2014 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

WHEN I STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT AND THEN TAKE OFF AGAIN MY CAR SHUDDERS AS I TRY TO START DRIVING. THEN, WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE IT LAGS, AND I HAVE TO PUT THE PEDDLE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT WILL ACCELERATE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BIT. THIS OCCURS EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE MY CAR. OFTEN WHEN I ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OFF AND I PUT MY FOOT DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS MIDWAY THROUGH AND AFTER THE INITIAL TAKE OFF THE CAR STALLS. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS NOT SAFE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS HAZARD. *TR

THE SHUDDERING CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION ISSUE SEEMS TO COME STANDARD WITH THESE CARS. I BOUGHT A 2013 TITANIUM FOR MY WIFE AND I AND WE BOTH IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE SHUDDERING ON TAKE-OFFS. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE SHUDDERING IS CAUSED BY OUR METHOD OF DRIVING, AND WERE ACTUALLY TOLD TO ACCELERATE MORE FROM STOPS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS CAR IS LIKE HAVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND HAS TO BE DRIVEN SIMILAR, HUH, BUT I BOUGHT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND AFTER DRIVING FOR OVER 30 YEARS I HAVE TO RETRAIN ON HOW TO DRIVE THIS CAR. WE PAID ALOT FOR THIS CAR AND HOPE THAT FORD TAKES CARE THIS PROBLEM AND STOP TELLING THESE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THE CUSTOMER THAT THEY ARE DRIVING THE CAR WRONG. THE CAR OCCASIONALLY JOLTS FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING AT LOW GEAR. WIFE AND I ARE AFRAID OF REAR ENDING SOMEONE. *TR

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP THE CAR WOULD JUMP/SHUDDER AT TAKE OFF. WHEN TURNING LEFT IN ADDITION TO A SHUDDER YOU WOULD HEAR A CLUNKING SOUND. WHEN THE ROADS ARE WET AND YOU TRY TO TURN THE CAR SHUDDERS AND SLIDES ON THE ROAD. GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN RUSH HOUR YOU WOULD BE SHUDDERING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

VEHICLE HAS A INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS TO SLIP AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO JERK FROM A START. DEALER SAYS IT IS NORMAL AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES.THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IS UNSAFE.THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED TO HAVE THIS ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

GEARS STARTED GRINDING BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AN ERROR MESSAGE POPS UP ON SCREEN AND THE CAR STARTS JUMPING. THIS HAPPENED IN A NEW CAR WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES. TAKING TO A DEALERSHIP RESULTED IN A CURSORY GLANCE WITH NO PROBLEMS REPORTED. BUT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE AFTER THAT. DIFFICULT TO REPRODUCE, BUT IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM, AS OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL HAVE REPORTED. A "FIX" BY FORD TRANSFERS THE PROBLEM TO A HIGHER GEAR WHICH INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

I PICKED UP MY REPAIRED/REPLACED CAR YESTERDAY AT 2 PM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE CLUTCH, SEAL AND WIRING ASSEMBLY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO "RE-LEARN" MY DRIVING HABITS AND THAT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 2 WEEKS. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND PARKED IT. MY HUSBAND CAME HOME FROM WORK AND HE STARTED THE CAR AT 5:20PM. HE PLACED THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WITH THE CAR IN REVERSE. HE HAD TO STOMP ON THE BRAKES. HE REPEATED THIS 3 TIMES. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HER RESPONSE WAS "I WILL GET THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE SHOP". SO WE DECIDE TO GO BACK OUT AND TRY IT AGAIN. THIS TIME I HAD MY VIDEO ROLLING. I HAVE IT DOCUMENTED THAT THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE ( THE BACK-UP LIGHTS ARE ON CAMERA) AND THE CAR IS MOVING FORWARD....

