CarComplaints.com Notes: Ford changed a lot of things for its 3rd generation, just none of them were a good idea.
The transmission tends to hesitate and jerk when accelerating. The new electronically-driven power steering can fail suddenly and without warning. Even Ford's SYNC can be a headache. Actually, scratch that last one — it's always been a headache.
I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH AND MY HOOD BLEW UP AND PLASTERED ON MY WINDSHIELD AND WOULD NOT COME OFF WITHOUT PRYING IT. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVEN'T HAD IT LOOKED AT BECAUSE MY INSURANCE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED, WHEN IT WAS OF NO FAULT OF MINE AND THIS MODEL OF FORD NOW HAS A RECALL ON DOOR LATCHES THAT I JUST RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SO NO ONE IS HITTING THE LATCH, THERE OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING CRAZY GOING ON WITH THE FORD FOCUS AND I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
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I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH AND MY HOOD BLEW UP AND PLASTERED ON MY WINDSHIELD AND WOULD NOT COME OFF WITHOUT PRYING IT. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVEN'T HAD IT LOOKED AT BECAUSE MY INSURANCE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED, WHEN IT WAS OF NO FAULT OF MINE AND THIS MODEL OF FORD NOW HAS A RECALL ON DOOR LATCHES THAT I JUST RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SO NO ONE IS HITTING THE LATCH, THERE OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING CRAZY GOING ON WITH THE FORD FOCUS AND I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
- mcsharer, Hawthorne, US