Ford Focus Complaints (2013)
2,181 consumer complaints on file.
- #10783232October 19, 2015ENGINE
SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2013, IT HAS HAD A PERSISTENT TRANSMISSION SHUDDER THAT IS DANGEROUS, AND FORD TRIES TO STICK BAND-AIDS ON THE PROBLEM WITH SOFTWARE UPDATES AND EVEN A REPLACEMENT CLUTCH -- NONE OF WHICH FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR NEARLY ANY TIME THE TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEARS. IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. IT MAKES IT SCARY TO DRIVE WHEN THE CAR RESPONDS UNPREDICTABLY -- LURCHING FORWARD TOWARD ANOTHER CAR OR NOT ACCELERATING WHEN GETTING ON A HIGHWAY. FORD SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL ALL CARS WITH THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD IT SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND FORD CANNOT FIX IT. THE US GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT PEOPLE FROM COMPANIES LIKE FORD WHO PUT PROFITS AHEAD OF SAFETY.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10783053October 17, 2015POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED FROM FORD DEALER IN LATE OCTOBER 2014. CAR HAD 29,530 MILES. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CLUTCH REPLACED TCM REPROGRAMMED. CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. JERKING, SHUDDERING, LURCHING AND SOMETIMES FAILURE TO MOVE UNLESS ACCELERATOR PRESSED SEVERAL TIMES. TCM REPROGRAMMED AGAIN AT 37,200 MILES. PROBLEMS STILL CONTINUE. CAR IS BACK IN SHOP AGAIN TWO WEEKS LATER (10/15/2015). PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AGAIN AS CLUTCH ISSUE. RECOMMENDED FIX IS CLUTCH REPLACEMENT AGAIN. CLUTCH IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL TAKE 4 TO 6 WEEKS. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO PROVIDE LOANER OR RENTAL CAR. REASON THEY SAY IS IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE? CLEARLY WITH HOW THE TRANSMISSION IS PERFORMING, IT IS A SAFETY RISK. SOMEONE IS LIKELY TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. LOOKING UP THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, LEMON LAW FILINGS AND CLASS ACTION SUITS. WHEN IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO ACT BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED? I DO HAVE ALL THE ATTEMPTED REPAIR DOCUMENTS EXCEPT FOR CURRENT. CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER....UPDATED 10/27/15*BF UPDATED 4/20/18*JB *CN
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10782858October 16, 2015STEERING
I WAS DRIVING AND OUT OF NO WHERE THE INFORMATION LIGHT CAME ON NOTIFY ME THAT THE STEERING ASSIST FAULT LIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10781903October 14, 2015POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE NO LONGER MOVES FORWARD OR REVERSE. WAS PARKED IN A REST STOP. RESTARTED VEHICLE TO LEAVE AND IT DID NOT MOVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10781976October 14, 2015ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10782084October 14, 2015ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHAFT SEALER FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THREE OTHER OCCASIONS WHERE THE SHAFT SEALER WAS REPLACED EACH TIME. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,600.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10780761October 8, 2015POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2013 FOCUS WITH ABOUT 48,500 MILES. WHEN I ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION RATTLES AND SOMETIMES STUTTERS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, SECOND TIME REPLACED PARTS, THIRD TIME REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. WITHIN A WEEK THE PROBLEM RESURFACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATES THAT I MUST WAIT 1,000 MILES BEFORE I CAN TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10780500October 7, 2015POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE SHUTTERS ON ACCELERATION. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CAR LOSES POWER. DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE NUMEROUS TIMES BUT VEHCILE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT SAME PROBLEMS. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCHES IN TRANSMISSION A FEW MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE WORKED PROPERLY BUT HAS NOW BEEN IN THE DEALERS SHOP TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.. ROUTINELY LOSES POWER WHEN TURNING INTO TRAFFIC OR MERGING INTO TRAFFICE!
