2014 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

MY ISSUE WHICH I CONSIDER A SAFETY ISSUE IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR I HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC ON THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY AND THAT IS WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN YOU SLOW THE CAR DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP (BUT DO NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP) AND YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CARS TRANSMISSION STARTS MAKING A CLANGING/GRINDING NOISE FOR A SECOND OR TWO AS IF THE CAR DID NOT KNOW WHETHER TO GO INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. WHEN THE CAR FINALLY SELECTED THE GEAR IT WANTED TO BE IN THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD RAPIDLY. I CONSIDER THE LURCHING FORWARD IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC A SAFETY ISSUE, HOWEVER MY BIGGEST SAFETY CONCERN IS (HESITATION) THE SECOND OR TWO IT TAKES FOR THE CAR TO START FORWARD....

ENTIRE CAR WILL JERK IN AND OUT OF FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE IS A DELAY IN SHIFTING WHEN ACCELERATING, ALMOST LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS "SLIPPING." DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD AND SLIPS BACK INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR.THIS CAR ONLY HAS 12,XXX MILES ON IT AND IT IS ALREADY HAVING POWERTRAIN PROBLEMS. WE ALSO OWN A 2013 FOCUS AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SEALS AND CLUTCH AFTER IT BEGAN TO LEAK - CAR HAD SAME SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE JOLTS, JERKS, SHUDDERS, SLIPS AND BECOMES VERY HESITANT IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE JOLTING AND SLIPPING ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP ONE WEEK AGO REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH FOUND A LEAK OF FLUID TO THE "DRY CLUTCH." I BELIEVE THE DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSES THE LEAK OF FLUID TO BE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM AND/OR DEATH. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE CONSISTENT OR PREDICTABLE ACCELERATION DUE TO SHUDDERING AND SLIPPING, RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES. THE KNOWN SYMPTOMS, CITED IN TSB #14-0047, RAISE SUBSTANTIAL CONCERNS FOR OPERATING THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE MANNER ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS. *TR

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND GRINDS AT 2200RPM IN FIRST GEAR, GRINDING NOISE WHILE GOING UP HILLS, TRANSMISSION SHAKES AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND, VERY ROUGH AND UNPREDICTABLE SHIFTS, SHIFTS INTO HIGHER GEARS WAY TO SOON THEN WILL DOWNSHIFT OR GO INTO NEUTRAL, HESITATION AND VIBRATION FROM LAUNCH, TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT RANDOM AND WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT , TRANSMISSION SURGES UNDER ACCELERATION ....STEERING SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF IT'S OWN WHEN TURNING ON TO STREET THE STEERING WHEEL WANTS TO STAY IN WHATEVER POSITION YOU HAVE IT TURNED AND IS VERY HARD TO KEEP STRAIGHT ON HIGHWAY..RATTLING NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE COMING FROM FRONT PASSENGER AREA WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR WHILE SITTING AT IDLE IT CAN BE HEARD HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP THREE TIME S FOR RATTLING NOISE AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE TRANSMISSION FOUR TIMES AND...

WHEN MAKING TURNS, DRIVING UPHILL OR ACCELERATING, THE CAR MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. I ALSO NOTICED MY CAR JOLTING FORWARD AT TIMES OR MAKING A SOUND LIKE I'M STUCK IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLUTCHES SLIPPING. AFTER THE FIX, MY ( I BELIEVE MY TRANSMISSION) CAR IS STILL JUMPING. THIS HAS SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC WHEN IT IS STOP AND GO. WHEN IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR HAS JOLTED FORWARD CAUSING ME TO STOP AT FAR DISTANCES FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN CASE IT HAPPENS. *TR

I RENTED A FORD FOCUS FLEX FUEL 2014 FROM ALAMO CAR RENTAL FROM OGG AIRPORT IN MAUI. THE CAR TRANSMISSION FAILED ALL A SUDDEN DURING ACCELERATION FROM REST WITH A WARNING FROM THE LCD DISPLAY THAT THERE IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND SERVICE IS REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY MESSAGE. DURING THIS TIME, THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND AND THE WOULD EASILY ROLL BACK IF ON AN INCLINED SLOPE OR SUDDEN STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS REAR COLLISION. THE BAD THING IS THAT ALAMO AND FORD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THEY STILL RENT OUT THIS MODEL OF THE VEHICLE! SORRY I FEEL NOT PROVIDING MY PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES. I PROVIDED THE ALAMO CAR RENTAL ADDRESS. BEST REST ASSURED THAT THE FORD FOCUS FLEX FUEL 2014 IS DEFECTIVE WITH ITS TRANSMISSION AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! *TR

