Vehicle loses power to the point of almost stalling out, and then surges forward, spinning the back tires. This happened on a hill, and I was almost hit by the car behind me! the RPM's rev way up and the engine won't shift. The car shudders and jerks and won't get going upon take off. This happened several times at an intersection/stop light, and I am afraid I am going to be rear ended. The car will not get going when it's supposed to.

- Northfield Falls, VT, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle shuddered upon acceleration. The vehicle was taken to two different dealers, including jack demmer Ford (734-721-2600, located at 37300 Michigan ave, wayne, mi 48184) where the computer software was reprogrammed. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken back to the same dealer where the clutch assembly was replaced. The dealer stated that a certain amount of shuddering was normal. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 8,000.

- Canton, MI, USA

My 2014 Ford Focus SE hatchback has a dual clutch transmission that adds for a sporty feel and better gas mileage, the dct is dry clutch and the gaskets are teribble cuasing oil to get into parts where they shouldnt in the dct cuasing the transmission to stutter, lag, and be undriveable this is obviously a saftey issues that Ford knew. The vehicle was in motion on a back road.

- Colfax, NC, USA

This car is stalling stalling constantly. It just gets worse as time goes by. Once it gets going at a good speed its fine. Yet when U take off or pull out in traffic it stalls and is extremely dangerous. I've had it looked at by 2 mechanics and they say its a problem with those model cars and there are recalls on some.. I would like to know if its recalled on this car because I am very afraid of getting killed because of the stalling.. please help before this happens

- Huntington, WV, USA

The car started excessively jerking while driving at 45 mph. The car selected the wrong gear and could have killed someone. This car is dangerous to drive. The car had new clutches that are 7 months old. The car drove home but would not crank or start at all the next day. There was a red engine light on the dash. The tcm and the clutch pack has been replaced but the car is not fixed. It still rive the same way.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

The vehicle was purchased on August 11, 2019 from ourisman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of bowie. A few days after, I started noticing issues with acceleration, deceleration, and fuel gauge issues with the vehicle. I went back to the dealership and I was told that fixing the fuel tank recall and transmission warranty extension on the vehicle will fix the issues. I took off a day from work and took to ourisman Ford & Lincoln in alexandria, Virginia. After several hours of waiting, I was told that I will have to drop it off another day because some part(s) will be ordered. About a week after, I dropped it off and it stayed for over 3 days. I was told that everything was okay. Perhaps, just about 1000 miles of driving in about 6 weeks after the repair, I almost had an accident due almost sudden stop on the highway on Friday, November 1, 2019. I was driving at about 60mph when the vehicle almost stopped with the alert 'transmission fault service now'. I managed to pull off the road, turned of the engine and turned it on after about 20 minutes and the alert came up again. I drove at no more 20mph with the hazard lights on to my home. I scheduled appointment with darcars Ford in lanham md to drop it off on Monday, November 4, 2019. I am complaining because I have owned this for less than 90 days but I have gone through a whole lot. Now it's becoming clear that the dealership knew, concealed and sold a severely useless vehicle that almost took my life. I am frustrated because the absence of a vehicle will obstruct my work, my son's school and all our medical appointments for the week. I sincerely need help...

- Springdale, MD, USA

My transmission stopped engaging as I was turning into my parking space at home after a 150-mile trip.I was in motion. The engine raced. I let off the gas pedal. I turned off the engine, thinking it might be a software glitch. When I tried to restart the engine, nothing happened. I had to push the car into the space with the transmission in neutral.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

When driving my 2014 Ford Focus, when stop at a light and began to start going the car stalls or or it starts to shake like if I was driving a manual transmission, why hasn't the recall they said they did fixed the problem!!! this happens on city streets and highway.

- Wyoming, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled and "transmission not in park" appeared on the message center. The vehicle would not restart. The failure occurred two other times. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who determined that the power train control module failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.

- Lomepoc, CA, USA

Check engine light came on yesterday out of nowhere. Car started jerking bad as I took off. Slowly but getting worse til I had to stop. Then didn't wanna crank back up. Strange. So we hear a loud ticking noise.. this is with keys out of the car ignition.... I put keys in, still nothing. Eventually it crank but no reverse. God help me!!!!!!!!!!!

