Upon acceleration and driving it appears to drop gears and slow down. You can't accelerate, it's like it's in neutral and you can't go. This happens in the middle of driving.
2012 Ford Focus transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that the gear shifter failed to shift from park into reverse. The check engine indicator illuminated as the failure occurred. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle multiple times before it was able to function normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and it was diagnosed that the power train control module relay needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. On a different occasion, while driving 50 MPH in the rain, the contact's vehicle hydroplaned and crashed into the preceding vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The air bag failure was not diagnosed by a dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 53,309.
While driving at 45 MPH on a city street entering a highway. The car reved and would not shift out of gear but was still running. I tried turning it off but then it would not start back up and the display is showing it's in drive but the gear is in park
My car has been going backward when in drive and then just won't go. Today it totally stopped moving while driving on the highway. Thank god I was close to home and was able to pull over on the side of the highway. Walked to the garage down around the bend and they pushed it off the highway and into their yard. Before totally stopping the car would buck forward while driving then slow down and speed up on its own. Now won't start or run. Possibly the transmission or gear stick
Since purchased brand new in sept 2011, my focus has had major transmission issues that has been a nightmare to deal with with ford to this day. My focus was taken in at least 5 times in the first couple years for a faulty clutch that caused jolting and shuddering and jeering while driving, causing my car to slip in and out of neutral on the road, sometimes nearly hitting other drivers. It became very dangerous. It took at least 5 visits for ford to replace the first clutch. They refused to accept that the part was faulty and did computer "updates" that did nothing to fix the issue. Over the last few years, my car has been brought in about a dozen more times for the same issue and has had a total of 5 clutch replacements in 6 years, and my car just broke down again yesterday, just barely over 100k miles, with ford refusing to warranty my transmission. A message appeared, "transmission malfunction service now" and my car completely died. Ford never wants to take responsibility for these transmission issues and have hassled me every time in the last 6 years over these issues. It is a huge safety issue to keep driving this car never knowing when the clutch is going to give out and cause the transmission to fail. I have supporting documents for these claims and can request all service records from ford if necessary. I do not want these documents made public since they contain sensitive information.
The automatic dual clutch transmission in this vehicle has had numerous tsb's issued because of defects but no actual recall. They extended the warranty coverage on the transmission but only for "specifically termed" issues. My clutch and seals have been replaced twice, the TCM has been reprogrammed 3 times and now they now tell me I need to replace the "j and k" forks, snap ring and t/o bearing in the transmission. But, they tell me none of this is covered. They opened up and serviced a "sealed" transmission at least twice already and the car is doing the same thing that was the original problem, shuddering, jerking and no power but now I have to pay. Just getting it to the dealership I was almost in 2 accidents because of this cars erratic acceleration driving behavior.
My 2012 ford focus has already had a transmission failure within the first 42,000 miles. Specifically, at 41,968. I was driving in traffic when the car began shuddering violently and an error message appeared. The car could not accelerate properly and it was revving on its own. Luckily, I was able to pull over amidst heavy traffic before the car shut itself off. Had I been on the highway, I would have been in a serious accident. I brought it back to the dealer to have them tell me that it was simply a sensor that needed to be replaced, and they sent me on my way. Since then, the car still shudders when accelerating from a stop, as well as producing grinding noises as you turn. This is indicative of a continuing safety hazard. After doing extensive research online, I have come to the same conclusion as hundreds of other focus owners - this car is unsafe to drive. My car is currently at 56000 miles, which worries me because in addition to the transmission problems, many other owners have reported extremely serious steering problems, some of which have proven to be fatal. Please take action and demand ford fix these problems. I don't want to die in a car accident that could have been prevented by something as simple as a recall. Thank you for what you do and please use this as a sign to look into this problem.