CONSISTENT GRINDING NOISE AT ABOUT 2000RMP 2 OR 3 GEAR WITH DECREASE IN POWER. FORD SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. LOSS OF ACCELERATION CAN NOT BE SAFE. *TR

I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS A TRAFFIC LANE AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT WORK. IT FINALLY KICKED IN AND I BARELY MISSED BEING STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING CAR THOUGH I HAD PLENTY OF SPACE ORIGINALLY. THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS AS THE TRANSMISSION IS UNPREDICTABLE. I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD SIMILAR ISSUES SINCE THIS TIME BUT FORD TELLS ME THIS IS 'NORMAL' BEHAVIOR. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IN THESE CARS. DO YOUR JOB AND MAKE FORD FIX THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

I PLACED MY CAR IN REVERSE AT AN INCLINE ON MY DRIVEWAY I TRIPLE CHECKED THE TAIL LIGHTS, GEARS ON DASH AND ON SHIFTER KNOB TO VERIFY THAT THE CAR WAS IN FACT IN REVERSE HOWEVER MY CAR INSTEAD MOVING IN REVERSE WAS MOVING FORWARD. I CHECKED AGAIN AND LET GO OF GAS AND AGAIN IT CREPT FORWARD. PLACED IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT TOO WENT FORWARD AS WELL (TRIPLE CHECKED THE VEHICLE TO BE SURE I WAS IN THE RIGHT GEAR). THIS CAR GAVE NO WARNING OF WHAT IT WAS DOING OR THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS MALFUNCTIONING. OTHER PROBLEMS THE TRANSMISSION DOES IS THAT IT SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION, MEANING ITS SHAKES LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR WHEN THIS CAR IS IN FACT AN AUTOMATIC. IT'S SHAKES A LOT IN TURNS, LOW SPEEDS, AND JUST ON ACCELERATION WITHOUT A FULL AND COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TIME AND...

TRANSMISSION IS DOING WHAT THEY CALL SHUDDERING. THE COMPUTER CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY.

I STARTED HEARING A WEIRD NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. IT'S LIKE A GRINDING NOISE...SOUNDS LIKE ALUMINUM CANS BEING CRUSHED. DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I DRIVE IT, FLAT SURFACE OR UPHILL IT MAKES THE SAME NOISE.THIS HAPPENS BETWEEN 18 TO 21 MPH. ALSO, AFTER I MAKE A FULL STOP IT WOULD SKID, SOMETIMES SHAKES EVEN JUST A LITTLE TAP ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT'S DANGEROUS ENOUGH THAT I ALMOST HIT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY; SOMETIMES IT LOSSES POWER / WON'T ACCELERATE. THE CAR CAN'T KEEP 55 MPH IT GOES SLOWER UNTIL IT REACHES 48 MPH. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS DRIVEN ERRATICALLY SINCE I PICKED UP THE CAR AT THE END OF MARCH 2014. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES IDLES ROUGH ESPECIALLY WHEN ENGINE IS COLD. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND IS NOT SMOOTH. IT DRIVES VERY JERKY AND SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS BOUNCING AT LOW SPEEDS. CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD AFTER STOPPING, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT STOP LIGHTS/SIGNS AND IN PARKING LOTS. I LOVE THE DESIGN, BUT I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. I HAD MY PRIOR CAR FOR 14 YEARS AND NOW I FEEL I AM STUCK WITH THIS ONE FOR 14 YEARS. IT MAKES ME VERY UPSET TO THINK ABOUT IT AFTER SAVING FOR SO LONG TO BUY A NEW CAR. THE DEALER TELLS ME NOTHING IS WRONG. I'M EMBARRASSED TO HAVE A PASSENGER FOR FEAR THEY WILL THINK I AM SUCH A POOR DRIVER. THE CAR BOGS AND FEELS LIKE IT...

TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR I NOTICED IT JUMPS AND STUTTERS FEELS LIKE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON WHEN TAKING OFF. AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP TWICE AND HAVING THE CLUTCHES REPLACED IT HAS NOW STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AND IT HAS ONLY BEEN A WEEK. ITS REALLY SCARY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NEED TO GO AND THE CAR WONT GO BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

JERKING UPON GEARS CHANGING.. GRINDING SOUND UPON ACCELERATION AND WHEN TURNING LEFT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY DETERMINED AT 900 MILES THE CAR NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH. THIS WAS REPLACED THINKING IT WOULD FIX THE SHIFTING ISSUES AND THE GRINDING NOISE. THE GRINDING NOISE CAME BACK YESTERDAY AS WELL AS THE CAR TRYING TO CUT OFF AND IDLING VERY LOW AT STOP SIGNS/STOP LIGHTS.. THE GRINDING CONTINUED THROUGH 3RD GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP IS STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS SOUND. REPLACING THE CLUTCH DID FIX THE JERKING AND HARD SHIFTING ISSUES HOWEVER THE GRINDING SOUND IS STILL AN ISSUE. *TR

TROUBLE WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM THE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP. THE CAR NOW HAS 6K MILES AND THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS ARE EVEN WORSE DURING COLD WEATHER: THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS POORLY, ROUGHLY, MISSES SHIFTS, CHOOSES THE WRONG GEAR FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED, DISENGAGES AND SENDS THE ENGINE TO REDLINE THEN DROPS INTO GEAR WITH A BANG AND EITHER SLOWS THE VEHICLE WITH ENGINE BRAKING BECAUSE THE GEAR IS TOO LOW, OR LUGS THE ENGINE WITH NO ACCELERATION BECAUSE THE GEAR IS TOO HIGH. THE TRANSMISSION IS ALWAYS SHIFTING, AND SEEMS 'CONFUSED' AS TO WHAT GEAR THAT IT SHOULD BE IN. IN CITY DRIVING, IF I NEED TO SUDDENLY BRAKE, WHEN I RE-APPLY THE THROTTLE AGAIN, THE TRANSMISSION HANGS BETWEEN GEARS AND THE ENGINE REVS TO REDLINE THEN DROPS INTO GEAR AND CHIRPS THE TIRES. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO MAKES GRINDING NOISES WHEN CHANGING FROM 1ST TO...

TRANSMISSION GRINDS AND SHUDDERS STARTING FROM 0 MPH, INTO SECOND GEAR, AND ALSO SOMETIMES INTO THIRD GEAR. THIS IS NOT A SAFE TRANSMISSION.. THE PROBLEM IS ONLY GETTING WORSE, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL FEEL AND SOUND LIKE AT 2,000 MILES.. *TR

SIMILAR TO OTHERS GRINDING NOISE , CLUTCH IS SLIPPING . VERY BAD IN THE BEGINNING , GRINDING NOISE IS COMING JUST BECAUSE THE CLUTCH IS SLIPPING . IT IS VERY ANNOYING TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN THE CITY OR ON THE HWY , WILL YOU PASS SOMEONE WITH A SLIPPING CLUTCH ? WILL YOU TURN SOMEWHERE QUICK LIKE RIGHT ON RED ? NO . IS THAT SAFE ? NO FORD HAS ITS OPINION , SOUNDS LIKE SOON ALL CARS WILL HAVE A SLIPPING CLUTCH SOON AND THAT IS NORMAL AFTER TBS UPDATE ITS LITTLE BETTER BUT NOT ENOUGH . YOUR CAR IS LEARNING THE WAY YOU DRIVE !!!! MMMMM HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN A DRY CLUTCH DOING BETTER AFTER IT SLIPS , NEVER !!!! 2014 FORD FOCUS NOTICED THE PROBLEM AT 700 MILES . OIL LEAKAGE MAYBE THE PROBLEM , MANY PEOPLE SAID THAT IT IS FINE AFTER SEALS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FUSION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO IMMEDIATELY TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE ALSO SPUTTERED AND SHOOK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE SPEED AND ALSO SPORADICALLY EMITTED A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BROKEN IN AND CALIBRATIONS WERE UP TO DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3215.

WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP IT ROLLS BACKWARDS BEFORE YOU CAN PLACE YOUR FOOT ONTO THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE WILL ALSO PULL ITSELF FORWARD OR BACKWARD FROM THE BOTTOM OF A HILL AND CLEARS THE HILL WITHOUT MANUAL ACCELERATION. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CAUSES A JERKING MOVEMENT WHILE PULLING OFF. IN ESSENCE, THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE ROLLING WHEN THE FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE WHICH SERVES AS A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT RISK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED FROM AND I WAS TOLD BY THE MANAGER TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I WAS THEN TOLD BY THEM THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH HILL ASSIST AND THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO ACT IN THAT MANNER. IN THE FORD CAR MANUAL IT DOES MENTION THE ACTION OF HILL ASSIST BUT IT DOES NOT STATE THAT THE CAR IS...