I bought a 2010 ford focus in october of last year. I have not had any problems untill now. I was driving up the road and my vehicle lost its power completly and the wrench light came on. The 3 things I have found common when this happens is that my rpms are at 1.5 trying to push to 2...the MPH is about 45 to 50 and I had just filled up with gas a few days prior and was at approximately 3/4 tank full. I pull it over to park and it shakes violently. I have no power in the gas pedal. I turn the car off for a minute then try to start it up again and it takes a bit for it to turn over. Then its running fine..that is untill it does it again. This week will be the 3rd time the dealer has my car to try and figure out what's wrong. They continue to tell me nothing.g is wrong and they arent picking up any codes. I asked them if they looked under the hood and they sd yes. They have gone to ford this time to find some kind of answer. This car doesn't even have 20k miles on.it. I bought it brand new. It is under full warranty thank goodness otherwise I would be screwed.
2010 Ford Focus transmission complaints
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2010 ford focus was having rough idling while stopped and the car being on and on park. Took it to the ford dealership because it's still under warranty, the supposedly checked and fixed it. It stopped doing that for a few days then it started back again within a week I took it back to the dealership. They kept the car for a day and a half and when they returned it they didn't say what was wrong with it they just cleaned out the throttle as per the paperwork the gave me. Then about a week later I was driving on the freeway and the gas pedal (acceleration) stopped working and the wrench light came on! It's amazing how many people really don't pay attention on the freeway I almost got rearended. So I had to have it towed to the dealership at almost 10pm saturday night. Come monday afternoon they wanted to release the car because they could not find anything wrong with it. I told them there is no way I am taking the car back. A car doesn't stop working in the middle of the freeway for no reason now come wed. Still have not heard anything as of yet!!!!
Noises coming from transmission.....sounds like gears possibly grinding a bit? Had dealer check out problem, said ford co. Was aware of noises but may wait till further complaints come in. Dealer told me to call or come back if gets worse..its getting worse. Car is about 2 months old with 1800 miles on it, 4 speed auto tranny. Noise is most prominent while going over bumps and accelerating and stopping and accelerating.
The steering wheel and front wheels lock if the contact key is in the off position as described in my owner's focus 2010(manual transmission) booklet if we want to pull the focus behind my 1998 30 foot winnebago adventurer. So I turned the key in position 2, accessories, and drove more than 500 miles after adequate wiring was performed. The focus battery was dead. A ford dealer could not solve this mystery. Just in case my eml is [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Our 2010 automatic ford focus demonstrated problems with shifting gears at about 7,000 miles. Once the car is warmed up it will not smoothly shift. This occurs while driving between 10-60 MPH, and demonstrates major jerking when it finally does shift, with revving/increased rpms. This problem occurs everytime the car is driven. This is a major problem when entering a highway or a major road with traffic, since the car acceleration does not respond. The dealership said they are aware of the problem and if caught in time the computer is reprogrammed. At a certain point the reprogramming not longer works and the transmission needs major repair. The problem was not corrected with computer reprogramming, and is now in for major transmission repairs with 13,000 miles on it.
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