What 2,584 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Ford Focus Bev

THE HORN STOPPED WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. IT VERY RARELY WORKS. OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WILL BE $224 TO REPLACE IT. GIVEN THE LARGE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD, I SUSPECT ITS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.

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HORN DOESN'T WORK OR ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WHEN PARKED, MOVING IN ALL SITUATIONS OR ROAD CONDITIONS, OR DURING LOCKING/UNLOCKING DOORS WITH REMOTE..HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. APPARENTLY FROM A WEB SEARCH, THIS IS KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL..HAVE TRIED TO FIX IT, CHECKING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, SPRAYING WD40, CHECKING AND TIGHTENING THE MOUNTING BOLTS. ATTEMPTS TO FIX MAY ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS OR HOURS. THIS IS A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT TO REDUCE RISKS OF CRASH AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL OR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE HORN ASSEMBLY OR WIRING.

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THIS CAR SOMETIMES LOSES POWER WHEN DRIVING WHICH POSES A HIGH RISK TO MYSELF AS THE DRIVER AND ANY OTHER CAR BEHIND ME.

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TRANSMISSION KEPT OVERHEATING; WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN IN REVERSE AND GAS AMOUNT INACCURATE, CAR JERKS WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED AND IT STALLS WHEN IT TURNS ON

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TRANSMISSION KEPT OVERHEATING; WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN IN REVERSE AND GAS AMOUNT INACCURATE, CAR JERKS WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED AND IT STALLS WHEN IT TURNS ON

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ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING MY PRE-OWNED 2014 FORD FOCUS, I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE SOME SLIGHT JERKING WHENEVER I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE JERKING GRADUALLY GOT WORSE AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO MY HOME. MY CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY WHEN I WAS TRAVELING UPHILL ON A HIGHWAY. I HAD TO SIT AND WAIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO KEEP DRIVING. WHEN I FINALLY ARRIVED HOME, I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND WENT IN. I CAME BACK LATER TO GO SOMEWHERE AND MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I RESOLVED TO LEAVE IT BE SINCE IT WAS THE WEEKEND AND DEALERSHIPS WERE CLOSED. THE NEXT DAY MY CAR STARTED, BUT THE JERKING REMAINED AND NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I DROVE WITH IT FOR THE TIME BEING BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP (TOYOTA) THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM SAID THEY COULDNT LOOK INTO MY POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION ISSUES BECAUSE I DIDN'T PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I FINALLY LOOKED PRETTY DEEP INTO THE ISSUE AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR I PURCHASED AND THAT MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS AS I HAVE.

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3 TIMES CAR WOULD NOT START. ALL LIGHTS WIPERS RADIO AND ALL GAUGES WORKED WHEN TURNING KEY BUT CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. HAPPENED WHEN SHOPPING HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED HOME . AFTER SITTING FOR A DAY CAR WOULD START

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THE POWER STEERING ON MY CAR WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE TURNS. I WAS ON A CITY STREET AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, MADE A PHONE CALLS. I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HEADED HOME ( ABOUT 5 MILES) THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. TWO DAYS LATER WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC. HE TOLD US THAT FORD HAS TROUBLE WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM AND THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER. WE TOOK IT TO LIBERTY FORD IN PARMA, OHIO. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD IS EXPERIENCING MANY CASES OF THIS PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP SAID FORD IS NOT COVERING ANY OF THE COST.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE CLUTCH AND WAS TAKEN TO DEACON JONES FORD (3301 MCLAIN ST, GOLDSBORO, NC 27534), AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED FIELD SERVICE ACTION NUMBER: 14M02 (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE EXTENDED WARRANTY REPAIR) AND THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000.

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MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK. HE IS 16 YEARS OLD. HE GOT ONLY 1 BLOCK AWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACT UP. IT WOULDN'T DRIVE RIGHT. HE TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND GET MY CAR TO GO TO WORK. HIS CAR WOULDN'T HARDLY MOVE HE HAD HIS FOOT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND AND IT GOT TO 20 MPH. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR IN JANUARY 2020. I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

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THE CAR WONT START AND A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED A BAD FUEL PUMP. THE CAR HAS 117,000 MILES. OTHER CARS GO MUCH LONGER. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE DRY CASING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING WHILE THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS WITH AN AUDIBLE SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FLOW ACURA (425 SILAS CREEK PKWY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127, (336) 723-3524) WHERE THE TRANSMISSION CASING AND SEALS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,754.

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TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT CAME ON. CODES COMING UP ARE PO6B8 AND PO6O6 TIMES TWO. LOOKED CODES UP AND THEY WERE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND THE ECM/ PCM CODES. WANTS TO STALL WHEN DRIVING. *TR

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CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED WHILE IN MOTION, HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT 4 TIMES ALREADY. 1ST TIME DEALER SAID THERE WERE SOME WIRES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE MANIFOLD WERE FRAYED AND THEN REPAIRED. THE LAST 3 TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I PULLED OVER WHILE DRIVING, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE A FEW MILES. I HAVE NOW TAKEN THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT FOR DEALER 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 5 WEEKS AND EVERY TIME IT'S A DIFFERENT CODE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 3RD TIME. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AT NO CHARGE NOW TODAY 5 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE 5TH TIME! THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. WE HAVE SPENT OVER $500 AND MY TIME GETTING BACK AND FORTH FROM THIS DEALERSHIP TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING THE CAR START SHUDDERS AND THE REV WENT UP; THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND SHOW A ERROR MESSAGE. WENT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND THAT MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WHEN THAT HAPPENED I ALMOST CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

