2017 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

IT'S THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT'S IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND I GOT THE SAME PROBLEMS IN MY 2017 FORD FOCUS SE AND FORD IS STILL TRYING TO CHARGE ME $2,600 TO REPAIR IT. BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR 3 MONTHS DURING THIS PANDEMIC, BUT AIN'T MISSED A PAYMENT SO PAYING FOR IT TO SIT OUT FRONT THE HOUSE. TOOK IT TO FORD AND SAID ITS CLUTCH ACTUATOR AND AGAIN $2,600. MY BATTERY DIED AND MY TRANSMISSION GOES OUT, BEATS ALL I EVER HEARD. *TR

GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK WHEN MOVING FORWARD. I HAVE TO GET UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL AND RETURN IT BACK TO NEUTRAL SPOT WITH MY TOES. ENGINE JERKS WHEN FUEL GETS TO 1/4 TANK. ONCE AFTER A TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE, GAS PEDAL STAYED STUCK AFTER PLACING IT IN PARK. RPM'S WERE ABOVE 2000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MOVING OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V515000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR SPUTTERS WHILE ACCELERATING SOMETIMES THE ENGINE BOGS ALL THE WAY DOWN WHICH MAY CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION DUE TO THE ENGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE POWER DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SPUTTERING. I BOUGHT THE CAR BACK IN 2017 BRAND NEW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER I GOT THE CAR I STARTED SEEING THOSE PROBLEMS I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE IS NO PENDING RECALLS ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE RELATED TO MY DRIVETRAIN. I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 28000 MILES ON IT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY ON IT BUT I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO GET THE RUNAROUND HOW ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR SHAKES AND SHUTTERS AND HAS CUT OFF BEFORE.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR IS SLIPPING. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW OFF THE LOT, I WAS TOLD THE JERKING IN THE CAR WAS NORMAL FOR THE TYPE IT IS. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF IT SHUDDERS REALLY BAD AND TRANS FEELS LIKE OTS SLIPPING

2017 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE AND VIBRATE WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. *JS

ON OUR WAY BACK FROM FLORIDA I SMELT BURNING COOLANT I LOOKED AND IT WAS LOW SO I FILLED IT UP AS WE WERE DOWN THE STREET FROM OUR HOUSE THE SMELL GOT WORSE I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR SHOOK, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING THEN CAME ON AND I LOST STEERING CONTROL AND POWER I PULLED OVER SAFELY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT START. I POPPED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS COOLANT ALL OVER THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. 2 HR LATER THE VEHICLE STILL WON'T EVEN TURN OVER.

I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN THE CAR DIDN'T WANT TO GO FORWARD, THE RPMS JUST IDLED AS THE ENGINE REVVED BUT I COULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD, THEN THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD, AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. AFTER IT JUMPED FORWARD IT BEGAN MAKING A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE AND LOST CONTROL, ALMOST DRIVING STRAIGHT INTO ANOTHER CAR. I THEN PROCEEDED TO PULL OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR, THEN IT MADE THESE LOUD CLICKING NOISES AND THE EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION LIGHT FLASHED RED AND SAID 'TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, STOP AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE.' I LEFT THE CAR SIT FOR 2 AM HOUR, THEN WENT TO TURN IT ON AND IT WOULD NOT START. IT ONLY MADE THE TICKING NOISE AGAIN. AFTER TRYING TO START IT 3 TIMES, IT FINALLY TURNED ON, BUT CONTINUED TO GET STUCK AS THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN...

MY 2017 FORD FOCUS IS SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, HESITATING TO FIND THE RIGHT GEAR, JOLTING FORWARD WILL DRIVING AND AT A STOP, LOSING POWER DUE TO SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL, AND REVS UP TO SIX THOUSAND R.P.M.'S WHILE TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN ORDER FOR MY WIFE TO TRANSPORT THE KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

CONSTANT SHUDDER NOISE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES AND I WAS TOLD 'I HAD THE BEST LATEST AND GREATEST CLUTCH IN MY CAR.' I OWN MY CAR NOW AND I DON'T WANT IT. EVERY TIME YOU EXCEL FROM A STOP THE NOISE IS PRESENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND RANDOMLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER SUNSET FORD (11700 GRAVOIS RD, ST. LOUIS MO) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. RECENTLY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.*DT*JB*DT*TP

MY CAR HAS A HARD TIME SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND VIBRATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. IT ALSO FALLS OUT OF PARK A LOT WHEN ON AN INCLINE AND STARTS TO ROLL BACKWARD. I NEARLY HIT A CAR BEHIND ME BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE INCLINE WASN'T STEEP. I FOUND OUT THAT THE 2016 MODELS HAD THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE DSP6 TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE EVAP CANISTER NOW WHICH IS CAUSING MY CAR FUEL EMISSION ISSUES AND PERFORMANCE.

