Ford Focus Complaints (2012)

3,803 consumer complaints on file.

#11246400August 26, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CAR SHUTS OFF OR STALLS WHILE DRIVING, GAS INDICATOR IS NOT ACCURATE, I CAN SMELL FUEL FOR A LONG TIME AFTER I FILL UP, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH AT ALL, IT JERKS AND SHAKES, WIPER FLUID IS FULL BUT IT WON'T RELEASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246448August 26, 2019
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE POWER ASSIST STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. MCFARLAND FORD SALES INC (LOCATED AT 151 PORTSMOUTH AVE, EXETER, NH 03833, (603) 772-5953) WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CASE NUMBER: CAS-24090379 WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246486August 26, 2019
POWER TRAIN
2012 FORD FOCUS REPEATEDLY JERKS UPON ACCELERATION. STALLS ON HOT DAYS AFTER EXTENDED OPERATION, DASH WARNING SAYS "TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, PULL OVER FOR FIVE MINUTES". WILL NOT CLIMB HILLS WITHOUT ENGINE RACING, OFTEN QUITS ON UPHILL ROADS, OR WILL NOT KEEP UP SPEED. TRANSMISSION QUIT ENTIRELY ON MAY 20, 2019 IN TOWN OF EAGER, AZ, WITH MY DAUGHTER DRIVING IT ON HER WAY HOME FROM COLLEGE. WAS ABLE TO HAVE HER FOLLOW ME BACK TO EL PASO. CAR HAS CONTINUED TO STOP DUE TO TRANSMISSION ISSUE JUST DRIVING AROUND EL PASO CITY LIMITS. CAR TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED TWICE IN 2016 AT FORD DEALERSHIP AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246030August 23, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
CAR WILL START TO SHUDDER WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A STOP (EX. STOP SIGN/LIGHT). VEHICLE WONT START AFTER PUMPING GAS. FUEL GAUGE SEEMS TO BE OFF EVEN AFTER A RECALL WAS DONE. WHEN ACCELERATING RPM WILL GO UP BUT THE CAR WONT ACCELERATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246127August 23, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, IT STARED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP. THEY REWORKED THE FRONT END AND TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTERS ON BOTH THE FRONT END AND TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SYNC TOGETHER. THIS CAUSED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE IT FAIL FOUR MONTHS LATER. THE CAR STARTED TO JERK, JUMP FORWARD AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. THE ENGINE WAS RACING BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT WORK. I WAS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THANKFULLY HAD PEOPLE HELP ME PUSH IT OUT OF THE ROAD. IT'S BACK AT THE REPAIR SHOP, AGAIN ITS THE TRANSMISSION MODULE AND TRANSMISSION. !
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245901August 22, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS KEEP ON OPENING WHILE IN MOTION SO I HAVE TO REALLY HOLD ON TIGHT WITH THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING. I THINK BECAUSE THE LATCHKEY/LOCK BROKE OR SOMETHING... I'VE ALREADY GO TO FORD FOR THIS ONE BUT THEY SAID IT'S NOT ON THEIR RECALL LIST...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245558August 21, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MOST ABILITY TO STEER. WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245573August 21, 2019
STEERING
POWER STEERING JUST RANDOMLY GOES OUT WHICH COULD CAUSE A WRECK BECAUSE IT IS HARD OR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND TRY AND GET OUT OF THE WAY TO THE SHOULDER. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS. I HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245389August 21, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WAS DRIVING HOME ON A FAIRLY BUSY STREET THEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE RANDOMLY STARTED TO JERK AND KICK WHILE ACCELERATING. WHEN ACCELERATING IN DRIVE, THE CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SUDDENLY JOLTED AND WENT TO FIRST GEAR THEN SECOND AND THEN BACK TO FIRST ALL IN A SPAN OF 20 SECONDS. THE RPM WAS ERRADICT AND RISED AND DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE BRAKING SO I HAD TO KEEP A WIDE DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD UPON ACCELERATING OR TRYING TO STOP. I HAD TO DRIVE LESS THAN 20 MPH, ANY HIGHER AND THE CAR WAS KICKING AND JOLTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245411August 21, 2019
STEERING