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10780562October 7, 2015POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CARS TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHILE MOMENTARILY LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR AND RUNNING OFF THE ROAD.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10780251October 6, 2015POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE LOST TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT (SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN) WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE/CROSS THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS LEFT ME WITHOUT ANY POWER TO THE WHEELS AND NO WAY TO MOVE OUT OF THE PATH OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY QUICKLY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE FIXED THE PROBLEM AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SAFELY. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SO I DO NOT DARE LET MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER DRIVE THE CAR. THE VEHICLE ALSO SHAKES AND SHUDDERS WHILE ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS. FORD IS OFFERING TWO "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS" TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ONE IS 14M01 WHICH REPLACES FAULTY TRANSMISSION SEALS WHICH LEAK CAUSING FLUID CONTAMINATION TO THE CLUTCH. THE SECOND IS 14M02 WHICH REPLACES/REPROGRAMS THEIR FAULTY TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE). MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I HAVE A SALVAGE TITLE VEHICLE DUE TO COSMETIC DAMAGE TO BODY PANELS. AS SUCH, EVEN THOUGH FORD IS ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS FAULTY, THEY WON'T COVER THE COST TO REPAIR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSION SEALS AND CLUTCH (PROGRAM 14M01). THEY DID COVER THE COST FOR THE SECOND PROGRAM (14M02) AND REPLACED/REPROGRAMMED THE FAULTY TCM AT NO COST TO ME. BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SEVERAL TIMES NOW BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL (NOT A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM"). FORD HAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WHICH IS CAUSING DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATIONS FOR DRIVERS. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS. SO, TO KEEP FORD FROM SAVING A FEW BUCKS AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMEONE'S LIFE, BOTH OF THESE "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS" SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO WHAT THEY REALLY ARE, A SAFETY RECALL, SO THAT FORD CAN NOT EXCLUDE BRANDED TITLE VEHICLES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10779627October 5, 2015ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN A FORD DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED FIVE TIMES. TWO INVOLVING RECALLS ON MY TRANSMISSION, DUE TO SHUTTERING AND HESITATION TO SHIFT WHILE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE IS HIGHLY UNSAFE SINCE I NEVER KNOW IF MY CAR WILL BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHILE CHANGING LANES. THIS HAPPENS MAINLY IN THE CITY STREETS WHEN BEING IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10779040October 1, 2015ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10778807September 30, 2015POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SURGES DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. ALMOST LIKE INSUFFICIENT FUEL BEING RECEIVED BY ENGINE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS DUE TO FORD "POWERSHIFT" TRANSMISSION AND NOT FUEL LINE. CAUSES CONCERN FOR SAFETY AND FUTURE PERFORMANCE AFTER MORE MILEAGE. THIS HAS EXISTED SINCE PURCHAS OF VEHICLE IN MAY 2013 AND STILL EXISTS NOW AFTER 11000 MILES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10778132September 28, 2015ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE CAR MAKES HORRIBLE NOISES WHEN IN LOW A LOW SPEED. IT HESITATES. IT MAKES HORRIBLE CRUNCHING NOISES. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES. THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY HEAR IT, BUT THAT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOW, IN SEPTEMBER 2015, I HAVE RECEIVED A SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM 15B22 WHICH IS EXTENDING MY WARRANTY. FORD ALREADY AGREED TO EXTEND MY WARRANTY IN 2013 BECAUSE OF MY COMPLAINTS. HOWEVER, THAT DOCUMENTATION DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE FORD OASIS SYSTEM, BUT MR. FORD'S OFFICE ASSURES ME THAT IF I SHOW THEM THE LETTER, IT WILL HONORED. I HAVE ALL OF THE BACK UP MATERIAL FROM 2013 INCLUDING PHONE LOGS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED WITH REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. I AM VERY AFRAID THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSHING TRAFFIC. IT HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ALREADY. I MADE MR. FORD'S OFFICE AWARE OF THIS, ALSO. I WOULD NEVER PASS THIS CAR ONTO MY CHILD OR A RELATIVE, AND I WILL FEEL GUILTY WHEN I AM ABLE TO FINALLY TRADE IT IN AN BUY A NEW VEHICLE. THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10805750September 25, 2015POWER TRAIN
