2012 FORD FOCUS Complaints

I BEGAN TO NOTICE MY VEHICLE HAVING LIGHTING ISSUES, INCLUDING DIMMER INSIDE DOME LIGHTS, FLICKERING LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THAT MY BACK UP LIGHTS WEREN'T FUNCTIONAL AT ALL. I WAS PARKED PARALLEL WITH OTHER VEHICLES IN A PARKING LOT. THEN AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE, I SHIFTED MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE GOING ONLY ABOUT 2 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BEEP, ALONG WITH A WARNING THAT MY LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS OPEN. IN THE SITUATION, THE BEEPING WAS VERY DISTRACTING AND COULD HAVE INCREASED THE RISK OF CRASHING. I IMMEDIATELY RE-PARKED MY VEHICLE SO THAT I COULD INVESTIGATE. I OPENED , THEN FIRMLY CLOSED ALL 4 OF MY DOORS, THEN TIRED TO OPEN THE TRUNK , ONLY TO FIND THAT MY TRUNK WOULDN'T OPEN. THE BEEPING PERSISTED UNTIL I PRESSED THE OK BUTTON ON MY STEERING WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE HOME SAFELY, ALTHOUGH THE WARNING REMAINED ON MY DISPLAY THE ENTIRE DRIVE HOME. MY TRUNK WOULDN'T OPEN WHEN PRESSING ON THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON ON MY SMART-KEY EITHER. I DROVE THE VEHICLE IN THAT CONDITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO LOCATED THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER DOING AMPLE RESEARCH ON OTHER 2012 FORD FOCUS DRIVERS THAT COMPLAINED OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS. SO I ACCESSED MY TRUNK BY FOLDING MY BACK SEATS DOWN, THEN PULLING THE EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE LEVER. I THEN LOCATED THE FAULTY WIRES THAT WERE CAUSING ALL OF MY SYMPTOMS. I HAD THE WIRES REPAIRED BY A PROFESSIONAL. THAT SOLUTION WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS BEFORE REOCCURRING.

THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING HARD AND JERKING THE CAR AFTER IT WAS REBUILT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND HAS LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE REBUILD WAS DONE THROUGH THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM AND NOW THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX IT. IT HAS BEEN SLIPPING LIKE THIS AND GETTING WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

I HAVE HAD A STEERING ASSIST DEFAULT PROBLEM FOR WITH MY 2012 FOCUS. THEY RECALLED 2013-2018 FOCUSES BUT NOT MY YEAR.WHEN I WOULD START IT THE STEERING ASSIST DEFAULT WOULD SHOW ON MY DASH, IT WOULD BEEP AND IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. I WAS TOLD BY AUTONATION FORD THE RECALL INCLUDED EVERY YEAR OF THE SYSTEM EXCEPT MINE AND JUST TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND THIS WAS WORKING UNTIL LAST MONTH. I WENT TO A LARRY MILLER FORD DEALER AND THEY WANTED $2400 TO REPLACE IT AND CONFIRMED MY YEAR GOT SKIPPED ON THE RECALL. MY 2012 FOCUS HAS THE SAME STEERING SYSTEM AND PROBLEM AS THE 2013-2018. MY YEAR WAS UNLAWFULLY CHEATED OUT OF THE RECALL! I HAVE NO POWER STEERING AND HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MANUAL STEERING NOW! AND I HAD TO PAY $145 ON 10/21/2020 TO FIND OUT IT WOULD COST ME $2400 TO FIX IT BEACUSE THE RECALL WASN'T GOOD FOR MY 2012 ONLY 2013-2018!

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FOCUS, VIN # [XXX] THAT I PURCHASED NEW AT FORD DEALER IN, AZ. AUGUST OF 2012. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD IT TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS FOR TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, CAVITATION, AND SHIFTING ISSUES WHILE IN MOTION ON IN CITY. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUE PERSISTS TO THIS DAY. I ALSO HAVE FULL DOCUMENTATION AND REPAIR INVOICES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 45 MPH ON CO. RD. 1, I CAME TO AN S CURVE. I MADE THE LEFT TURN AND I STARTED TO MAKE THE RIGHT TURN THE DASH FLASHED A WARNING "STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTION". THEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE TURN, I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. MY 13 YEAR OLD IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT LOOKING DEAD ON AT AN APPROACHING VEHIVLE AS WE SHOT THROUGH THE OPPOSITE LANE. BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE QUICK REACTIONS OF THE DRIVER, THE HUGE DODGE 2500 WAS ABLE TO TURN AWAY FROM MY VEHICLE AND WE BOTH ENDED UP IN YARDS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTY ROAD. MY CHILD COULD HAVE EASILY LOST HER LIFE OR BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. THATS THE MOST TRAUMATIZING OF THE MANY RECENT OCCURANCES. MOST OF WHICH ONLY CONSIST OF TRYING TO TURN INTO PARKING SPACES AND WHEN TURNING FROM STOP SIGNS AND I'M ABLE TO QUICKLY STOP I JUST HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO TURN.

WARNING READOUT STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. STEERING LOCKED UP. COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. EXTREME SAFETY RISK. FORD KNOWS OF OTHER FORD FOCUS CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS VIA RECALL. THIS IS THE SECOND REPORT I HAVE MADE ON THIS VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 - 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE NEEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V515000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 130,000.

VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT TURN BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, AND SENDER WAS REPLACED.

VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT TURN BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, AND SENDER WAS REPLACED.

THE VEHICLE CODE STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED SHOWED UP AND MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING (WOULD NOT TURN) IN THE MIDDLE OF A ON COMING PARKING LOT ON A HILL, I UNDERSTAND THERE BASED TO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION THAT THE IS A ISSUE, WILL THERE BE A RECALL FOR THIS , CAN THE DEALER HELP ,