2007 Ford Focus Power Train

IN JUNE 2013, I WAS DRIVING N ON I15 (APPROX 82 MILES FROM HOME. AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL AROUND 80MPH, THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGED TO 65. AS I TAPPED THE BRAKE TO STOP CC, MY CAR ALMOST STOPPED TO A GRINDING HALT. THE CAR HAD 47000 MILES. AFTER I PANICKED FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR BECAUSE I AM DISABLED, I FINALLY PUT IT IN D & IT WORKED. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, IT LITERALLY STOPPED PERMANENTLY IN MY DRIVEWAY. I CALLED A TOW TO TAKE TO FORD DEALERSHIP. I PAID FOR THE TOW AND OF COURSE ALMOST $200 TO TELL ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPAIRED! THIS WOULD COST AROUND $3600! FORD HAS BEEN IGNORING ME FOR YEARS BECAUSE I FEEL THEY SHOULD PAY FOR TOWING, DIAGNOSTICS, REPAIRS AND CAR RENTALS. I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING. NOT A LETTER FROM THE DEALERSHIP'S OWNER, NOTHING. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH EIGHT MILES ON THE ODOMETER & TOOK CARE OF IT SO IT WOULD LAST MANY YEARS. FORD HAS TREATED ME EXTREMELY UNFAIRLY & I'M STILL VERY ANGRY ABOUT THE MONEY I HAD TO SPEND! THANK YOU

"TAKATA RECALL" I'M HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD FOCUS WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY IN THE HIGHER GEARS, 3RD AND 4TH I HAD IT CHECKED AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO VERIFYED THAT THE COMPUTER TOLD THEM THAT THE HIGHER GEARS WERE AT FAULT. I WOULD LIKE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WITH THIS PROBLEM.

WAS LEAVING WORK PUT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR AND THE SHIFTER CAME APART IN MY HAND AFTER IT WAS PUT INTO GEAR. WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK OR TAKE THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION.WHILE I WAS DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECREASED IN SPEED TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A BUSHING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/12/16*LJ

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND PARKING WHEN MY GEAR SHIFTER FELL APART IN MY HAND. LITERALLY THREW UP A SPRING AND THE BUTTON POPPED OFF I MANAGED TO GET IT ACROSS THE STREET TO ADVANCED AUTO PARTSWHERE THE WORKER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO KIND OF FIX IT FOR ME. I HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT BEING ON THE ROAD AND IT FALLING APART AGAIN THIS IS SO UNSAFE. THANK YOU [XXX] THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS HERE ON THE SAME THING. ALSO THIS CAR HAS HESITATED WHEN DRIVING AND SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. FRIGHTENING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE ENGINE POWER DECREASED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE ENGINE REVVED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE DEALER FOR FIFTEEN DAYS WHILE WAITING ON THE REPLACEMENT PART TO BE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 02/02/15*LJ UPDATED 08/24/2017*CT

