What 2,157 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Ford Focus Bev

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V813000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

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WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR THE CAR WILL SHUDDER LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN THE MOST WHEN THERE IS ANY KIND OF EXTRA WEIGHT IN THE CAR, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, AND WHEN GOING UPHILL. IT WILL BE FINE FOR A WHILE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL DO THIS EVERY TIME I TRY TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT AND DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM

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ON OCTOBER 6, 2012 I PURCHASED THIS NEW AUTOMOBILE. FEBRUARY 27, 2013, THE AUTO WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER. THERE SEEMED TO BE A SHUDDERING/DRAGGING WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS APPLIED FROM A COMPLETE STOP. AN INSPECTION WAS DONE AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND (IT WAS HAPPENING SPORADICALLY). AFTER TAKING IT IN A FEW MORE TIMES THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. AUGUST 4, 2014 I TOOK CAR A DEALER 110 MILES AWAY. AFTER DESCRIBING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE CLUTCH WAS NOT ENGAGING. THEY REPAIRED IT AND IT SEEMED TO BE DRIVING MUCH BETTER. BY MID 2015, THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AGAIN, SO ON NOVEMBER 11, 2015, SINCE I KNEW WHAT WAS THE PROBABLE PROBLEM WAS I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT THE OTHER DEALER HAD DONE. THEY VERIFIED THE PROBLEM AND HAD THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND A NEW CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY WOULD ORDER THE NECESSARY PARTS (NEW CLUTCH). THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AGAIN ON 12/8/15 AND LEFT SEVERAL DAYS. THEY AGAIN ORDERED PARTS AND REPLACED DEFECTIVE ONES WITH OTHER PARTS. ON 1/18/16 THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE ALL THE OIL HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THERE WAS A COMPUTER MESSAGE STATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AGAIN THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND INSTALLED. ON 2/16/16 THE CAR AGAIN WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER. THIS TIME EXTENSIVE WORK WAS DONE ON THE CAR. THREE ENGINES WERE ORDERED AND ANOTHER CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED. I RECEIVED MY CAR BACK THE WEEK OF APRIL 5 (6 WEEKS LATER). ON 7/11/16, THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER (50+ MILES AWAY) BECAUSE THE COMPUTER MESSAGE READ TRANSMISSION HOT STOP CAR IMMEDIATELY. AGAIN ANOTHER CLUTCH WAS PUT IN WITH OTHER PARTS DUE TO THE CLUTCH BREAKING. MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER 6 DAYS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V523000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,900.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE TRANSMISSION AND POWER CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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2012 HATCHBACK FORD FOCUS AUTOMATIC THE VEHICLE STALLS WHENEVER ACCELERATED. IT FEELS AS IF THE COMPUTER SENDS THE SIGNAL TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED OR SPEED UP BUT THE TRANSMISSION CAN NOT KEEP UP WITH IT, THEREFORE IT STALLS. IT DOES IT WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET AND ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SPEED DOES NOT RELATE TO WHEN IT OCCURS. IN ORDER WORDS, IF I AM DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED FOR A LAPSE OF TIME IT WILL STILL STALL AND IF I NEED TO SPEED UP, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN MAKING A TURN ONTO A STREET IT WILL STALL OR WHEN MAKING A LANE CHANGE.

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ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAR WILL NOT BACK UP, DRIVING CAR WILL HESITATE GOING FORWARD, AND SOMETIMES AS DRIVING HESITATES TO CHANGE GEARS. TOOK TO FORD THREE TIMES INCLUDING A FREE RECEIVING RECALL LETTER. HAD TO BUY A BATTERY FOR THEM TO CHECK CAR! NO PROBLEM STARTING EVER! IDLING CAR WILL CAUSE CAR TO HESITATE GOING WHILE DRIVING. RECALL WAS FOR A PART FOR TRANSMISSION, AND ASOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM 15B22

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND LOST POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND CLUTCHES IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

