUTABLE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND I HOPE THEY DO RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

VEHICLE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HAS SLIPPED/STALLED WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES IT IS FROM A DEAD STOP AND SOMETIMES IT IS AT SPEED. CAR WILL SHUDDER, HIGH REV AND NOT SHIFT, START TO GO AND STALL. I FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND FORD HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION HAS ACTED UP ALMOST SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE CAR SOUNDS AND HOW IT FEELS WHEN DRIVING IT. HOWEVER, A PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED GETTING MORE NOTICEABLE AS TIME PASSED BY, SUDDENLY IT WOULD SLIP AND HESITATE AT LOW SPEEDS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND GATHER INFORMATION FOR THE FORD MANUFACTURER. NOW THE CAR IS EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE AND DOING THINGS IT DID NOT DO BEFORE I TOOK IT IN. I WANT THE FORD MANUFACTURER TO BUY BACK THIS VEHICLE; I DON'T FEEL SECURE IN IT ANYMORE AND I DON'T CONSIDER IT A RELIABLE WAY OF TRANSPORTATION ANYMORE. I'M STRONGLY CONSIDERING NOT...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC). FROM A STOP THE TRANSMISSION REVS BUT CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FOR MY DAUGHTER SO SHE WOULD HAVE A SAFE RELIABLE VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL. A TRANSMISSION CAUSING A LOSS OF ACCELERATION WHILE IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS IS NOT SAFE OR RELIABLE. *TR

WHEN PULLING FORWARD OUT OF A GAS STATION, I HIT THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR STARTED SHUTTERING AND JUMPING, THEN REED UP TO 3,000 RPM AFTER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, I WAS ONLY TRYING TO GO FORWARD ABOUT 20 FEET. IT THEN KEPT GOING WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM ME AS THE DRIVER. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STOP IT AND PREVENT THE CAR FROM GOING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CAR THEN SHIFTED REALLY HARD AND ALMOST LURKED MY PASSENGER INTO THE DASHBOARD. THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOT SAFE AND THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. *TR

THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING NOISES, SHUTTERING AND HESITATING WHEN TAKING OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND FINALLY ON THE THIRD TIME (AFTER GETTING THE REGIONAL FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INVOLVED) THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK I HAVE TO ADMIT IT DROVE BETTER. HOWEVER NOW 9 MONTHS AND 15K MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION IS MAKING THE SAME NOISES AGAIN AND IT IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT DID WHEN IT ONLY HAD 400 MILES ON IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS. *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

WE WERE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT ON A SLIGHT INCLINE (NO MORE THAN A DRIVEWAY). WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. I APPLIED NORMAL GAS PEDAL AND IT STILL ROLLED BACK. I GAVE IT MORE THROTTLE FOR A SECOND AND THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY CAUGHT. FORTUNATELY, WE AVOIDED ROLLING INTO THE CAR BEHIND US. THE CAR PROBABLY ROLLED BACK THREE OR FOUR FEET BEFORE ENGAGING. SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW, IT SHUDDERS WHEN LEAVING A STOP, AND HAS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT WHEN GOING UPHILL AND TURNING TO THE LEFT. IN OTHER WORDS, IT HAS THE SAME ISSUES AS ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS PEOPLE HAVE POSTED ONLINE. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR, WE WERE TOLD THAT AFTER A 1,000 OR SO MILES OF DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD "LEARN" OUR DRIVING HABITS AND BE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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...

MY FORD FOCUS EV SHUT DOWN WITH NO REASON WHILE I WAS DRIVING, IT HAPPENED TWICE IN A WEEK. EVEN AFTER I UPDATED THE SOFTWARE. WHILE REBOOTING TOOK MOVE THAN ONE MINUTE, AFTER I TRIED TO TURN OFF EVERYTHING, THE POWER WAS STILL ON FOR A WHILE. *TR

THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND SHUDDERING ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAS VERY POOR ACCELERATION AT TIMES AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP. NOW AT 10,000 FORD IS GOING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCHES. HOWEVER, I AM STILL DRIVING THE CAR AS THE PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED SO I ASSUME THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE CAR WILL BE ACCELERATING AND WITH OUT WARNING, THE POWER TRAIN WILL PAUSE/SEEM TO SLIP/SLIGHT SHUDDER FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND THEN THE VEHICLE RESUMES OPERATING NORMALLY. GENERALLY, THIS HAPPENS IN THE MORNING AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT A MILE. HAPPENS IN DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR. DOES NOT SEEM TO HAPPEN RIGHT AS I SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR UP. I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED THAT I WILL BE DRIVING AT SOME POINT AND LOSE MY POWER TRAIN IN A SITUATION THAT WILL PUT ME AT RISK (MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC, CROSSING A RAILROAD CROSSING, OR OTHER SITUATION IN WHICH I HAVE TO MOVE OR FEAR RISK OF BEING HIT). THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REPEATABLE EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD MAKE TAKING THE CARE IN FOR SERVICE EFFECTIVE. I AM PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36,000...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND ACCELERATED IN EXCESS INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEALS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE SHUTTERS, GRINDS AND JOLTS FORWARD. WHEN TURNING A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMES FROM THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN FOR TWO MONTHS. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY AND DRIVABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

CAR MISS SHIFTS THROUGH THE FIRST 2 OR 3 GEARS. IT SOMETIMES LURCHES FROM STOP SIGNS AND SOMETIMES JUST WILL NOT GO. IT HAS ONE OF THE BAD TRANSMISSIONS EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT AND FORD SERVICE SAYS IT FALLS WITHIN TOLERANCE. THEY TOOK IF FOR A DRIVE IN THE PARKING LOT ONLY. *TR

SINCE I HAVE HAD MY 2014 FORD FOCUS IT HAS HAD MAJOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL OVER REV THE ENGINE, AND THIS SOMETIMES MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE WHEN BRAKING. THE CAR WILL ROLL BACK ON HILLS, AND IT OFTEN MAKES A STRANGE RATTLING NOISE FROM UNDER THE CAR WHILE THE CAR IS TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS, THE SHIFT POINTS ARE NOT WHERE YOU SUSPECT THEM TO BE, AND WILL ALSO BEHAVE ODDLY. I HAVE HAD A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND ON AN ADDITIONAL VISIT, HAVE ALSO HAD THE TRANSMISSION RESET TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. THIS ISSUE IS ONGOING. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE AN INTERNAL PART WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS ISSUE IS STARTING TO BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! *JS

WHEN MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR ROLLING SLOWLY THE CAR SHAKES, MAKES GRINDING NOISES; VEHICLE HESITATES AND VIBRATES ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. I AM WORRIED WHEN I TRY TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY FROM A SIDE ROAD, WHAT IS THIS CAR GOING TO DO. IS IT GOING TO THROW ITS FIT AND HESITATE AND SHAKE OR IS IT GOING TO MOVE SOMEWHAT SMOOTHLY. I NEVER KNOW HOW THE CAR WILL ACT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS VERY SAFE THAT THIS CAR HESITATES. MOVING FROM A STOP SIGN OR STOPLIGHT OKAY (IRRITATING) BUT TRYING TO MERGE OUT INTO TRAFFIC NOT SO WELL (DEADLY EVEN). FORD SAYS IT?S WITHIN SPECS AND OKAY BOTH AT THEIR DEALERSHIP AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE SAYS IT?S NORMAL TO HAVE SOME HESITATION AND SHAKING TO ME DOESN'T?T SEEM RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT AN ONGOING PROBLEM FORD WON'T DEAL...

WHEN STARTING OFF FROM A STOP, WHEELS HAVE A JERKY AND SHUTTERY FEELING LIKE I TOOK OFF TOO FAST EVEN THOUGH I DON'T. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING THE RPM'S GO UP WAY TOO FAST AND COME DOWN SLOWLY. *TR

WHEN IDLING OR BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR JUMPS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS BEGAN THE FIRST WEEKEND I OWNED THE CAR, AUGUST 28, 2014. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TIME TO "GET USED" TO ME AS A DRIVER, AND THAT THIS IS A DOUBLE CLUTCH SYSTEM, BY THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. HE SAID IF IT CONTINUED, THEN BY ALL MEANS, SCHEDULE IT FOR REPAIR. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, JUMP/JERK AT SLOW ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON 12/12/14. I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT ON 1/27/2015, THAT IS THE EARLIEST DATE THEY WOULD GIVE ME AFTER THE FORD DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A SPECIAL REPAIR AND THEY ONLY TAKE IN SO MANY FORD FOCUS CARS AT A TIME. THEY ALMOST TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF SCHEDULING THE...

