CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2015 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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
41,300 miles
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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.
Vehicle looses all power while driving on freeway. Gas guage inaccurate, after filling gas and driving 150 miles it is out of gas without warning and will loose power under any operating condition. This has happened numerous times.
Check engine light went on 2 minutes later a notification came on dash saying transmission hot safety pull over for 5 mins. Sat there for an hour scared to drive it cause I didn't want to make worse. When I went to drive home it struggles shifting into 1st and not even 3 mins after it shakes into 2nd gear it notifies me that transmission is hot to pull over. I will not drive it afraid it could catch fire and won't shift Car in a shopping plaza waiting to tow to house. Called 2 shops in Canton Ohio and they both said not a shop in town would touch the dual clutch transmission to take it to ford.
My 2015 ford focus has continually stopped in traffic causing a safety risk to other drivers and myself. I've taken it in for recalls and repairs but the problem still exists. The front rail hp switch was replaced and the hp fuel pump was replaced too. I'm afraid for people and my life. I have googled the problem and I see thousands of people have the same problem and can't get it fixed without dumping thousands of dollars into it. This has gone too far. I need help. Please. I'm old and not rich.
The engine on the car stalled shortly after the vehicle purchase from a local dealer (within less than two weeks), The dealer claimed that he never had a such issue, I had to get the car towed to a local Ford dealership then they found out the issue was the purge valve sticking causing negative pressure in the gas tank, so they ended up replacing the purge valve and updated the PCM which should have been addressed by the Safety Recall 18S32 & Safety Recall 19S22. What makes me confused is that when I did VIN lookup, my car was not affected, however the issue I had seems to be the exact match of those two recalls I mentioned. I nearly paid $800 after tax and this seems quite upsetting after I found out Ford had to recall nearly 1.5M cars for the same issues which excluded my vehicle. Is there anyway appeal this issue? I highly believe that Ford is responsible for those two issues I had to pay for. I attached the dealer invoice that explained what they did to fix the car.
My car has a check engine light with code P1450. This problem occurred in 2019 and was addressed by reprogramming the PCM. In 2021 I got the same code and now the purge valve is stuck open. I noticed that after adding fuel the car had trouble starting up until I gave it a little extra gas. I was advised not to drive the vehicle as it may stall, suddenly go into limp mode, or the fuel tank may collapse. I would like to note that all other focuses of this generation have received a recall on the purge valve, but excluding my engine the 1.0. a lot of digging into forums has shown me that many 1.0 owners have had this problem with their Focus. Quite shady to recall only some of the focuses when it seems that it's a common problem with all engine variations.
- Waipahu, HI, USA
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Engine stalls while driving it and won't start back without warning it use after putting gas in it I seen where they are recall 2012-2018 Ford Focus cpv but when I put the VIN in it doesn't show up but my is doin the same thing
Car will not start after gas is put into the car. Takes a few times to start it back up and will stall if not thrown into drive real quick and speed off. RPM's will constantly run up. Takes a lot of power to pick up speed or go up a hill.
I started through a busy intersection on a green light. The car lost power stealing in the intersection. I blocked traffic for several minutes before I could get assistance to move the car out of the way. No one hit my car but it was a dangerous situation.
This car cut off while driving it has been taken to the Ford place in covington Georgia the problem is still here almost cost me my life cut while entering into traffic it happen often I am paying on this car my job close do to covid I need this car to run better so I can work
Driving engine will stall and engine won't start if you get gas. Purge valve is not working correctly and there isn't a recall currently on this car but on others 2012-2018 focuses.
While driving my car or even allowing my car to idle it starts shaking and will shut off. Once it is off it is very hard to get and keep it started. Once I do get it started I have to rev the engine between 3K and 4K RPM just to get it to stop doing this. I first thought it was only when putting fuel in or idling but it is happening all the time. I used injector cleaner and octane booster to try to help but it is not working. It is throwing a fuel issue when put on the diagnostic. It happens to the point where I cannot safely drive my car. The dealership stated it is probably the canister purge valve but my VIN is not listed although if falls within the year of the recall.
Started car in parking lot, entered roadway, tried to accelerate and car would not go. Pulled over turned car off and restarted. Car was able to make it home however next time car was started car again would not accelerate on road. Whole car began to shake. Check engine and battery light came on. Car was towed to dealership unsafe for driving. Told it was the fuel pump that was bad. Only have 33,552 miles on car. Cost $700 to fix. After it was fixed car no longer stuttered (which it's done the whole 5 years I have owned it) and the mileage to empty read 418. Not once has it every read 400 or over before. Dealership could give no explanation why fuel pump went bad.
On Oct. 11, 2020, while driving on the highway the car lost power and stalled multiple times. Towed to dealership and diagnosed as faulty low pressure fuel pump. Six weeks earlier the fuel pressure sensor was replaced, too.
On Aug. 25, 2020, while driving in city traffic, car stalled multiple times, cil came on, car would not drive. Towed to dealership and diagnosed as faulty fuel pressure senor.
Steering seized up at 70K miles. Elec. Rack & pinion needs replacing $2800! this should not happen at 70K miles - extremely dangerous and expensive to fix on a 5 yr old car. Transmission stutters - was recalled, "fixed" and still hesitates occasionally. Never take an intersection for granted because car might stutter - extremely dangerous sometimes. Gas tank recalled - fixed.
I got the clutch fixed under warranty a few weeks ago now the car has the same problem which keeps happening it happened before I keep taking it in too get fixed and the problem keeps getting worse I don't know what it is now. It's a big problem too have for a new car only five years old. It stalled out on me the engine loses power it turned off on me I'm the middle of the intersection which is dangerous. It doesn't shift properly what so ever and I supposedly got the problem fixed. It's becoming a real bother too drive. I maintain the car perfect too have all these problems. I barely made it home in a few occasions with the stalling and the ugly shifting. This car is unsafe and a real hassle too drive, which I keep repairing only too get worse. I suspect the transmission but the clutch has been worked only too get worse
Multiple Ford dealerships are refusing to complete recall work (recall 18S32) on my 2015 Ford Focus SE. I have the paper they sent me detailing the problems, and I am currently experiencing these issues while driving, however Ford says that since they "looked at" the recalled part about 6-8 weeks ago, they can no longer complete the recall work and that I would be financially responsible for fixing this issue.
The cpv is stuck open. Damage to the fuel pump and gas tank. Years models from 2012 -2018 with same problem are on the recall, but my vehicle is not for some reason. I have been unable to get someone to explain this to me. The problem causes the car to shack and stall out.
I was instructed to go to service center when my Focus starts jerking, stalling, shaking, and stalling out. I have been at to many intersections when my car almost stalled out which made me fear of my safety and a few near collisions. Vehicle has been stationary at lights as well as in motion on city highways and on T
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- Yucaipa, CA, USA