What 2,644 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Ford Focus RS

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. ...UPDATED 12/28/16 *BF UPDATED 01/03/17.*JB

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VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STATIONARY POSITION AND WHEN ACCELERATING FROM LOW SPEED ( 10 MPH)

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. SHORTLY AFTER, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES PER WEEK SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

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THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN STARTING UP, EXHIBITS A CLUNKING NOISE. LOSS OF POWER.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V514000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

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PROBLEMS HARD SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND ONCE IN 3RD SHIFTING PROBLEM GOES AWAY. SAME AS TECHNICAL BULLETIN 14M01 BUT NOT ALL 2014S ARE COVERED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4-5 TIMES PER DAY. THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,290. UPDATED 01/10/17*LJ UPDATED 6/25/18*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE. THE CONTACT HAD TO FASTEN THE DOOR WITH A TWINE TO KEEP IT CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). HOWEVER, THE PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,261.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO A CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION JERKED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE AT A STOP AND ON A HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DIFFERENT RECALL REMEDIES, WHICH FAILED TO REMEDY THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V698000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE PARTS MAY NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL MID 2017. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/20/16*LJ UPDATED 12/22/16.*JB

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FOLLOWING MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR COMING ON, I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING ISSUE AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, AND MY STEERING WHEEL MADE A SQUEAKING OR WHINING SOUND. LATER, WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, AS I BEGAN TO MAKE A TURN, MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED HESITATING, AND MAKING A GEAR STRIPPING NOISE; THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP AND WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL IT MADE A LOUD SQUEAKING SOUND. ALSO, MY TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS WHENEVER I ACCELERATE AND SLOW DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE WAS INITIALLY REPAIRED VIA A SOFTWARE UPDATE BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, BUT IT HAS SINCE STARTED TO MALFUNCTION AGAIN.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT PROPERLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY THREE TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLED, LUNGED FORWARD, AND THE GEARS SKIPPED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TRANSMISSION IN THE NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS STARTED SHUDDERING AND SLIPPING. IT WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS ON HILLS. IT WOULD SLIP IN SLOWER TRAFFIC. ON TAKEOFF IT WOULD SHUDDER. TOOK THIS IN TO HAVE FIXED. AND HAS BEEN IN SHOP 3 TIMES. THIS IS DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. 4 DIFFERENT TIMES WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN I WOULD TRY TO TAKE OFF AND THEY WOULD SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES BEHIND ME. AND IT WOULD JUST RAM ON TAKE OFF AT A LIGHT AND ALMOST HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND MANY HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FORD. SEEMS NO ONE CAN GET ANYTHING DONE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THE RECALL LIST. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US WHOM HAVE SUFFERED AND BEEN SCARED FOR OUR LIVES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS THOROUGHLY. SO MANY MANY COMPLAINTS

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

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THE CAR WAS DRIVING ROUGH AND STALLED WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT IN A LEFT TURN LANE ON A 6-LANE STATE HIGHWAY. IT WOULDN'T RESTART. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A NEARBY MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM A STOP, IT VIBRATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND AND SHUTTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL CLUTCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR HATCH OPEN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE DOORS BEGAN TO LOCK AND UNLOCK INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,172. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO MOVE FORWARD AND SHOOK FORCEFULLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THE DEALER MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE DOOR LATCHES FAILED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE NOTICE INDICATED THAT THE PARTS HAD NOT YET BEEN SUPPLIED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF TWELVE TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEACTIVATED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS AT THE SALVAGE YARD. THE POLICE WAS NOTIFIED BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE FOR OBSERVATION OF CHEST PAINS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

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