TRANSMISSION IS VERY SPORADIC WHEN STARTING FROM A LIGHT. CARS JUMPS FROM FIRST GEAR TO 3RD AND BACK TO SECOND. IT IS HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD FORD ENGINEERING HAS HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THE TRANSMISSION TO REACT EFFECTIVELY WITH THE COMPUTER TO MAKE THE SHIFTING SMOOTH. I NOW HAVE OVER 60,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE - OUT OF WARRANTY AND THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. *TR

THE CAR WILL LOOSE POWER WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC; CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW OR STOP WHILE MERGING OR PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION SLIPS, RPM'S HIGH WHILE STOPPED CAUSING CAR TO SPIN TIRES WHEN LETTING OFF THE BRAKE, CAR WILL SHUTTER, JERK AND STALL WHEN ACCELERATING AND LOST OF POWER. ELECTRICAL - LOW GAS WARNING LIGHT AND GAS GAUGE ISN'T CONSISTENT, MILES TO EMPTY WILL DROP 3 TO 5 MILES WITHOUT WARNING WITHIN 1/2 MILE OR SO. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE. SECOND APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH ANOTHER FORD DEALER. VARIOUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS CAR TO VARIOUS WEBSITES AND WORD OF MOUTH; AND TO FORD WITH NO SOLUTION. *TR

AT AROUND 24,000 MILES OUR 2014 FOCUS TRANSMISSION STARTING SHUTTERING DURING TAKE-OFF, MOST NOTABLY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUSLY HESITANT TO GET GOING. YOU HAD BETTER HOPE THE DAY YOU REALLY NEED THE CAR TO MOVE IT DOES; BUT NOT SURGE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE MOST FRUSTRATING POINT IS FORD SAYS IT'S NORMAL. NORMAL! I HAVE DRIVEN CARS WITH AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR OVER 35 YEARS NEVER, HAS THIS BEEN NORMAL!!! *TR

JERKS AT START, HEAVY SHUDDERS 10 T0 20, RPM PEAKS SUDDENLY; BUT CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE (RPM DROPS DOWN QUICKLY AND CAR ACCELERATES) WHILE CRUISING AROUND 40 TO 45 CAR SHUDDERS AS IF CLUTCH IS SLIPPING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE LIGHTLY; BUT DURING THIS TIME THE CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE. TRIED MODIFYING DRIVING BY CHANGING EASING ACCELERATOR WHEN IT SEEMS TO SHIFT/ WHEN RPM DROPS FOR A SHIFT - DOESN'T HELP. DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND SEALS. DIDN'T HELP AND CAUSED THE PROBLEMS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WILL TAKE BACK TO DEALER TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CHANGED GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

ON AUGUST 27, 2014 I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM WEST BOUND ADAMS STREET TO NORTH BOUND 19TH AVENUE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA WHEN THE CAR STOPPED MOVING FORWARD. THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT WENT OUT OF GEAR; ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT CAR WAS NOT MOVING FORWARD. THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR JERKED GOING FORWARD AT AN UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AS IT DROVE INTO THE WRONG LANE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS FORTUNATE THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER CAR IN THAT OTHER LANE AT THAT TIME. I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS CAR PREVIOUSLY, PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT OCCURRING. I HAD READ THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FORD FOCUS AND THERE IS A CURRENT CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. FORD IS ATTEMPTING TO HIDE THEIR DEFECTIVE BY ATTEMPTING TO REPROGRAM THE...

THE VEHICLE LURCHES RAPIDLY AFTER NEARLY STALLING WHEN TRANSITIONING BETWEEN 1ST AND SECOND GEAR AND IT NEARLY CAUSED ME TO REAR-END A DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE A GREAT FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

THIS IS MY THIRD FORD FOCUS SE IN LESS THAN A YEAR. MY FIRST WAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND AFTER A FEW HUNDRED MILES I HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE STICK INTO REVERSE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO AFTER A DAY OF TESTING TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM BUT IT ALWAYS CAME AND WENT OVER TIME. I EVENTUALLY TRADED IT BACK IN FOR THE AUTOMATIC EARLY 2014. THE CAR DROVE LIKE A DREAM UNTIL 600 MILES THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE WHILE GOING 45MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE MOTOR WOULD JUST REV BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE WHEELS. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SELECTED PARK, DRIVE AND REVERSE BUT THEY ALL ACTED AS NEUTRAL.... THE DEALER CAME AND PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND DID SOME SORT OF RESET ON...

