2015 Ford Focus complaints

THE TRANSMISSION IS HORRIBLE. I SHAKES IT SPUTTERS AND IT MAKES A GRINDING SOUND. AT TIMES IT SEEMS TO TAKE OFF WHEN ALL I DO IS PRESS SO LIGHTLY ON THE GAS. I HAVE HAD THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH REPLACED. I TOOK THEM 3 TIMES TO FIX IT, FINALLY WHEN THE NOISE GOT SO BAD THE DEALERSHIP DECIDED TO FIX IT. I FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS CAR. I AM SURE IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE AS THE CAR AGES. IT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE DAY 1. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT TELLING ME IT WAS NORMAL.

CAR KEPT BUMPING AND MOVING UNEVENLY WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDING STOP OR WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BELOW 10 OR 15 MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH, ACTUATORS, & SEALS AND UP DATED THE PCM/TCM UNDER WARRANTY. THE WORK ORDER DATE WAS 9/28/2016 THE CAR HAD 14757 MILES ON IT. *TR

THERE IS EXTREME DISTORTION OF THE IMAGE ON THE INSIDE MANUAL (NON-ELECTRONIC) REAR-VIEW MIRROR WHEN THE MIRROR IS SET TO THE "NIGHT" POSITION. THE MIRRORS ARE OK WHEN SET TO THE "DAY" POSITION. I HAVE OBSERVED THIS DEFECT IN THE MIRROR OF MY PERSONAL FORD FOCUS 2015, AND IN OTHER FORD VEHICLES I HAVE EXAMINED ON FORD DEALER LOTS. WHEN SET TO THE NIGHT POSITION, ANY MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S HEAD RELATIVE TO THE MIRROR CAUSES SEVERE DISTORTION OF THE IMAGE WHETHER THE MOVEMENT IS IN THE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL PLANE (HOWEVER, MOVEMENT IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE APPEARS TO CAUSE WORSE DISTORTION THAN IN THE VERTICAL). THIS DISTORTION IS MOST DISCONCERTING TO FOLKS WHO DRIVE AT NIGHT, AND COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO PERCEIVE THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE IS CLOSER/FARTHER BEHIND THAN IT ACTUALLY IS, OR TO PERCEIVE THAT IT IS IN A LANE OTHER THAN WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS. WHEN I DEMONSTRATED THIS TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AND TRIED TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM, HE PERMITTED ME TO OBSERVE THE MIRROR IN OTHER VEHICLES ON THE LOT, ALL OF WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE SAME DEFECT. HE CLAIMS THAT IF A "DEFECT" APPEARS ON OTHER COMPARABLE VEHICLES, IT IS NOT REALLY A DEFECT AND IS "NORMAL." ANYONE WHO SUBSCRIBES TO SUCH NONSENSICAL LOGIC MUST SURELY BE LIVING IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED INTO GEAR. ALSO, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE RUBBER ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEELS WAS MISSING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

I RENTED A VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR. I DID NOT RECEIVE THE VEHICLE I RESERVED AND PAID FOR. THREE OUT OF THE FOUR VEHICLES SET ASIDE FOR UBER DRIVERS WERE BADLY STAINED ON THE INSIDE AND NOT WASHED ON THE OUTSIDE. THE ONLY VEHICLE OPTION LEFT FOR ME TO DRIVE FOR UBER WAS A 2015 FORD FOCUS, WHICH WAS STAINED ON THE INSIDE AND NOT WASHED ON THE OUTSIDE. I TRIED TO ASK FOR A REFUND AND WAS TOLD I HAD ALREADY PAID FOR THE RENTAL AND WAS LOCKED INTO THE AGREEMENT AS AN UBER DRIVER. I ASKED FOR A BETTER VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY AT THE TIME FOR ME TO TRADE THE LAST VEHICLE OUT FOR. BASICALLY, I WAS STUCK WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CAR BEGINS TO JERK AS I ACCELERATE OR DRIVE. I INFORMED THE RENTAL CAR BRANCH, RENTAL CAR CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THE RENTAL CAR CORPORATE OFFICE. NONE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS/DIVISIONS OF ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR SEEM TO BE CONCERNED REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE CAR NOR HOW IT FUNCTIONS. MY UBER PASSENGERS (ESP. MALE PASSENGERS) HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THAT I NEED TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE ESCALATED THE MATTER TO UBER SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT ENTERPRISE IS NOT MAINTAINING THE CARS DESIGNATED FOR UBER DRIVERS NOR MEETING THEIR STANDARDS. I HAVE CONTACTED ENTERPRISE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO BE PUT IN ANOTHER CAR OR GET MY MONEY BACK AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR WRONGDOING NOR RECTIFY THE SITUATION. THE CONDITION OF THE CAR AND HOW IT RUNS HAS AFFECTED MY UBER DRIVER RATIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND RATTLED WHEN SWITCHING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND NO FAILURE WAS PRESENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 02/07/2017*CT CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION IS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IT IS NOW SLIPPING AS IT SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR. UPDATED 7/12/18*JB

