My 2018 Ford Focus St (~8K miles) has been having issues with rpms suddenly increasing when shifting gears. For example, two weekends ago, I was shifting from second gear to third gear and my car went up by 3000 rpms after I let my foot off the throttle. On its own! this issue has been happening intermittently usually when the car is hot (about an hour or so ride) and exaggerated when the floor heating is on. I thought it might have been a valve issue but found multiple forum posts with this exact problem and how a lot of St owners went through multiple dealerships to get their throttle pedal assembly replaced to permanently fix the problems. Here are the links to the forum posts: Https://www.focusst.org/threads/rpms-actually-increase-on-clutch.128706/ and https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-T75504_ds901319. also a video demonstrating the issue: Https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=eqo2ph9khlc (the video is regarding the 2018 Focus rs which has the same pedal parts as the 2018 Focus St). This has caused people accidents and I believe it should be looked into.

- San Jose, CA, USA

I bought my 2018 Ford Focus hatchback on 06/23/2018 and on 09/03/20 I had to have my front and rear rotors and brake pads replaced. The rotor was cracked and they were really rusted. Making my car undrivable. This makes me sick that Ford uses such cheap parts that I myself as a poor michigander had to replace rotors and brake pads within 2 years of buying a brand new car.

- Toivola, MI, USA

Service engine light indicated evap, very small leak. Reset code and a different code came up for a vacuum in the fuel tank. Unable to effect repairs my self and made an appointment at cardinal Ford dealership. 11400 new halls ferry rd. Stl, 63033. Attached documents detail repair and cost.

- Florissant, MO, USA

My transmission clutches. They hesitate, shutter and it never wants to move and has already been repaired twice.

- Steubenville, OH, USA

There are more than a few faulty purge valve and similar type valves on the Ford Focus possibly causing excessive vacuum in fuel vapor management system. The excessive vacuum may result in an engine stall while driving, . without warning and without the ability to restart the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. And yet my year model and motor size did not make that list. But yet I have this problem on my 2018 Ford Focus SE only @ 40,0000 miles. This could have been a huge safety issue w/ my young college student driving all hours of night on back roads due to her schedule. She had no warning no check engine light nothing. She was very lucky this did not stall on the highway. She could have been rear-end or who no what else. I believe this should me Ford manufacturing issue and that it should be added to safety recall list

- Greenville, TX, USA

The lcd screen is totally black. No visible controls without screen.

- Denton, TX, USA

I was on my way to work on 8/25/2020 about a mile away the engine light comes on so I turn around to leave it home then my vehicle stalled all of the sudden with no warning other than the engine and oil lights caming on, I towed it to the dealership for adiagnosis same day and this morning of 8/26/2020 I received a call from the dealers shop and they are stating that the oil pump went out and ruined the battery and now I have to replace the battery on the vehicle, now im concerned because I did not get any warning from the engine, no smoke, no rattling or shaking and the weird thing is that it cranks but wont start, it just stalled and it turns out to be a blown engine.

- Kansas City, KS, USA

As I was driving on the interstate, I heard a loud pop. No other vehicles were around at the time. I opened the sunroof cover and noticed it was shattered. I pulled into the gas station to see that there was a large hole in my sunroof.

- Trussville, AL, USA

This is the 2nd time I am having the same issue. They replaced the clutches. I drove the car a couple of weeks and am having the same issues with surging/lugging. Now, it is happening in lower gears and when I accelerate to higher gears. It is now happening when I am in reverse, too.

- Benton City, WA, USA

When changing gears the clutch is shaking the car and making a grinding noise. It appears to creating problem on the lower gears such as gear 1 and 2

- Del Mar, CA, USA

We bought the car on July 13 2019with only 7 mile on the odometer. Within 2 weeks of having the car it breaks down while driving it and had to get a Ford to tow it to the dealership they had it 2 days and replaced the something in the transmission at the time of it breaking car would only operate in reverse. Dealer ship fixes the car give it back less than two weeks later while driving to pick up my husbay from work was stopped for traffic and when I started to rolled ahead again the transmission light came on with transmisson failure and again car would only drive in reverse. Back to the dealership this tim they had it a week and replaced the transmission clutch motor and give it back. They said it should be fine now. While driving yesterday to pick up my husband from work, the car lunges forward at a high rate of speed for a few seconds and then the engine just revs when given car luckily no one was infront of me when it jerked forward and it was still moving enough to pull it off the road and out of traffic however the driver behind me cursed at me for driving that last part of the time only at 15 miles per hour. Now without a car all weekend cause the dealership service department is closed and they cant issue a loaner car until they reopen on Monday morning.

- Danville, VA, USA

See attached letter. I have copies of all receipts, if you need to see them

- Pensacola, FL, USA

2018 Ford Focus SE sedan recalls. I recently got a 2018 Ford Focus SE sedan in November of 2018. It periodically hesitates when I accelerate and I was in the middle of driving the other day on my way home and not only did it hesitate when I began to accelerate on a 30 mph street but it also began to slip and did not want to move for about 5 seconda when I was pressing on the gas, it was beginning to slow down instead of maintaining the speed it should have been when I was pressing the gas pedal. I was on a city street when this happened.

- Corpus Christi, TX, USA

The horn goes off after the car is locked with the key fob. No known way to stop it.

- Deltona, FL, USA

I was driving normally and the engine shut down with no warning (lights on the instrument panel went off) then came back up. Not long after this, I came across an article that suggested a current recall could be to blame for this but my VIN is not included in this recall. It should be. (date of occurrence is approximate.)

- Smithfield, NC, USA

Exploding sunroof - traveling South on I-5 at a speed of 60mph in Tacoma today (7/5/2018) in my brand new 6 month old 2018 Focus rs and just passed 56th street exit. Suddenly with what sounded like a gun shot, the sunroof exploded and I was covered with glass as the sunroof cover was open. Fortunately I had a hat on otherwise the very small shards might have gotten into my hair, eyes and face. Pulled of the highway and took a couple pictures. The damages from the exploding glass caused additional damages to the roof and wing of the car. This is currently estimated at over $2600 in damages. Not to mention the clean up the the interior car will need. Thank god my kids weren't in the back seat as they would have got the brunt of the glass.

- Puyallup, WA, USA

Both of the rear side windows had moulding that was loose, the first tech at schicker Ford said that they were all like that, the next day I went back and talked to another tech who gave me the same answer. I sent photos of the loose molding, then the tech said he would have to get Ford approval before it could be replaced. After about a week Ford gave approval to replace them. The tech. Said that Ford would not authorize for a loaner to be provided to me, so I had to wait three hours before the job was completed. This is a 2018 Ford Focus SE.

- St. Louis, MO, USA

My personal car had a battery die - I called the dealership and I got it towed- the dealership gave me a rental car for the day - when I started to work with the rental car I started feeling sick within 15 minutes but kept driving to work - (a 45 minute ride) I was at work for 15 minutes and then headed to an appointment- I got confused and started hallucinating - I pulled over on the side of the road - for about 4 hours I was going in and out of consciousness- I was rolling my windows up and down because I didn't feel good which the doctor said that is what saved me - finally I got back in the car because of my daughters concerns - I had to stop the car and started violently throwing up blood - at that point my daughter took me to redi med - they thought I was having a stroke and got me to the hospital - when I got to the hospital they took blood work and hooked me up to ekg and then took me for a catscan - my blood work came back with high levels of carbon monoxide poisoning and then I was on oxygen for 2 1/2 days - this whole thing was a crazy experience

- Worcester, MA, USA