What 3,789 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford Focus Bev

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ON FREEWAY, FAILED TO SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. *TR

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BEGINNING IN APRIL, THE CAR HAS RANDOMLY BROKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, WITH NO NOTICE, PUTTING MY SAFETY AND LIFE IN DANGER. CARS HAD TO COME TO A JOLTING STOP TO AVOID FROM HITTING ME AND ON ONE OCCASION A POLICE OFFICER ACTUALLY HAD TO INTERVENE TO SAFEGUARD ME FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE SEE THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BELOW. OFRIDAY, APRIL 12TH-CAR BROKE DOWN IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ENDANGERING MY LIFE AND THE OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME. CARS WERE ZOOMING PASS AT HIGH SPEEDS AND BRAKING ABRUPTLY TO AVOID CRASHING INTO ME. OWEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND-CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ACROSS A BRIDGE. ONCE AGAIN MY LIFE WAS ENDANGERED. I TRIED TO GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE WITH RAPIDLY PUSHING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP AND I WAS FORCED TO TURN THE CAR OFF WHILE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND RESTART IT. AFTER GETTING THE CAR STARTED I DROVE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP HOPING THEY COULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTIC READING OR MULTIPLE TEST DRIVES. OMONDAY, JULY 7TH-CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO TURN THE CAR OFF. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN I DROVE IT TO CARMAX. ON THE WAY THERE I HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR AT A SLOW SPEED TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM CUTTING OFF ON ME AGAIN. ALSO, SINCE THE AC SEEMED TO WORSEN THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR I TURNED IT OFF AND DROVE THE CAR FOR 15 MINUTES IN THE SEARING HEAT. IN THE END THE CAR WAS WITH THE FORD DEALER FROM FRIDAY, JULY 7TH TO TUESDAY, JULY 22ND. OFRIDAY, JULY 25TH- CAR BROKE DOWN IN MIDDLE LANE OF HIGHWAY 64E RIGHT BEFORE ENTERING THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL. CARS SWERVED TO PREVENT FROM HITTING ME AND ONCE AGAIN MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS WAS PUT IN JEOPARDY. *JS

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I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, NOT GOING INTO PARK, AND SHUDDERING AND SPUTTERING WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE HAD MY CAR. THIS WEEK, I COULDNT GET IT OUT OF PARK AT ALL AND THEN WENT TO DRIVE HOME FROM WORK MY SHIFTER WOULD MOVE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. *TR

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CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL. AFTER SITTING AWHILE IT STARTED UP AGAIN ONLY TO LOOSE POWER AGAIN. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE COMPUTER, THEN THE BATTERY, THEN THE TRANSMISSION. NOW BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TCM VOLTAGE BEING THE PROBLEM. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS SAID THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE CARS REQUIRING THIS PART. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME RECALLS ON MANY OF THESE MODELS. IN FACT THERE IS A RECALL FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE ON MANY OF THEM BUT NOT MINE. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL IF THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS CAR. *TR

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APPROACHED STOP LIGHT ON A ROAD WITH STEEP INCLINE. CAME TO COMPLETE STOP BEHIND SEVERAL CARS WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT WHEN PRESSED GAS TO MOVE AT GREEN LIGHT, GEAR (DESPITE BEING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) SLIPPED AND STAYED IN NEUTRAL, REVVING BUT NOT ENGAGING. CAR BEGAN QUICKLY ROLLING BACKWARDS. I WAS ABLE TO YANK EMERGENCY BRAKE JUST BEFORE HITTING THE CAR APPROACHING MINE FROM BEHIND. SIMILAR INCIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO INCORRECT/ DANGEROUS AUTOMATIC GEAR CHANGES -- SUDDEN LOSS OF NEEDED GEAR CHANGE TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM RAMP (FLAT LAND) AND ALL KINDS OF GEAR CHANGING PROBLEMS (STUCK IN GEAR SEVERAL GEARS TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH) IN HILLY TERRAIN. THIS CAN RESULT IN LURCHING AS WELL. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NORMAL OPERATION AND SAYS THE CAR ISN'T GENERATING HELPFUL CODES AS A RESULT. *TR

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ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE INTO MERGE LANE AND ONTO HIGHWAY BUT TRANSMISSION DID NOT RESPOND WITH ENGINE REVVING UP AND SLIPPING. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC OR BEING STRUCK BY TRAFFIC. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS INCIDENT IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND THE FORD DEALER HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

