What 1,022 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford Focus RS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WIRES IN THE VEHICLE WERE CHEWED BY RODENTS, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH AND WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

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CAR IS SLOW AT ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND SHAKES AS IT ACCELERATES. CAR HAS TROUBLE TURNING ON AND WHEN IT DOES IT SHAKES. IT DOES THAT REGARDLESS IF THE ENGINE IS COLD OR WARM. AS YOU MERGE INTO A HWY IT IS SLOW AT GETTING TO SPEED AND THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IS NOT IN GEAR.

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I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2015 FORD FOCUS IN JULY 2015 WITH 17 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PUT IT IN THE SHOP UNDER WARRANTY FOR SHUDDERING JERKING , THE RPMS GO UP WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND IT MAKES CLICKING NOISES AND GOING DEAD WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR TRYING TO LEAVE FROM A STOP. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT TWICE WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO THE HWY TURNING LEFT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THE CAR JUST JERKED AND DIED COMPLETELY. IF NOT FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS PAYING ATTENTION THEY WOULD HAVE HIT ME. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. I JUST READ AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHOLE POWERSHIFT LAWSUIT AND I AM IN TOTAL SHOCK. HOW COULD YOU SELL ME A VEHICLE WITH THIS KIND OF DEFECT? MY CHILDREN AND ME COULD BE KILLED EVERYTIME I GET IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE NO HELP EITHER. FIRST THEY SAID IT WAS "AN UPDATE" THAT I NEEDED. NEXT IT WAS NORMAL OF THOSE KIND OF CARS THEN IT WAS OK WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG THEN IT WAS TCM THEN CLUTCH FINALLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK IT TO THE LAST DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE VAPOR EMISSIONS VALVE. I JUST THROW MY HANDS UP WITH IT. I CANT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE ITS VALUE ITS SO LOW. I AM A SINGLE WORKING MOTHER OF TWO KIDS AND I AM SCARED EVERYTIME I GET IN THIS DEATH TRAP. HELP

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED, JERKED, AND HAD TOO MUCH HESITATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH MODULE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 01/10/2017*CT *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED. THE DEALER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE COIL PACKS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,600.

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MY CAR LOST POWER WHEN I WANT TO START AFTER I STOP IN A RED LIGHT AS WELL IT MAKES WEIRD NOISES, I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I THE CAR IS FINE, THAT THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CAR WAS FINE FOR TWO DAYS AND WHEN BACK TO THE SAME THINK AND NOW IS GETTING WORST

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TAKATA RECALL !! I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON MY FORD FOCUS 2015 I LIVE ON FLORIDA I DON'T KNOW WHY FORD DOESN'T GIVE US A SOLUTION!!! I'M LOOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE IDK AFTER THE WARRANTY GETS EXPIRED I CAN'T AFFORD CAR PAYMENT PLUS FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON MY CAR EVERY FIVE MONTHS:( I DON'T TRUST MY CAR I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT ONE SOLUTION.! THEY ALREADY CHANGED THE CLUTCH ON MY CAR 2 TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY GONNA HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN EVENTUALLY

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN WIRE WAS DISCONNECTED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

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BOUGHT MY 2015 FOCUS WITH 31000 FROM A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WENT THROUGH A 182 POINT INSPECTION AND WITH IN 2 DAYS OF OWNING HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION "REPROGRAMMED" BECAUSE OF A NASTY SHUTTERING FROM A STOP AND IT WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS AND IS GOING BACK INTO THE SHOP TOMORROW BECAUSE IT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE REALLY IS NO FIX. IF I WOULD OF KNOW THIS BEFORE BUYING THE CAR THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLD TO ME... THE CAR CONTINUES TO JERK FROM A STOP TO FIND ITS GEARS AND IS TOTALLY UNSAFE.

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TWICE PULLING ON TO A BUSY HWY MY CAR HAS STALLED/SHUDDERED, AND LOST POWER. BOTH TIMES HEAT GAUGE SKY ROCKETING. THE LAST TIME MY CAR TURNED OFF ENTIRELY, AND HAD OVER HEATED. HOWEVER IT HAD ONLY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. BOTH TIMES ON A BUSY HWY. FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN, THEY SAID IT WAS A MODULE UPDATE. TWO WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WORSE. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR 5 MINUTES. THEY REPLACED GASKETS, AND BLEW THEM ON THEIR TEST DRIVE. REPLACED A HOSE AND GASKETS AGAIN. MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME TWO DAYS AGO, AND LESS THAN 50 MILES LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE COOLANT WAS HALF FULL, AND IN THE COURSE OF ROUGHLY 30 MINUTES OF OPERATION IT HAD GONE THROUGH HALF OF THE COOLANT. YET THERE IS NO TRACE OF A LEAK ON THE GROUND. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, ON THE FIRST FIX THE AC HAD CUT OUT TWICE WHICH SINCE THEY HAVE CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED. WITH ALL OF THIS, IT HAD CREATED QUITE A FOWL SMELL IN MY CAR AS A RESULT. MY CAR AT THIS POINT, MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 21 BUSINESS DAYS (NOT INCLUDING SATURDAYS.. WHICH THEY WORK), THE ISSUES STARTED MID AUGUST AND IT IS NOW OCTOBER 7TH. THEY OFFERED TO GIVE US THE CAR BACK AND THAT IT WAS "JUST AN AIR BUBBLE". DESPITE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON AND EXCESSIVE LOSS OF COOLANT. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN MOTION EACH TIME IT HAS HAD AN ISSUE. THE FIRST ISSUE I WAS JUST PULLING ON TO THE HWY, SO WAS JUST ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE SECOND TIME I HAD REACHED THE HWY SPEED OF 55 MPH. (SEPARATE INCIDENT, THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A FAULTY SEATBELT).