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A FORMAL RECALL FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN ITS FOCUS MODELS. THERE IS A WIDE-SPREAD ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SKIPPING AND FORD IS AWARE. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE!! I HAVE GOTTEN TWO "TRANSMISSION FAULT" ALARMS AND CANNOT SAFELY PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. THE CAR STUTTERS AND SKIPS. FORD IS NOT DEALING WITH THIS. THEY MAKE FOCUS OWNERS WAIT 6-8 WEEKS FOR A PART BUT THAT DOESN'T REMEDY THE ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER FORD FOCUS OWNERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE REPLACEMENT PART CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. FORD DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THESE AUTO TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAULTY. THEY ARE HAZARDOUS. I CANNOT ACCELERATE OR PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT THE FOCUS' TRANSMISSION STUTTERING AND SKIPPING. IT IS NOTSAFE. PLEASE MAKE FORD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THE FOCUS AUTO TRANSMISSION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THEY NEED TO BUY-BACK THESE VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE ECM MODULE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REMEDY DID NOT COMPLETELY REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE IT CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND LOW SPEED, THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND RIGHT AWAY, SHAKES AND THEN JUMPS FORWARD. MERGING INTO TRAFFIC IS A CONCERN OF AM I GOING TO GET HIT. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS IN THE DEALS KNOW AND THEY TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO ORDER A CLUTCH AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR WHILE THE PART COMES IN. IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. IT ONLY HAS 25,000 MILES AND IS AN AUTOMATIC.

TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2015 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED RATTLING AND WOULD HESITATE AND SHUDDER IN TRAFFIC WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FORD DEALER SAID IT WAS WITHIN SPECS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT . IN MARCH, 2016 IT FELL OUT OF GEAR WITH MY WIFE ON A TRIP TO CHARLOTTE. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPLACED THE TRASMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND DID OTHER WORK ON IT. IT APPEARED OK FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THE SHAKING, SHUDDERING STARTED AGAIN, OUR LOCAL DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID, IT DROVE NORMAL. WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS IT HAS DROPPED OUT OF GEAR THREE TIMES WHEN STOPPED ON A HILL AND TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO STEP ON THE GAS. THIS CAUSED IT TO ROLL BACK SLIGHTLY. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THEY CAN'T HELP ME BECAUSE IT DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER THE LEMON LAWS. BECAUSE THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN THE TRADE IN VALUE AT THE DEALER IS ONLY $9000. MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I THINK FORD IS HESITANT TO RECALL AND REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE DRY, DUAL CLUTCH DESIGN GIVES THEM BETTER FUEL EFFICIENCY AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR WORSE GAS MILEAGE. WHAT GOOD IS GAS MILEAGE IF WE DON'T TRUST THE CAR AND FEEL IT ISN'T SAFE. WE HAVE FIVE FORD VEHICLES, TWO TRUCKS, ONE WITH 305,000 MILES ON IT, A 97 COBRA, A 2007 FOCUS WITH 275,000 MILES ON IT THAT DRIVES LIKE A NEW CAR AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM IS THIS NEW 2015 FOCUS THAT NONE OF US FEEL SAFE DRIVING. APPARENTLY FORD WILL HAVE TO BE FORCED