THE CAR SHUDDERS, GRINDS AND SKIPS TRANSMISSION BETWEEN GEARS. I'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES IN 11 MONTHS AND IT IS A BRAND NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS SE (4 DOORS). *TR

THIS VEHICLE HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION, LOWERS RPMS, JERKS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND REVS UP THE RPMS ONCE IT ACCELERATES IT HAS HESITATION AND IS NOTIFIABLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS CHANGING GEARS THERE IS A LAG AS IF IT WAS A MANUAL AND THE OPERATOR COULD NOT CHANGE GEARS APPROPRIATELY. THE VEHICLE ALSO TENDS TO ROLL IN A REVERSE MOTION AS IF IN REVERSE UPON INCLINATION. UPON ENGAGING THE BRAKES THERE IS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ALSO SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT HAS THE KEY IN AND ISN'T TURNED OVER COMPLETELY TO START AT TIMES VEHICLE IT TURNED OFF, IN PARK, WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION, AND REMAINED THIS WAY FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. THIS 2014 FORD FOCUS WAS MANUFACTURED 6-17-2014 IN THE MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION, LOWERS RPMS, JERKS AND JOLTS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND REVS UP THE RPMS ONCE IT ACCELERATES(THERE IS A NOTICEABLE DELAY) IT HAS DANGEROUS HESITATION/ DELAY AND IS NOTIFIABLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS CHANGING GEARS THERE IS A LAG AS IF IT WAS A MANUAL AND THE OPERATOR COULD NOT CHANGE GEARS APPROPRIATELY, AND GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ALSO TENDS TO ROLL IN A REVERSE MOTION AS IF IN REVERSE UPON INCLINATION. UPON ENGAGING THE BRAKES THERE IS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ALSO SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT HAS THE KEY IN AND ISN'T TURNED OVER COMPLETELY TO START AT TIMES VEHICLE IT TURNED OFF, IN PARK, WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION, AND REMAINED THIS WAY FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A NOTICEABLE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER WHEN OCCUPYING THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I...

IN TRAFFIC MY CAR MOVED TOO SLOW THEN TOO FAST AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF IT. IT WAS JOLTING FORWARD THEN BACKWARD. A LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH SAYING FAULTY TRANSMISSION SERVICE NOW. I HAD ONLY 3 BLOCK TO DEALERSHIP TO GO AND THE CAR ALMOST CUT OUT THE WHOLE TIME. THEN IT WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE, DEALERSHIP (NORRIS FORD) REPROGRAMMED THE CAR. I DROVE THE 1 MILE HOME IN SMOOTHNESS, BUT NOTICED WHEN I GOT HOME THE CLOCK WAS NO LONGER WORKING. IN THE MORNING I SAW THE DATE AND CLOCK BOTH WERE WRONG AND THEY WOULD NOT RESET. SO I CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK. ABOUT 7 BLOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HAD TO STOP FOR RED LIGHT AND WHEN I TOUCH LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR JOLTED ACROSS THE STREET! AGAIN I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH UP AN INCLINE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

I FILED A COMPLAINT LAST MONTH ON 9/17/14 #10637121 ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION GRINDING, LURCHING FORWARD AND SHIFTING POORLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY "RESET THE TRANSMISSION" AND I WAS ADVISED TO DRIVE THE CAR NICE AND WAS HANDED A PAPER ON THE TRANSMISSION ON THE FOCUS. ON 10/26/14 (9606 MILES), I HAD A MAJOR COOLANT LEAK AND HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE THE NEXT DAY. WHILE THERE I ALSO ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I WAS ARGUED WITH AND HANDED A PAPER ON THE DUAL CLUTCH MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND WHAT TO LISTEN FOR. I EXPLAINED THAT WHAT I WAS NOTICING (GRINDING, LURCHING AND HITTING THE GAS AND THE CAR NOT GOING) WAS NOT NORMAL AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD "LOOK" AT THE TRANSMISSION BUT WITH THEM RESETTING IT, THERE WAS PROBABLY NOTHING THEY CAN DO. AFTER A...