THE ELECTRIC-ASSIST POWER STEERING HAS BEGUN TO FAIL. RANDOMLY WHEN I START THE CAR AND I GET AN ALERT ON THE DASH ABOUT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE ORANGE SAFETY ALERT ICON. THE CAR HAS NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART. USUALLY, THIS CLEARS THE ERROR AND BRINGS THE POWER STEERING BACK ONLINE. I HAVE OCCASIONALLY HAD TO RESTART THE CAR MORE THAN ONCE. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND WHILE DRIVING. WE HAD TO PULL OVER AND HE RESTARTED THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE POWER STEERING BACK ONLINE. IT IS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY AND IS TO THE POINT WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FIX WHICH WILL COST US OVER $2500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245454August 21, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE IN 2015. 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF. IT WAS TOWED AND FIXED BY FORD STATING THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. AS TIME WENT ON THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND JERK SWITCHING OUT OF GEARS. WHEN I TOOK IT TO FORD THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT IT WASN'T THE PART COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. IN OCTOBER I WAS DRIVING AND THE INDICATOR COMES ON STATING TRANSMISSION HOT. THE CAR FROM THERE WOULD NOT REVERSE. I WAS IN A DIFFERENT STATE ON VACATION AND HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SHOP DUE TO FORD NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE CAR FOR A WEEK. IT WAS STATED THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. I SPENT OVER $1900 ON A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ONLY FOR THE CAR TO STILL BE SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEARS. IF I AM MAKING A TURN THE CAR STALLS AND JERKS BEFORE IT PICKS UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245464August 21, 2019
STEERING
UPON STARTING UP MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY ON THE DASH DISPLAY IT SAID 'STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQ'D' I AM NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE WHEEL OR DRIVE MY CAR WHATSOEVER. THE CAR IS USUALLY OKAY TO DRIVE ONCE RESTARTED, BUT THIS TIME IT WON'T GO AWAY THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN I JUST TOOK OFF FROM THE CURB AND WAS DRIVING FINE BUT WHEN I WENT TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN THE SAME PROMPT APPEARED AND THE STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE STREET SO I WAS ABLE TO RESTART MY CAR AND MOVE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245203August 20, 2019
STEERING
POWER STEERING LOCKS UP INTERMITTENTLY - EVEN WHEN DRIVING AND IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. SO FAR IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 45MPH. THE LIGHTS COME ON, THE POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKS BUT IF YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAIT A MINUTE AND START BACK UP IT WORKS FINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245221August 20, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT SLIPPING. AND IT RAKES TIME TO CHANGE GEARS SOMETIME THE CAR BLINKS HILL START ASSISTANCE UNAVAILABLE AND IT KEEPS RESEATING THE MPG MILLAGE AND TRIP TIMER. THIS MORNING WHEN I LOCKED MY CAR IT WAS LIKE A DOOR WAS OPEN BUT I CHECKED ALL THE DOORS AND THEY WAS LOCKED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245264August 20, 2019
STEERING
RECENTLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN I START MY CAR I HAVE NO STEERING AND I SEE A WARNING MESSAGE COME UP ON THE DASH THAT THE STEERING IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART, IT SEEMS TO WORK PROPERLY AGAIN. I AM SCARED THAT I AM GOING TO LOSE MY STEERING WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245095August 19, 2019
STEERING
TAKATA RECALL. I WAS LEAVING THE STORE WHEN MY STEERING LOCKED UP OUT OF NOWHERE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO MY PARKING SPOT AND PARK, INSTEAD OF MY 7 YEAR OLD AND I DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD AND CRASHING. I HAVE SEEN 1000'S OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS FOR PEOPLE DRIVING AND CAN NOT TURN THE WHEEL ONCE IT LOCKS LIKE MYSELF. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245100August 19, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR IS MY DAILY DRIVER, IT STILL ROLLS BACK ON AN INCLINE AND HESITATES ON TAKE OFF AND ACCELERATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245116August 19, 2019
POWER TRAIN
GOT THE FUEL SYSTEM RECALL LAST WEEK AND FORD SENT THE DEALERSHIP THE WRONG SOFTWARE. CAR IS PARKED IN GARAGE, SCARED IT ILL OVERHEAT AND LEAVE US STRANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244701August 17, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, WHEELS
THIS CAR ALSO HAS THAT TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION, MINE REPLACED FOUR TIMES THE FUEL FLAPS BOTH GET STUCK AND IT FLOODS, WON'T START PROBLEMS WITH TIRE LUG NUTS, TWO PIECE DESIGN? WHO DESIGNED ME WHAT A PIECE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244534August 16, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
SHUDDERING FELT WHEN LEAVING A STOP SIGN; SHAKING ON ACCELERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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