Vehicle has lost forward propulsion numerous times. Symptoms have occurred both at highway speed as well as stopped attempting to pull away from a stop. This issue started again at the first of the year and the vehicle was taken to longmont ford. Longmont advise no codes present and road tested vehicle less than 1.5 miles. Dealer advised couldn't do anything for transmission issue and I needed to come pick-up the vehicle. Vehicle continued to exhibit symptoms of losing forward propulsion to include the interstate at 75mph. Upon attempting to pull to a safe place in a construction zone, was able to obtain forward gears again after shutting vehicle off and restarting several times. (still no transmission service light or check engine light illuminated so I can't take vehicle back to longmont ford due to being told they can't do anything without a light illuminated and refusing to road test vehicle) symptoms became more frequent with additional issues of the transmission / clutches not releasing when coming to a stop and attempting to push the vehicle through a stop light. The symptoms this vehicle exhibits is a safety concern and continues to occur after ford's claimed repairs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle automatically shifted gears from drive to neutral. The failure occurred without warning. The contact continued to drive the vehicle as it shifted automatically back to drive. The vehicle was towed to gridley country ford (1709 hwy 99, gridley, ca 95948) where it was determined that the failure was related to the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v523000 (power train). The contact stated that the vehicle had already been repaired per the recall approximately a year and a half ago. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown.
2012 ford focus. Consumer writes in regards to parts being unavailable for transmission/TCM safety recall. *ld the consumer stated the dashboard illuminated "parking aid malfunction-service required". The dealer advised this was a recall and to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturer was contacted.
I have taken my car in 7 times for transmission issues and malfunctions always while driving on highway! Thankfully I purchased extended warranty but it expired. Now I am back at the dealership for the 8th time and they want to charge me $2100.00 to fix a problem that was never really fixed to start with! Now I am having steering problems! The steering just goes out while driving on the highway and in city. The fact that the steering just stops working is extremely dangerous it has put me in very hazardous situations! This is the second time the steering has gone out while driving! I have to pull over and shut car off for 10minutes before restarting. My wife had the kids in the car with her heading to the store and it went out and she had no clue what to do and not strong enough to force the wheel to get the car off the road so she was left sitting in the middle of the highway with the kids until the steering would work again. Its disgusting that ford refuses to fix these problems since they are extremely dangerous!
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start while attempting to drive. The vehicle was towed to malloy ford of charlottesville (located at 1300 richmond rd, charlottesville, va 22911, (434) 977-7960), but a failure code could not be found with the transmission and alternator. The dealer repaired the connector of the bcm. While driving approximately 50 MPH and approaching a stop light, the contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle failed to decelerate. The vehicle also failed to accelerate appropriately. The contact drove to her home. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to determine the cause of the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a ford focus. The contact states that vehicle has difficulty accelerating from stop light. Vehicle studders upon pressing gas pedal and has trouble accelerating to full speed. The contact drove the vehicle to the dealer (varsity ford in ann arbor, michigan) twice for the same failure. During the first visit, it was diagnosed that the transmission control unit failed and the vehicle was repaired. During the second visit, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. Dealer and ford say this is normal operation. The approximate failure mileage was 66,000.
While making a right hand turn the focus experienced a loss of transmission engagement power. The vehicle behaved as if in neutral even though it was in drive.
2012 ford focus. Consumer writes in regards to transmission stalling and a side door latch recall. *ld the consumer stated after attempting to repair the vehicle on 3 different occasions the vehicle continued to stall. The parts necessary to complete the recall for the door latch were not available. The consumer requested a full refund for the vehicle.
We purchased this vehicle as my daughters first car a year ago. It looks great but has issues. The transmission/clutch feels like it slips. The car always revs high. And you touch the gas pedal and sometimes it jolts too quickly. Today, I drove on freeway and came to a stop with red light at off ramp. Light turns green and push on gas and it shuttered and then propelled forward. Felt like it couldn't get in gear? It has done this a few times while in motion and on the freeway too, slips or sputters. I'm fearful for my young daughter being less experienced of a driver in this unsafe vehicle. I'm reading other peoples complaints, and I see many, many are having the same issues. We bought the car w 86k miles april 2017. Now has 97k. We will take the car in to our ford dealer tomorrow.
At 73,000 miles error code in dash read steering assist malfunction service needed. It is very difficult to steer my car. At 76,000 miles error code read engine too hot, stop safely and wait 8 minutes. Car shudders and high revs at low speeds and very loud engine noise. I hope that ford recalls these issues soon!!!
