2013 Ford Focus UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Was driving and had stoppedat a red light. Car died andwould not start again. Has not started since

I HAVE HAD MY FOCUS IN THE SHOP AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION. EACH TIME THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCHES & SEALS. NOW THEY SAY IT NEEDS THE CLUTCHES, SEALS, THROW OUT BEARING AND FORKS AT A COST OF $2231.00 & IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM SINCE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2013 & FORD WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST BE HIT SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT CORRECTLY. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS WELL AS MECHANICAL.

CAR WAS RUNNING AND THEN JUST DIED. CAR WAS STATIONARY.

THE TRANSMISSION STICKS AND VEHICLE IS HARD TO GET UP TO SPEED. TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED DEALER AND IT'S THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH AND SAID THEY SEE THE FORDS AND FIESTAS DOING THIS A LOT!

I WAS DRIVING IN MY CITY AND WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT NOT TOO FAR FROM MY HOUSE. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN TO TURN, AND AS I WAS MID TURN, MY CAR SORT OF STALLED. IT KEPT LURCHING AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND REVVED UP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT WHEN IT REVVED UP. BY THE TIME THE LIGHT TURNED RED, I WAS STILL MOVING, BUT VERY SLOWLY AND FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF COASTING IN AN ABRUPT WAY. LUCKILY I WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO MY PLACE AND COULD GO SLOWLY. WHEN I WENT TO PARK, I TRIED BACKING UP AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE, IT JUST ROLLED FORWARD. I HAD TO REPARK, BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET MY CAR TO BACK UP. I CAME IN AND TOLD MY HUSBAND, AND HE THINKS IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION.

THE CAR SHAKES WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS AN TAKE OFF TODAY IT DID IT BAD IN TRAFFIC AN WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE AN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.. I TOKE IT TO SEE WHY THE LIGHT CAME ON AN IT WAS THE CODE P080D WITCH IS THE SAME AS MANY OTHER HAVE REPORTED CLUTCH MOTOR TCM I JUST HOPE THAT'S IT AN I STILL HAVE A WARRANTY ON IT..

I HAVE A NOTIFICATION ON MY CAR THAT SAYS TRANSMISSION FAULT AND MY CAR IS DRIVING LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH IS IMPAIRED. THE DOOR APPEARS TO BE CLOSED BUT DOES NOT LATCH TO SEAL THE DOOR IN PLACE. THIS WAS RECENTLY NOTICED BY A PROFESSIONAL DETAILING SERVICE IN JANUARY 2020. IT APPEARS THIS IS THE SAME RECALL ISSUE FROM THE 2017 RECALL REGARDING LATCH/LINKAGE ISSUES.

DPS6 TRANSMISSION CONTINUOUSLY CAUSING PROBLEMS TO CAR FROM GEARS BEING SKIPPED, TAKES A SECOND FOR THE CAR TO GET GOING WHEN PRESSING GAS THEN WHEN IT GOES IT'S LIKE A ROCKET BLAST. STUTTERING WHEN IDLE. WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS BUT THEN NEEDING TO STEP ON THE GAS TO GO UP HILL, THE CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY- ITS A DELAYED ACCELERATION. WHEN LIGHTLY PRESSING THE GAS THE CAR STUTTERS AND YOU CAN HEAR THE METAL GEARS SHIFTING. WHEN RECALLS ARE FIXED, IT LEADS TO ME HAVING TO PAY FOR OTHER ISSUES TO BE FIXED (I.E. GOT FUEL TAKE RECALL FIXED BUT PAID $900 B/C OF OTHER DAMAGES CAUSED FROM THE DEFECT- IS WHAT I WAS TOLD). ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2015 WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED. FORD PUT MORE EFFORT IN TEACHING THEIR DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL HOW TO B.S. CUSTOMERS WITH FALSE LANGUAGE OF WHAT ISSUES ARE AND NOT EVER BEING HONEST. NO ONE SHOULD BE DRIVING THIS DEATH TRAP OF A CAR.

FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS MY FORD FOCUS 2013 HAS HAD THE RADIO SYSTEM GO OUT ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. TYPICALLY THERE WOULD BE A LOUD POP, THEN IT WOULDN'T WORK UNTIL I RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS WASN'T A BIG DEAL TO ME-- I DON'T MIND DRIVING WITHOUT MUSIC. THE PAST MONTH IT HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. INSTEAD OF JUST A LOUD POP, IT WILL OFTEN MAKE A CRACKLING OR SCREECHING NOISE FOR UP TO A MINUTE OR TWO. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE I'M DRIVING AS WELL AS WHEN THE CAR IS NOT EVEN ON (MOST LIKELY DRAINING THE BATTERY, SINCE THE RADIO LIGHTS UP WHEN MAKING THE NOISE). TODAY WAS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING. I LEFT MY HOUSE TO WALK TO MY CAR, AND COULD HEAR FROM MY BACKYARD (TO THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY WHERE IT WAS PARKED) A LOUD SCREECHING, POPPING, CRACKLING NOISE. I WALKED UP TO MY CAR AND, SURE ENOUGH, ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T EVEN UNLOCKED, STILL HAD ALL THE DOORS SHUT, AND I HADN'T EVEN TOUCHED IT, IT WAS MAKING THESE NOISES THAT COULD BE HEARD FROM A DISTANCE. I GOT INTO MY CAR, HOPING STARTING IT WOULD HELP, BUT THE NOISES CONTINUED. IT WAS SUCH A STARTLING NOISE, I COULDN'T IMAGINE DRIVING WITH IT GOING. I ENDED UP GOING BACK INSIDE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON HOW TO HELP IT. WHEN I CAME BACK OUT HALF AN HOUR LATER IT WAS STILL GOING. IN MY RESEARCH I SAW MANY OTHER FORD FOCUS 2013 OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. I REALIZE THIS IS CONSIDERED A COSMETIC ISSUE, WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND SINCE A RADIO ISN'T NECESSARY. BUT NOW IT HAS ESCALATED TO A CONTINUOUS NOISE THAT CAN BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF MY CAR AND GOES EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT ON-- I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I ENDED UP TAKING OUT THE FUSE #79 AFTER READING OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE SIMILARLY, AND CHECKING WITH MY OWNER'S MANUAL. I'M A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT DOING THIS SINCE THAT FUSE ALSO WORKS WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND THE DOOR LOCKS. BUT WITH THE SOUND STILL GOING, I KNEW I HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT OR COULDN'T DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK.

THE TRANSMISSION FAIL COMES ON AND SAYS GET IT FIXED AND I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK FOR GETTING THE RECALLS FIXED ON IT NOW I'M HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

ALL RECALLS WERE CORRECTED. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS A LIGHT, WHEN DECODED IT SAYS IT IS THE VACCUM SYSTEM AND EPA REGULATIONS. WHEN HAS IS PUT IN THE CAR, IT STALLS AND STRUGGLES TO START. TO START IT, GAS PEDAL MUST BE PUSHED FIRST. IF GAS PEDAL IS NOT PUSHED, CALL STALLS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW LOW GAS IS WHEN GAS IS PUT IN THE CAR, IT STALLS.

