2013 Ford Focus Electric Problems

CAR STOPPED ON MOTION WITH AN ALARM STOP SAFELY NOW, WHEELS LOST POWER, STEERING WHEEL WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION SO CAR HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SO I WAS DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT IN THE RAIN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL FLASHED A COUPLE TIMES AND I THOUGHT 'OH IT'S JUST CAUSE THE RAIN' WELL TODAY THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THEN I GOT A WARNING LIGHT SAYING 'LOW BRAKE FLUID' AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DOING 30MPH. IT WENT AWAY AND DROVE FINE BUT IT WILL POP UP EVERY 4 MILES OR SO SAYING LOW BRAKE FLUID

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus Electric. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start while the battery was fully charged. The message "Stop Safely Now" was displayed. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could not be repaired under Ford Campaign Number: 15N03 because the campaign had expired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus Electric. The contact stated while turning off the vehicle, the lights and radio remained operational which resulted in the battery being drained. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STOP ENGINE NOW WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VANCOUVER AUTO GROUP (6804 NE 40TH ST, VANCOUVER, WA 98661, 360-992-7285) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 41,000.

TAKATA RECALL. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SO WHEN I DRIVE IT JERKS AND FEELS AS IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT WAS BECAUS THERE'S A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. I WAS GOING TO A LEAST GET THE FLUID CHANGED IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT THERE'S NONDIPSTICK AND I WAS TOLD IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED AND IT'S THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND I'VE ONLY OWNED THIS YEAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND OWN 10,000 ON IT.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT HONDA IN ARLINGTON OFF OF 20 HWY IN 2013 I TOOK IT BACK WHEN I BOUGHT IT THAT WAS PRE USED , AND THEN IT SEEM LIKE THEY DID NOT WANT IT BACK AND NEVER WANT TO FIX IT . AND THE TRANS MISSION IS NOT WANT TO PUT DUE TO A LOUD NOISE, AND THEN THE TRUCK WANT OPEN AND THE LIGHT WANTED GO OFF AND THE ALARM WANT COME ON, TAKEN TO DON DAVIS AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME AND I AM DISABLE, AND I HAVE MY LITTLE GRANDCHILD THAT IS 6 MONTHS OLD AND SHE RIDE EVERYDAY AND I HOPE WE DON'T GET IN THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP US I HAVE PUT THIS ON MANY TIMES. THE DOOR WAS A RECALL AND WHEN TO DON DAVIS AND THEY ARE HAVE WAY FIX. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, A LOUD CHIME SOUNDED, WITH A RED TRIANGLE SAYING, "STOP SAFELY NOW" AS WELL AS A YELLOW "SEE MANUAL" INDICATION. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WAS SUDDEN AND WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND I HAD TO ATTEMPT TO PULL OF THE STREET SO I WOULDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I SHIFTED TO PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT RESOLVED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, 2 DAYS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED BUT THIS TIME I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND NEEDED TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT. THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A SIDEWALK AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND STATIONARY, I TURNED ON THE CAR AND THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT OPERABLE AND THE STEERING WENT INTO MANUAL MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. AFTER THE MECHANIC EVALUATED THIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE PART ALONE IS $1100 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR. RATHER COSTLY. THERE ARE MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS FOUND ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH. OTHER FORD CARS HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL ON THIS PART. IT SEEMS PARTICULARLY ODD AND EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE ON FORD'S BEHALF TO NOT CONCEDE TO THE DEFECT ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAR/MAKE/MODEL AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.

SO I WAS DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT IN THE RAIN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL FLASHED A COUPLE TIMES AND I THOUGHT 'OH IT'S JUST CAUSE THE RAIN' WELL TODAY THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THEN I GOT A WARNING LIGHT SAYING 'LOW BRAKE FLUID' AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DOING 30MPH. IT WENT AWAY AND DROVE FINE BUT IT WILL POP UP EVERY 4 MILES OR SO SAYING LOW BRAKE FLUID

THIS CAR, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HELP FOR A LONG TIME AND IT SEEM LIKE NOT ONE HAS HEARD ME , NOT EVEN THE DEALER, AND NOW HEAR IT IS MY CAR IS HAVING TROUBLE LIKE THE TRUNK WONT OPEN AND WE TIDE A STREAM ON IT AND THE LIGHTS STAY ON OVER A HOUR. AND CAR JERK WHEN TAKEING OFF IN SPEED WHEN CHANGE GEARS.

WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, WITH 48 MILES ON THE BATTERY WHEN AN ALERT DINGED AND THE MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN SAID "PULL OVER TO SAFETY NOW." I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OUT OF TRAFFIC INTO A PARKING SPACE AS THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, THEN STEERING THEN COMPLETELY LOCKED, COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO FORWARD / HAD LOST POWER. AND THE POWER BREAKS DIDN'T SEEM TO BE FUNCTIONING. THANKFULLY I HAD ALREADY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE NEXT MORNING WE HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE CENTER THAT SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY APPLIED THE SOFTWARE FIX AND TEST DROVE THE CAR ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM REOCCUR. THEREFORE THEY SAID THE FIX FOR THE RECALL DIDN'T ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, AS THAT WAS THE PART FORD SAID WAS FAULTY / FAILED. *TR

THE CAR'S BRAKING SYSTEM IS FLAWED ON ROUGH / POT HOLE SURFACES. EVERYTIME ON THE WAY TO WORK, THERE IS A PORTION OF ROAD THAT IS VERY ROUGH/ UNEVEN/WAVE LIKE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE WHILE ON THIS PORTION OF ROAD THE CAR ACTUALLY SPEEDS UP WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE (THE CAR SLOWS DOWN IN THE BEGINNING THEN APPEARS THE BRAKES RELEASE PRESSURE AND VEHICLE SPEEDS UP AS IF I JUST RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE). THIS IS VERY REPRODUCIBLE, "EVERYDAY". THIS PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO A FAMILY MEMBER'S PRIUS BRAKING PROBLEM AND ACTUAL LIKE MY INFINTI JX35 BRAKE ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT HONDA IN ARLINGTON OFF OF 20 HWY IN 2013 I TOOK IT BACK WHEN I BOUGHT IT THAT WAS PRE USED , AND THEN IT SEEM LIKE THEY DID NOT WANT IT BACK AND NEVER WANT TO FIX IT . AND THE TRANS MISSION IS NOT WANT TO PUT DUE TO A LOUD NOISE, AND THEN THE TRUCK WANT OPEN AND THE LIGHT WANTED GO OFF AND THE ALARM WANT COME ON, TAKEN TO DON DAVIS AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME AND I AM DISABLE, AND I HAVE MY LITTLE GRANDCHILD THAT IS 6 MONTHS OLD AND SHE RIDE EVERYDAY AND I HOPE WE DON'T GET IN THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP US I HAVE PUT THIS ON MANY TIMES. THE DOOR WAS A RECALL AND WHEN TO DON DAVIS AND THEY ARE HAVE WAY FIX. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!