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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 6
Injuries / Deaths:
6 / 2
Average Mileage:
44,693 miles
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My car is having issues shifting. It is an automatic car. There is issues accelerating. When stopped I hit the gas pedal and its fine until it shifts, then the car stalls for a few seconds and then catches up. It does this every time it goes to shift gears until about 35 mph. It is out of warranty to fix the transmission, but it posses a huge safety risk.
My radio has very high static and I cannot use my phone system. My fuel gauge is not reading properly. My car just shuts off while I am driving it. When I pull off the engine stalls. These issues have been on going every since I owned the car. It is a complete lemon.
When driving the vehicle it causes a stuttering movement from a stop. When pressing the gas from a stopped position it starts to shake upon acceleration. The car almost feels like the transmission is slipping and may cause the vehicle to stop. I feel that I am unsafe when this happens.
While driving the lights come on the dashboard and the car stops automatically and the car doesn't turn on for while, then after two hours it turns on and I drive it for another five days and that happens again almost an in crash or I was very lucky for a very bad accident and I called a tow truck to send my car home and since then is undrivable which is parked in my house
El vehculo empeso a jolonearse en carretera Y fue perdiendo la fuerza Y a otro da ya no agarro la reversa Y para enfrente velosidad que agarraba era a 5
- Soledad, CA, USA
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When accelerating from stopped positions like waiting to turn, the car will hesitate badly when pressing the accelerator and will not take off very fast. This occurs on level as well as unlevel ground. We have had the clutch replaced 3 times within 2 years and continue to have issues. This occurs when in drive when turning all the time. It also occccurs when we are trying to speed up to pass another car or get ahead of one. When the car is on an angle the fuel gauge will read up to 30 miles on the tank but will stop as the fuel sensor does not show the car has gas in it. We have had the fuel gauge changed 2 times in a 2013 Ford Focus. This occurs when parking the car in our driveway. This occurs every dat that we have had the car.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. While the contact's daughter was driving 50 mph, the check engine indicator illuminated. Also, the vehicle would not shift into reverse. The vehicle was taken to webb Ford (219-924-3400, located at 9809 indianapolis blvd, highland, in 46322), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The technician stated that the warranty expired and informed the contact to bring the vehicle back later. A week later, the vehicle was taken back to the same dealer where it was waiting to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was not provided.
I've had transmission problems since purchasing the car. Two days ago the car would not go into reverse and the engine light came on - it was stuck in the garage at this time. I was finally able to get the car to reverse and the light went off a few hours later. Yesterday the car, again, would not reverse and the engine light came back on. This time it was stuck in a parking lot. After many attempts, some of which lead to the car not starting at all, the car finally turned on, and reversed after roughly half an hour. This morning I took the car to webb Ford in highland, in for repairs as the transmission has a 100,000 mile warranty. The dealership said they are backed up for over 2 weeks and would not even let me leave my car. The nest closest dealer in calumet city, il is not taking transmission work at all. Now, after leaving work, my car will not go over 15mph without jerking and chugging and it seems that I have no way to get the transmission fixed even though it's under warranty because no one will take my car.
My car shudders when I try to drive and get up to speed or pulls sometime I have to push the gas pedal all the way to the car floor to go when I try to pull out a friend if mines received a recall letter about her car doing this her car is a a year or so older than mines but I haven't received anything but my car be doing the exact thing that's was being explained in the letter my car has being doing this since the last recall and I had to put it in the shop in August of 2018
Car began to stall and completely shut down. While in drive, with my foot on brake at a red light a error code flashed on dash " transmission not in park" and then it shut off. Car stalled 4 more times in a matter of a hour, twice while in park and car was just running. Last time at a red light in drive. Took 30-40 seconds to restart car, very unsafe.
The car has had several recalls and transmission problems since the day I got it. It has clutch issues that leaves me stalled stuck in gear in the middle of rush hour traffic. It has left me stuck in my garage and not being able to go in reverse for days at a time.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. When the gear was shifted into drive, the vehicle moved in reverse. In addition, the contact stated that sometimes the vehicle would stall and fail to start. The vehicle was taken to norris Ford (901 merritt blvd, baltimore, md 21222, (410) 285-0200) where it was diagnosed that the gear clutch failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer multiple times for the failures. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000.
The vehicle had a recall done 8 months ago and recently the same problems of the recall such as the gas tank issue and the transmission issues are still a problem N went to Ford N told what happened and they didn't do anything about it but just 2 weeks ago before I took it to Ford on a Friday night I was driving N my car shut off as I was on a busy road cars passing me by my car just shut off and I pushed the car to the side stressed because I didn't have money for a tow truck and I didn't know what was wrong until someone said try putting gas in it and I told them my tank was half and gas monitor said I had 140 miles to go before it's empty but when the gas was put in the car it turned on and the gas monitor showed 0 then it went up to 260 and the other issue is the transmission when I'm driving the car starts to jerk and stalls and when I come to a stop my RPM just goes up as if I'm stepping on the acceleration but when I let go of the brake the RPM drops N the goes sound less as if it's going to turn off then it jerks N drives this is a serious issue a couple of times I almost got hit from the back and while driving this car has turned off or jerks and makes weird noises and I only have 61K mileage on it something has to be wrong
Car stalled on 99 highway without any warning losing all power and unable to restart. Towed to dealership and was informed tank was now deformed due to the vapor system lock of the cpv safety recall notice 18S32 technicians have sent pictures that they are in possession of and said they could not give us copies of but allowed us to see and showed us the technicians recommendations for tank to also be replaced along with the cpv. Ford customer service centers have not returned phone calls after being informed of our concerns and state specs due not met there requirement so therefor are refusing to pay for tank to be replaced. Although the specialist states different.
The car, is now, beginning to not start, . which I suppose that doesn't matter since the transmission is still completely out, I wish Ford would fix it, or go ahead and allow me to collect on the settlement
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and slowed down while driving various speeds. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the vehicle had a defective camshaft sensor. The mechanic stated that the engine wiring harness needed to be replaced. The contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 15V813000 (electrical system); however, the VIN was excluded from the recall. The contact spoke with planet Ford (20403 I-45, spring, tx 77388, (281) 719-3700) and was informed that they were unaware of any recalls associated with the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
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- Dagsboro, DE, USA