2012 Ford Focus Engine

"TAKATA RECALL" I HAVE A 2012 FORD FOCUS, THAT IS KNOCKING LOUD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEN, THE DELEARSHIP DID TRANSMISSION WORK ON IT EARLIER 2016, ONE MORNING, WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND IT KNOCKING, SO MY HUSBAND CHECK TO SEE IF, THERE IS OIL IN THERE AND IT WAS, SO I WAS GOING TO TAKE TO HAVE A OIL CHANGE, BUT HE SAID, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON FIRST. I WILL TAKE TO DELARSHIP THIS WEEK TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT WOULD LIKE FORD TO TAKE CARE OF REPAIR. MY FOCUS WAS BOUGHT NEW AND I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 4 RECALLS ON IT SO FAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000.

MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT AND MY CAR DRIVERS REALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I GOT IT

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN JANUARY 2012 - THE CAR RAN GREAT FOR THE FIRST 8 MONTHS, IT WAS A SMOOTH RIDE AND THE ACCELERATION WAS QUICK. THAT YEAR I DROVE ALMOST 30K MILES UP AND DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. TOWARDS THE END OF THAT YEAR I STARTED TO NOTICE MY CAR WASN'T RUNNING THE SAME, THE ACCELERATION LAGGED AND WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE FROM 0MPH TO 20MPH IT WOULD SHAKE - FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T SWITCHING GEARS PROPERLY SO I BROUGHT IT INTO FORD WHERE I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT IN SEASIDE CA IN MONTEREY COUNTY. THEY RAN SOME TESTS AND SAID IT WAS FINE AND THAT WHAT I WAS FEELING WAS FROM THE NEW ENGINE FORD HAD CREATED TO HELP THEIR CARS RUN EFFICIENTLY AND NOT USE AS MUCH GAS. I ALSO BROUGHT IT INTO FORD SANTA MONICA IN LOS ANGELES CA SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME ISSUE - THIS WENT ON FOR YEARS AND THEY ALWAYS SAID THE SAME THING. IN AUGUST OF 2015 SANTA MONICA FORD FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT MY CAR INDEED HAD A RECALL AND NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH, BUT IT WAS BACK ORDERED. ON JANUARY 18TH OF 2016 MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE 405 SOUTH HEADED TO ORANGE COUNTY. MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 65 IN THE CARPOOL LANE - ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING AND THE RPMS WERE FLOORING, BUT THE ENGINE COULDN'T CATCH - WE HAD TO GET OVER 5 LANES BEFORE WE RAN OUT OF GAS AND WERE ALMOST KILLED BY A HUGE SEMI/18 WHEELER THAT WAS DRIVING OVER 70MPH. I HAD MY CAR TOWED FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING BECAUSE MONDAY WAS A HOLIDAY. SANTA MONICA FORD SAID IT WAS FINE, THAT FRIDAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED SO I BROUGHT IT TO FORD STAR LINCOLN IN GLENDALE. I'VE HAD OVER 4 CASES WITH FORD CORPORATE ABOUT MY CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND EVERY COUPLE MONTHS THEY CHANGE THE REGIONAL MANAGER I WAS DEALING WITH AND EVERY SINGLE CASE HAS MYSTERIOUSLY BEEN CLOSED FOR NO REASON. WHEN I CALL FORD TO ASK WHY THEY ARE CLOSED WHEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RESOLVED AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 02/26/16*LJ THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, WHERE THEY REPLACED THE VACUUM CYLINDER. HOWEVER, SHE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. UPDATED 02/29/16.*JB

MY FORD FOCUS IS ONE OF THE MANY CARS THAT HAVE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHERE THE CAR SHOWS A STUTTER AND SOMETIME STALL WHILE IN MOTION. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS BUT WON'T RESPOND TO TAKING THE CAR BACK. THIS RECENTLY BECAME A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING ON FREE WAY. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ABOUT 3 TIMES AND HAVE FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING BACK ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION. WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A HESITATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

2012 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *SMD EACH TIME THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER, THE LIGHT WOULD EVENTUALLY ILLUMINATE AGAIN. *JB