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THE PRODUCT IS BOSCH POWER XPRESS 240 VOLT CHARGER COUPLED TO MY 2012 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC. IT IS SET TO 30 AMPS FOR MY VEHICLE....UPDATED 12/17/14 *BF THIS CHARGER WAS PUT IN SERVICE ON 7/22/2013. I NOTICED IN FEBRUARY THAT THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ELECTRICAL SMELL OF MELTED PLASTIC AFTER CHARGING THE CAR, BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. I FIGURED THAT WITH THE VERY COLD AIR IN MY GARAGE THAT MY SENSE OF SMELL MAY BE OFF. I CHARGE AT HOME AND AT WORK. THE WORK CHARGER IS MADE BY PEP. I HAVE ALSO OCCASIONALLY USED CHARGEPOINT CHARGERS. DURING THE WINTER I ALSO PRE-CONDITION THE VEHICLE TO 85 DEGREES. ON 3/27/14 I NOTICED FIRSTHAND THE ISSUE WHILE GETTING IN THE CAR IN THE MORNING. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PRE-CONDITIONING WHEN I UNPLUGGED IT. THE CHARGER WAS MELTED AT THE CHARGING STATION COUPLER END AND THE VEHICLE CHARGE INLET PORT WAS ALSO MELTED. I TOUCHED THE CHARGING STATION COUPLER AFTER UNPLUGGING IT FROM MAIN POWER AND THE TIPS OF THE CONTACTS WERE BASICALLY MOLTEN PLASTIC THAT BURNT THE TIP OF MY FINGER. I DECIDED TO SCHEDULE A WARRANTY REPAIR WITH FORD. ON 3/28/2014 I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR WARRANTY SERVICE WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY REPLACED THE CHARGE PORT UNDER WARRANTY. ON 4/8/2014 I CALLED BOSCH ABOUT THE CHARGER AND THEY OPENED A CASE TO REPLACE THE CHARGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CLAIM WAS ACCEPTED AND PROCESSED ON 4/11/2014. MY CONCERN IS OF POSSIBLE FIRE OR INJURY FROM AN OVERHEATED AND/OR IMPROPERLY INSULATED CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CHARGING STATION AND THE VEHICLE. *TR UPDATED 9/29/2015*JS

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I GOT MY CAR STARTED AND PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE I WAS IN AND PARALLEL WITH THE STREET I WAS PLANNING ON PULLING OUT INTO WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT ON ME. FORTUNATELY I HAD NOT PULLED INTO THE STREET AS I HAD PLANNED WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT ON ME. I KEPT TRYING TO START THE CAR AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR WOULD BE ABOUT TO START WITH JUST ANOTHER SECOND OR TWO MORE AS THE STARTER WAS TURNING. THE FUEL GAUGE KEPT LIGHTING UP ALONG WITH OTHER LIGHTS THOUGH I HAD 3/4 OF A TANK OF GAS. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FRIDAY EVENING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 4 WHOLE WORKING DAYS, AT ABOUT 11 AM ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HAVE A PLATINUM WARRANTY AND AT ROUGHLY 43,000 MILES THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO CHARGE ME NEARLY $1700 FOR FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP AND EMISSIONS IN ADDITION TO THE RENTAL CAR I'VE BEEN PAYING OUT OF MY POCKET WHILE THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR, ORDER PARTS, (THE PARTS TO TAKE 3 DAYS) AND FIX THE CAR. I THINK THIS IS VERY UNREASONABLE FOR A CAR OF SO LOW MILEAGE AND COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME INJURED OR KILLED IF I HAD PULLED OUT INTO THE STREET AND THE LIGHT CHANGED WHEN THE CAR QUIT ON ME. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME ERRATIC. THE FAILURE OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE EVAPORATOR CANISTER PURGE VALVE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND VALVE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

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THIS FORD FOCUS EXHIBITS STRANGE AND DANGEROUS SHAKING AND STUTTERING BETWEEN GEARS 1 AND 2. IT HAS DONE THIS WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY SINCE WE GOT THIS CAR IN 2011. IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL STALL AT ANY MOMENT. IT ALSO HAS NEARLY STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND SOMETIMES ROLLS BACKWARDS WHILE IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THESE THINGS ARE NORMAL BECAUSE IT IS A 'SPORTY-MODEL CAR' AND IT TAKES THE ENGINE TIME TO ADJUST TO A PERSON'S DRIVING STYLE. THE FORD FOCUS MODEL YEARS AFFECTED WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED BY FORD ASAP. *TR

