CarComplaints.com Notes: You should probably steer clear of the 2012 Focus. Otherwise, you might not be able to steer at all.
The 2012 is the first Focus to offer Electronic Power Assist Steering (EPAS). It's also the first year with massive power steering failure. These things are not mutually exclusive.
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
There was multiple recalls on the clutch for my car. The clutch has been changed 3+ times and it is still broken. And Ford refuses to fix the problem. The car will slip gear when driving therefore causing the car to lose motion and has almost caused multiple accidents. The car also will not pick up speed due to slipping of gear. This unfixed issue has caused me end up with no car and a newborn baby.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact took her vehicle to an unknown dealer to be repaired per an unknown recall. The contact believed there was a manufacturer defect with the throttle body and stated that the vehicle would hesitate to accelerate when the brake pedal was released and would then violently accelerate suddenly. The failure caused the vehicle to crash into a ditch. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. There were no injures. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 119,000.
Transmission shudders, especially on acceleration. The vehicle stopped on me recently; it took me about 10 tries before it finally let me move it out of reverse and put it into drive
Canister purge valve recall (cpv) and prior powertrain and PCM recall issues. History involving powertrain, PCM and cpv. Check engine light (cel) came on a few years ago and the car could not restart. Could have had an accident. Recently, in the summer 2019, cel on and gave a code about faulty catalytic converter when I spent $106 at green Ford to read and diagnosis the code. The light went on and off and on September 8, 2019, the car stalled and/or would not start back up many times when the cel was on. The car would not crank the next morning, twice, on the way to green Ford, and waiting on recall to be performed. The car has 151,000 miles and is a one owner vehicle. The powertrain, PCM and this current issue has been the only issues that seems to be connected.
On your vehicle, the PCM software may not adequately detect a stuck-open canister purge valve (cpv) within the fuel vapor system. If the cpv malfunctions and sticks open, it can lead to excessive vacuum in the fuel vapor system, potentially deforming the plastic fuel tank. This can cause the following symptoms: Illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (mil) with certain diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) inaccurate or erratic fuel gauge indication inaccurate distance to empty (dte) engine stall and/or other drivability concerns related to stuck open cpv safety risk this may result in an engine stall while driving without warning or without the ability to restart, and can increase the risk of a crash. Unfulfilled promise the manufacturer said the piece would be ready in the first quarter of 2019; however, the recall still says 'no remedy''almost 6 months later.
Takata recall my 2012 Ford Focus is having transmission issues. I can not drive over 60 in my vehicle and I am not the only one with this issue. I have read reports and called Ford and no one will take a look into this. It has caused me to have to pull over on the side of the highway and the car will smoke and over heat. I am not able to cut the car on for 10 mins and all of my dashboard lights appear. It has been this way for the past 4 months. I have had to get a new form of transportation because of it. Can someone please look into this.
After purchasing the car, it stared to have transmission issues. Took it to repair shop. They reworked the front end and transmission. The computers on both the front end and transmission failed to sync together. This caused a total failure of the transmission. I had the transmission replaced only to have it fail four months later. The car started to jerk, jump forward and then stopped moving. The engine was racing but the transmission did not work. I was left in the middle of a busy intersection and thankfully had people help me push it out of the road. It's back at the repair shop, again its the transmission module and transmission. !
Had 2 issues with dual-clutch transmission since buying the vehicle. Clutch was replaced on May 13th, 2019 for my 2012 Ford Focus. I was stuck on the highway twice for this occurrence with the vehicle jerking while in motion then the "check engine" light coming on and the car stalling out. The vehicle then came to a stop and could not be restarted. The cost of the repair was $2667.46 dollars to replace the clutch. The previous time was due to a problem with the transmission control module but was fixed with no issues.
My car has, since the time I bought it, stuttered randomly when accelerating. This has caused issues where merging into traffic from a stop can be unreliable, causing me to fail to enter traffic at the expected speed and causing increased risk for a collision. I think it might be a transmission, since it feels like a gear is slipping. Eventually, through the stuttering, I will gain enough speed to where it stops being an issue. (possibly when entering the next gear)
My transmission ore slipping in first gare, I have had it in the shop three times, after about three months it start slipping again. It's doing it now. Please check for all of my recall are complete.
I purchase 2012 Ford Focus SE January 21, 2019 from fayetteville auto brokers, fayetteville, nc. I was unaware of any recalls until I took car to be serviced at lafayette Ford, fayetteville, nc on 07/07/2019 later and there was a clutch recall. It had 112,000 miles at the time so that put me out of warranty which should of been taken care of before purchase. Therefore I was not forwarned nor was I aware of issues with clutch. Now I and stuck with payments as well as high repair bill. Then I find this article late stating replacement of faulty clutch at no cost that was not forwarded or made aware to me. My car is also deemed unsafe due to recall and the repair should be mandated at no cost based on deception that started the day of creation. It is only fair that this wrong is corrected.
I am the single owner of my 2012 Ford Focus. I only have 54K miles on the vehicle but it shudders, jerks and feels like it falls out of gear at times. It has behaved this way since I have owned it. I thought that is just the way it was. I am now very concerned about the these transmission problems as my son now drives the vehicle.
Complaint #1 the car overheated during a trip on the highway, had to detour...a hose was spewing water have a picture..I only had the car for 2 or 3 days!! complaint #2 very serious, while driving 65 mph on a highway. The car jerked very hard and then lost power.there was no room to pull over, it was grass and a slight ditch, late at night no street lamps...the car would not start the fuel left to E was 78 miles.I called road side assistance...semi truck swerved to miss us and every other semi and vehicle had to cross over the yellow lines to avoid smashing into the stalled car.my daughter and I sitting in the vehicle, the hour was 11:00 pm. Complaint #3 the car sputters into gear taking off.. by the way it was a one lane highway. Far from any town..
The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to shift out of first gear and failed to start. In addition, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the transmission control module needed to be replaced. The contact called mac haik Ford (R0333 katy fwy, houston, tx 77024, (713) 932-5000). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: Cas-2244251-N1M5D1. The contact was informed about the extended warranty. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 123,000.
Takata recall everytime I take off in my car it jurks all the time like it was trying to catch to move into next year it jurks as I drive down the road and when I stop at a red light, and a stop sign it jurks and then cuts of so I have to put the car in park to keep it from cutting off I have been on the side of the road 6 times because of this problem the gas meter stop working so I never knew how much gas I had in the car now I can not even drive the car because it has gotten worse want go into gear
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