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS EVERYONE ELSE WITH THE STUTTERING SHIFTING. I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT WITHIN A DAY OF FIRST PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT IS HOW THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO SHIFT, THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT. I WAS TOLD THAT I JUST HAVE TO ACCELERATE THROUGH IT. I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE THIS MAY THREATEN AN ACCIDENT FOR ME BUT IT IS STILL A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WHERE I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT HOW THE VEHICLE WILL PERFORM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND TYPICALLY WAIT FOR A LARGER OPENING JUST IN CASE THE CAR WANTS TO ACT UP. *TR

THE VEHICLE ON ACCELERATION SHUTTERS, THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM. I KNOW THAT FORD AND THE NHTSA HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2014 FORD FOCUS. I DON'T KNOW WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, WHEN PULLING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCHES REPLACED ONCE, AND THE VEHICLE STILL SHUTTERS, NOT A MUCH, AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT IT FALLS WITHIN THE LIMITS SET BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE, AND THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIXED ALTOGETHER. THE VEHICLE IS STILL MAKING NOISE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY RUIDOSO FORD THAT THIS NOISE IS NORMAL. I HAVE MY DOUBTS. I AM LOOKING AT THIS ARM OF THE US GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLE I AM DRIVING IS SAFE AND THAT RECALLS ARE DONE EFFICIENTLY AND PROMPTLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL I STEPPED ON THE GAS SO I COULD KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MPH BEFORE THE TRANS MISSION KICKED IN AND THE CAR STARTED MOVING AGAIN. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP THE CAR WILL LUNG FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC ALSO WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL CONSTANTLY SHIFT UP AND DOWN AND JERK LIKE IT IS LOOKING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT CONSIDERS THEM WITH SPEC FOR THIS TYPE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN YOU BRING THE CAR INTO THE SHOP THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS GIVE YOU A 2 PAGE HANDOUT DESCRIBING HOW THIS AUTOMATIC WORKS BUT MY PROBLEMS ARE MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT THEY DESCRIBE YET THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE...

I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING GEARS/TRANSMISSION. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT ACTED LIKE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON AND IT WASN'T. WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR HESITATES, SHUTTERS, SLIPS GEARS AND STALLS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR COMPLETELY STALL OUT IN DRIVE AND IN REVERSE. I'M AFRAID TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC UNLESS IT IS COMPLETELY CLEAR. I CALLED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD TO LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. WELL I NOW HAVE 7000 MILES ON MY CAR BOUGHT IN FEB 2014 AND IT IS WORSE THAN EVER. TODAY I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP FOR A "COMPUTER UPDATE". THEN WAS TOLD IT'S MORE THAN THAT AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP MY CAR BECAUSE OF CLUTCH. IT'S A NEW CAR AND I SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AND GET HURT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO...

I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW BACK IN FEBURARY 2014. IT DOES ALL KINDS OF THINGS!! IT DOES NOT SHIFT RIGHT. IT JERKS, SLIPS, REVS HIGH. IF YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE IT DOESN'T EVER GEAR DOWN CORRECTLY, EITHER TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH. IT HAS COMPLETELY STALLED AT INTERSECTIONS AND WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WOULD NOT EVEN REV UP. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. IT HAS ACCELERATED INTO TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT, TWICE!! AND EACH TIME DID NOT HAVE BRAKES. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND IT WAS A NEAR MISS. MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!! I HAVE HAD IT AT MY FORD DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES!!! YES 5 TIMES!!! EACH TIME IT RUNS FINE AND DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG WHILE THEY ARE CHECKING IT OUT. THE MANAGER OF THE SERVICE DEPT STATES IT IS LIKE A SMARTPHONE AND ONCE YOU CUT IT OFF IT RESETS SO...

VEHICLE SHUTTERS ON TAKE OFF AND RATTLES. THE SHUTTERING AT TIMES CAN BECOME SERIOUS TO THE POINT THE VEHICLE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD MOTOR IS VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH INVOLVES A FAULTY CLUTCH SYSTEM BUT YET WHEN CHECKED BY A COMPUTER, IF THE READING STATES CERTAIN NUMBERS, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! THIS IS ABSURD! THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE YET FORD DOES NOT WANT TO FIX THE VEHICLE. WHEN I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT TIMES, THE VIBRATIONS ARE SO SEVERE THAT I HAVE TO LET UP OFF THE ACCELERATOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP. THAT'S WHEN I'M AFRAID THAT I'LL GET HIT. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN 36 LAWSUITS FILED JUST IN ONE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONE FOR THIS PROBLEM NHTSA NEEDS TO STEP IN AND MANDATE...