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE IS VERY POOR. IT LAGS, SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY, KNOCKS, ETC. IT EVEN SOMETIMES JOLTS FORWARD OR HESITATES. THESE ISSUES OCCUR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, ON HILLS, AND ON TURNS. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE AND WORRIED ABOUT THESE ISSUES WHILE I'M DRIVING THIS CAR. *TR

WHEN I ACCELERATE THE CAR SHAKES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A DUEL CLUTCH SYSTEM BUT IT SHOULDN'T SHAKE THE WHOLE CARE AND HESITATE TO SHIFT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT A DAY LATER THE PROBLEM COMES BACK. NOW THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE I HEAR ALL THE TIME WHEN I'M DRIVING. I ALSO FILED A LEMON LAW AND THEY SAID IT DOES NOT MEET THE LEMON LAW STANDARDS ACCORDING TO MY STATE. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME SO THEY CAN "FIX" THE PROBLEM AND IF THEY DON'T THEN I'LL FILE ANOTHER LEMON LAW!!! *TR

FORD FOCUS TITANIUM - AT 6,200 MILES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START OUT AT LOW SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AS IF IT IS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES AND VEHICLE IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. VEHICLE NOW HAS 8,000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO HESITATE AND SHUTTER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO YIELD ON TO FREEWAY. CONTACTED FORD CORPORATE CUSTOMER CARE- ADVISED TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO FORD DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL EVALUATION.. *TR

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FORD'S 'AUTOMATIC/MANUAL HYBRID' TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE BEGAN STUTTERING ABOUT A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING. PURCHASED VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN JANUARY WITH 44 MILES ON IT. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FULL STOP, VEHICLE SHUDDERS AS IF THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE AIR INTAKE, FUEL, OR TRANSMISSION. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO TWO SEPARATE FORD DEALERSHIPS (INCLUDING WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED) AND WAS TOLD THAT THAT'S JUST HOW IT RUNS. PREVIOUS CAR WAS A MANUAL. WHOMEVER IS OPERATING THE CLUTCH UNDER THE HOOD, NEEDS A LESSON IN DRIVING! FEELS LIKE VEHICLE IS GOING TO STALL EVERY TIME. *TR

ON AUGUST 2, 2014 PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AT TED BRITT FORD AND FAIRFAX VIRGINIA ON THE WAY HOME FELT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING CALL DEALER ON AUGUST 4TH 2014 WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPUTER DRIVEN AND NEEDED TO GET USED TO THE WAY I DROVE OCTOBER 1ST 2014 STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE MILEAGE 1,707 MILES WENT TO HAGERSTOWN FORD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECK THEY INFORMED ME COMPUTER HAD THE NEWEST UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY TECHNICIAN AND SERVICE DIRECTOR SERVICE ORDER SAYS VEHICLE COMPARES WITH SIMILAR VEHICLES OK AT THIS TIME SOFTWARE IS CURRENT AND UP-TO-DATE NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. *TR

THE VEHICLE REGULARLY SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A LOW SPEED ROLL. LESS FREQUENTLY THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO LAG AND THEN LUNGE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DECELERATING AND THE TRANSMISSION IS DOWNSHIFTING. THE DEALER REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THE PROBLEMS ARE COMMON FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS THE MOST CURRENT TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE. WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD, THROUGH A PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED BY THE DEALER, THE EXISTENCE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM WAS DENIED BY FORD. DURING THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION THE DEALER REPRESENTATIVE DENIED STATING THAT THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE SHUDDERING AND HESITATION CHARACTERISTICS PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN QUICK ACCELERATION IS REQUIRED. THE HERKY JERKY NATURE OF THE SHUDDERING AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING CAUSE CONCERN THAT, IN THE FUTURE, THE PARTS IN THE TRANSMISSION...

IN JUNE OF 2014 NOT EVEN A FULL 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2014 FORD FOCUS IT STARTED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S HAVING A HARD TIME ACCELERATING AND WHEN IT FINALLY GETS MOVING IT JERKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I FEEL LIKE I'M DRIVING A MANUAL AND IT'S AN AUTOMATIC. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND IT BEGAN TO SPUTTER. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT ACCELERATED THEN JERKED AND DROPPED DOWN TO 50 MPH WHILE MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE GAS. AT TIMES, IT SLOWED NEARLY TO A STOP THEN WOULD LURCH FORWARD. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON, THE WARNING LIGHT WENT AWAY. HAVING TO TRANSPORT YOUR CHILDREN DAILY MAKES IT A CONCERN ESPECIALLY UPON READING REPORTS ABOUT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS 2014 FORD FOCUS ARE HAVING THE EXACT PROBLEM FOR WHICH NOTHING IS BEING DONE. *TR