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 65MPH ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. NO POWER STEERING AND NO POWER BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN TRIED TO RESTART VIOLENT SHAKING. TOWED TO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR. NOT DIAGNOSED YET AFTER 2 DAYS. THIS CAR IS A LEMON. HAD TRANSMISSION CLUTCHES REPLACED TWICE. HAD TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED WHEN IT FAILED. HAVE CONTINUOUS WHEEL BEARING NOISE THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY NEVER SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

IN OCTOBER 2014 THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT ON 11.19.14. ON THE DAY PRIOR TO SAID APPOINTMENT, ROY O'BRIEN FORD CANCELED MY APPOINTMENT STATING THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. I HAVE NOW BEEN CALLING BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR EIGHT MONTHS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE MY VEHICLE INSPECTED. I ALSO FILED A CASE NUMBER WITH FORD ON 01.13.15 - #CAS5815506. TO THIS DATE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I FINALLY CALLED FORD AGAIN ON 5.11.15 AND WAS TOLD, BY PATRICIA - A 2ND LEVEL CUSTOMER SERVICE REP" THAT IT'S "NOT REALLY A RECALL". TAKE YOUR CAR IN TO SEE "IF" IT NEEDS SERVICE. WELL, I CAN'T VERY WELL DO THAT WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WON'T RESCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THIS IS VEHICLE HAS DANGEROUS POTENTIAL TO STOP RUNNING AT ANY MOMENT. THESE MODELS WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES SHOULD NEVER BE SOLD.

I AM CURRENTLY ON MY 2ND CLUTCH ON MY 2012 FORD FOCUS. I AM STILL EXPERIENCING SHUDDERING AND MISS SHIFTING WHEN DRIVING. THIS CAUSES LURCHING WHEN TAKING OFF AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A FEW CRASHES. SPEAKING WITH FORD CORPORATE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX FOR THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED, THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,500.

TRANSMISSION HESITATION AND CAR JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING AT ESPECIALLY LOWER SPEEDS. SHUTTERING SOUND AND LACK OF POWER AND THEN SUDDEN ACCELERATION AFTER THE HESITATION. FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HAVE HAD IN FOR FORD SERVICE 3 TIMES AND GOING BACK FOR FOURTH TIME THIS WEEK. NEVER SEEMS FIXED. INCLINED STOPS ON HILLS AND INTERSECTION QUICK ACCELERATION ARE VERY BAD.

WHEN EXCELLING FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE CAR JERKS AS IF THE CLUTCH IS NOT CATCHING. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE CLUTCH PLATES AND THEY SAID I HAD A TRANSMISSION LEAK. A CAR THAT IS STILL UNDER FULL WARRANTY SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. THE CAR STILL JERKS ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE REPLACED MULTIPLE THINGS ON THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, THE SHIFT DISPLAY STARTED BLINKING (SO THE "D" WAS FLASHING) AND THEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP WHERE IT WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN ON AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY IT STARTED, AND AFTER INSPECTION BY RETAILER AUTOZONE READ TCM MODULE ISSUE. VEHICLE HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS, RECENT OIL CHANGE, AND HAD BATTERY REPLACED WITH NEW ONE AS RECOMMENDED. FOLLOWING BATTERY REPLACEMENT THE VEHICLE AGAIN SLOWED TO A STOP WITH SHIFT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS DONE AND TOLD IT WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. APPROX 30 MILES LATER THE VEHICLE AGAIN CAME TO A STOP, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, ONLY THE GEAR IT WAS IN BLINKED. TOLD BY SEPARATE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT THE TCM MODULE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. PRIOR TO SOFTWARE UPDATE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO ON, BUT AFTER THAT IT WOULD NOT BUT THE VEHICLE DID CONTINUE TO COME TO A STOP. COULD REV THE ENGINE BUT TO NO AVAIL. STOPPING INCIDENTS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN A FEW DAYS. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OR STREET AS THE 2012 FORD FOCUS SE STOPS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF ALERTING THE DRIVER TO ISSUE AND WILL NOT RESTART.