THE TRANSMISSION SPUTTERS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP. AT A CONSTANT SPEED THE CAR SHIFTS INTO A HIGHER OR LOWER GEAR. NOISES ARE MADE GRINDING NOISES WHEN CHANGING FROM 1-2-3 GEARS. *TR

IN JULY I PURCHASED A NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS FOR MY SON. IMMEDIATELY HE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT BEING SLUGGISH AND IT SHIFTED WHEN IT SHOULDN'T AND DIDN'T SHIFT WHEN IT SHOULD. IN AUGUST HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN HE BACKED INTO A PARKED CAR. THE EVENT COST ME $525. HE SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT HIS CAR KEPT ROLLING BACK UNTIL IT STRUCK A CAR. LAST WEEK WAS THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE OR I DROVE HIS CAR. WHEN SHE RETURNED SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD NEVER DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. SHE REPORTED THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTING PROBLEMS MY SON HAD MENTIONED. WHEN I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER I WAS IN THE STREET AND TOTALLY STOPPED I PUT THE CAR IN FORWARD AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. NOTHING HAPPENED....

FORD FOCUS BEGAN LEAKING FLUIDS DUE TO A MAIN SEAL ISSUE. AUTOMATIC CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS, JERKS, VIBRATES AND LURCHES AT LOW SPEEDS OR ON HILLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ENGAGING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15. UPDATED 11/21/14*CN THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM. UPDATED 01/08/15

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS BEING REPORTED BY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS SUCH AS JUMPING FORWARD, ENGINE RPM RACING UP AFTER BOGGING DOWN TO RECOVER FROM A STALL. THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDS LIKE A BUCKET OF ROCKS BEING SHAKEN AROUND. CRACKS, BANGS AND WORST OF ALL WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A LIGHT IT JUST TAKES A BIG GASP, BANGS DOWN TO A LOWER GEAR AND JUMPS FORWARD. GETTING ON THE FREEWAY SAFELY REQUIRES PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR NEAR THE FLOOR AND HOPING IT WILL DOWNSHIFT BEFORE THE TRUCK BEHIND YOU GETS THERE. THIS CAR IS NOT EVEN SAFE IN A PARKING LOT. I HAVE HAD TO STOMP THE BRAKE DOWN HARD TO KEEP FROM HITTING OTHER CARS IN THE LOT AT WORK. THIS HAPPENS AFTER IT NEARLY STALLS THE ENGINE AND RECOVERS BY RACING UP. MY 2014 FOCUS SPENT TWO WEEKS AT GERMAIN FORD AND WAS RETURNED WITH A...

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

WHILE IN A MEDIAN TURN LANE, I ACCELERATED FORWARD TO TURN LEFT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. AS SOON AS I REACHED THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THE AUTOMATIC CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND IN TO NEUTRAL, LEAVING ME AT ALMOST A DEAD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY, UPHILL ROAD. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE CAR BACK IN GEAR, I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY TWO CARS COMING UP THE HILL. LUCKILY THEY WERE PAYING ATTENTION, BUT HAD TO SWERVE IN THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID ME. I PUT MY CAR IN "SELECT SHIFT" MODE AND MANUALLY SWITCHED TO 2ND GEAR. IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THE CAR WOULD GO BACK IN GEAR. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS IT NOW, NEEDLESS TO SAY, AS I DON'T FEEL SAFE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING A GRINDING NOISE AND SHAKING/SURGING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP IN THIS VEHICLE....

2014 FORD FOCUS TRANSMISSION NOISE, 38,000 MILES. CAR HAS A GRINDING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS ( UNDER 40 MPH ) CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS WHILE THE TRANSMISSION IS IN THE DRIVE POSITION ON AN INCLINE. VERY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. NOT TO MENTION THE RESALE /TRADE IN VALUE OF THIS CAR IS DECLINING WITH EVERY BAD REPORT ISSUED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FORD RECALL THESE CARS AND CORRECT THESE ISSUES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT DRIVING ONE OF THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. *TR

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS IS A PIECE OF JUNK! THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND SHUDDERS ALL THE TIME. IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR TO BE IN AT LOW SPEEDS. TO ME THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAR. VERY UNPREDICTABLE!! *TR

