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2016 Ford Focus RS Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 5, 2018
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 26, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2016 Ford Focus RS. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Oct 5, 2018

ITS 27000 MILES AND ITS LEAKING OIL OUT THE FRONT AND BACK AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISION

NHTSA ID
11133563
Incident
Oct 5, 2018
Mileage
27,000 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed May 19, 2018

CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AT INTERSECTION WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND READY TO ENGAGE FIRST GEAR TO GO. ANOTHER DRIVER HELPED ME PUSH MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. KEPT PUSHING CLUTCH BUT IT WOULD NOT COME BACK TO REGULAR POSITION. I WAS ABLE WITH MY HAND AFTER GETTING OUT IF THE CAR TO PULL THE CLUTCH PEDAL FORWARD AND IT WORKED AFTER THAT.

NHTSA ID
11096884
Incident
Dec 3, 2017
Mileage
9,300 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Dec 21, 2017

CLUTCH STICKS TO FLOOR AND WILL NOT COME BACK UP. I EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING ALL NIGHT ON A VERY COLD WINTER NIGHT IN UPSTATE NY. I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN GEAR AND PULL OUT OF MY APARTMENT, BUT THEN THE CAR STALLED. I PUSHED THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO THE GROUND AND TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR. I COULDN'T MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER. I LIFTED MY FOOT UP AND THE CLUTCH WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED THE CLUTCH PEDAL BACK UP FORCEFULLY BY HAND SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRYING TO GET THE CLUTCH TO WORK. EACH TIME IT STUCK TO THE FLOOR. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A FLATBED. THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. I SUSPECT IT'S BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAD CONSIDERABLY WARMED UP WHILE IT WAS WITH THEM. SINCE THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE THE ISSUE THEY DECIDED NOT TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I'M SCARED THE CLUTCH WILL BECOME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING AND PREVENT ME FROM BEING ABLE TO SHIFT DURING A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

NHTSA ID
11055908
Incident
Dec 14, 2017
Mileage
13,700 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Nov 16, 2017

WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC DUE TO AN ACCIDENT FOR 40 MINS. AT ONE POINT MY CLUTCH PEDAL GOT STUCK DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT COME BACK UP YET THE CLUTCH WAS STILL ENGAGED AND BURNING. THE BURNING SMELL SO SO BAD. I MANAGED TO REACH DOWN AND PULL THE CLUTCH PEDAL UP WITH MY HAND. ONCE I DID THAT I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN FIRST AND DRIVE.

NHTSA ID
11046639
Incident
Nov 14, 2017
Mileage
7,000 mi
Engine
Filed Nov 5, 2017

AT 26000 MILES MY HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. STARTED WITH ROUGH MORNING START WHITE SMOKE AND LOSS OF COOLANT. LEAK WAS CONFIRMED IN CYLINDER 3. THE CAR IS STOCK WITH NO MODIFICATIONS.

NHTSA ID
11043386
Incident
Sep 15, 2017
Mileage
26,000 mi
Filed Apr 26, 2017

HELLO MY CLUTCH PEDAL KEEPS STICKING AND BURNING MY CLUTCH ALSO PEDEL STICKS TO FLOOR UNLESS I TURN CAR OFF AND PULL PEDEL UP HAS HAPPENED NOW 5 TIMES PLEASE REPORT THIS SO FORD CAN LOOK INTO IT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

NHTSA ID
10980981
Incident
Apr 26, 2017

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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