My wife's steering wheel was turning when she was stuck at work...steering assist fault...service required came up on the screen...was on her screen. Https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/ford-vehicles-with-steering-issue-recalled-062915.html http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2012/ford/focus/steering/problem.aspx https://owner.ford.com/tools/account/maintenance/recalls/results.html http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/14/news/companies/ford-steering-wheel-recall/index.html
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle sped up and slowed down independently due to the transmission. The contact stated that there was a hesitation when shifting from one gear to the next. Also, while stopped at a traffic light or stop sign, the engine revved while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to pat milliken ford (9600 telegraph rd, redford charter twp, mi 48239, (313) 731-6436) where it was diagnosed that the transmission control module (TCM) needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the TCM was replaced twice, but the failure recurred. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v523000 (power train). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Issue with automatic transmission knocking and slipping at low speeds. I was made aware that this is a known issue, acknowledged by ford, but was told by dealership, my issue was caused by oil from real seal leaking onto trans. Mechanic said transmission knock may have caused oil leak but it is not covered.
Power steering completely stopped working. Almost wrecked the car. Transmission vibrates and makes noise
While driving down the interstate, the vehicle lost power as if it shifted into neutral the rpms rose and the vehicle stopped powering forward. No warning signals appeared on the control panel of the vehicle. Took vehicle directly to ford dealership where they stated that there were no recorded faults and therefore they could not do anything to the vehicle.
My car constantly smells like gas when I start it up after filling the gas tank up, the car dies when driving down road I have to pull over to start it because it dies while I am on the road so I have to pull over since last year the fuel reader stopped working causing me to die on side of road because of running out of gas. The car still has transmission issues it jerks from time to time and the half shaft bearing and wheel bearings are currently going out in this car. I bought the car brand new at the ford dealership. This is car is a lemon I have owned over 15 used cars and never had a problem as much I have had with this new car.
Tl* the contact owned a 2012 ford focus. While making a left turn at 15 MPH, the transmission control module (TCM) warning indicator illuminated, the contact's vehicle stalled and crashed into the side of another vehicle. The contact was not injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was destroyed. Star ford lincoln (1101 s brand blvd, glendale, ca 91204, (818) 956-0977) was informed of the crash. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v523000 (power train). Additionally, the transmission control module and clutch were replaced on september 5, 2017. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000.
On multiple occasions my 2012 ford focus got stuck in park and would not shift into drive. The steering wheel would not turn. The shift stick would not move from park back into drive. The electrical lights 'p n d s' turned off on the dash. When I pushed on the brake the car would not shift back into drive. Last night it happened in the middle of rush hour traffic at a red light. I turned the car on and off several times. The dash board lights would come on , but 'p n d s' remained unlit and the car would not shift back into drive. After 4 or 5 times of turning car on and off and opening and closing the door (this affects dash board lights some how). The lights came back on and the car would allow me to shift back into drive while pushing on the brake.
Clutch and front seal defective causing transmission fluid to leak out thereby causing transmission bearings to fail. Ford admits to defective front seals and will replace for free but refuses to cover transmission problem that was due to their defective seals.
Transmission went to neutral while driving at 55 MPH. Displayed warning that transmission overheated. Pilled on to side of road avoiding being rear ended by semi truck. Turned vehicle off waited 10 min restarted vehicle drove 1/2 mile back to dealership no warning messages. 4th time into dealership for transmission failure.
Driving on a city street when it just would not go after a red light. When I did get it to move off of the city street to a parking lot it was hard to steer. All the lights started flashing. I could not lock the doors with my remote, would not start. I had to have it towed to my house. The next morning I put my code reader on the vehicle and found about 13 fault codes which I reset since then I have had multiple instances of my vehicle shutting down, hard steering and transmission not shifting or going into gear. Displays transmission overheating, transmission malfunction service now. Wont,t go into gear. Horn stopped working and withut doing anything it suddenly started working.
Was driving car and randomly a warning came up ' power steering assist fault service required' then power steering turned off. Turn car off turn back on fix the problem. Then problem came back and has not gone away. I have no power steering. Radio has been acting strange since purchased car
2015 ford focus. Consumer writes in regards to power shift dual clutch automatic transmission and engine failure. *ld
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