A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT GRILLS COMING LOOS AND POPPING OUT WHEN DRIVING, CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE. WHILE THE GRILL IS LARGELY COSMETIC IF IT FALLS OUT AND IS RUN OVER OR HITS ANOTHER VEHICLE IT CAN POSE A SAFETY RISK. NOTICED THIS HAPPENING ON MY OWN CAR AND GOOGLED IT, HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE, NO RECALL OR EVEN TSB.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND HAD DELAYED ACCELERATION AT A STOP LIGHT. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,400.

THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION TRIPS, JUMPS, STALL, ETC WHILE DRIVING. IT MAY CAUSE THE CAR TO GO SLOWLY OR TOO FAST IN A MANNER THAT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE BACK OR FRONT CAR. DEALER SERVICE SAYS THAT IT IS NORMAL WITHOUT DRIVING THE CAR ON THE ROAD.

CAR IS AT 18K MILES. TRANS HAS BEEN SHUDDERING, HESITATING UPON ACCELERATION & MAKING GRINDING NOISES. DEALER "RECALIBRATED" 2 TIMES AND NOW SAYS I NEED A CLUTCH FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN WAITING 9 WEEKS. BELIEVE THAT FORD DEALER IS HOPING I MISS NJ 24K LEMON LAW LIMITATION. FEARFUL OF LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL SINCE DON'T KNOW IF CAR WILL STOP SHIFTING. PROBLEM IS EVIDENT AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING AND HESITATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, TWO MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCHES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,342.

MY 2015 FORD FOCUS' TRANSMISSION STARTED TO "SHUDDER" WITH A JERKING MOTION WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW RPM. ALSO I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER/DELAYED ACCELERATION WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UP A HILL, CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT ACCELERATE FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS WHEN I NEED IT. THERE WAS A MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING", THEN "PRESS BRAKE PEDAL" WHEN I WAS IDLING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO SERRAMONTE FORD WHERE I BOUGHT IT, AND BILL THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT "FORD FOCUS' ARE SUPPOSED TO SHUDDER, BUT THAT IT PROBABLY HAD A BAD DOUBLE-CLUTCH THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT THERE WAS A 12-WEEK BACK ORDER FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND THAT THEY WOULD REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND THAT SHOULD HELP THE SHUDDER PROBLEM AS A TEMPORARY FIX. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT THAT I WAITED FOUR DAYS FOR, THEN HE TOLD ME THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT THAT IT WOULD BE 3-7 DAYS BEFORE HE COULD LOOK AT IT. WHEN I CALLED BILL THREE TIMES 3DAYS IN A ROW TO SEE IF IT WAS FIXED AND HIM IGNORING THE MESSAGES, HE CALLED ON THE 5TH DAY SAYING MY CAR WAS READY. I WENT TO PICK IT UP AND HE SAID IT STILL MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHUDDER AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE MY CAR. HE ONLY LISTED THAT I COMPLAINED OF A SHUDDER ON THE WORK ORDER, NEVER PUT DOWN THAT ANY REPAIR PARTS WERE ORDERED OR ON BACK ORDER, AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE THERE WAS ONLY AN INSPECTION ALONG WITH AN OIL CHANGE. I DROVE MY SHUDDERING CAR HOME, PERTURBED AT THEY'RE I

PURCHASED 1 MONTH AGO. AT 1000 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE, LURCH AND JERK. ONE TIME TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT ON RED, I PRESSED THE GAS TO GO AND IT WENT, THEN STOPPED, AND THEN CONTINUED AS IF I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL. MY RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE WHOLE TIME. A CAR WITH 1000 MILES SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT STATED THAT A 2015 FORD FOCUS WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE DRIVE POSITION AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NORMALLY OPERATED IN THAT MANNER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,440.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,980.

