2010 Ford Focus VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED AND HESITATED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS THE ENGINE (35 MPH) THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND DROPPED IN SPEED YO A FEW MPR. SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE I DROVE ABOUT A MILE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THE ENGINE ICON LITE CAME ON. I THEN CALLED FOR A WRECKER WHICH TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE E THROTTLE BODY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,900. *TT *JS THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE FAILURE. *JS

ON AT LEAST 4 VARIOUS RANDOM OCCASIONS OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS, WITH THE FOCUS IN MOTION ON A ROADWAY, THE FOCUS ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP OF THE VEHICLE. TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS OCCURRED RECENTLY IN MARCH AND APRIL OF 2017. ON THOSE OCCASIONS, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY NORMAL BRAKING. OTHER MEASURES SUCH AS SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION LEVER, APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR PULLING OFF THE ROAD WERE NECESSARY BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 68' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,177.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 3/4 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 80' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,345

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 3/4 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 80' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,368.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 3/4 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 80' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,223.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 80' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,177.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 72' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,394.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 69' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,448

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 80' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,442.

AT A STOP SIGN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THEN PULLED BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR WORKED FINE FOR REST OF DAY. CONDITIONS: 1/2 TANK OF GAS, IN MORNING CAR WARMED ABOUT 10MINS, 85' DEGREE TEMP OUTSIDE. MILEAGE 162,433.

JUST AFTER I LEFT HOME TWO WEDNESDAYS AGO; AFTER ABOUT 1/4 MILE, MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO DECELERATE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON. I DROVE IT TO MY REPAIR SHOP (ABOUT 14 MILES AWAY INCLUDING A HIGHWAY) AND ALTHOUGH IT NEVER STOPPED, I HAD TO KEEP HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET JUST OVER 50MPH. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, IT WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. WHEN I PICKED IT UP, IT DID DRIVE NORMALLY. HOWEVER, THE NEXT TIME THAT I DROVE IT (THE FOLLOWING EVENING) THE SAME THING HAPPENED (AT THE SAME LOCATION FROM MY HOME). THIS TIME BOTH THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I STOPPED AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I STARTED IT AFTER A MINUTE AND THE SPEED DROPPED TO ZERO AFTER A FEW YARDS. THE NEXT MORNING ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR SHOP, IT AGAIN DECELERATED TO ZERO. THE SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE SENSOR AND I PAID ALMOST $200 TO GET IT FIXED (I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY). TWO DAYS LATER, LAST WEDNESDAY, AT THE SAME LOCATION, THE CAR DECELERATED AGAIN TO ZERO (THREE TIMES). I HAD AN EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT THAT DAY SO I HAD TO DRIVE IT. THAT NIGHT, I HAD JUST GOTTEN ON THE HIGHWAY TO COME HOME WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THANKFULLY, IT WAS VERY LATE AND NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A SHOULDER ON WHICH TO PULL OVER. THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED TWICE. THE SOONEST APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE WAS THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE FORD SERVICE REP, THIS IS NORMAL; ALL CARS SUDDENLY STOP EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE NORMAL TO ME. I WOULD THINK THAT SUDDENLY LOSING CONTROL OF ONE'S CAR, ESPECIALLY ON A HIGHWAY, IS VERY UNSAFE. SOMETIMES, I'VE DRIVEN WITHOUT INCIDENT AND SOMETIMES, I HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN IN COMMON IS THAT WHEN IT OCCURS, IT'S ALWAYS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER I START DRIVING.

GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AND ENGINE STOPPED DEW TO THROTTLE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AT ALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. DURING THE FAILURE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS S. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ON ITS OWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING AND MAINTENANCE WRENCH INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,800.

ERROR CODES COMING UP P2135 AND P2111 LOSES POWER AND RUNS ROUGH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE WRENCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE CONTACT PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE CONTROL POSITION SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,325 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE.THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO IDLE VERY LOUDLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

WHILE BRAKING WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE STARTS REVVING VERY HIGH. DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE CAR IS IN GEAR, THE CAR WILL MOVE EVEN WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, IN FACT A VERY INFREQUENT ONE. CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS RE: THIS PROBLEM AND NO DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN OBTAINED. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 1500 MILES ON IT. EIGHT SEPARATE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN NOTED, APPROXIMATELY EVERY 150 MILES. THE PROBLEM HAS ONLY OCCURRED WHEN STOPPING, NEVER WHILE DRIVING. *TR