MY '07 FOCUS HAS BEEN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR & AT TIMES, JUST STOPS! A YELLOW FLASHING, OD OFF, LIGHTS & FLASHES ON THE DASH. LEFT ME STRANDED & I HAVE MS!! I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 8 MILES ON IT AND HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT, SO I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING STRANDED. IT HAS ONLY 53,700 MILES! IS THERE A RECALL OR A CLASS ACTION SUIT, BECAUSE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EITHER OR BOTH! WHEN I WAS STOPPED ON A STEEP HILL, APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE CAR HAD ROUGHLY 20000 MILES, IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN DRIVE. THEN IT WAS FINE SO I DIDN'T SEE A REASON TO BRING IT IN, JUST GUESSED THE HILL WAS TOO STEEP FOR IT...SEEMS I GUESSED WRONG! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 FORD FOCUS HOME WHEN MY GEAR SHIFT FELL APART IN MY HAND. LUCKILY I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT IS NOW NOT DRIVABLE AND HAS TO BE TOWED TO THE SHOP TO BE WORKED ON. I DO NOT BELIEVE A GEAR SHIFT SHOULD FALL APART IN YOUR HAND AS THIS ONE DID. I GOT ONLINE AND READ THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. I THINK THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS TO THIS IS TRULY A SAFETY ISSUE. THANK GOD THIS HAPPENED BEFORE MY PLANNED VACATION WITH MY NIECE TO THE COAST WHICH WOULD MEAN TRAVELING CURVY ROADS AND IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN IT MAY HAVE COST US BOTH OUR LIVES. I HAVE WRITTEN AND COMPLAINED TO FORD COMPANY VIA THEIR ONLINE SITE BUT I EXPECT THAT NOTHING WILL PROBABLY BE DONE BUT IT'S SAD THAT FORD COMPANY PRIDES THEMSELVES ON SAFETY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WOULD LET THIS GO ON WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED. I WILL DEFINITELY THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT AS TO DEFINITELY THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SAFETY. MAYBE A FATAL ACCIDENT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THIS GETS ADDRESSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE ENGINE TOIDLE FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BE SHIFTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE THROTTLE ON MY CAR CONTINUALLY GETS STUCK OPEN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING REPEATEDLY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AND AM PROBABLY GOING TO DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS. I GO TO BRAKE AND MY CAR WON'T STOP. TONIGHT, 2/24, I WENT TO STOP COMING OFF THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR ACTUALLY ACCELERATED WHILE I WAS BRAKING. FORD HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO FIX THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ONLINE AND SEE THAT IT HAPPENS TO ALMOST ANYONE WHO HAD THE UNFORTUNATE LUCK OF BUYING SUCH A CRAPPY CAR. FIX IT BEFORE I DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT MYSELF. IT IS BECOMING A MORE FREQUENT INCIDENT. IT HAS HAPPENED IN 2010, 2011, THE END OF 2012 AND JUST NOW. *TR

TRAVELING ON AN FREEWAY, I DOWNSHIFTED (MTX75, 5SP MANUAL TRANS) AND PASSED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THEN WENT TO UP SHIFT AND FOUND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENTER ANY GEARS. SHIFTER WOULD MOVE SIDE TO SIDE, BUT NO UP AND DOWN INTO THE GATES. TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND TORE DOWN TO FIND CAUSE. FOUND A ROLL PIN HAD FALLEN OUT/SHEARED OFF ON THE GEAR SELECTOR ASSEMBLY ON THE TRANSMISSION. RESEARCH SHOWED THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THIS TRANSMISSION WITH NO FIX OR UPDATED PARTS FROM MANUFACTURER. *TR

2007 FORD FOCUS 3 DOOR W/AUTO TRANSMISSION. 130,000 MILES. CAR IS SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. RPM SUDDENLY RISES FOR NO REASON. STRONG VIBRATION ON THE HILLS. MECHANIC REPLACED THE OVERDRIVE SENSOR AS IT WAS THROWING A CODE. FORD WANTS $3700 TO REPLACE WITH NEW TRANSMISSION. I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT IT ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS COMPUTER OR WIRING. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF SIMILAR STORIES ABOUT THESE FORD FOCUS TRANSMISSIONS. ITS NOT A WELL BUILT UNIT. FORD KNOWS THESE TRANSMISSION ARE NOT RELIABLE AND SHOULD REPLACE AND REMANN THEM ALL! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE WOULD REV UP AND NOT SHIFT GEARS, ONCE IT DID SHIFT CAR LURCHED FORWARD. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BURNING OUT. TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO CONFIRMED. FORD STATED THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR ALMOST $3000. FORD PAYED $500. CAR ONLY HAD 27,027 MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE. THE SUDDEN LURCH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND/OR THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND SUDDEN LURCHING ON THE FOCUS. THE RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION CARRIES A HIGHER MILEAGE WARRANTY THAN THE ORIGINAL ONE WHICH MAKES ONE WONDER IF FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND CORRECTING IT ON THE SLY AS FAILURES OCCUR AND TRANSMISSIONS ARE REPLACED. *TT