THE CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD WHEN IT FINALLY ENGAGES. THE CAR VIBRATES AND SHUTTERS AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. WHEN I CHANGE LANES ON THE FREEWAY IT DOES NOT RESPOND AND FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS REVVING AND THEN IT KICKS IN AND JUMPS FORWARD. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN I AM SITTING IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE TO GIVE LOTS OF ROOM IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR IT DOESN'T GO AT FIRST AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD. I'M AFRAID OF GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT. SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN CORNERS IT ALSO SHAKES AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION REPLACED THREE TIMES SO FAR IN THE 28 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. FORD REFUSES TO BUY MY CAR BACK EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT IS DEFECTIVE.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE (IN A JERKING, FORWARD AND BACK MOTION), AND STRUGGLE TO ACCELERATE. IT WOULD MAKE THIS NOISE, LIKE GEARS GRINDING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH. FOR ABOUT A WEEK, IT WAS FINE. THEN IT STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. IT WILL JERK BACK AND FORTH WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP (AT A STOPLIGHT FOR EXAMPLE). RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN LOSING GAS VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY PAST 4RPMS JUST TO GET FROM 0-20MPH. I'M NOT SURE IF THE WARRANTY IS STILL ON IT, BUT IT ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE VERY BIG TRIP WITH IT, TO KANSAS AND BACK TO VIRGINIA. IT DOES THIS OFF AND ON EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE IT. I HAVE TO...

OUR CAR WAS LOOKED AT JULY 2019 AND THE RECALL WAS NOT FIXED BUT THEY KNEW ABOUT IT FROM YOUR RECORDS. AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE ON ACCELERATING SPITTING AND SPUTTERING AND TODAY ME AND MY FAMILY WERE OUT SHOPPING AND WE WERE DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT GO THE GAS WAS NOT WORKING WE COULDNT MOVE AND WE TURNED IT OFF AND STARTING DRIVING AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT WASNT ON BEFORE THIS. I AM VERY MAD THAT THIS RECALL WAS OVER LOOKED BECAUSE MY FAMILYS LIFE COULDNT HAD BEEN TAKEN IF THIS HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY OR INTERSTATE. SO WE HAD TO PAY FOR A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP JOHNSON CITY FORD, TN 37602 AND THEY WERE CLOSED TODAY BUT TOMORROW I AM GOING TO CONFRONT THEM ABOUT THIS AND...

VEHICLE SHUTTERS WHEN UP SHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING. IT DOES NOT TRANSITION SMOOTHLY FROM GEAR TO GEAR. ALSO, IT WILL DOWNSHIFT AT HIGH SPEEDS INCREASING THE RPMS DRASTICALLY!

WHENEVER GOING FROM ONE LOW GEAR UP TO ANOTHER, IF YOU ARE NOT DRIVING IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT IT BEGINS TO SHAKE AND GRIND GEARS. THIS OCCURS WHEN DRIVING ON ANY ROAD AND DOES HAPPEN IF YOU ARE TURNING. AFTER PURCHASING THIS CAR, INITIALLY IT WAS NOT AS BAD. BUT THE MORE IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN, THE WORSE THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN. I KNOW THIS IS NOT ONLY MY CAR ACTING THIS WAY BECAUSE I KNOW A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT LIKE A STOLE IT.

CAR ALMOST STALLS FROM STOP TO GO IN FIRST GEAR. AND THE ENGINE RATTLES WHEN COMING TO A STOP.

CAR HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER SEAT NOT CLOTHING IN RIGHT AND SOMETIMES MOVES BACK WHILE DRIVING. SEATBELTS DO NOT WANT TO CLICK RIGHT AND HAVE TO PUSH IN MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE YOU CAN FASTEN BELTS. WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND JERKS FORWARD AND VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHAKES WHILE DRIVING. DOES NOT WANT TO PICK UP SORRY EITHER.