2014 FORD FOCUS SE. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS SHUDDERED AND JERKED WHEN STARTING OFF FROM STOP. I AM AFRAID TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC UNLESS IT IS TOTALLY CLEAR. MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2012 FORD FOCUS AND IT DOES THE SAME THING. I RUN PREMIUM GAS AND THE TOP GRADE OIL. *TR

PURCHASED CAR 8/27/14. NOTICED IMMEDIATE STUTTERING, AND SHIFTING WHENEVER IT WANTS TOO. WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE FROM A FULL STOP. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP FOR DX TEST AND WAS TOLD COMPUTER WAS UPDATED. CAR DOWNSHIFTS NOW BUT STILL SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND STILL WILL NOT ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE SHUTTERING IS WORSE. *TR

CAR STUTTERS AND ALMOST STALLS OUT WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE THE HOTTER THE TEMPERATURE (IE 90 TO 100DEGS BAD STUTTERS). *TR

VEHICLE HAS EXTREME SHUTTER/LURCHING FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE FOCUS HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND COMPUTER UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE. WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME JERKING DURING ACCELERATION BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AND ALSO THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THE FORD FOCUS. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT LURCHES FORWARD ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY (BUMPER TO BUMPER) TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS A 6-SPEED TRANSMISSION THAT LURCHES AND/OR SHUDDERS AND/OR HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE - ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE DRIVING A STICK SHIFT THAT NEVER HAS ONE BEFORE. THIS HAPPENS IF YOU ARE STOPPED AND TRY TO VERY SLOWLY ACCELERATE - COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHILE CREEPING UP TO WHATEVER MAY BE IN FRONT OF YOU. OR - IT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE GOING AT A SLOWER RATE (LESS THAN ABOUT 15 - 20) AND WANT TO JUST SPEED UP A LITTLE. THESE PROBLEMS CAUSE MANY HAIR-RAISING EVENTS FOR ME - ESPECIALLY IN TIGHT, RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC........... >>>>>>> THE ABOVE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SINCE MY CAR WAS BRAND NEW WITH 16 MILES (AND THE OTHER 2014 FORD FOCUS 6-SPEED TRANSMISSION CARS THAT I TEST DROVE ACTED EXACTLY THE SAME). I ASKED MY SALESMAN ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE HOW THE...

THE CAR HAS SEVERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES I HAVE ALMOST BEEN KILLED TWICE FOR BEING THROWN OUT INTO TRAFFIC ONCE AND TRYING TO PULL OUT ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT IS A NIGHTMARE, MY CAR WILL STOP FINE, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF IT JUMPS AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS LEAVING YOU BASICALLY SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH WAY BARELY GETTING ANYWHERE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR CAR WILL TAKE OFF AND MAKE YOU LOOSE CONTROL. THE RPMS ARE ALL MESSED UP IF I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE RPM HAND JUST DANCES ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP!! THANKS FORD FOR RUINING MY LIFE AND STICKING ME WITH THIS TRUE LEMON OF A CAR... *TR

WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS THE CAR HESITATES THEN MAKES A GRINDING SOUND AND LURCHES AS THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES. THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES, EACH TIME WE GET IT BACK THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AS WE USE IT FOR A DRIVERS EDUCATION CAR!! THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE JUST AS CULPABLE AS FOR IS FOR PUTTING OUT AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPROGRAMMED A MONTH AGO FOR SERIOUS SHUDDERING AND STALLING. WITHIN A WEEK THE ENGINE WOULD RACE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO STALL. IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC THIS IS A SCARY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NOW THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE CLUTCH IS OUT. I FILED A CASE WITH FORD AND A CUSTOMER SERVICE REGIONAL MANAGER WAS TO CALL ME BY THURSDAY..NO CALL...FRIDAY A CALL WAS PROMISED..NO CALL. MONDAY A PROMISE..NO CALL. TUESDAY A PROMISE OF A CALL..NO CALL. WEDNESDAY NO CALL..GET THE PICTURE. *TR

CAR IS JERKY WHEN ACCELERATING. FEELS AS IF I HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH A CLUTCH PROBLEM. CAR SHUDDERS AT LOW SPEED AND ALSO OCCASIONALLY HESITATED WHEN ENTERING A HIGHWAY. THIS PUT ME IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