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BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON ,CHECKED AND FLUID LOW IN BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER. THIS IS JUST AFTER I MONTH OIL AND SERVICE DONE ON THE CAR. FILLED IT AND TOW DAYS LATER COME ON AGAIN.TOOK TO FORD DEALER IN MY TOWN AND THEY SAID IT WAS A LEAK AROUND THE BREAK PUMPING AREA. THEY WONTED ME TO DRIVE THE CAR TILL THE PARK CAME IN . I INSISTED THE GIVE ME A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE.. . AT THE TIME I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED A SMALL JERKING AFTER I BRAKE AND TAKE OFF AGAIN. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BREAK THIN WHERE RELATED . BUT THEY WHERE NOT. CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE JUMPING HAS BEEN GOING ON ALMOST WITHIN A MOUTH OF PURCHASING THE CAR. ON MARCH 24 THEY WORKED ON IT AND SAID THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE GEARING IN THE TRANS MISSION. PICKED THE CAR UP AND IT IS BETTER WITH THE JERKING BUT IT IS STILL DOING IT 5 DAYS LATER NOW .SO NOW I FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THEM AGAIN AND FIXED RIGHT OR I SHOULD BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION,MJS. I ALSO HAND A WEATHER STRIPING REPAIRED ON REAR PASSENGER WINDOW AT THE SAME TIME THEY WORKED ON THE TRANSMISSION. AND I NOVEMBER 2013 THE CRUSE STOPPED WORKING AND HAD TO BE FIXED . I HAVE HAD THIS CAR 6 MONTHS AND HAVE HAD ALL THIS TROUBLE. *TR

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EXITING FREEWAY TRANSMISSION MADE LOUD CLUNK AND WARNING SCREEN POPPED UP SAYING "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION - SERVICE NOW". PULLED INTO NEARBY SHOP CENTER PARKING LOT. AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF TRANSMISSION FAILED AT FREEWAY SPEED? COULD I HAVE CONTROLLED THE CAR??? *TR

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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I SUDDENLY RECEIVED A "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND SOMETIMES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN MOTION. IN ADDITION, THE STATED AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF THE BATTERY (23KWH) IS IN FACT NOT ACCESSIBLE, AND THE VEHICLE IS ONLY ABLE TO USE 16KWH BEFORE THE STOP SAFELY NOW MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. *TR

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SPIDERS OR INSECTS BLOCK THE VENTS FROM THE GAS TANK MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL MY GAS TANK. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN THE SUMMER OF 2012 AND IT HAPPENED IN THE FALL OF 2012 AND THE FALL OF 2013. *TR

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THIS CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IT WILL SHUDDER WHEN CHANGING GEARS, ROLLBACK, COME CLOSE TO STALLING. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE "REPROGRAMMED" BACK IN JUNE OF 2012 IT DROVE OKAY WITH ONLY MINOR HICCUPS WITH TRANSMISSION UNTIL OCTOBER 20, 2013. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 22,000 MILES ON IT AND THE CAR IS NOW NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT WAS LIKE I WAS STILL IN NEUTRAL, ONCE IT DID GET GOING THEN IT DID NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR PROPERLY. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I WILL BE TAKING BACK TO DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN TO REPROGRAM HOPEFULLY AT NO CHARGE. THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND NEEDS TO BE ON A MANDATORY RECALL. *TR

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STARTING UP FROM WAITING AT A SIGNAL LIGHT THE SYSTEM FLASHED "STOP SAFELY NOW". (I HAD JUST TOUCHED THE DISPLAY SCREEN TO VIEW THE BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE - NORMAL.) PROCEEDING THROUGH A LEFT TURN AND WHEN GETTING TO THE CURB THE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN PROVIDING NO MOTIVE POWER. AT THAT POINT A COMPLETE TURN OFF OF THE CAR WAS ATTEMPTED WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN, THE DASH DISPLAY WAS STILL ACTIVE. REPEATED ATTEMPTS FINALLY COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THE SYSTEM, WHICH WAS THEN STARTED NORMALLY. *TR

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I HAVE A FORD FOCUS BEV ( BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE), 2012. I CAME OUT FROM WORK AND UNPLUGGED MY CAR FROM THE CHARGING POST AND GOT INTO IT AS USUAL TO GO HOME. I PRESSED THE START BUTTON AND A MECHANICAL WARNING WINDOW CAME UP ON THE DASH. I CLOSED IT AND THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE CAME ON. I CLOSED IT AND THE FIRST MESSAGE CAME BACK AGAIN. THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL CYCLES UNTIL I HIT THE START BUTTON AGAIN. I TRIED THE START BUTTON AGAIN, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I PLUGGED IT BACK IN, UNPLUGGED IT AND TRIED AGAIN. SAME THING. I CALLED THE DEALER, THE LADY THERE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR ME. THEY SENT A TRUCK TO TOW IT TO A CLOSER DEALER, WHERE IT CURRENTLY SITS. INITIAL DIAGNOSTICS ARE NOT SHOWING A CAUSE. I WILL LEARN MORE ON MONDAY. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING APPROX 30 MILES PER HOUR ON A B ROAD, JUST AFTER TURNING RIGHT THE CAR DISPLAYED A "STOP SAFELY NOW" WARNING AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND THE CAR LITERALLY STOPPED MOVING. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME WHEN THE FAULT OCCURRED. I POWER CYCLED THE CAR AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR UNTIL LAST NIGHT.