MY 2012 FORD FOCUS HAS BEEN REALLY MESSING UP LATELY. AFTER HAVING IT REPROGRAMED SINCE IT WAS SHUTTERING AND SUCH... ON 3 OCCASIONS THIS CAR HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN OUT OF GEAR, TWICE WHILE I AM GOING FULL SPEED AT APPROX 50 - 55 MILES/HOUR. THE DISPLAY BEGINS FLASHING AND THEN COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD TO COAST INTO A TURN AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WOULD GO BACK INTO GEAR AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MY TOWN AND SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THIS AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK INTO WHY MY ENGINE WOULD LOOSE POWER COMPLETELY AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND NEVER RETURNED MY CALL. ON THE SECOND EVENT THE DRIVE INDICATOR D FLASHED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION (50-55MPH) AND THEN I COAST TO A TURN AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TURN IT BACK ON AND AM ABLE TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I CALL THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE ME BRING IT IN AND THEY LOOK AT IT AND DISCOVER IT NEEDS A NEW TCM SO THEY ORDER THE PART AND THEN I TAKE THE CAR HOME. THE NEXT DAY I AM IN TOWN SHOPPING AND I TURN INTO A PARKING PLACE AND WHILE I AM IN THE PROCESS MY CAR MAKES A CLINKING, SCREECHING SOUND AND THEN ACTS LIKE IT HAS FALLEN BACK OUT OF GEAR AGAIN! THIS TIME IT DOES NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR SO I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE IT TOWED TO THEM AND THEN THE TCM WAS PUT INTO IT. I AM NOW ACTUALLY SCARED OF DRIVING THIS CAR. SO, I HAVE HAD THE CAR REPROGRAMED ONCE...3 COMPLETE GEAR FAILURES...NEW TCM... WE NEED FORD TO BUY BACK THIS CAR IT IS DANGEROUS!!!

ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON, STARTING TO GET ON INTERSTATE, CAR WOULD NOT EXCELERATE PAST 30 MILE PER HOUR ALL THE WAY HOME ABOUT 45 MILES

WHILE DRIVING HOME, I CAME TO A STOP BEHIND A CAR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS AS IF THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND I WAS STEPPING ON THE GAS. THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF ME. I HAD TO COMPLETELY TURN OFF MY CAR WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE CAR. NO LATER THAN 15 MINUTES LATER WHILE ON A HILL BY MY APARTMENT, THE CAR ONCE AGAIN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IF I HADN'T PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS QUICK AS I DID, IT WOULD'VE ROLLED BACK ON THE CAR BEHIND ME. I HAVE HAD 3 TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND 2 INCIDENCES PRIOR TO TODAY THAT INVOLVED ENDANGERING MY LIFE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD 3 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THIS CAR IS INDEED A SAFETY HAZARD AND WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS, NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.

I GOT INTO MY CAR AFTER WORK AND NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, AS I LEFT THE PARKING LOT OF MY JOB AND HEADED TOWARDS THE FREEWAY WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE . I COULD ONLY REACH SPEEDS OF 40 MPH AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND I COULD HEAR KNOCKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND TOOK STREETS HOME, AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE SHAKING STOPPED AND I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE VERY NEXT DAY THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE CAR RAN SMOOTHLY BUT ON THE THIRD DAY AS I GOT IN MY CAR ONCE AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND AS SOON AS I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND THIS TIME I COULD ONLY GET THE CAR TO REACH 20 MPH WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN ACCOMPANIED BY LOUD RATTLING AND KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT TRYING TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR JUST DOESN'T PICK UP SPEED. *TR

1. CAR OCCASIONALLY DROPS OUT OF GEAR ON HIGHWAY CAUSING CARS BEHIND ME TO SWERVE AROUND 2. CAR AT STOPS SIGNS/STOPLIGHTS OCCASIONALLY DROPS OUT OF GEAR ON ACCELERATION. ALMOST GOT HIT BY A TRUCK WHEN MAKING A LEFT AND CAR SLOWED TO A CRAWL DUE TO DROPPING OUT OF GEAR. 3. REVERSE GEAR DOES NOT WORK OCCASIONALLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTROL MODULE AND THE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 6/8/15*CN