2007 FORD FOCUS PZEV MODEL. ONLY WHEN ENGINE IS COLD, WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PUT IN REVERSE, IT WILL SUDDENLY SURGE AND MOVE MUCH FASTER THAN THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR WOULD CAUSE. IT BEGAN HAPPENING WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT ONLY SPORADICALLY, IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LOT MORE NOW THAT THE CAR IS OLDER. IN THE PAST I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT ON TWO OCCASIONS AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG SO I AM JUST VERY CAREFUL WHEN I AM BACKING THE CAR UP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL AND EXCESSIVE INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM TO THE LATEST COLLABORATION. THE DEALER FURTHER TESTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED HOWEVER WHEN THE CONTACT RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,600. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK ABNORMALLY BEFORE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE ROTATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,668.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND HAD OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

VEHICLE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER WAS PUT IN PARK AND COULD MOVE TO REVERSE WITHOUT PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON ON SHIFTER. THE KEY DID NOT RELEASE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, SO THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER WAS REPLACED AT DEALER. APPROX 47,000 MILEAGE ON VEHICLE AT A COST OF 200 DOLLARS. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE ME BACK THE OLD PART. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FOCUS. I WAS SHOPPING AND WENT TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND THE GEARSHIFT FELL APART IN MY HAND! THE WHOLE THING DISCONNECTED, WIRES HANGING OUT THE BOTTOM, NO WAY I COULD PUT IT BACK IN BY MYSELF, SO I WAS STRANDED UNTIL TOW SHOWED UP. WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THIS FALLS UNDER WARRANTY OR I WILL BE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. TOTALLY TICKED OFF, EVEN MORE SO AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FINDING OUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT ON THE PART OF THE DRIVER, THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL IN PLACE SO THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE DRIVERS END UP STRANDED?! *TR

2007 FORD FOCUS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUES. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL AND DOWNSHIFTS TO LOW GEAR AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS TO BE THROWN FORWARD. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING SO I TOOK IN AND HAD A TRANS FLUSH AND THEN, 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT MY WHOLE TRANSMISSION CAME OUT. A 2007 MODEL SHOULD LAST A LITTLER LONGER THAN THAT. I AM STUCK WITHOUT A VEHICLE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES, NO MAJOR INCIDENTS LED UP TO IT, HOWEVER, MINOR SOUNDS WHEN IT SHIFTED, TRACTION CONTROL WOULD NOT SHUT OFF ON ONE OCCASION. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IT STARTED TO STALL AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I KEPT DRIVING THE CAR HOME AND IT WAS NOT SHIFTING AT 35 TO 40 MILES P/HR. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP NEAR MY HOUSE AND THEY DIDN'T REPAIR IT AT ALL. FROM THERE I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. SO, I TOOK MY CAR TO BOB BAKER FORD. BOB BAKER FORD TOLD ME THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THEY CHARGED ME $3,076.10 DOLLARS. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2004 FORD FOCUS WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM THEM AND THEY SHOULD PAY AT LEAST FOR THE COST OF THE NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

ON AN UPHILL SECTION OF ROAD (SLIGHT INCLINE) WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE WHILE STOPPED FOR A STOP SIGN, I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND BEFORE I COULD STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I WAS ABLE TO REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND JAMMED DOWN THE GAS PEDAL TO AVOID ROLLING BACKWARD INTO THE NEXT CAR IN LINE BEHIND ME. A PERSON CROSSING THE STREET BETWEEN MY CAR AND THE CAR BEHIND WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED. I NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ON ANY OTHER CAR WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEFORE. THE FORD DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL FOR A 2007 FORD FOCUS WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION. I THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS ROLL BACK PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. *JB