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AS I WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN A DISPLAY STATING "STOP SAFELY NOW" CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER. I HAD TO COMPLETELY TURN IT OFF, OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR, AND RESTART IT TO MAKE IT GO AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING THROUGH UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, THE CAR GAVE A "STOP SAFELY NOW" ALERT AND THE CAR LOST POWER. IT COASTED ENOUGH TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN DIED. I COULD NOT GET THE WARNING FLASHERS TO WORK. I TRIED FOR ABOUT 7 MINUTES TO GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF, EVERY COMBINATION I KNEW. AFTER THAT, THE CAR 'RESET' AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START. I DROVE AWAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. IT'S NOT COOL TO HAVE THE CAR QUIT IN TRAFFIC LIKE THAT. I THINK THE BATTERY CONTROL COMPUTER PICKED UP A RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE. *TR

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I PURCHASED A NEW 2012 FORD FOCUS EV ON JUNE 7, 2013. TWICE (STILL IN JUNE), WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" WARNING CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I MADE SURE TO NOTE ALL THE INDICATORS TO PROVIDE THE FORD SERVICE TECHS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED, THE TECHNICIANS PROFESSED NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE AND CONTACTED FORD FOR SUPPORT. THEY COULD NOT REPEAT THE ISSUE AND THE CAR HAD NO LOG OF THE EVENTS. FINALLY, I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTED POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM). UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR 6 WEEKS (PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF THE KNOWN PROBLEMS). AFTER THE PART WAS FINALLY REPLACED, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PCM WOULD NOT PROGRAM CORRECTLY, AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. END RESULT, I HAVE MY VEHICLE BACK, JUST IN TIME TO TAKE IT BACK FOR A RECALL. AT LEAST IT HASN'T STALLED ??. YET. *TR

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WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AFTER LEAVING WORK AND THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE APPEARED. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF, OPENING AND CLOSING THE DRIVER DOOR, LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE CAR, IT MANAGED TO RESET ITSELF AND WORK AGAIN, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RECUR ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, REQUIRING THE SAME STEPS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE CAR WORKED NORMALLY THE REST OF THE DAY AFTER I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION. *TR

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WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING CHIMED AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK, OR NEUTRAL TO ALLOW IT TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROAD. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF POWERING IT ON AND OFF IT EVENTUALLY RESTARTED AND WORKED WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL RECENTLY ON 8/15/13 THE SAME MESSAGE OCCURRED AT A STOPLIGHT AND THE CAR AGAIN LOST ALL POWER. AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES IT STARTED AND RAN OK. *TR

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JUST PURCHASED A 2012 FOCUS, LOVING THE CAR UNTIL.....THREE WEEKS INTO OWNERSHIP WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I NOTICED THE GAS GAUGE SEEMED TO BE ERRATIC....SHOWING 1/2 TANK, FLUCTUATING TO FULL, TO 1/4, BACK UP TO 3/4, DOWN TO 1/2 TANK AND THEN WITHOUT ANY LOW FUEL WARNING AUDIBLE OR VISUAL WARNING .... ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS COME ON, CAR LOSES POWER, STALLS, I TRY TO START CAR, IT WILL NOT START. I BEGIN TO COAST OUT OF LANE AND ONTO THE SHOULDER, AGAIN TRYING TO START CAR AND IT WILL NOT START. I CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND FIND THAT I HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL. HOW COULD THIS BE? I AM PROVIDED WITH A GALLON OF GAS, CAR STARTS UP IMMEDIATELY, I GO TO NEAREST GAS STATION TO FILL UP. GAUGE READS FULL, I'VE DRIVEN 100 PLUS MILES WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE GAUGE I START TO SUSPECT THE GAUGE MAY BE FAULTY. I GOOGLE THIS ISSUE AND FIND I AM NOT THE FIRST WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. READING THE FORDFANATIC POSTS IT SEEMS AS IF DEALERS MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE ISSUE WHICH LEADS TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS BEFORE RESOLUTION. THIS IS FRUSTRATING TO THE CONSUMER! APPEARS TO ME, A RECALL WOULD RESTORE FAITH IN FORD AND FORD SERVICE. *TR

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INCIDENCE OCCURRED TWICE IN 2 DAY PERIOD. "STOP SAFELY NOW" ERROR OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. 1ST INSTANCE WAS WHILE BREAKING AS APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT. 2ND INSTANCE WAS WHILE ACCELERATING ON FREEWAY ONRAMP. BOTH INSTANCES I LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I HAD TO COAST TO A SAFE SPOT TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WITH THIS VEHICLE AS DRIVER MAY NOT HAVE ABILITY TO COAST TO SAFE STOP WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR BUSY TRAFFIC. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THERE IS RAMPANT OCCURRENCE OF THIS EXACT FAILURE BEING DESCRIBED ON VEHICLE OWNER FORUMS FOR FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC BOTH 2012 AND 2013 MODELS. *TR

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