2012 Ford Focus: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Mar 9, 2023 · Transmission · 77,000 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the clutch failed to perform properly while shifting gear. Additionally, the transmission made grinding sounds while shifting gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the warranty had expired. The contact related the failure to Customer Satisfaction Program: 14M02 (Transmission Control Module Extended Warranty Coverage) however, the warranty had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 77,000.

Filed May 12, 2022 · Transmission · MO

Automatic transmission on 2012 Ford Focus SEL hatchback has been stalling. I drive on heavily traveled highways, leading me to be at risk of a major traffic accident if my car loses power. Transmission also whine and grinds really hard. Dealership is aware of the issue, but refuses to recall these faulty transmissions, leaving several thousands of people at risk of losing power and getting hit. Has been inspected by the dealer and multiple mechanics, all point to transmission issues from a faulty factory clutch system.

Filed Feb 24, 2022 · Transmission · PA

For the past few months there has been a grinding type sound when shifting down to third. Then It went to shifting up to second and it doesnt want to shift out of second without jumping forward.

Filed Feb 19, 2021 · Steering · 65,000 miles · AR

Wow!!!! 874 plus complaints filed on the steering I'm lost for words when or what is it going to take people the federal safety agency .. Ya I told ford and the dealer what I felt and I can promise you I got my point across nothing will ever be done because ford has some smack and people belive it even or government . I spoke with a engineer in detroit and was like talking to a brick wall .I fixed my steering fault and found several factors to blame I will tell you look into a software called forscan if you have issues and if you are lucky and have not get a better heat shield made that tissue thin tin that is on top the rack and 5 points of ground to paint redo grind paint off and use that red coating also a ground on aluminum daaaaaaaa move it

Filed Aug 1, 2020 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · OH

First off, when accelerating, even after the transmission recalls were "fixed", we still have very bad jerking and shuddering when accelerating. Sometimes it sounds like a grinding sound. Secondly, there is a clanking sound that happens when we drive over very small bumps. It sounds like metal hitting metal in the back of the car. There is nothing in the trunk that could be making that noise, and is heard outside of the car also. Problem cannot be located by mechanics or myself.

Filed Feb 19, 2020 · Transmission · 149,000 miles · OR

The car began having troubles shifting around 10-15 MPH. It would shake/rattle and would struggle getting into the next gear. Around 20 MPH, there would be a grinding sound. This occurred for about a week before I had it checked by a mechanic. They informed me the clutch and transmission are going out and this is a common problem with these cars.

Filed Jan 14, 2020 · Transmission · 132,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, an abnormal grinding sound emitted from the vehicle. Additionally, while driving at 65 MPH, the noise returned and a transmission overheating, please pull over warning light illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over and another warning light stated wait 5 minutes to allow the vehicle to cool, the contact was able to resume driving after 5 minutes. The vehicle was taken to anderson ford of st. Joseph 2207 n belt hwy, st joseph, mo 64506 but was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The failure mileage was 132,000.

Filed Sep 10, 2019 · Steering · 80,000 miles · FL

Power steering failed as we were pulling into a shopping center and had to have the vehicle towed to the mechanic. It started by making a grinding noise and then the steering got very hard to turn so we had it towed. We are aware that this has been a big problem on the ford focus but neither the federal safety agency or ford has placed recall on this issue meanwhile focus drivers have been spending an average of $1500. To $2000. To repair the power steering rack and pinion. Shame on you both

Filed Sep 5, 2019 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · OR

My 2012 ford focus has recently began making a grinding, rattling noise during acceleration, and sometimes shudders or jerks on acceleration from a stop or when the automatic transmission shifts white driving. These symptoms are most severe when starting from a stop or transitioning from city street to highway speed. The current symptoms cause my vehicle to behave unpredictably in traffic. My ford dealer diagnosed this as a failure of the clutch, common in powershift transmissions from this era. Others have reported the development of even more dangerous symptoms, such as vehicles shifting into neutral without warning while on highways.despite widely-reported defects in these transmissions, ford is not willing to cover any repairs to improve the safety of my vehicle.

Filed Aug 13, 2019 · 77,210 miles · CA

My transmission has been worked on 3 times now. It's been a burnt clutch twice and the third was a recall they fixed on the transmission. And now for a 4th time, I need to take my car in to be worked on because of the transmission. My car won't go in reverse. Sometimes it will begin to go forward instead of backwards. When I put my car in reverse from park, I can hear the gears grind. The car shudders and jerks like it usually does. But instead of the transmission failure light coming like it did the first three times, now the engine light turns on but I know this is the transmission because it's happened 3 times before. Each time my car has broke down because of the transmission, I was on populated roads and I could have easily been in a car accident.

Filed Jul 24, 2019 · Transmission · 500 miles · CT

Since acquiring the vehicle new, I have brought the vehicle in several times with transmission complaints. Each time I was told "that is how the transmission is supposed to work" or "your transmission is off because you let someone else drive the car and it has to readjust" or "you must have made a quick acceleration". The transmission often loses power when shifting and grinds after switching gears. I feel as though ford knew there were problems but tried to ease my worries by offering an extended powertrain warranty, which does nothing to fix the issues that I am having. The date below is the first time of many that this has happened.

Filed Jul 16, 2019 · Transmission · 125,000 miles · FL

My 2012 ford focus has 125,000 miles. The transmission stopped working as my wife was pulling into our driveway and it gave the error codes p2832 and p287b. It will move a little, but makes a loud grinding noise. These error codes are supposed to be covered by tsb 16-0044. I took it to garber ford in green cove springs, fl. Yesterday they told me it will require a new transmission and will cost me over $5,000. If this is a known problem item from ford, why isn't ford replacing it? I cannot afford a new trans, and I cannot get sell the car as it now doesn't run and I still owe $4,000 on it.