2012 Ford Focus Electric: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 18, 2019 · Electrical · 83,000 miles · CA

My vehicle experienced a stop safely now message while driving. Power were cut off and the vehicle stalled in moving traffic. My vehicle had done a recall on the power harness to address the stop safely now issue but I don't think the recall fixed it completely.

Filed Jun 29, 2016 · Driver assistance, Steering · GA

When I turned the car on the steering system fault message came on the dash and caused my steering wheel to lock up. I couldn't turn it at all. All I was able to do was drive straight but I was in the parking lot so I had to turn. After turning the car off and on after a couple of tries it eventually unlocked and I was able to drive again. However this was the first time this happened. I don't want it to happen while I'm in the car with my two children. Another issue that happens is when I pump gas in the car it seems to stalls once I drive like it wants to shut off but it doesn't.

Filed Dec 15, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 5,000 miles · CA

While driving at about 35 MPH, a warning appeared in the instrument cluster "stop safely now'. I stopped at a traffic light and the vehicle stalled. I turned the vehicle on and off a number of times and the warning remained; the car was not drivable. After about 5 minutes after cycling the on/off function the warning light disappeared and the vehicle seemed to be back to normal. This is happened a second time on dec 15, 2014 when the vehicle had 11000 miles. It was a repeat of the previous experience.

Filed Jan 24, 2014 · Transmission · 1,402 miles · MI

Full charge, entered ready to drive mode, selected reverse and car shut down. Ready to drive indicator off. Placed back in park, pressed stop button, depressed brake pedal, pressed start button and car indicated ready to drive again. Selected reverse and it worked normally. Separate incident, one week prior. 5 miles of range remaining while pulling into driveway up a hill. Pressed accelerator and left display showed stop safely now, and power was removed. Car stalled on hill, ready to drive indicator off. Placed back in park, set hand brake, shut off car. Depressed brake, pressed start button, and ready to drive indicator failed to turn on. Turn car back off and walked inside. Came back after dinner (30 minutes) and everything powered up like normal. Pulled into garage and started level 1 charging.

Filed Oct 17, 2013 · Electrical, Transmission · 7,600 miles · WA

While driving on a highway bridge, the ford focus electric stalled. The dashboard shows a sign "stop safely now" and then a picture of a yellow wrench. I had to stop at the highway's shoulder. Very very dangerous. Very unsafe. I tried to start the car. It would not start. After 45 minutes, when all the electrical light indicators on the dashboard showed black, I pushed the start button again, and it started. This is a very dangerous situation and I heard in the online forum that "car stalled suddenly while driving" was common recently. Ford needs to fix this urgently.