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

FORD SHOULD GIVE ME A NEW TRANSMISSION, CAN'T EVEN GET TO LA FROM HOLLISTER. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS NO POWER, AND IS SLIPPING AND HESITATING LIKE CRAZY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN STARTED AND COOLANT WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LINDSAY FORD (11250 VEIRS MILL RD, WHEATON, MD 20902, (888) 457-7005) WHERE THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

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CAR SHUTTERS WHEN PULLING OUT SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING HARD SHIFTS TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED UNDER RECALL.FORD ISSUED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BULLETIN # 19N08 BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE CLUTCH BECAUSE OF TITLE BRANDED VEHICLE THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT LOSES POWER WHEN CLUTCH SHUTTERS AND WHEN PASSING VEHICLE CLUTCH SLIPS HORRIBLY.THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WHEN I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL ON VEHICLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN KEPT DRIVING UNTIL THE DESIRED SPEED OF 65 MPH WAS REACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

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VEHICLE HAS A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA

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DOWN SHIFTS AND STALLS OUT IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING.ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND ENGINE SHUTS OFF.

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TAKARA RECALL THE CAR CAN RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES GIVE OR TAKE 30 MINUTES THEN JUST SHUTS OFF. IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES JUST TO TURN IT BACK ON IF LUCKY OR HAVE TO CALL AND HAVE IT TOWED.

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I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED GETTING GAS OR RESPONDING TO ME IT DROPPED SPEED DRAMATICALLY AS A SIMI WAS BEHIND ME WHICH READ OVERSIZED LOAD AND I WAS GOING UP HILL SO I WAS TRYING TO TRY MY HARDEST TO GET IN THE EMERGENCY LANE THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON FOOLING A WARNING OF MY TRANSMISSION WAS HOT TO STOP. I WAS TERRIFIED I HAD MY 2 KIDS IN THE BACK AND THEY WERE SCARED ALSO I THOUGHT FOR SURE WE WERE GOING TO DIE THAT MOURNING. I'M TO SCARED TO DRIVE THAT CAR OR ANY OTHER CAR AFTER GOING THREW THAT. IT'S IN THE SHOP NOW BUT THE DEARSHIP IS ALREADY TRYING TO TELL ME THE BILL FOR STUFF. I'M CONFUSED AND VARY AGGRAVATED THANKS TO ALL THAT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO BEING A SINGLE DAD TRYING TO DO GOOD. THIS HAPPENED ON I-25 NORTH BOUND NEAR HIGHWAY 66 MEAD EXIT. COLORADO

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THE FORD FOCUS I OWN WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2014 WITH A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURE ALONGSIDE THEIR FRANCHISES KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE YET THEY STILL REFUSE TO REPAIR IT.

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O2 SENSORS NOT SET TO READY. UNABLE TO PASS EMISSIONS AS A RESULT. TAKEN TO FORD TO FLASH ECM. DID NOT CORRECT ISSUE. HAVE READ ON OTHER FORUMS OF OTHER DRIVERS WITH THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE GEAR SHIFTED OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.

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TCM AND FUEL SYSTEM PURGE VALVE ARE BOTH RECALLED ON THIS VEHICLE , I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD 6 TIMES IN A YEAR FOR THIS ISSUE, THEY TELL ME ITS NOT AFFECTED BUT IT IS ACCORDING TO YOUR WEBSITE AND MY CAR HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF IT, ITLL LOOSE POWER ON THE INTERSTATE AND THEN AFTER I GET IT RESTARTED I CAN MAKE IT 2 MILES AND IT DOES IT AGAIN, IT IS A DEATH TRAP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED BEFORE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FALL FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO YREKA MOTORS FORD (1545 S. MAIN ST, YREKA, CA), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

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WHILE ACCELERATING EITHER UPHILL OR AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 THE CAR WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE. I WAS TOLD TO FIX MY CAMBER AND TOE BARS TO ALLEVIATE THE SHAKING OF THE CAR, MY STRUTS, AND TO REPLACE MY TIRES. NEITHER OF THESE SOLUTIONS HAVE HELPED THIS.

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INQUIRY FROM CONGRESSMAN JEANNE SHASHEEN ON BEHALF OF HER CONSTITUENT, REG: COMPLAINT TOWARDS FORD DEALERSHIP, REQUEST TO LOOK INTO POSSIBLE RECALL OF 2014 FORD FOCUS SE TRANSMISSIONS. *LD *JS

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BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. TODAY TRANSMISSION REVVED UP TO 4000 RPM THEN STUTTERED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70MPH. NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. GOING TO SHOP TOMORROW. NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING $1500 A FOURTH TIME.

