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Transmission Overheating
2013 Ford Focus
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Ford dealer.
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.
8.6
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $0
- Average Mileage:
- 63,350 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 7 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (7 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Car will only run for five minutes when I first start, if it's cold. It will only run if I let it sit for like half hour, maybe for another 5 minutes, once the transmission starts overheating. Before this started about a month ago or two, it would only run and be all crazy sometimes, but then I would turn it off, turn it back on, and it would run perfect sometimes it was like a gambler playing the lottery. But I will say when it was running good it would shift perfectly like a beautiful car, so I always thought it was something simple until now. It just keeps overheating but that could also be something simple.
- Chris M., Waldorf, MD, US