- Brandon, MS, USA

Since purchasing the car in 2014 I have had multiple transmission issues. Clutch replacements. Sensors. Everytime given a different excuse for the same shutter and issues with the car stalling. This last time the car completely haulted from going 45mph on a 4 lane road, trasmission light flew on, rpms would rev up, but car would barely creep. I was almost slammed into from behind before I could safety move to the slow lane and travel to a safe stopping point. Yes the car was still abke to navigate, but that did not matter when vehicles were coming up on me driving 45+mph to my vehicle that stalled out. I called Ford. It took days to get the car back and it has been running worse than ever! transmission is constantly slipping. A new constant shutter has now developed. The car will sometimes begin to move from a stop light, but decide to suddenly drop to a crawl and the rpms go high then as it corrects the rpms no longer adjust and the car no longer feels it is auto shifting correctly. Issues occur during driving, on highways, at stop lights/signs. When going a steady speed wheather is it 25 or 65 the car constantly shutters all the time now. The transmission or clutch slip anytime any given day. It is unpredictable. Worse more dangerous problems with this vehicle and no help from Ford.

- North Chesterfield, VA, USA

There had been over 30 occurrences of having problems with my car not being able to properly shift into the right gear. I have had the clutch replaced 5 times but it has not fixed the shifting. I've ran into issues at stop signs and stop lights of almost getting into accidents because my car won't properly go into the gear or shift correctly. More recently, 3 months ago; my car turned off and would not run back on. When taking it into Ford they stated they had no reason why this occurred and had no explanation for me.

- Orting, WA, USA

Purchased used in June 2018. Have had issues with the transmission shifting while driving. The car won't shift into reverse at all. Took back to dealership and was told it wasn't covered under their power train warranty. Was told it was a clutch issue and was a common problem with these cars that Ford failed to fix.

- South Point, OH, USA

Shudders and sometimes stalls when trying to upshift, has done this since new and been taken back to dealership3 times for repair, problem still persists after 61,000 miles.Ford was aware of this transmission issue and sold cars anyway.very unhappy with fmc.

- Chocowinity, NC, USA

When pulling off from a stop the car shudders and shakes. There is zero power behind it when pulling out no matter a flat road or hill. When going up hill the car struggles greatly. When you add passengers to the equation it gets incredibly worse. When there are passengers in the car when taking off from a stop the car shakes bad and has no power. It takes a long period to get to even 20 mph which means getting onto a highway is extremely dangerous. I am terrified to have my children in this car.

- Cressona, PA, USA

Hello I have a 2014 Ford Focus automatic gear with only 80K miles on it, I start feeling a problem when the car is shifting from first to 2nd gear one month ago and now I just had a a alert saying. " transmission fault service now " I really can't believe it to much problems with this car I hope there can be a recall to fix it because this is just a scam from Ford there taking our money and giving us cars that are not reliable at least lower the price of the cars if your selling them with problems this is unacceptable to make cars with issue that will cost us more money to fix it than it's original price what type of scam is this where the customers right regarding getting scammed like this

- Redwood City, CA, USA

My car's transmission has not worked correctly since I purchased it new in 2014. The salesman told me that the jerking while accelerating was the computer getting used to my driving style and would stop after a few weeks. That never happened. It jerks, stutters, stalls, surges without warning. It's dangerous. I've had near misses and he. I pull out into traffic and it stalls out. Driving at low RPM is the worst. This car is a hazard and should have been recalled years ago. Better yet Ford should never been allowed to continue to sell cars with the dps6 transmission after they knew it was defective. I want to make it clear that this problem is ongoing

- Seattle, WA, USA

When I put the car into drive after reversing out of my driveway, it would shift into drive but the car wouldn't

- Litchfield, CT, USA

While coasting the vehicle can't decide to downshift or go into neutral. Car hesitates from a dead stop when there is passengers.

- Pomona, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced transmission failure ever since purchasing the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled when the accelerator pedal was depressed without warning. The contact also stated that after an extended period of driving, the stalling became more prevalent. The contact then took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who stated that they were aware of the transmission defect and offered him a software upgrade. The contact stated that the failure persisted after the upgrade. The contact took the vehicle to state college Ford Lincoln Inc (3140 w college ave, state college, pa 16801, 814-238-5041) and was informed that the clutch needed to be replaced and that the vehicle would not be covered under warranty because it was under a reconstructed title. The contact was informed that he would have to pay out of pocket for the clutch to be replaced. He also had to pay an $85 diagnostic fee. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.

- Somerset, PA, USA