THERE WAS A RECALL 18S32 CAMPAIGN FUEL TANK DEFORMATION ISSUED LATE 2018. THE PCM SYSTEM WAS NOT ADEQUATELY DETECTING A STUCK OPEN CANISTER PURGE VALUE. ON AUGUST 24TH, 2019 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO GET THE RECALL REPAIR DUE TO STALLING WITHOUT NOTICE AND DANGEROUS IN DRIVABILITY CONCERNS. ON AUGUST 25TH, THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HAD THE VERY SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. I TOOK IT TO PEPBOYS TO DIAGNOSE, AND THE SAME CODES WERE POPULATING FOR THE RECALL. PEPBOYS ADVISED TO TAKE IT BACK TO A DEALER. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP ON OCTOBER 22ND FOR A SECOND OPINION, AND THEY STATED THAT THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE WAS STICKING. ON OCTOBER 24TH, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED BACK TO ME AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS SAME SYMPTOMS. ON NOV 5TH, 2019, I WAS ADVISED THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE WAS REPLACED AFTER THE PARTS WERE ON BO FOR 2-3...

ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING WHEN IT IS WARM. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR MOMENTARILY OCAASIONALLY WHEN IN REVERSE CAUSING SAFTEY ISSUE. HAVE TAKEN TO BLUEBONNET FORD, AND THEY STATE IT IS AS DESIGNED. I CALLED JORDAN FORD AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THE FORD FOCUS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE APRIL 2018, ABOUT 10 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE.

SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR. I NOTICED ORIGINALLY LAST OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION AND LATER IT WOULD DO A COMBINATION OF LAST OF POWER AT TIMES AND LUNGING WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT GEARS(AUTOMATICALLY). EVENTUALLY, FRONTIER FORD(DEALERSHIP) REPLACED THE CLUTCH N A FEW OTHER MINOR ITEMS RELATED TO THE CLUTCH. THE PROBLEMS THE SAME ISSUES CONTINUE TO OCCUR. I FINALLY FILED A COMPLAIN WITH THE BBB, IT APPEARS THE DEALERSHIP SIMPLY NEVER RETURNED THEIR CALLS OR EMAILS AND THAT CASE WAS CLOSED. NEXT I CONTACTED THE SJ BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. THEIR DETERMINATION WAS THAT FORD FIESTAS AND FOCUS MODELS WERE NOTORIOUS FOR SERIOUS TRASMITION PROBLEMS. IT IMPLIED THAT IT WAS A FEATURE NOT A BUG BECAUSE EVENTHOUGH THE SJ BAR KNEW OF THESE SERIOUS ISSUES THEY TOOK NO ACTION. I STARTED NOT DRIVING THE CAR AS MUCH LOOKING INTO HOW I COULD GET THE MANUFACTURER TO BUY...

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2017 FORD FOCUS AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 6 TIMES FOR AN ERROR CODE OF P0299 TURBO/SUPER CHARGER UNDERBOOSTER GOING OFF. THE ENGINE IS LOSING POWER WHEN IT STARTS ACTING UP AND TO PROTECT THE CAR IT SHUTS DOWN THE UNDERBOOSTER. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REARENDED SEVERAL TIMES AND MY VERY PREGNANT DAUGHER IN LAW AND I WERE ALMOST T-BONED DUE TO THE PROBLEM AS WE WETE MAKING A LEFT TURN OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO A BUSY STREET. WHEN TAKING IT INTO THE SHOP LOU FUSZ CHESTERFIELD HAS TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ALARM AND WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF THE CODE RESETS ITSELF. I HAVE ASKED FORD TO WORK WITH ME TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE AND THEY JUST SAID THEY...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS STUTTERING UPON ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES IDLES BELOW 1000 RPM WHEN STATIONARY, AND SHIFTS ROUGH WHEN DRIVING. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT THE OLDER MODELS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION HAD.

THIS STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEK AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE CAR HAD 18890 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT ON 10/23/2019.THE CAR WILL SLIP IN TO NEUTRAL BETWEEN SHIFTS AND WILL NOT GO OVER 45MILES AN HOUR. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT GO OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND SHOOK FORCEFULLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FAIR OAKS FORD LINCOLN (LOCATED AT 2055 W OGDEN AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540, (630) 250-5750) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

WHEN I FIRST PRESS THE GAS IT SHUDDERS AND TAKES A WHILE TO TAKE OFF. ALSO, IT DOESN'T ACCELERATE WELL AT ALL.