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MY VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND SHAKES WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS. I HAVE TO DRIVE MY CAR EXTREMELY SLOW OR ELSE IT WILL SHAKE. SOMETIMES IT GIVES ME A PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO START MY CAR. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MY RPM WILL FLUCTUATE UP AND DOWN. RPM'S WILL RAISE HIGH WHILE MY SPEED DOESN'T INCREASE. MY STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT. CAR WANTS TO STALL PERIODICALLY. IT HAS A HARD IDOL. *TR

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MY CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING AND SHUTS OFF AFTER I FILL THE TANK AND WHEN THE TANK IS LOW. I HAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE WHEN I FILL UP. IT'S A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ON THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR BUT FORD SAYING IS VIN SPECIFIC AND MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED EVEN THOUGH I'M HAVING THAT PROBLEM. I PAID FOR THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WHAT'S BEING RECALLED IS THE EXACT PROBLEM I AM HAVING BUT THEY WON'T FIX IT BECAUSE MY VIN ISN'T INCLUDED. *TR

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I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE PEOPLE DRIVING THIS YEAR OF FORD FOCUS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPENSATED BY FORD FOR ALL OF THE "DEFECTS" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE? IN 3 YEARS TIME, I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, SHOCKS, REPAIRED OIL LEAK, VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVE AND REPLACED TIRES OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THE RECALLS ARE UNREAL! I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP FOR "FUEL TANK DEFORMATION RECALL", THE "TCM CLUTCH SHUTTER" HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. NOT TO MENTION THE TIMES I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR THAT TO BE FIXED, ONLY TO BE TOLD IT WASN'T THE PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS LATER VERIFIED THAT IT WAS. AND NOW I RECEIVE NOTICE THAT THE DOORS FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING! I CAN'T TRADE IT IN, BECAUSE I AM $3,000 UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH SQUAT.I HAVE LOST EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED MY AND MY FAMILY'S QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS IT HAS CAUSED. I HAVE BEEN LOSING GAS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS AND THE MECHANIC'S CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. WHEN I FILL UP, THE MILES TO EMPTY WILL SHOW FOR EXAMPLE 274, WHEN I DRIVE 1 MILE BY THE ODOMETER, THE MILES TO EMPTY HAS INDICATED 6. THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY I HAVE LOST IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS NOT BEEN FORCED TO COMPENSATE US UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT GOT "STUCK" WITH A VEHICLE THEY KNEW HAD ISSUES! I HAVE ALL PAPERWORK FOR EVERYTHING I HAVE STATED ABOVE BUT THERE ARE OVER 100 PIECES OF PAPER. IF YOU REQUIRE THIS FROM ME I CAN MAKE COPIES AND SEND TO YOU BUT TO UPLOAD EVERYTHING IS TOO MUCH. PLEASE HELP! I WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO A VEHICLE THAT IS SAFE TO DRIVE FOR ME AS WELL AS MY FAMILY. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN FEAR SINCE A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED THIS IN JAN 2017! *TR

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HORN STOPPED WORKING. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY CHARGED ME $67 TO CLEAN THE EROSION FROM AROUND THE CONNECTOR. TWO WEEKS LATER, HORN STOPS WORKING AGAIN. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THE HORN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I WAS CHARGED ANOTHER $67. NEVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE HAD I EVER HAD TO REPLACE A HORN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE FORD FOCUS WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. READ IT AT HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T11974_DS503836. *TR

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GAS MILEAGE WAS NOT CORRECT AND TOOK TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY FOUND A WARPED FUEL TANK THAT WAS CAUSING DISTANCE TO EMPTY TO BE INACCURATE. TOLD ME I NEEDED A FUEL TANK AND CHARCOAL CANISTER THAT WOULD COST OVER $1000 . CALLED A FORD DEALERSHIP TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES TO A RECALL FORD FOCUSES ARE HAVING WITH THE FUEL TANK BUT TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND REACHED OUT TO FORD DIRECTLY AND TOLD ME THE SAME THING AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I KEEP MY RECEIPTS. THIS ISSUE OCCURS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY AND CITY. THE FORD REFERENCE NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS 18S32. HTTPS://MEDIA.FORD.COM/CONTENT/FORDMEDIA/FNA/US/EN/NEWS/2018/10/25/FORD-MOTOR-COMPANY-ISSUES-RECALL-IN-NORTH-AMERICA-FOR-SELECT-201.HTML *TR

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CLUTCH AND AXLE SEALS REPLACED FOR SECOND TIME WITHIN 1 YEAR. *TR

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MY DPS6 TRANSMISSION AGAIN HAD A SEVERE SHUDDERING INCIDENT WHEN PULLING OUT INTO 55 MPH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A 6-LANE HIGHWAY. AFTER THE SHUDDER DISCONTINUED AND SPEED WAS INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE INTO ANOTHER LANE, I HAD A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AFTER ENGAGING THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR WITH ZERO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. DUE TO THIS DEFECT, MY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE.*DT *TR

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REPEATEDLY THE SPEAKERS WILL RANDOMLY POP VERY LOUDLY, EVEN WHEN RADIO IS OFF, AND THE SPEAKERS WILL NOT FUNCTION AGAIN UNTIL CAR IS RESTARTED. THE LOUD NOISE IS VERY STARTLING AND DANGEROUS. IT OCCURS AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS, WHEN MOVING AND NOT, AND WITH RADIO ON OR NOT. *TR

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MY CAR IS SHUTTING DOWN AND THE CODE P068A AND I KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS THE SAME CAR SAME MODEL YEAR SAME PROBLEMS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAR NOT MOVING NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HIT THE GAS AND HE GOT RECALLS ON THE CAR MY CAR IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS I WILL BE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND THE CAR WILL JUMP SHAKE THAN GO AND IT'S KEEPS DOING IT AS WELL AS I CAN BE GOING 20 MPH AND MY RPM IS AT 6 NOT DROPPING UNLESS MY FOOT IS OFF THE GAS. *TR

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