THE RADIO/SPEAKERS WILL SUDDENLY MAKE A LOUD POPPING SOUND/CRACKLING SOUND OUT OF NOWHERE. THE POPPING/CRACKLING IS OFTEN LOUD ENOUGH TO WHERE IT STARTLES THE DRIVER, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY SO THE DRIVER CANNOT BE PREPARED FOR THE LOUD, STARTLING NOISE. TSB ISSUED FOR ST MODEL BUT NOT SE. PLEASE HELP. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS HAVING THIS PROBLEM! PLEASE CONSIDER A RECALL. IT IS COSTING OWNERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO "DIAGNOSE" AND SOMETIMES GET A FIX. THANK YOU.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, RANDOM, SUDDEN THUDS BEGAN TO OCCUR ON WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE ROOF OF THE CAR; SOMETIMES A SINGLE THUD, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE. THIS WAS WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION; AND NOT WITH THE RADIO ON. IT HAPPENED DAILY, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ON FRIDAY 10/11 AND WHENEVER DRIVING ON SATURDAY 10/12 AND SUNDAY 10/13 (WITHOUT THE RADIO OR CD PLAYER ON) LOUD, SUDDEN AND PROLONGED SIZZLING AND CRACKLING/POPPING SOUNDS WOULD BREAK OUT IN WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE DASHBOARD(?) AND DOORS? MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS WITNESS TO ALL OF THIS, AND WE BOTH WERE FRIGHTENED BY IT EACH TIME IT HAPPENED (A TOTAL OF 20+ TIMES?). I CONSIDERED NOT DRIVING THE CAR AT ALL, BUT HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND LIVE IN A SOMEWHAT RURAL AREA. IT OBVIOUSLY IS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE, AND IS A PROGESSION FROM THE THUDS THAT WERE INITIALLY HAPPENING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. WHAT ON EARTH CAN BE GOING ON THIS CAR? AGAIN, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT ALL HAPPENS WHEN THE RADIO HASN'T EVEN BEEN TURNED ON. I'M AFRAID THAT A WIRING BREAKAGE HAS OCCURRED SOMEWHERE AND A FIRE COULD POTENTIONALLY BREAK OUT IN THE CAB!

MY SON(I AM ON CAR LOAN ALSO) RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD FOR THE PURGE VALVE. HE TOOK IT TO HOPKINS FORD IN ELGIN, IL WHERE WE PURCHASED VEHICLE. THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE PURGE VALVE AND DID A FLASH PCM INSTEAD AND 3 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR AN EVAPORATION LEAK-DIRECTLY RELATED TO PURGE VALVE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE OWNER OF DEALERSHIP, FORD MOTOR CO. TONY REINHART REGIONAL MANAGER FOR IL FORD AND NO ONE HAS RESPONDED.

IT WAS SEPT. 16TH, ABOUT 8:15PM. AFTER GETTING OFF WORK, I GOT INTO MY CAR AND STARTED IT UP. THERE CAME A SOUND AND WARNING ON THE DASH THAT A DOOR WAS AJAR. I TRIED MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR BUT THAT DIDN'T EFFECT THE WARNINGS. SO, I GOT OUT, OPENED AND THEN SLAM SHUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR, THE WARNINGS HAD STOPPED, SO I BACKED OUT, THEN PULLED FORWARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO GARDEN GROVE BLVD., A FAIRLY BUSY STREET EVEN AT THIS LATER HOUR. WITH MY BLINKER ON AND THE WAY CLEAR, I ACCELERATED INTO THE STREET FOR MY LEFT TURN. I'D JUST GOTTEN INTO THE TURN WHEN THE PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG WIDE OPEN! BY DUMB LUCK, JUST AS THE TURN WAS FINISHED, THERE WAS AN ENTRANCE ON THE IMMEDIATE RIGHT INTO A LIQUOR STORE PARKING LOT. AFTER TRYING TO SECURELY CLOSE IT HALF A DOZEN TIMES, I TOOK OUT A CHUNK OF THICK ROPE FROM THE TRUNK AND TIED THE DOOR HANDLE TO THE CAR SEAT HEADREST POLE. WOW, PRETTY SCARY. IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNBUCKLED AND SITTING THERE, THEY'D WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE REMAINED IN THE CAR.

I BROUGHT CAR TO FORD STAR BECAUSE I FEEL SHUDDER AND ALSO I RECEIVED LETTER FROM FORD ABOUT THE RECALL OF THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER 3DAYS THEY RELEASE THE CAR AND TELLING ME THAT SHUDDER AND JERKING ARE IN NORMAL LIMIT. AND THE CHARGE ME FOR THE LABOR OF $195.BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR.

THE CAR TENDS TO SHUDDER AS IT ACCELERATES, SOMETIMES MORE, SOMETIMES LESS. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO FOR THE CAR WHICH MIGHT BE RELATED TO THIS (NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 18V735), BUT THERE IS STILL NO AVAILABLE REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM IN ITSELF.

MY VEHICLE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH THAT IS A KNOWN FACT TO FORD! IT'S BEEN FIXED TWICE BUT STILL HAVING ISSUES! WHEN I CALLED THEY TOLD ME NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT FIX AGAIN! THE CAR HESTITATES WHEN U EXCELLERATE WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. I AM AT A LOSS IT HAS LOW MILEAGE BUT WORTH NOTHING. DO YOU HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM? DO YOU KNOW IF FORD ARE GOING TO FIX THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES? YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!

THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT USED,IT HAD A BATTERY BOIL OVER ISSUE,THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED,THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START.

FAULTY TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING AND THE CAR WOULD COME TO A HALT. WE TOOK IT IN ONCE TO HAVE IT FIXED AND HAD TO PAY $1500 FOR THEM TO REPLACE PARTS IN THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. OUR CAR STILL SHUDDERS. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR WHICH ISN'T EVEN PAID OFF YET.

SUNDAY JULY 21ST, I NOTICED THE CAR WAS LURCHING ERRATICALLY WHILE DRIVING NO MORE THAN 35 MPH AND FROM STOPS. I REALLY DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE CAR HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN LIKE CRAP. ON THE 22ND, I NOTICED THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. I TOOK MY CHANCES AND STARTED TO DRIVE TO WORK. IT WAS A TOTAL LURCH FEST FOR THE 3 MILES I DROVE, AND I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE INSTEAD OF DRIVING ON TO WORK. I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO PARK IT SAFELY AT HER RESIDENCE. I CALLED FOR A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP, SUNSET FORD OF ST. LOUIS. IT IS NOW SITTING THERE AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN BASICALLY ALREADY INFORMED ME THAT HE EXPECTS MY REPAIR TO NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I ALREADY HAD A MAJOR TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, I THINK. THAT ONE WAS STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR ONLY HAS 43000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I HAVE BROUGHT IT IN FOR THIS ISSUE, I BELIEVE. ALSO OF NOTE, I NEVER RECEIVED THE FOLLOW UP LETTER FROM THE 18S32/18-V-735 NHTSA RECALL FROM FORD NOTIFYING ME THAT THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD 4 HEADS WHEN I TOLD HIM I NEVER RECEIVED THE LETTER. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD HEARD FROM ANYONE ELSE THAT THEY HAD NEVER GOTTEN THE LETTER. HE SAID NO. I DON'T BELIEVE HIM.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN JULY 2014. IT HAD ABOUT 3,500 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A "SHUDDER" TO IT AND MADE A HORRIBLE SCRAPING SOUND WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS. I TOOK IT TO THE PLACE WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. SINCE THEN, IT'S REALLY BEEN JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SAFETY RECALLS INVOLVING (1) A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO CORRECT ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FAILURES, (2) A SIDE DOOR LATCH REPLACEMENT, AND (3) A PROBLEM WITH THE CPV. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT SHOCKS - A VISIT THAT UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH ORIGINAL PARTS THAT ALSO RESULTED IN MY VEHICLE BEING IMMOBILIZED FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY AND RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSES OF A RENTAL VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN THE UPKEEP OF THIS VEHICLE WITH OIL CHANGES, FILTER REPLACEMENTS, A NEW BATTERY, AND TIRES. STILL, I AM PRESENTLY EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES WITH THIS CAR ACCELERATING AFTER BRAKING. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS JUMPING GEARS AND IS RELUCTANT TO UP-SHIFT. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OVERALL "BEHAVIOR" OF THE CAR BEFORE I TOOK IT IN FOR THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FAILURE RECALL. I HAVE ALSO, ON OCCASION, NOTED THAT THERE SEEMS A DELAY WHEN I AM BRAKING (BRAKES WERE REPLACED IN JUNE 2019). I FEEL THAT THESE PROBLEMS INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT I WILL GET REAR-ENDED OR PERHAPS REAR-END SOMEONE MYSELF WHEN APPROACHING OR LEAVING STOP LIGHTS.

WHEN I TAKE OFF FROM STOP POSITION THE CAR SHAKES AND SOMETIMES LUNGES TOWARD . YOU NEVER KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING LIGHT COMES ON, SAYING STOP SSAFELY, WAIT 5 MINUTES, JERKING FROM STOP, SHIFTING LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WITH A PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THE CLUTCH.. FRONT END NOISE, VERY LOUD.TOOK TO DEALER, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT.