Ford Focus Stalling & Transmission Malfunction


Owners of the Ford Focus have complained of stalling and transmission malfunction.  There is a pending class action, and owners may be entitled to compensation for repair costs, inconvenience and other damages.                     

Date Complaint Filed: 10/21/2016Date of Incident: 11/14/2014Component(s): POWER TRAIN Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Conditions stalling, engine malfunction.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FADP3F27DL…

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SUMMARY: WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK AFTER THIS THIRD REPAIR, THE TRANSMISSION WAS STARTING TO SLIP AGAIN.  EVERY TIME IT HAS BEEN WORSE THAN THE TIME BEFORE. THE LAST TIME THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. IT STUTTERED, HESITATED TO THE POINT OF STALLING, JERKED AND LURCHED FORWARD WHEN THE 2ND GEAR FINALLY ENGAGED. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO CLIMB THE SMALLEST HILL. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND FRANKLY SCARES ME TO DEATH. I HAVE TO WAIT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON CITY STREETS UNTIL THE TRAFFIC IS VERY CLEAR. THE CARS WAITING BEHIND ME ARE BLOWING HORNS, CURSING ME AND GIVING CRUDE GESTURES. MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY IS TRULY FRIGHTENING. STOP AND GO TRAFFIC FINDS ME STUTTERING ALONG. FORD HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2011 AND HAS YET TO FIND A SOLUTION. THEY CALL IT A SERVICE ACTION WHEN ACTUALLY IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. Date Complaint Filed: 09/28/2016
Date of Incident: 09/27/2016Component(s): POWER TRAIN , UNKNOWN OR OTHERNHTSA ID Number:

Tags, Ford Focus defect, common problems with Ford Focus problem, lemon law, class action,

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FADP3F21EL…

SUMMARY:

CLUTCH IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS STALLING, CAR SHUTTERS AT 24,000 MILES. CAR DOESN’T WANT TO GO UP HILLS, AND ACTS MINE IT’S STALLING OUT WHEN YOU PULL OUT. THIS IS MY DAUGHTERS CAR AND I DO NOT FEEL SHE IS SAFE.

 

Date Complaint Filed: 09/27/2016
Date of Incident: 04/28/2014Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FADP3F29EL…

SUMMARY:

WITHIN THE FIRST 10,000 MILES OF OWNERSHIP THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 2014 FORD FOCUS HAS BEEN REBUILT AND THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN REBUILT/FIXED AS WELL AS MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES APPLIED, AND WE HAVE COMPLAINED EVERY TIME WE TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL BROKEN. IT SHUDDERS, JERKS, RUMBLES, HARD SHIFTS AND EVEN COMES CLOSE TO STALLING WITH NO ACCELERATION/MOVEMENT AT TIMES. I FEAR DRIVING IT THAT I CANNOT TAKE OFF FROM A STOP SAFELY WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILING AND I WILL END UP BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AS A RESULT. THIS TRANSMISSION IS DANGEROUS AND WILL RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. WORST TRANSMISSION I HAVE EVER OWNED AND FORD WILL NOT FIX NOR BUY US OUT OF THE CAR…ITS A LEMON!

Component(s): ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL , FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM , VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLNHTSA ID Number: 10904352Consumer Location: TEMPLE HILLS, MD

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FADP3F22EL…

SUMMARY:

MY 2014 FORD FOCUS HESITATE, THEN IT TAKES OFF, WHEN MERGINING INTO TRAFFIC IT STALLS, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING, I WAS ALMOST HIT TWICE FROM IT STALLING, TRANSMISSION SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON, RADIO DISPLAY NOT WORKING

Date Complaint Filed: 08/07/2016Date of Incident: 08/30/2013Component(s): UNKNOWN OR OTHERNHTSA ID Number: 10893795Consumer Location: FELICITY, OH

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

THIS IS EXACTLY THE ISSUE I’VE BEEN HAVING. 8/5/2016 I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE 3RD TIME CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NO LONGER A COVERED ISSUE. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I ASKED FOR A DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE THE ONE I TEST DROVE LITERALLY FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING SO BAD I WASN’T GOING TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I DROVE ANOTHER ONE AND IT WAS BETTER, HOWEVER STILL SHUTTERING. I WAS ASSURED BY THE SALES PERSON AT BEECHMONTFORD THIS WAS NORMAL

 FORD WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THEY WERE EXTENDING THE WARRENTY.THE SHUTTERING INCREASINGLY BECAME WORSE AND HAD BEGAN A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND WAS STALLING SO BAD AT TAKE OFF I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT.THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP BUT WASN’T GOING ANYWHERE,THEN WOULD JERK INTO GEAR.IN DECEMBER OF 2015 I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO BEECHMONTFORD,THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND A NEW CLUTCH.TO WHICH MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 42DAYS.BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO WIDE SPREAD THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND MY CAR WAS DEEMED TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.THIS WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL.
Tags, Ford Focus defect, common problems with Ford Focus problem, lemon law, class action,

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Ford ecoboost transmission problem (various vehicles)

MODEL: Ford ecoboost
Problem: Transmission

SUMMARY: Let me start this off by stating that I bought my 2011 F150 Platinum Eco-boost 4×4 on May 20, 2011…I traded in a 2008 King Ranch 4×4 because I fell in love with the look of the Platinum the interior look and comfort…BIGGEST MISTAKE I EVER MADE!!! The fuel economy, fuel gauge, black smoke, and worse the transmission hard shifting in both starting and stopping…BUT the worse experience has been with FORD and their consumer affairs department. They are rude, do not return calls (to me or the Service Manager at the dealership)…This will be my last Ford!!!

This is the detailed list I had to send my attorney, and yes it has unfortunately gotten to the point where I am having to sue Ford to take this vehicle back…They denied a problem with the transmission, then after the reprogram failed, again went back to the excuse, “it reprograms itself based on “driver tendency”…what a load of BS! This vehicle has stalled on me TWICE when coming to a stop!!!

This Friday, December 9, 2011, I had to have the vehicle towed back into the dealership for the 4th time since September…South Carolina Lemon Law allows a total of 30 days in the shop and/or 3 attempts to fix an issue. 5 times with the electronics and gauges NO FIX…5 times about the transmission NO FIX…54 days out of service, BEFORE it was towed in a couple of days ago NO FIX!!!

My fear after seeing the problems everyone else is having is that this is going to lead to a Class Action Suit against Ford and it’s going to take forever for me to get a resolution on my vehicle…I’m already 7 months in and I don’t drive the truck because I am scared of it stopping or continuing to roll in park…

Source: “http://www.fordf150.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=103363”

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