2013 FORD FOCUS Complaints

THE FUEL TANKED IS DEFORMED AND THE FUEL GAUGE REFLECTS ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF OF A TANK OF FUEL WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY EMPTY. THE RECALL NOTICE INDICATED THE FUEL TANK COULD BE REPLACED IF DEFORMED. MY FUEL TANK IS DEFORMED AND I MENTIONED THAT TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR. HE DIDN'T SEEM INTERESTED IN MY CONCERN. NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IS REMAINING IN THE TANK IS A REAL PROBLEM. THE TANK IS DEFORMED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AS PER THE RECALL.

SAME ISSUE WITH PREVIOUS DOOR LATCH RECALL, IT IS BROKEN AGAIN AND SINCE IT HAS ALREADY "BEEN REPAIRED" THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AGAIN. DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR WILL GET STUCK IN A LOCKED POSITION AND WILL NOT CLOSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INOPERABLE. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED AND JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE AND ADDED FUEL TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. ADDITIONALLY, AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE RPM REVVED UP HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RESPOND UP TO 10 MPH. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V735000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIKE REICHENBACH FORD LINCOLN LOCATED AT (600 N COIT ST, FLORENCE, SC 29501), TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT AN UNKNOWN SOFTWARE UPDATE NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.*DT CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIKE REICHENBACH ON 9/12/2019 FOR THE REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. CONSUMER FOUND OUT LATER THAT NO REPAIRS WERE ACTUALLY MADE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO ZONE WHERE IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE WHICH WAS PART OF THE RECALL. ON 3/2/2020 CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO RACEWAY FORD OF DARLINGTON TO BE REPAIRED. RACEWAY FORD REFUSED TO REPAIR VEHICLE BECAUSE MIKE REICHENBACH HAD CLOSED THE RECALL. CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL RANDOMLY AND THAT AFTER REFUELING VEHICLE HAS TO BE RUNNING WITH THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED BEFORE IT CAN BE DRIVEN. *DL

MY FORD FOCUS 2013, HAS BEEN FIXED TWO TIMES AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WEREN'T VERY HELPFUL AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO REACH THEM. THE CAR SHUTTERS UPON ACCELERATING. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS STATED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. THIS HAS BEEN A LAWSUIT BEFORE AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE WARRANTY THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY WHEN FIXING THE FORD SHOULD APPLY THIS TIME AS WELL. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY IN A FORD DEALERSHIP WAITING TO GET FIXED, BUT I DO NEED THE CLEAR THAT WARRANTY WILL COVER IT SINCE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON MY CAR AND NOT BE WORRIED IF IT WILL START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT FAILING TO STAY STRAIGHT. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KOONS FALLS CHURCH FORD (1051 E BROAD ST, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22044) AND ALSO TO STAFFORD FORD LINCOLN OF SALISBURY (1902 N SALISBURY BLVD, SALISBURY, MD 21801) AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS SE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM AN AUTOMATIC SIX SPEED TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR TOWING TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER JC LEWIS FORD (9505 ABERCORN ST, SAVANNAH, GA 31406 (912) 210-5692) WHERE THE TRANSMISSION MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN BUT NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. THE VEHICLE HOWEVER EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE THE SAME DAY IT WAS RETURNED TO THE CONTACT. SHE HAD TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO RE-INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM WENT OUT. I WAS GETTING READY TO HEAD HOME WHEN THE STEERING WAS LIKE A LEAD BRICK, LUCKILY I WAS STILL IN MY WORK PARKING LOT OF NEWCASTLE HEATED STORAGE 7115 132ND PLACE SE NEWCASTLE WA 98059 WHEN IT WENT BAD. I COULDN'T CONTROL THE STEERING UNLESS I WAS A BODY BUILDER. I PARKED AND CALLED UBER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WHICH FAILED TO RESUME BACK TO NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. OBAUGH FORD, INC. 13 LEE JACKSON HWY, STAUNTON, VA 24401, (540) 851-4800) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,297. *DT *DL

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT CAUSES A STUTTERING MOVEMENT FROM A STOP. WHEN PRESSING THE GAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT STARTS TO SHAKE UPON ACCELERATION. THE CAR ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I FEEL THAT I AND MY CHILDREN ARE UNSAFE WHEN THIS HAPPENS!!!

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT ON A BUSY STREET MY CAR JERKS AND THEN GETS QUIET, WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGES TO GREEN I HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE, NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESS, I TURN ON MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND AFTER ABOUT 3 MINS THE CAR FINALLY MOVES BUT WHILE DRIVING ONCE AGAIN I HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO INCREASE SPEED AND IT DOES NOT WORK, I DECIDE TO TURN AROUND IN A SMALL PARKING LOT AND TAKE IT HOME AND WHILE DOING THAT THE CAR DOESN'T REVERSE, I GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD AND IT JERKS AND JUMPS TO THE POINT WHERE I JUST HAD TO PARK IT AND CALL A RIDE. THE WEEK PRIOR A MECHANIC TOLD ME I JUST NEEDED COOLANT AFTER THE CAR JERKED AND STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE I WAS GOING 70MPH, AND NOW EVERY TIME I BRING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP IT DOESN'T MOVE ONCE IT'S TIME TO ACCELERATE, I'VE HAD IT STALL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE CARS WHERE BUMPER TO BUMPER AND I COULD NOT MOVE. ALL OF THIS AFTER I HAD THE ECU FLASHED TO FIX THE CODES, THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND HEAD GASKETS REPLACED, THE FUEL PUMP SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION FIXED BY FORD. SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AND THEY INFORM ME OF MULTIPLE PROBLEMS SUCH AS A NEW THERMOSTAT AND AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT ISSUES BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY THE CARS VALUE IS NOT WORTH WHAT IT WILL COST TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN.