2016 FORD FOCUS Electrical System Problems

2016 FORD FOCUS SE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CROOKED STEERING WHEEL AND DEFECTIVE CHARGING PORTS AND BLUETOOTH. *LD *JS

THE UPDATE WAS DONE ON THE PCM DUE TO VEHICLE NOT STARTING AND FUEL GAGE SAYING EMPTY WHEN I KNEW IT HAD MORE THAN HALF TANK. NOW IT IS DOING THE SAME THING ONLY WORSE. IT WORRIES ME THAT THIS HAS CAUSE MY IGNITION TO GO BAD AS WELL DUE TO THIS RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE SCREEN TO FREEZE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OURISMAN FORD & LINCOLN (6129 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22303, (703) 660-9000) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ACCESSORY PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING AND NOT GOING INTO GEAR. WHEN I TRY TO PUT I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND PUSH GAS PEDDLE IT DOES NOT GO, BUT WHEN I PUT IN DRIVE IT MOVES. THE CAR ONLY HAS 45,XXX MILES. WHEN I START THE CAR A BUNCH OF CLICKING SOUNDS COME FROM THE MOTOR, AND WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF IT MAKES A BUNCH OF WEIRD CLICKING SOUNDS ALSO

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME, AND MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO THROW THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND CRANK IT BACK UP AND SLAM IT INTO DRIVE AND SPEED OFF, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO GET HIT BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS HARD IN BETWEEN GEARS, STALLS OUT ON HILLS/ STRUGGLES ON HILLS, IT FAILS TO ACCELERATE IN THE MOMENT, THE CAR FAILS TO KNOW WHAT GEAR IT WANTS TO BE IN. THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. I LIVE IN THE CITY A SMALL AREA NOT VERY POPULATED BUT I STILL DEAL WITH STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION JERKS HARD IF YOU DON'T START MOVING AT A STEADY PACE. THE HIGHWAY THOUGH IT DOES RELATIVELY WELL, BUT THAT'S WHEN OTHER PROBLEMS START I HAVE LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL, IT WILL BOUNCE BACK AND FOURTH LIKE I HAVE...

" TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN MY CAR STARTED SMELLING HOT. I LITERALLY JUST LEFT MY HOUSE I WAS ABOUT 5 MILES FROM HOME. IT SMELLED LIKE HOW YOU USE THE HEATER FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING COLD WEATHER. I CHECKED THE GAUGES TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT OVER HEATING. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS POP ON AND MY TEMP GAUGE WAS NORMAL. I THAN STARTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOOD. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GOT OUT. THE ENTIRE CAR UNDER NEATH WAS ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY GOT AWAY FROM THE CAR AND WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE TO COME.

THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, WHILE COMING TO A STOP. THE MESSAGE IN THE WINDOW READS, PUT THE CAR IN PARK IN RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. MOST RECENTLY THREE WEEKS AFTER SERVICING FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ON THIS MOST RECENT OCCASION, SUNDAY, MARCH 31ST., I STOPPED TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO PARK AND BEGIN TO MOVE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. I WAS IN FRONT OF MY HOME PARKING.

IVE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I HAVE MY KEYS IN MY PURSE NEVER OPENED THE HATCH IN THE BACK WENT INSIDE A STORE CAME BACK OUT TO MY HATCHBACK DOOR OPEN THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME I DO HAVE MY SONS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT AND MY SPEAKERS IN WHICH ONE GOT STOLEN I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE SOON SO I KNOW WHAT MY NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE FUEL MILEAGE DISPLAYED 50 MILES WHEN THE TANK WAS HALFWAY FILLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE NEEDLES WERE RAPIDLY FLUCTUATING. ALSO, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH STICKS AND IF NOT REPAIRED CAR WILL STOP RUNNING; CAR DEALER STATED IT WILL BE OVER $2200 TO BE REMEDIED. THIS HAPPENS ON THE ROADWAY WHILE DRIVING: CAR HESITATED BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR. EVEN WHEN I'M MOTION IT WILL BACK DOWN AND SLOW UP. THE IGNITION OVER YEARS AND NEEDS TO COOL DOWN BEFORE THE CAR RESTARTS.

OVERHEATING

DRIVING TO WORK ALL INSTRUMENT LIGHTS CAME ON, RPM AND SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO 0, MILAGE TURNED TO -----, FOLLOWED BY MESSAGE STEERING ASSIST FAILURE, FOLLOWED BY TRANSMISSION FAILURE SERVICE NOW MESSAGE, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE TO SEE IF MESSAGES WOULD CLEAR. WOULD NOT RESTART, NOT IN PARK MESSAGE CAME ON. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TO TRY TO RESET THE CAR, CAR STARTED AND ALLOWED ME TO SHIFT INTO PARK, BUT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY A SECOND TIME. STARTED THE CAR PUT IT INTO DRIVE THE CAR MOVED ALL INSTRUMENT LIGHTS EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND THE FOLLOWING CODES U1013:00:68 & U0101:00:68 REPLACED THE TCM ALL CODES WERE CLEARED. THEY ROAD TESTED IT TO VERIFY IT WAS FINE. A WEEK LATER THIS...

I HAVE A 2016 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK EVERY TIME WHEN IT RAINS HARD OR WHEN I HAVE THE CAR WASHED WATER IS GETTING INTO THE WIRING UNDERNEATH THE TAILLIGHTS SHORTING OUT THE WIRING I SMELLING BURNT WIRING THE LEFT TAILLIGHT IS OUT, THE RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON, THE RIGHT REAR RED TURN SIGNAL IS OUT,THE LEFT FRONT SIDE RUNNING LIGHT IS OUT, THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE TURN SIGNAL IS OUT. THIS CAR IS A 100% LEMON!