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COMPLAINTS: POWER TRAIN (CURRENTLY-5TH CLUTCH ASY HAVING SERVICED), BODY: LOCKS AND HATCH DONOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME..PASSENGER DOOR KNOB JUST FELL OFF IN PASSENGER HAND, EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION, CAR JERKS AND STALLS, FALSE DIGITAL READINGS ON DASH. SOME LIGHTS STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY. HAD TO HAVE TO TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR REPLACED 2 YRS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE.ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ALL DOCUMENTS HAVE VIN AND MY NAME ON THEM, SO CANT UPLOAD THEM. MULTIPLE DATES OF SERVICE, BUT AM LISTING THE LAST DOS. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR 3 WKS SO FAR. AWAITING LIST FOR A LOANER CAR IS 3 WKS OUT. I AM WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION STILL. CURRANT DOS IS AN APPROXIMATE DATE, AS IT IS STILL WITH THE FORD MECHANIC. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BC I INHERITED RAISING 2 GRANDCHILDREN, AND NEEDED A ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT THEM TO AND FROM DR APPTS, SCHOOL, PRESCHOOL ECT, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS ANYTHING BUT RELIABLE. IT'S BEEN AN EXPENSIVE NIGHTMARE. MY EXTENDED WARRANT ALREADY PAID FOR THIS FIX LAST TIME, AND NOW I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MY POLICY MAXIMUM MAY HAVE BEEN REACHED, THUS MAKING ME RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL BALANCES DUE FROM THIS REPAIR. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK BC OF UNRELIABLE TRANSPORTATION, AND DO NOT HAVE THE MONIES TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS DESIGN FLAW IN THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION, THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX. THE PROBLEM RECURS CONTINUOUSLY. IF MY WARRANY POLICY DOESNT PAY FOR THESE AND FUTURE REPAIRS, ND FORD ISN'T PAYING THEM, I WILL EITHER HAVE TO HAVE THE BANK REPOSSESS THE VEHICLE, POSSIBLY SUED BY FORD FOR NON PAYMENT. I HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY JUST FILING BANKRUPTCY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP ME OUT OF THIS MESS? FORD WILL NOT TAKE THIS VEHICLE BACK BC IT HAS OVER 60,000 MILES ETC. UNABLE TO SELECT BOXES, DUE TO FROZEN BOXES.

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HORN STOPS WORKING RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN JUST STARTED. HORN SOMETIMES WON'T WORK FOR DAYS

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THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON ACCELERATION AT STARTS AND ON HIGHWAYS. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL.

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TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, SOMETIMES SO BAD THAT ACCELERATION IS LAGGING. DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC.

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MY FAMILY WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED UP THE STEERING WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WOULD NOT TURN WITHOUT A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES. A MESSAGE CAME ON THAT SAID: STEERING ASSIST FAULT. SERVICE REQUIRED. WE HAD TO GET TO AN AIRPORT AND WE WERE STUCK IN A PARKING LOT. WE WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION. WE SAW THAT OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM. ONE SOLUTION WE READ WAS TO LET THE CAR SIT A BIT AND THEN TRY AGAIN. WE DID THIS AND EACH TIME IT WAS STILL VERY HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. FINALLY, AFTER WAITING A LITTLE LONGER I STARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BUT WAS STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. AFTER CIRCLING THE PARKING LOT A FEW TIMES WE DECIDED TO TRY TO GET TO THE AIRPORT ON TIME. I DROVE AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BUT I WAS VERY CAREFUL AND WE GOT THERE AND THEN HOME, SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES ON THE CAR IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND THAT HE COULD FIX IT FOR UP TO $2,000 BUT THAT HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT FORD SHOULD PAY FOR IT AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER AND CONTACT FORD TO PAY FOR IT. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD GARAGE WHO WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING BUT WERE UNABLE TO PAY FOR IT. I THEN CALLED THE FORD COMPANY PHONE AND THE PERSON TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT AT ALL BUT THAT I SHOULD KEEP MY RECEIPT IN CASE THEY LATER WOULD PAY IF MANY WERE AFFECTED. I GOT THE CAR FIXED FOR $2,155. THAT WAS FOR: 1 HV6Z 3504 EP GEAR ASY - STEERING, AND ALSO FOR AN ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY SAID WAS NEEDED BECAUSE OF REPLACING WHAT THEY HAD IN THE STEERING. I HAD TRIED TO START THE CAR AT VARIOUS TIMES AND THE ERROR MESSAGE ALWAYS CAME UP AND IT ALWAYS STEERED HARD. I'M GLAD IT DIDN'T GO OUT ON ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING AS I SEE HAS HAPPENED WITH SOME PEOPLE. FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THIS.

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POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. LUCKY THERE WERE NO OTHERS ON THE ROAD. FORD DEALERSHIP SAID RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACING. 2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. HAD ALREADY BEEN RE-PROGRAMMED AS PART OF THE 14M02 PROGRAM. THIS DIDN'T FIX THE JUDDERING AND POOR GEAR PERFORMANCE. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN AND NONE OF THE CUSTOMER PROGRAMS APPLY.

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THIS YEAR AND MODEL HAD A RECALL FOR THE CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO CLUTCH WILL STALL AND SHUTTER. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD THE CLUTCH CHANGED 3 TIMES NOW WITHOUT RESULT. I AM CURRENTLY IN NEED OF THE 4TH CLUTCH REPAIR ON MY 2014 FORD FOCUS AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD BY MY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IS " RECALL" PART WILL NOT BE COVERED AND IT WILL COST ME $1800 TO FIX EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED THE PAST 3 TIMES. NOW MY CAR IS NOT SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE AS IT WILL STALL. MY CAR CURRENTLY WILL SHUTTER WHILE TRYING TO SPEED UP FROM 0-20 WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT SAFELY AND IT IS NOW NOT DOWN SHIFT PROPERLY AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WILL COME ON. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR FOR A WEEK NOW AND THIS IS MY MAIN MEANS OF TRAVEL FOR WORK TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT FROM A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CONTACTED AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A JUMP START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PACIFICO FORD (LOCATED AT 6701 ESSINGTON AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19153, (877) 349-3923) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO ALSO BE REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED; TWICE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST $947 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH. THE REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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52,000 MILES - 2014 FORD FOCUS MANUAL - WHILE RUNNING ERRANDS, DURING CAR STARTUP THE ERROR MESSAGE "POWER ASSIST MALFUNCTION - SERVICE REQUIRED." THE POWER STEERING WAS DEACTIVATED AND MADE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AFTER 5 MIN. THE ERROR MESSAGE DISAPPEARED AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. FROM OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES, THIS ERROR COULD OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AND SEEMS TO BE COSTLY REPAIR FOR A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE.

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