CarComplaints.com Notes: Ford changed a lot of things for its 3rd generation, just none of them were a good idea.
The transmission tends to hesitate and jerk when accelerating. The new electronically-driven power steering can fail suddenly and without warning. Even Ford's SYNC can be a headache. Actually, scratch that last one — it's always been a headache.
2.5
hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
61,108 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the driver's door latch system failed, causing the door to open independently while driving at low speeds. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the door latch was defective. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the rear driver side door latch failed. The dealer stated that the VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign number: 13V085000 (latches/locks/linkages). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. When the vehicle was started while parked and the front driver door was shut, the door never latched. The door would not remain closed. When the door finally closed and latched, the contact could pull on it without using the handle and it would fly open. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000.
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- San Antonio, TX, USA