2014 Ford Focus: windshield wiper failure

Filed Mar 17, 2026 · Electrical, Visibility · FL

Windshield wipers won't move and I got caught in the rain on the highway so its definitely unsafe.

Filed Apr 25, 2023 · Electrical · UT

When car is wet, windshield wipers turn on an go crazy an will not stop. Even when car is off they continue to wipe at crazy speeds. Car stay parked in wet weather. Fuse had to be pulled to shut off

Filed Feb 20, 2023 · Electrical, Engine · WI

- Faulty windshield washer pump pushing liquid into the Body Control Module and harness - Damaged electrical communications communications controlled by the Body Control Module including: 1) functionality of the wipers resulting in obscuring the windshield from clear visibility of the road 2) vehicle will not reliably shut off after removing the key. It continues to run. 3) vehicle will not reliably shift into different gears due to the disruption of the electronic transmission signaling. 4) electrical system drains the battery after a few hours of sitting idle. - The problem has been identified by a dealership - A dealer has inspected the problem. - Washer pumps would intermittently function and then randomly would not.

Filed Sep 16, 2020 · Transmission, Visibility · 68,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford focus. The contact stated the while the windshield wipers were activated on the high setting, there was a 5 or 6 second delay. The transmission warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to al packer's white marsh ford (9801 pulaski hwy, middle river, md 21220, (443)777-5000) and the contact was informed that the vehicle was working as designed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

Filed Jul 6, 2020 · Electrical, Transmission · 86,000 miles · PA

3 times car would not start. All lights wipers radio and all gauges worked when turning key but car would not turn over. Happened when shopping had to have car towed home . After sitting for a day car would start

Filed Apr 16, 2020 · Fuel system, Transmission · 400,000 miles · KY

The wiper fluid sprayer stopped working. I have no idea why. Then ever since I bought the car it stutters everytime I hit the gas pedal. So each time when taking have it has a shaking sensation. Each time I have taken it to the dealer they say the same thing that the car was made to do that because its an automatic dual transmission.

Filed Dec 27, 2019 · 155,500 miles · AL

The horn stopped working approx. December 17, 2019. Vehicle has about 155500 miles. Horn does not sound when vehicle is locked using key fob. Horn does not sound when center of steering wheel is pressed. One traffic incident already required the horn's use and it was not available. I verified myself that the fuse works and also that the relay works. I also accessed the horn itself and tapped it which made no difference. The horn is an important safety feature although used infrequently. It is not subject to wear and tear as a wiper blade would be.

Filed Oct 15, 2019 · Visibility · 21,000 miles · ND

While driving my vehicle the wiper delay stops working or starts up after a delay into another setting. From delay to full wipers. Set the wiper arm into another command and it works fine again.

Filed Apr 25, 2019 · Visibility · NJ

As stated in other comments wiper work for a bit then stop in the middle of the window. I have had the motor replaced and wipers by a ford dealer. This issue is a big problem when it rains. The dealer found nothing wrong; but there is a defect in the wipers. Will cause a major accident if not corrected. Seems many others state the same problems.

Filed Apr 18, 2019 · Visibility · 100,000 miles · MA

Often when driving in the rain, and I have the wipers are on "low" or "high", after some time (not particularly consistent, sometimes within a minute, sometimes after several minutes) they will start working intermittently instead. That is, the wiper will be on, and then they will start pausing while at the bottom between wiper cycles, just as though it was set to intermittent, even though the wiper setting hasn't been changed. When this happens, I can switch the wiper setting to another setting and then back, and then it will start working again for a while. That is, if it's on "low" and this starts happening, I can switch the wipers to "intermittent" and back to "low", or to "high" and back to "low", and it will go back to normal "low" operation for a while (until the problem repeats). This has been happening for several years now.

Filed Oct 11, 2018 · Electrical, Visibility · 70,000 miles · CA

Entire electrical sync system has shut down and no longer functions. While the sync was going out, the speakers would crackle and make loud, startling pop sounds. This caused jerky driving as they would pop without any notice, even if the sync system was turned off. Recently, the wind shield wipers turned on and were sporadically increasing/decreasing in speed and would not turn off. The car was on (not the engine) and parked when the wipers turned on. Attempted to turn the car off, reset by opening the doors, and turning the car back on. They paused and then started up again once the car was driving on city streets. The speakers popping and the radio malfunction occurs while driving, while parked, when the car is on, and when it is off. This problem has been getting worse and worse over the past year.

Filed Sep 12, 2018 · Electrical, Visibility · 49,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford focus se. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the windshield wipers failed to operate. While the vehicle was idling at a red light, the windshield wipers spontaneously began moving back and forth. Three months ago, while driving various high speeds on the freeway, both windshield wipers spontaneously activated. Once the contact arrived at his destination, the contact turned off the vehicle and the failure recurred. The contact stated that the failure occurred continuously until the fuse to the windshield wipers was removed. A dealer and the manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 49,000.