FORD FOCUS 2016 IS TRANSMISSION IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS AS PREVIOUS FORDS MODELS IN CATEGORY, INCLUDING ENGINE SLIPS, SHUDDERING , STALLING AND NOT CHANGING GEARS PROPERLY, CREATE HAZARDS, IM CONSTANTLY BATTLING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE MORE THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF RECKS ON THE HIGHWAY, OR EVEN LEAVING MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF THIS CAR, I CONSTANTLY FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WITHIN THIS VEHICLE, AND I KNOW ITS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS, IM STUCK IN THIS VEHICLE AND NOBODY HAS THE ANSWERS. TODAY FOR EXAMPLE I WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE I STOPED AT A STOP SIGN TO TAKE A LEFT IT WAS MORNING TRAFFIC, I TAKE A TURN IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER, BUT THE RPMS JUMP TO 4 ALMOST 5, AND THE CAR STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND IT STALLS BRIEFLY IN THE MIDDLE...

WHEN I CUT OFF THE CAR AND HEN GOT BACK IN EVERYTHING WAS DEAD NOTHING WOULD COME ON WOULD NOT EVEN COME OUT OF PARK IT WOULD NO DO ANYTHIMG

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STICK IN LINE OF SITE SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING. HAS BEEN IN SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL CONTINUES TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROUNDTREE MOORE FORD (2588 W US HWY 90, LAKE CITY, FL), BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

WIPER BLADES STOPPING IN LINE OF SIGHT DURING RAIN AND SNOW CONDITIONS CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOT BEING FIXED. HAS REPLACED WINDSHIELD AND MOTORS AND STILL OCCURRING. VIDEO SHOWING PROBLEM NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND TIRED OF RICART NOT FIXING

SOMETIME WHILE ACCELERATING THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY GO FROM 2K RPM TO OVER 6K RPM BUT YOU CANT HERE THE ENGINE AND IT LOSES POWER AND STARTS TO JERK VIOLENTLY. ONCE YOU RELEASE GAS AND THE RPM'S GO BACK DOWN TO 2K THEN YOU CAN TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. I THOUGHT THIS ISSUE WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS COLD THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED BUT NOW IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR LITTLE UNDER A YEAR AND IT HAS LESS THEN 20K MILES ON IT.

FROM A STOP, WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THE TRANSMISSION STARTS SHUDDERING AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THAT SHAKES THE WHOLE CAR, ALSO WILL NOT PICKUP SPEED SO PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS , THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THIS CAR. 2016 FORD FOCUS SE WITH ONLY15000 MILES ON IT.....PLEASE HELP

JUST FILLED MY GAS TANK UP THEN AS I LEFT THE GAS STATION GOT ABOUT 1 MILE UP THE ROAD THEN WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT I TURNED THE AC ON AND IDLE DIPPED, CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE(WHICH IT DID) THEN AS I TRIED TO RE-START, CEL CAME ON AND CAR WOULD NOT START. ABOUT 2 MORE TIMES AND IT FIRED UP ALONG WITH A SERVICE ENGINE SOON MESSAGE ... LUCKILY FOR ME I WAS A BLOCK AWAY FROM FUTURE FORD LINCOLN WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. 3 DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL SAYING MY VEHICLE WAS READY FOR PICK UP. I GET THERE AND THEY TELL ME THAT THE REASON WAS DUE TO I HAD A AFTERMARKET POWER WIRE ROUTED OVER ENGINE ASSEMBLY CAUSING ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE. SO THEY DISCONNECTED WHAT I PAYED A LOCAL PROFESSIONAL AUDIO SHOP $140 TO INSTALL 2 DAYS AFTER...

OUR FORD FOCUS STALLED AND COULD NOT RESTART. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO START UP WITH NO PROBLEM, RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT STALLED WHEN DRIVING. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE CAR. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN THE DAY BEFORE FOR WELL OVER AN HOUR WITHOUT ISSUE. NO ERROR CODE IS RETURNED TO THE TECHNICIAN WHEN RUNS A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE VEHICLE.

RODENTS ATE THROUGH WIRING EFFECTING EMISSION CABLE (LOCATED AT REAR OF VEHICLE--JUST BELOW GAS TANK)--THIS HAD TO BE REPLACED COSTING APPROX $500.--PARTS TOTALED ONLY $15. LABOR COSTS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS--

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION SHUTTER RELATING TO SERVICE BULLETIN 16-0109. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORST AND I AM SCARED IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. ALSO ISSUES WITH DISPLAY AND PHONE UNABLE TO HANG UP DURING CALLS WHILE USING DISPLAYS BUTTON AND STEERING BUTTON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT ILLUMINATE BRIGHT ENOUGH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REMEDY THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188. UPDATED 06/28/17*LJ *CN

RODENTS CHEWED THROUGH WIRING BECAUSE THE WIRE IS MADE FROM SOYBEANS. POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. MAKES CAR INOPERABLE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO 2016. MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM BY SUBSTITUTING WIRING THAT DOES NOT ATTRACT RODENTS. MANUFACTURER (FORD) SHOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT. THE COST OF REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE BORNE BY CUSTOMERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LUNGING, THE RPM WENT ABNORMALLY HIGH, AND THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AFTER AN INSECT FLEW INTO A WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT ABNORMAL AS THOUGH IT WAS LACKING POWER DURING TURNS AND THROUGH NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS FRACTURED, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE OTHER FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,646. UPDATED 09/08/16*LJ *CN