WITH CAR IN CRUISE GOING DOWN GRADE TRANS WOULD DOWN SHIFT IN LOWER GEAR CAUSING CAR TO SLOW AND ENGINE TO OVER REV. HAD TO SLOW TO 45 FOR TRANS TO CORRECT IT`S SELF. HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH IT IN REVERSE JUMPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. IT ALSO JUMPS WHILE AT LOW SPEEDS SEARCHING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR TO BE IN. *TR

AT ~18,000 MILES VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE UPON ACCELERATION TO A POINT THE CAR WOULD STALL ENOUGH THAT THE VEHICLE BEHIND US HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID COLLISION; EXPERIENCING HEAVY SHUTTERING AND VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE CHANGES GEARS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 10/24/13, ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCHES ARE DEFECTIVE, PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. REPAIRED AT 20,166 MILES ON 12/05/13. AT ~29,000 MILES STARTED TO EXPERIENCE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBE ABOVE; TOOK IN TO DEALER ON 8/19/14, CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM IS PRESENT, FURTHERMORE UPON INSPECTION DEALER ADVISED THAT FRONT TIRES ARE AT '0' WEAR AND NOTED THEY WERE 'UNSAFE', SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT IS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND SLIPPAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION. PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. CAR IS UNSAFE, UNEXPECTED HARD HESITATION IS CAUSING NEAR REAR END COLLISION. TIRE SLIPPAGE IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE/SLIP ON WET ROADS. *TR

TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY SHUDDERS AND GRINDS. TRIES TO SHIFT GEARS WHEN IN CRUISE CONTROL. ENGINE TRIED TO STALL. VERY LOUD METALLIC NOISE. RETURNED CAR TO DEALERSHIP IN FEBRUARY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ALL NORMAL. SECOND TIME I WAS GIVEN A PIECE OF PAPER EXPLAINING "NORMAL" NOISES. NONE OF WHICH MY CAR WAS MAKING. THIRD TIME THEY RE-PROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION. CAR IS BEING TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR SAME PROBLEMS THIS WEDNESDAY. FORD HAS KNOWN OF THESE DANGEROUS PROBLEMS SINCE THE 2011. YET THEY CONTINUE TO KNOWINGLY SELL DANGEROUS CARS. AND NO ONE DOES ANYTHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

VEHICLE SHUDDERS UPON STARTING FORWARD MOVEMENT OR WHEN SLOWING OR STOPPING AND THEN RESTARTING FORWARD MOVEMENT. DOWNSHIFTING INTO LOWER GEAR AND THEN ACCELERATING PRODUCES A SHUDDER, SEVERE LOSS OF POWER, MUST ACCELERATE HEAVILY OR VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY WHILE NOT ACCELERATING. FEELS AS IF THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO SHAKE OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE. *TR

FROM DEAD STOP ON SLIGHT INCLINE THE CAR STARTS NORMALLY AND THEN JERKS AND HESITATES WHILE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS WITH TRAFFIC. DURING THE SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A VERY DISTINCT GRINDING SOUND (SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPARED IT TO THE SOUND OF ALUMINUM CANS CRUSHING). THE DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION OF THEIR POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION. I GUESS THE ENGINEERS DESIGNED IT SO IT MAKES THIS GRINDING SOUND DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2014 FOCUS SE WITH AN "AUTOMATIC" TRANSMISSION IN NOVEMBER, 2013. AT 8,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN ACTING MORE STRANGELY THAN USUAL: 1. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM ONE SLOW SPEED TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPEED, CAR WOULD LURCH, HESITATE & ALMOST STALL. 2. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY FROM A SLOW SPEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL AFTER A TURN, CAR WOULD SHUDDER & MAKE A RATTLING, SOMETIMES GRINDING, NOISE. 3. WHEN ACCELERATING MODERATELY FROM A STOP, CAR WAS SLOW TO SWITCH GEARS. FORD SERVICE REPROGRAMMED SOME SOFTWARE & REPLACED THE CLUTCH. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION SEALS WERE LEAKY, BUT THAT FORD WOULDN'T HAVE THE REDESIGNED REPLACEMENTS UNTIL DECEMBER. A WEEK AFTER THE SERVICE THE CAR IS RUNNING MORE SMOOTHLY. *TR

