2014 Ford Focus Electric: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jan 9, 2016 · Transmission · 3,189 miles · CA

I was backing out of my driveway in reverse when I received a "stop safely now" warning from the car. The car completely shut down power to the drivetrain and I was stalled in the middle of the road and unable to move. Luckily this was on a quiet street but if this happens on the freeway it could have been catastrophic.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 22,600 miles · CA

On tuesday, september 22, 2015, while my son was driving on the freeway at 65 MPH in the carpool lane, the car suddenly stalled on him and loss all power to the car. A message popped up on the dash in an orange triangle stated "stop safely now". Since he was in the carpool lane, he did not have enough time to get the car off to the side. He was stranded in a busy carpool lane and almost got rear end from behind when the car suddenly cut off all power and came to a stop. This has put my son in a great danger situation!!! He could have got rear ended and the stalling of the car could have caused a multi-cars accident in the carpool lane on the freeway. Somehow he managed to able to restart the car after turning the car on, off and opening the driver side door and closing it several time. The car continue to have the same problem on and off for the next couple of days. We finally got the car into ford dealership september 24, 2015. At the time of this report, ford dealership has not call me with a cause for the issue. I also noted that there was a recall for a similar issue that was issued from ford for the electric vehicle for model 2012 to 2014. The serviceman at ford dealership told me that my VIN number was not on that recall list yet my son still encountered the same issue that was described in the federal safety agency investigation report a couple of years ago. I dont think ford has done enough to correct this dangerous problem.

Filed Jul 10, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 3,000 miles · CA

"stop safely now" warning and motor shut down while driving on city roads. The car was pushed to a nearby parking lot. Has been at the dealership for nearly 2 months due to a backorder of a high voltage power cable. Ford has been unhelpful and is not taking responsibility for the part backorder. They are claiming the backorder is the manufacturer's responsibility and not their own.

Filed Jul 8, 2015 · Transmission · CA

The car stalled with the big triangle "stop to safety" flashing. . It started stalling at every stop signs and signals. This happened several times while the kids were in the car and there was no way to pull to safety. This resulted in several traffic back ups. The incident repeated every day and finally the car was taken to the dealer on june 16. This is the second time the same incident is taking place. The first time it happened was in dec, 2014. As of this date of complaint, the dealer has not returned the car.

Filed Jun 23, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 3,950 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford focus electric. While driving at approximately 20 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 3,950. ...updated 07/30/15 *bf updated 09/08/15*lj the consumer stated the dealer advised the failure was caused by an electric battery failure. Updated 11/9/2015 *js updated 10/26/2017

Filed Jan 14, 2015 · Engine · 9,500 miles · CA

I was driving the vehicle when the "stop safely now" (ssn) flashed on the dash and the car started beeping. I slowed down and was able to get off the road. The car then died and was inoperable. I got out to look around the car and make sure there were no flat tires - everything seemed fine. After a few minutes - I was able to start the car and it worked as usual. The car seemed fine so I kept driving it without incident until january 6th, 2015 when I was driving the 3 kids home from school - the battery had 75% on it and the ssn flashed on my dashboard. I slowed down coming to a light - and the car went completely dead - I tried to move it out of the lane to the side of the road - but there was no power to do that. We were stopped in the lane of a busy 4 lane road. There was no way around our car without cars merging into the other lane. It was very dangerous and unsafe for our family. I called aaa to have the car towed. I tried every few minutes to start the car - but it wouldn't work. Finally after 15 minutes - I started the car and it acted as if nothing was wrong. I drove the car to the dealer and they said the code poa0a: 01-08-PCM showed - they reset it and said no new code came up when they test drove it. Now a week later - I am driving the car on 1/14/15 and the ssn come on again. I slow down - the car won't move or restart. I wait 10 minutes. The car started and I drove it back to the dealer - the same code appeared. They reset it - but now want to keep the car until they can get it to stall on them. There is very little time from when the ssn flashed and beeps to pull of the road and get out of harms way. The last 2 times it happened I was stuck in the lane of traffic and could not move the car.

Filed Dec 3, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 1,620 miles · CA

During driving in the rain and the car had the "stop safely" light come on and it stalled in the middle of the road. I had my kids with me and traffic behind me when this happened. This happened twice in a matter of couple of hours. It again happened on december 3, as I braked at a red light.

Filed Oct 8, 2014 · Transmission · 9,600 miles · CA

Vehicle lost power suddenly with a warning "stop safely now". Since the speed was low and there wasn't anybody behind me, I was able to marginally pull over from the road. Tried to power cycle several times and the error message went away. Started to roll and the message popped back again and regenerative braking stopped the car immediately. Tried 3 times and every time I started to move the error message will kick in and stall. The car is at the dealer and they are taking a look at it. My wife who was driving the car doesn't want to drive it anymore because she fears if this happens on a freeway carpool lane traveling at 65mph there is going to be a pileup.