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MY CAR SHAKES TERRIBLY WHEN GOING INTO AND OUT OF FIRST GEAR. TRANSMISSION ISSUE I ASSUME. BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW WITH 2 MILES ON IT IN AUGUST OF 2015. HAS BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE. I GET MY REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND DRIVE NORMALLY

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PURCHASED MID AUGUST 2016. WE HAVE PUT APPROX 750 MILES ON IT IN THAT SHORT TIME. 1ST INCIDENT, MY WIFE STOPPED AND WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON AN INCLINE THAT RESEMBLES LEVEL. 2. FROM STOP ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IT JUMPS, STUTTERS AND BARLEY MOVES. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A NEAR COLLISION IN AN INTERSECTION DUE TO THIS. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE GETTING ON THE ON RAMP IT IS SO SLUGGISH AT TIMES, THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN AT PROPER SPEED TO GET ON A FREEWAY. UNSAFE, PURCHASED FROM ENTERPRISE WHO TOLD US NOTHING ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. ENTERPRISE IS ALLOWING PEOPLE DRIVE AWAY IN THESE PILES. IF THERE HASN'T BEEN DEATHS, THERE WILL BE. ENTERPRISE IS NOT ADVISING CUSTOMERS OF THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MANY IN THEIR FLEET THEY MUST MOVE OUT. SHAME ON THEM. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING FROM THE ENTERPRISE WEB SITE. WORRY FREE OWNERSHIP. OUR JOB DOESN'T END WHEN YOU PULL OFF THE LOT. FOR YOUR CONTINUED DRIVING PLEASURE, WE OFFER A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF BENEFITS TO KEEP YOU HAPPY DOWN THE ROAD. THEY BOAST ABOUT A 12 MONTH/12,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (LIMITED) SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. THEY WILL TELL YOU ALL OF THE ISSUES WE BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS A LIE BECAUSE FORD DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWER YET.

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HAS A HESITATION ON TAKES OFF HAS HAD THIS ISSUE FROM DAY ONE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS

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AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTED REPAIRS, THERE IS STILL HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER ON HIGHWAY. ALSO SHUDDERING AND HESITATION ON TAKE OFF. I HAD A INCIDENT AT A STAND STILL WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND HIT THE BACK OF A TRUCK. THE DEALER SAID JUST KEEP DRIVING AFTER COMPLAINING NUMEROUS OF TIME. SINCE JUNE 2016 IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND CAN'T CORRECT THE ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITH NO FAILURE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ENGINE REVVED TO 100 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE RPM WAS AT 8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 12/13/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. UPDATED 12/19/16.*JB

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THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED, NOTHING HIT IT AND THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY.

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AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES AND HOUR GOING THRU A GREEN LIGHT I WAS CUT OFF BY SOMEONE MAKING A LEFT IN FRONT OF ME. 9600$ WORTH OF FRONT END DAMAGE AND THE PASSENGER HIT HER HEAD CAUSING A CONCISION AND SPRAINED NECK AND BACK, WEARING HER SEATBELT, I BELIEVE HER INJURIES HAPPENED BECAUSE NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND SHUTTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,087.

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HAVE HAD MY FORD FOCUS JUST OVER 2 MONTHS. WHEN I BOUGHT IT NOTICED THAT IT SEEMED TO HESITATE WITH ACCELERATION AFTER I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER THEY ASSURED ME THAT THEY RESET MY TRANSMISSION AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. IT STILL HAS BEEN DOING IT. HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE. IT DOES WELL ON THE HIGHWAY BUT ON THE STREET OR REGULAR TRAFFIC IT DOES IT EVERY TIME. IT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE IVE BEEN ALMOST HIT A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE IT SHAKES AND THEN GOES.

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ACCELERATION ISSUES UP ACCELERATION IT FEELS AS IF THE FORD FOCUS IS STRUGGLING TO ACCEL WITH WORRIES ME SINCE I JUST BOUGHT IT NO EVEN A WEEK AGO. I THINK FORD NEEDS TO CHECK IN TO THE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ISSUES BEING REPORTED ABOUT THESE CARS FOR BEING BASICALLY BRAND NEW I SHOULD NOT HAVE ISSUES ON ACCELERATION.

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AT TIMES UPON TAKE OFF, TRANSMISSION WILL STALL AND NOT GO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE PRESSING ACCELERATOR. DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME STARTING OFF SO THEREFORE IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC. ALSO TRANSMISSION QUIVERS AND CAN HEAR METAL GRINDING OR CLANGING AT TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, WE WERE PULLING OUT OF INGLES ONTO HIGHWAY AND IT WOULD NOT GO EVEN WITH ACCELLARATOR BEING PUSHED , AND ALL OF SUDDEN IT PICKS UP AND GOES. THIS CANNOT BE NORMAL AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANUFACTURER. IF IT IS , IT'S DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND SMOKE FUMES WERE NOTICED. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED A NECK INJURY FROM THE SEAT BELT AND THE CHILD BIT THEIR TONGUE UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 08/30/16*LJ *JS

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS HIGH SPEEDS, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DISPLAYED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE UNKNOWN SENSORS AND WIRING WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE JERKED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. WHILE IN PARK WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND THE IGNITION KEY REMOVED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY AND THE RADIO CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CVT CLUTCH TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,675.

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