POWER LOSS TO DRIVE WHEELS STARTING FROM STOPS MAKES VEHICLE FEEL UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC. DUAL CLUTCH POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, SLIPS, AND SOMETIMES CLUNKS IN FIRST & INTO SECOND GEARS UNDER NOMINAL ACCELERATION. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 22,000 MILES. FORD FOCUS DUAL CLUTCH POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS REMAIN. AND THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY FORD AT ONLY 17,000 MILES.

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON OCTOBER 28 2019 AND THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STALL AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE CARRING A PATIENT I WAS DRIVING TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE ON OCTOBER 29 2019 TOOK CAR BACK THEY SAID THEY HAD FIX THE ISSUE THEN THE NEXT DATE IT RAIN IT ALL GOT WET ON THE PASSAGER SIDE TOOK TO DEALSHIP THEY HAD THE CARE SINCE NOV 4 PICK UP ON NOV 22 AND CAR STILL HAS SAME ISSUE AND IT WAS STATIONARY WHEN GETTING WET AND IN MOTION WHEN IT STALL AND IT IS A RISK BECAUSE I CARRY PATIENTS IN MY CAR EVERY DAY IT MY JOB AND DEALSHIP HAS YET TO GIVE ME PAPER INVOICE ON REPAIRS DONE TO CAR AND I CALL THEM AND SPEAK WITH THEM THEY SAY IM GOING TO CALL YOU BACK AND THEY DONT ITS SAMES FORD DEALSHIP IN KINGSVILLE TEXAS...

I HAVE FELT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE CAR SHAKE AND SEEM TO STRUGGLE TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP TO GO. SEEMS TO INCREASINGLY GET WORSE

CAR STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, JERKING AND PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING INTO A GEAR. IT DOES THIS WHILE DRIVING AND I DRIVE FOR LYFT AND UBER AND IT HAS SCARED CUSTOMERS . I'M SCARED FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS. THERE IS A RECALL ON EXACT SAME CAR BUT OURS WAS NOT IN THE 'MANUFACTURE GROUP ONLY CERTAIN CARS. FORD KNOWS OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT THEY JUST DON'T CARE .. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD .

BESIDE THE TWO SAFETY RECALLS 18V-735 AND 19V-515 THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE CAR WHICH WHEN IT RAINS ALL THE RAIN WATER PENETRATES THE BACK DOOR OF THE CAR AND IT STAYS THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND ITS NEGLIGEANCE AND FRAUD. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE MIGHT BE A SAFETY RISK AND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. AFTER THE RECALLS AND THE POOR REPAIRS THE CAR STILL UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEM IS IRREPARABLE WHICH MEANS THIS CAR WILL NEVER BE SAFE TO DRIVE AND EVERYDAY I DRIVE IT TO WORK WHENEVER I STOP IN A HILL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN I HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND IF IT HAPPENED THAT I STOPPED SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL DUE TO TRAFFIC THE CAR LOSSES ITS POWER AND BARELY MOVES FORWARD...

THE VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING THE SAME ISSUES AS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ON 2012-2016 FORD FOCUS MODELS EQUIPPED WITH THE INFAMOUS DPS6 TRANSMISSION (CONSULT DETROIT FREE PRESS COVERAGE ON THE DPS6 SITUATION, EXAMPLE HTTPS://WWW.FREEP.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/FORD/2019/09/13/FORD-FOCUS-FIESTA-TRANSMISSION-CLASS-ACTION-STALLED-DPS-6/2312926001/). DURING GENTLE ACCELERATION FROM STOP, THE VEHICLE FREQUENTLY WILL SHUDDER VIOLENTLY DURING ACCELERATION, AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS HUNTING BETWEEN GEARS. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR DURING ACCELERATION WHEN THE CAR IS ALREADY IN MOTION AND AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS (35-40MPH). AT TIME OF PURCHASE, I WAS TOLD THE 2017 MODELS DID NOT HAVE THE DPS6 UNIT. AFTER A PREVIOUS INCIDENT, IT WAS TAKEN TO JOHN BLEAKLEY FORD IN LITHIA SPRINGS GA (NOW KNOWN AS LITHIA SPRINGS FORD, AND THE DEALER FROM WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED), WHERE THE SERVICE ADVISOR NOTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS INDEED EXHIBITING SIMILAR BEHAVIOR, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. THE REPAIR LASTED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE STARTING AGAIN...

THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES WHILE CHANGING GEARS, ALSO HESITATES WHILE CHANGING GEARS, MAKES CHATTERING NOISES WHILE CHANGING GEARS AND IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AT TIMES. FORD HAS ALREADY CHANGED THE CLUTCH AND IT SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER IT IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING.

CAR HAS 75,000 MILES. BOUGHT BRAND NEW. I COMMUTE TO WORK WHICH IS 120 MILE ROUND TRIP. MY HOUSE IS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE INTERSTATE. AFTER ABOUT 20,000 MILES I WOULD NOTICE SOME HESITATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. THIS WOULD ONLY BE AFTER MY COMMUTE AND GOING FROM THE STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT. AFTER MY EXITS BOTH FROM WORK AND HOME THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY NEED TO SHIFT ONCE FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR UNTIL I WOULD ARRIVE TO MY DESTINATION. RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST 15,000 MILES IT'S NOTICEABLY WORSE. NOW I HAVE TRANSMISSION FLUID SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WILL BE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP SOON AND WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

CAR VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING IN LOWER GEARS-GOING FROM STANDSTILL TO 1ST GEAR EXPERIENCES A SEVERE VIBRATION.

THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERS FROM A MAJOR SHUDDER AND DROP IN POWER BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS FOCUS ISSUES. THERE IS A TERRIBLE UP-SHIFT DELAY, AND A DOWNSHIFT DROP AND JERK. THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER CONSISTENTLY, WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WARM. THE FORD DEALER REFUSES TO ADMIT THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AND REFUSES TO HONOR THE WARRANTY AND REBUILD/REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE DROPS POWER WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WHEN STARTING MOTION, THERE IS A GRINDING AND MAJOR GRUMBLE AS IF THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. THE FORD DEALER KEEPS SAYING THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH THE PREVIOUS FOCUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND SHOOK WHEN ACCELERATING FROM BRAKING OR STOPPING. MCFARLAND FORD SALES INC. (151 PORTSMOUTH AVE, EXETER, NH 03833, (603) 772-5953) PERFORMED SEVERAL ROAD TESTS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ONLY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE DEALER OFFERED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE CURRENT WARRANTY WAS FOR 60,000 MILES. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OF WHETHER SHE COULD TRUST THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

WHILE I'M DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR REGULAR HIGHWAY THE CAR JUST DIES OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON ALMOST GOT INTO A BAD WRECK BECAUSE OF IT HAD TO COAST IT OFF THE ROAD OUT OF WAY FROM TRAFFIC SO I WOULDN'T GET HIT IT'S DONE THIS MORE THEN ONCE TOOK IT IN AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER IT WAS OK FOR 2 DAYS THEN DID THE EXACT SAME THING JUST DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE WHOLE CAR TURNED OFF SO HAD TO PUT IN PARK AND THEN START TOOK A FEW TIMES TO START THEN FINALLY STARTED AND LEFT BUT THIS KEEPS HAPPENING DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 44 THOUSAND MILES ON IT .

TRANSMISSION GEARS ARE ROUGH, SLIPPING, JERKS A LITTLE AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND CAN'T DRIVE. LOOSES POWER WHEN DRIVING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT I WAS TOLD ONLY THE CARS THAT IN A MANUFACTURED AREA OR A GROUP ARE IN RECALL. MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME CAR THAT IS BEING RECALLED AND WE WEREN'T IN THAT GROUP OR MANUFACTURED AREA SO OUR VEHICLE WON'T BE REPAIRED. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS WHOLE ISSUE. IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES IN GROUP THAT ARE BEING RECALLED. WHY ISN'T OUR CAR BEING RECALLED, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE ALSO... THIS SEAMS VERY WRONG. OUR CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO FIX ON OUR OWN...