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THE CAR SHUDDERS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

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I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN 2014, FORD VALIDATED THE PROBLEM AND PUT A PART ON ORDER IN MAY OF 2015. IN OCTOBER OF 2015 THE PART WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PUT IN BUT THEY RAN OUT OF PARTS SO THE APPOINTMENT WAS POSTPONED. A WEEK OR SO LATER THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION STALLED/JERKING AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND MY SON AND MYSELF WERE STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED FOLLOWNING THE ACCIDENT, WE VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED THE VEHICLE TO FORD CREDIT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE RPMS FLUCTUATED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE TCM AND PCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V813000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.

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TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS AS IT SHOULD ,NO POWER GOING UP HILL.SOUNDS LIKE MOTOR GOING TO FALL OUT WHEN YOU PARK.THESE HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES AND AT DIFFERENT PLACES

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ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR WHILE TURNING OFF OF A HIGHWAY. ALSO, OCCASIONALLY WILL DIE AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE HAS A ROUGH AND ERRATIC IDLE WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. SOMETIMES IDLING SO LOW AS TO ALMOST DIE. OTHER TIMES IDLING AT 1400 OR 1500 RPMS

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I HAVE A 2013 FOCUS AND ON 3/14/16 ON MY WAY HOME ON THE FREEWAY, MY OIL & BATTERY LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF AT THE SAME TIME AND AS IT DID THE CAR WAS STALLING OUT. I PUT MY 4-WAY FLASHERS ON, SLOWED DOWN AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT LANE AS A SAFETY MEASURE. AFTER ANOTHER FEW MILES BOTH LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. I PULLED OVER TO THE BERM, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TRIED STARTING, IT STARTED AND DROVE HOME WITH NO ISSUES. I DROVE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY WITH NO ISSUES. ON THE WAY HOME THINGS STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN, THE CAR SHUT DOWN, BUT THIS TIME AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES THE CAR NEVER STARTED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT A WIRING HARNESS WAS UP AGAINST THE THROTTLE BODY AND WORE THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE INSULATING TAPE, THEN THE WIRES CAUSING THE PROBLEM. ALSO, IN SPEAKING TO THE MECHANIC HE SAID THAT THE BRACKET THE HARNESS WAS USING TO KEEP IN PLACE WAS CAUSING IT TO BE UP AGAINST THE THROTTLE BODY SO HE UNCLIPPED THE BRACKET. I'M GOING TO CALL THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER TO DISCUSS. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS THAT THE "BOOK" SAID IT WOULD TAKE 3 HOURS, BUT ONLY TOOK 2. AND YES THEY TRIED TO CHARGE ME FOR THE 3. INTERESTING AT $125/ HOUR, THAT WOULD BE $250/ HOUR THEY'RE MAKING WHILE THE MECHANIC STARTS ON THE NEXT CAR! UNBELIEVABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V813000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V495000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

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WHEN I STOP AT STOP LIGHTS THE ENGINE VIBRATES AND STOPS WHEN I COME TO A STOP AT TIMES. ALSO THE ENGINE VIBRATES WHEN I CONTINUE TO DRIVE AND ALSO SOMETIMES THE ENGINE CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS AND CAN ALSO RESULT IN A CRASH. I JUST WANT FORD DO A RECALL AND FIX EVERYBODY'S CARS SO IT WANT BE FATALITY.

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DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 96 NEAR MILFORD MILE MARKER 175, PASSING IN THE LEFT LANE ABOUT 75 MPH THE ENGINE DIED AND THE ENGINE FAULT LIGHT CAME ON, SO I PULLED OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE SHOULDER, COULD NOT RESTART, HAD TOW TRUCK TAKE TO NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP TO TROUBLESHOOT, 3 DAYS LATER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAD RUBBED THRU ON SOMETHING AND SHORTED OUT. THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS BAD, TOTAL REPAIRS 700.00 FOR WIRING REPAIRS AND PARTS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED SINCE NEW HAVE ALL RECEIPTS, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

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I AM NOT AN EXPERT SO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MAY BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED CAR IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2015. EARLY ON I NOTICED THAT WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO STALL. VERY ROUGH RUNNING AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY DRIVEWAY IS AT BLIND CURVE OF A HIGH SPEED 4-LANE ROAD. TO SAY I AM NERVOUS PULLING OUT WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I WANT TO MOVE AND FAST. SINCE I MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S COMING, I HAVE ALWAYS DEPENDED PARTLY ON MY HEARING AS I PULL OUT BUT DURING COLD WEATHER, IN ADDITION TO ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, THE DRIVER'S WINDOW DOES NOT WORK UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES (ALL OTHER WINDOWS WORK FINE). FORD DEALER IN WAYNESVILLE NC SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE I SIGNED PAPERS ON THE PURCHASE AT WAYNESVILLE CHEVROLET. I BELIEVE IT WAS 10/5 BEFORE I ACTUALLY HAD POSSESSION OF THE CAR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR FAILED TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE FAILURES WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

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THE CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT DID NOT START AGAIN. I HAD TO BE TOWED. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND IT JUST STALLED AND DID NOT START UP AGAIN. IT WAS ON A BUSY STREET. THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, IT WAS VERY SCARY AS THERE WERE A LOT OF CARS ON THE ROAD SINCE I TEAS THANKSGIVING DAY.

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CAR VIOLENTLY STUTTERS AND SHAKES ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR AT LOW SPEEDS. NO ACCELERATION WHEN GOING UP A HILL. CAR WAS SERVICED, BUT THE PROBLEM WASN'T FIXED. PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DIED AND A LIGHT SAYING THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAME ON. THE ENTIRE TCM WAS REPLACED AFTER TOWING INTO THE DEALER. SHAKING ONLY GOT WORSE. NOW THE RPMS WILL JUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS EVEN IN CRUISE CONTROL. PARTS STILL ON BACK ORDER. FORD SAYS THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THIS CAR AND THERE IS NO REAL FIX. THE ONLY FIX IS TO CONSTANTLY HAVE IT SERVICED BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

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ON 10 NOV 15 AT 0900HRS I PICKED UP MY 2013 FORD FOCUS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF AN IGNITION COIL/SPARK PLUG AND THE REPROGRAMMING OF MY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (FORD RECALL 15B22). AT 0930HRS WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON HWY 295 AT ABOUT 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY, ALL MY WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON AND I LOST ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE ALSO FELT AS IF IT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD TO USE EMERGENCY DRIVING PROCEDURES TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE STARTER DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER. I CALLED FOR A WRECKER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AM ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. I BELIEVE THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE FORD FOCUS IN QUESTION IS A CANADIAN VERSION, WITH 62000KM/38000MILES TO DATE. I FELT COMPELLED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AS IT REQUIRED ME TO USE EMERGENCY DRIVING TECHNIQUES TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP (ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO FUNCTION). HAD I NOT BEEN TRAINED IN THOSE TECHNIQUES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY.

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SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2013, IT HAS HAD A PERSISTENT TRANSMISSION SHUDDER THAT IS DANGEROUS, AND FORD TRIES TO STICK BAND-AIDS ON THE PROBLEM WITH SOFTWARE UPDATES AND EVEN A REPLACEMENT CLUTCH -- NONE OF WHICH FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR NEARLY ANY TIME THE TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEARS. IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. IT MAKES IT SCARY TO DRIVE WHEN THE CAR RESPONDS UNPREDICTABLY -- LURCHING FORWARD TOWARD ANOTHER CAR OR NOT ACCELERATING WHEN GETTING ON A HIGHWAY. FORD SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL ALL CARS WITH THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD IT SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND FORD CANNOT FIX IT. THE US GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT PEOPLE FROM COMPANIES LIKE FORD WHO PUT PROFITS AHEAD OF SAFETY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

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