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.
4.2
definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
28,000 miles
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Swollen lug nuts. They corroded and were almost impossible to remove. Lug nuts were destroyed during removal and had to be replaced. Apparently some two piece lug nut Ford used. They were original equipment.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. When one of the front tires became flat, the contact noticed that the front wheel lug nuts were swollen and unable to be removed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.
- Ogden, UT, USA
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