2017 FORD FOCUS TITANIUM. DALLAS, TX. ENGINE MISSES WHEN ACCELERATING. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE FARM TO MARKET ROAD WHICH I DRIVE TWICE A DAY AT THE LEAST- THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND IT WAS AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WASN'T WORKING. AND OF COURSE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO GET ELECTRONICALLY DIAGNOSED AND IT IS A VALVE FOR THE GAS. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES VIA MAIL. I NEED THIS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE TIME FOR THE INSPECTION IN A MONTH. HOW DO I GO ABOUT SEEING IF THIS IS IN FACT A RECALL AND GET IT FIXED ASAP??

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2017 FORD FOCUS AND WITHIN A YEAR OF HAVING THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO SHUTTER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM TO FIX. A FEW MONTHS LATER IN ADDITION TO THE SPUTTERING WHILE TAKING OFF FROM BEING STOPPED THE TRANSMISSION NOW SHUTTERS WHEN I REACH SPEEDS OF 50-65. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. FORD IS PUTTING OUT A GARBAGE PRODUCT AND REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

PURCHASED 9/2018.CARE HAS BEEN SHAKING LIKES ITS GOING TO FALL APART EVER SINCE THEN. . I HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND CAR GRUNTS WHEN PICKING UP SPEED LIKE I HAVE A CLUTCH SHIFT AND MAKES THIS SCRATCHING NOISE WHEN I SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. OR REVERSE TO DRIVE. ALSO WHEN I BARELY TAP THE BREAKS ITS STOP SO SUDDENLY THE JILT FORCES ME FORWARD.. TODAY 9/13/19 THE TRANSMISSION FAULT MESSAGE CAME ON. AND WENT OFF. THEN WHEN I START THE CAR BACK UP TO CHECK SYSTEMS.. THE MESSAGE SYSTEM SAYS ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL AND THE LIGHT DIDNT COME BACK ON AFTER DRIVING IT AROUND, SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, AND SHUTTING OF AND STARTING UP CAR 3 DIFFERENT TIMES.

WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE HAS A JOLTING SIMILAR TO DROPPING THE CLUTCH IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1-2 THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING (REALLY BAD) AND NOTICABLE SHIMMY IN THE VEHICLE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOSS OF POWER AND A SUDDEN JUMP WHEN THE CLUTCH CATCHES. THERE IS A COMMON LOSS OF POWER WHEN COMING FROM A STOP. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE EVEN MORE COMMON WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP AND DRIVEN FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.

2017 FORD FOCUS SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE STATIONARY. VEHICLE ALSO HAS HESITATION AND SLOW RESPONSE WHEN ACCELERATING. VEHICLE IS CURRENT ON ALL RECALLED SERVICES HOWEVER THE ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT.

BETWEEN 0& 20MILES AND 20 & 40 MILES GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS MY CAR JERKS,STALL,VIBRATES AND MAKE METAL CAN SCRAPING SOUND. MY CAR IS THE THE 2017 FOCUS HAS A NEW DESIGN BUT THE SAME DUAL CLUTCH 'AUTOMATIC' TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AS PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS. ... HOWEVER, WHERE THE FOCUS IS MANUFACTURED DOES NOT EXCUSE THE FACT THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND HAS CONTINUED TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS ONLY WHEN DRIVING.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS EFFECTING ACCELERATION AND MAKES GRINDING NOISES. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL LURCH COWARD UPON ACCELERATION. I'VE HAD THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE REPLACED THREE TIMES. TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO SHUDDER AGAIN. CONTACTED FORD AUGUST 15 AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT SOMEONE WILL CALL WITHIN 24 HOURS. I'VE CONTACTED THEM DAILY AND THEY KEEP SAYING SOMEONE WILL CALL THE FOLLOWING DAY. SIX DAYS LATER AND STILL NO RESPONSE. KEEP GETTING THE SAME STORE THAT THEY UPDATED MY CASE NUMBER AND SOMEONE WILL CALL US WITHIN 24 HOURS.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS. AT TIME WHEN DRIVING, IT SLIPS AND THE RPM'S REV UP TO 5-6 AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER. IT LASTS FOR 3-4 SECONDS AND SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL AND GAS PEDDLE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. IT DOES THIS OFF AND ON EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. STARTED AROUND THE 9,000 MILES MARK. MY CAR IS A 2017 FORD FOCUS WITH 11,800 MILES ON IT.