ON JULY 17, 2013, I BOUGHT A 2013 FORD FOCUS FROM THE FORD DEALER IN MY AREA. ON JULY 18, 2013, I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE FORD DEALER, BECAUSE AS I ACCELERATED FROM EVERY STOP, AND FROM SOME LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, THE TRANSMISSION PRODUCED VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISES AS THE GEARS SHIFTED AND THE CAR WOULD JERK OR SHUDDER. AT THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPROGRAMMED PER TSB 14 0047. HAVING OWNED THE CAR FOR ONE DAY, IT WAS A SHOCKING REVELATION TO BE TOLD THAT THE CARS BEHAVIOR WAS TYPICAL FOR MY PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT I COULD BRING IT BACK WHENEVER I FELT IT NECESSARY. ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2014, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE FORD DEALER WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS. THE WORK DONE AT THIS TIME AS WRITTEN ON THE INVOICE WAS AS FOLLOWS: PROGRAMMED PCM AND TCM ROAD TESTED RESET TRANSMISSION STRATEGY. I WAS REASSURED, YET AGAIN, THAT THESE CAR BEHAVIORS WERE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 2013 FOCUS AND THAT I NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT SAFETY FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. ALTHOUGH THE REPROGRAMMING MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN WITHOUT SOME GEAR GRINDING, SKIPPING, AND SHUDDERING ON ACCELERATION AND DURING SLOW L AND R TURNS. I HAVE NOT RETURNED FOR SERVICE BECAUSE I WAS ASSURED IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. ESSENTIALLY, I LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2015, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY NOTIFYING ME THEY WERE PROVIDING A SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM 15B22 FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM14M02. THE LANGUAGE IN THIS LETTER IS, QUITE FRANKLY, ALARMING, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2013 FOCUS IS, IN FACT, A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE UPDATE. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF FURTHER ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10776561September 25, 2015ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT HAS HAPPENS WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. THE RPMS DROP DOWN BELOW 500 AND SOMETIMES THE ENGINE STALLS. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL JUST WAIVER AT LOW RPMS AND REGAIN IDLE.THE CAR HAS ALSO STALLED AT HIGH SPEED ON THE FREEWAY, WITH TRAFFIC BACKED UP, I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH, AND THE ENGINE STALLED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10777446September 25, 2015VISIBILITY/WIPER
2013 FORD FOCUS WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED BUBBLES AFFECTING DRIVER AND PASSENGER VISIBILITY. BUBBLES PRESENT IN A EVENLY DISTRIBUTED PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE WINDSHIELD. BUBBLES ARE ROUGHLY 2-5MM IN DIAMETER. THE PRESENCE OF THE BUBBLES COULD AFFECT DRIVER VISIBILITY, WHICH COULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10776650September 25, 2015POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2013 FORD FOCUS AND TWICE WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS THE TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BOTH TIMES. THE CLUTCH WILL ENGAGE WHICH WILL DISCONNECT THE ENGINE FROM THE DRIVE-SHAFT. YOU HAVE NO POWER TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY. I HAD TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD BOTH TIMES. ONCE I HAD STOP, THE FOCUS WOULD WORK IN ONLY FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE CAR TO GO INTO A HIGHER GEAR THE CLUTCH WOULD ENGAGE PREVENTING YOU TO MOVE FORWARD. THE FIRST TIME I HAD THE FOCUS REPAIRED, THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND REPLACED THE ORIGINAL WITH A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM. UPON PICKING UP MY FOCUS AFTER THE FIRST REPAIRS, I ASKED THE FORD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, WILL THIS FIX THE PROBLEM? HE WOULD NOT TELL ME THE CAR WAS FIXED, ONLY THAT THE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO FORDS SPECIFICATIONS. LESS THAN 30 DAYS LATER WHILE TRAVELING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY FOCUSS TRANSMISSION ONCE AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGING CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN. ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD THROUGH THREE LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER SHIP REPAIRED THE FOCUS; THEY STATED THAT THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER AND THE SOFTWARE. WHEN I ASKED FOR THE SECOND TIME IS THE CAR IS FIXED, THEY WOULD NOT SAY THAT THE CARS TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MALFUNCTION AGAIN. WE I TOOK THE CAR BACK FOR THE SECOND TIME THE SERVICE REP INFORMED ME THAT THEIR DEALERSHIP HAD THREE OTHER FOCUSES THAT HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND HAD THE SAME REPAIRS THAT MY FORD HAD THE FIRST TIME. THESE CARS ARE DEATH TRAPS AND FORD SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL RECALL ON THEM.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10781722September 23, 2015UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING. AFTER BEING STOPPED AND STEPPING ON THE GAS, CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT TO THE POINT WHEN IT BEGINS TO MOVE AGAIN IT JERKS YOU BACK IN THE SEAT. MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO, WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO START THE VEHICLE, IT IS HESITANT TO START. CAR SHAKES AND DOES NOT DRIVE AT AN EVEN PACE UNLESS ON THE HIGHWAY AT OR ABOVE 40 MPH. BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS, ALL TO WHICH THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS FOR.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10773827September 23, 2015POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 FORD FOCUS ST MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION'S FOURTH GEAR FAILED AFTER I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION. THEN THREE DAYS LATER MY THIRD GEAR FAILED TO ENGAGE AS WELL. CURRENTLY I AM ON MY SECOND GETRAG SIX-SPEED TRANSMISSION AFTER MY FIRST ONE'S SECOND GEAR FAILED AT 19K MILES IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0