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CarComplaints.com Notes: You should probably steer clear of the 2012 Focus. Otherwise, you might not be able to steer at all.
The 2012 is the first Focus to offer Electronic Power Assist Steering (EPAS). It's also the first year with massive power steering failure. These things are not mutually exclusive.
And while you wait for your steering to disappear, you'll be greeted with a transmission that shudders, vibrates or won't shift at all.
5.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 28,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (2 reports)
electrical problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Ford was unable to identify the problem nor replicate it. Since then, it has only happened three or four times, and I have not taken it in for service. But, I NEVER close the door with the keys inside anymore to prevent getting locked out in the cold. The first time it happened, the baby was in the car, it was the dead of winter and my wife and I were scraping the windshields with the engine running. Fortunately, my wife forgot to lock the door to the house, and we were able to get the spare key from inside. Otherwise, we'd have been stranded in the cold at 4 AM with the engine running and our cell phones inside the locked car.
Very dangerous, and the problem remains unfixed and very random. It has happened four times that I am aware of.
- Dave W., Decatur, IL, US