I WAS ENTERING AN EIGHT-CAR PARKING AREA AND DECIDED TO PARK A FEW FEET AHEAD BY A HIGH CHAIN-LINK FENCE. THE CAR WAS ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP AND I WAS ABOUT TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHEN I HEARD A "REVVING" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAR BOLTED. BRAKING HARD ,I SLAMMED INTO THE FENCE AND SMALL TREE. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.I SAT STUNNED. NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ALL MY YEARS AS A DRIVER. I BELIEVE THE CAR MALFUNCTIONED AND THERE WAS A "SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION".FIX THIS PROBLEM OR TAKE THE CAR OFF THE MARKET! *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ABRUPTLY AND ENGINE RUNS ROUGH WHEN STOPPED. THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR LOOSES POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING TO SLOW DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHILE BACKING UP THE CAR BINDS UP AND GRINDS AS THE CAR ROLLS BACKWARDS. UPON ACCELERATING FROM AT STOP THE CAR HAS LOSS OF POWER THEN RPM GO UP BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY SHIFTS CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED UP TOO FAST OR ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING OUT OF CONTROL. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE SHOP TWICE AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A THIRD DEALER SHOP. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE IS FAULTY AND THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT LOW GEARS. WHEN YOU STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT, TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ON ACCELERATION, OR BACK THE VEHICLE IT STALLS OUT AND THEN THE VEHICLE JERKS/ SHAKES TO GET BACK INTO GEAR. IT IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS. FORD HAS NOW ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ISSUE ON MY VEHICLE 3 TIMES AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION RE-SEALED AND ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THEY HAVE TAKEN MY TRANSMISSION APART TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH AT JUST OVER 6500 MILES. MY VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 3 TIME, RETURNING WITH THE ISSUES THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY "REPAIRED". THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO ON ACCELERATION, OFTEN TIMES - IN TRAFFIC - I HAVE BEEN ALMOST RAN OVER OR REAR ENDED BY OTHER VEHICLES. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DIE FIRST, BEFORE THIS...

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS MANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM GRINDING GEARS, HESITANT TRANSMISSION, NON-WORKING AC FROM TIME TO TIME (MORE OFTEN IT DOES NOT WORK THEN WORKS). THE VEHICLE TENDS TO NOT SHIFT OR ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION WHEN TURNING CORNERS AND THEN APPLYING THE GAS PEDDLE TO MOVE FORWARD, IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND MAKES GRINDING NOISES WHEN SHIFTING (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), ON DAYS THAT ARE HOT THE AC TENDS TO NEVER WORK - WHEN DRIVING 30 MILES BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK TO HOME IT ALMOST NEVER BECOMES COOL AND ONLY PUTS OUT HOT AIR. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE INTO FORD 5 OR 6 TIMES NOW, THIS LAST TIME I WAS JUST INFORMED (ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO) THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THAT IT OPERATES UNDER FORDS GUIDELINES AND THAT THE TECH'S FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHEN I LEFT FREMONT TODAY...

I HAVE NOTICED WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE THAT IT STUTTER AND MAKES A LOUD GRINDING SOUND WHEN I AM GOING UP INCLINES AND WHEN I AM BRAKING. I NOTICED MY CAR IS WILL BE JERKING AND FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS BOUT TO GIVE AWAY WHEN I AM IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH MY CAR. THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT MY ISSUES WAS NORMAL FOR MY CAR. I ASKED HOW COULD THIS BE NORMAL THAT A BRAND NEW CAR STUTTER, GRINDS, SHIFT GEARS ON IT OWN, JERKS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR ACCELERATION, AND FEELS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC THAT LOOKED AT MY CAR AND HE SAID THAT MY MODEL CAR IS LIKE IT HAS A MANUAL ENGINE IN AND AUTOMATIC CAR. HE...

