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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2016 Ford Focus & its "Powershift" transmission has a defect trend where the car shudders when accelerating, especially when starting uphill.

Most owners have reported their Ford Focus remains driveable while the vehicle is still at low mileage, but the shuddering is annoying & unpleasant & may reduce the resale value of the vehicle.

However, owners of higher-mileage vehicles from earlier 3rd generation Focus model years report transmission failure & a host of other major & expensive transmission-related problems. Potential buyers beware.

4.4

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
25,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

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.

2016 Ford Focus wheels / hubs problems

wheels / hubs problem

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2016 Ford Focus Owner Comments

problem #1

Jul 252018

Focus

  • 25,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the spare tire failed to fit on the vehicle because it was too small. The vehicle was taken to riverside Ford (5900 sycamore canyon blvd, riverside, California 92507, 888) 984-4430), but the dealer could not assist. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000. The VIN was not available.

- Hartsville, SC, USA

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