PURCHASED THIS CAR AT THE END OF MAY 2015, THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND SHUTTERING IN JUNE, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR SOMETIMES I AM AFRAID WHEN BACKING UP OR TAKING OFF THAT I WILL JERK AND HIT SOMEONE. I REALLY WISH I DID MORE RESEARCH ON THIS CAR BEFORE PURCHASING AND ALSO THAT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD SHARE THIS INFO SO YOU MAKE A CHOICE ON BEING APART OF A EXPERIMENT OF DRIVING WITH A WHATS SUPPOSED TO BE DUAL CLUTCH. FOR A FIRST TIME BUYING A BRAND NEW CAR THIS IS MY WORST EXPERIENCE. I HAVE FILED THE LEMON LAW TWICE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM FITS THE CRITERIA TO FILE. ITS VERY SCARY DRIVING WITH MY SON IN THE CAR I CONSTANTLY PRAY BEFORE I DRIVE THE CAR. ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN TRAFFIC IS THE SCARIEST YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THE CAR WILL DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 3 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. FIRST I WAS TOLD I NEED TO BREAK IT IN AND DRIVE 1000 MILES AFTER THAT IF IT STILL HAPPENS BRING IT IN SO I DID. THE CAR HAD 2 RECALLS ONE I WAS TOLD WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN'T. FORD WAS SURE MY CAR STOPPED JERKING THEY THOUGHT THEY FIXED IT. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER FORD THEY TEST DROVE AND TOOK A LOOK AT SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY LINE IS SLIPPING. SO THEY ORDERED A NEW CLUTCH AND PUT IT IN. ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOLD AFTER 1000 MILES IF THE JERKING IS STILL THERE THEN BRING IT IN SO I DID BUT OF COURSE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY GET SO MANY CALLS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND AT FIRST THEY DIDN'T

SHUTTERING, GRINDING AND JERKING OF TRANSMISSION UPON ACCELERATION. ALSO BOGGING DOWN AND STALLING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN TURNING A CORNER, TAKING OFF FROM AN INTERSECTION AND MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS CAR.

THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD, EXPERIENCES DELAYED ACCELERATION ALL THE TIME, DELAYED DOWNSHIFTING AND VEHICLES THAT HAVE TROUBLE STOPPING. IT IS SCARY WHEN I GO TO PULL OUT AND THE CAR JUST REVS AND DOES NOT MOVE I STEP ON GAS IT WILL SLOWLY GO, THEN IT WILL JUST REV. SEVERAL TIMES I HAD TO PULL TO SIDE OF SHOULDER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING. SCARY WHEN MY KIDS ARE IN THE CAR. IT DOES IT ON A WEEKLY BASES. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN SEVERAL TIME BUT THEY SAY SORRY IF THEY CANT SEE THE CAR DOING IT THEY CANT FIX IT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE TO MOVE.

DRIVER WAS MAKING AN UNPROTECTED LEFT TURN INTO STOPPED TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET. AS HE WAS TURNING SOUTH (AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH) A NORTH BOUND VEHICLE STRUCK IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE QUARTER PANEL. THE UNIFRAME WAS DAMAGE AND THE WHEEL WELL WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DAMAGING MOST OF THE ENGINE COMPONENTS. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

AFTER STOPPING TO GET GAS ON I-80 AT A SERVICE AREA IN INDIANA WITH THE CAR IN PARK AND NOT RUNNING THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR IS A NEW VEHICLE, STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON IT. FORD DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THEY OFFERED NO PROOF, AND STATED THAT WE COULD NOT APPEAL THE CASE.

THE FORD FOCUS STUTTERS AT STARTUP WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM THE CAR GETS WORSE. THE CAR WILL STALL AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. FORD HAS NO FIX THEY JUST TELL ME IT IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN AN AUTOMATIC CAR. I HAVE TRIED PREMIUM FUEL NOTHING HELPS. THIS IS MY DAUGHTERS FIRST CAR AND I AM AFRAID FOR HER LIFE