I BOUGHT MY FOCUS IS LATE APRIL OF 2014. AFTER ONLY A MONTH I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING FOR A LIGHT OR SIGN, MY CAR WOULD DO THIS "PUTTERING" THING. THEN I GOT CAUGHT IN RUSH HOUR DRIVING HOME AND WOW, ANYTIME I WOULD START TO ACCELERATE IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING A MANUAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT MY CAR WAS STILL "LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE" AND THAT ONCE I REACHED 1500 MILES THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. WELL, HERE I AM 4 MONTHS LATER AND 4000 MILES UNDER THE HOOD AND THE PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. I'VE KIND OF LEARNED TO DRIVE WITH IT DOING THAT, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY CAR AND IT'S JERKING AND JOLTING ALL OVER THE PLACE. FORD KEEPS TELLING ME THAT IT...

OCCASIONALLY WHEN BACKING UP GOING FORWARD OR TURNING THE WHEEL THE CAR MAKES A SUTTLE GRINDING NOISE. *TR

EVERY TIME I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND START TO GO BETWEEN 5-10 MPH THE CAR BEGINS TO STUTTER. ITS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP 2-3 TIMES ALREADY AND THEY HAVE ONLY PUT A "BANDAID" ON THE SITUATION. THEY HAVE ONLY RESET THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER BACK TO ITS DEFAULT SETTINGS. I AM WANTING SOMETHING TO BE REPAIRED - ACTUALLY REPLACED UNDER MY WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HERE AND THERE IT HAS HESITATED TO GO AND ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT IS OUT OF GEAR. WHEN IT STARTS TO GO IT STUTTERS. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS IN TRAFFIC GOING 35 AND MY CAR WENT FROM RPM RAISING AS I HIT GAS PEDAL TO MY SPEED DROPPING. I HAD TO QUICKLY TURN OUT OF TRAFFIC SHUT MY CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. IT NOW HAS DONE THIS TWICE. I TO HAVE TAKEN IT AND THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL. I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY VEHICLE THAT SHOULD BE NORMAL JERKING THE DRIVER OR HESITATING IN TRAFFIC WHEN TRYING TO GO. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WHEN TRANSPORTING CHILDREN. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS TRYING TO GET USE TO MY DRIVING SO IT CAN ADJUST TO HOW I DRIVE. REALLY!!! IT IS NOT NORMAL TO FEEL LIKE YOUR...

FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW, WHEN I DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS (USUALLY 15-25 MPH) THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO GRIND WHEN CHANGING GEARS. FROM WHAT I'VE READ, FORD IS CLAIMING THIS IS SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND IS "NORMAL" FOR THE CAR. BRAND NEW CARS SHOULD NOT MAKE NOISES LIKE THIS. GLAD I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM MY CREDIT UNION. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE AS QUICKLY AS THE OTHER WINDOWS. *JS

WHILE VACATIONING IN MYRTLE BEACH THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH, MY CAR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC STARTED JUMPING AND JERKING LIKE I HAD A CLUTCH AND WAS MISSING GEARS. THIS CONTINUED THE WHOLE TRIP. GOING UP HILLS THE CAR STALLS AND JERKS REALLY BAD. I CARRIED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE GOT BACK AND THEY DROVE IT AND SAID IT WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT FORD WAS USING. THE MAN EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE BREAK ACTS LIKE A CLUTCH AND IT WOULD JUMP AND JERK LIKE THIS. THEY DID A COMPUTER UPDATE AND SAID THAT IF THIS CONTINUED TO BRING IT BACK. I HAVE SMALL GRANDBABIES IN MY CAR ALL THE TIME AND MY DAUGHTER DRIVES BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL. THEY DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES IN A PARKING LOT AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I WANTED HIM TO TAKE IT DOWN TOWN IN TRAFFIC AND...

ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, FIRST TIME I NOTICED A LURCH OR JERK. ABOUT THAT TIME I BEGAN NOTICING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT OPERATING AS IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST. THE LOWER SPEED SHIFTS ARE NOT SMOOTH AND SOMETIMES WHEN DE-ACCELERATING IF FEELS AS IF THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED QUICKLY, 'TRAILER HITCHING'. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SEEMS TO SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR AT THE INCORRECT TIME, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND POOR PERFORMANCE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DO NOT OCCUR ALL OF THE TIME, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION WILL CAUSE A FAILURE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE SERVICE MANAGE ACTUALLY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE CLUTCHES BUT IT WILL JUST DO IT AGAIN IN A FEW THOUSAND MILES. I...