2013 Ford Focus Problems and Recalls: What Owners Report

This vehicle has been into Ford service for a continuous oil leak from the transmission 4 times, 8/5/13, 8/25/14, 1/13/15, and 4/15/15. The transmission oil is leaking onto the clutches causing violent shuttering when the vehicle is shifting.

Vehicle shudders, bucks & hesitates upon take off and acceleration. Feels like its going to stall. Makes grinding noise when changing gears. Have had it "repaired" twice at the Ford dealership where purchased for same issue. First time on 9/8/2014 & 2nd time on 5/4/2015.

My 2013 Ford focus shudders, hesitates and surges when shifting. Today it is in Ford's dealership getting the fifth auto trans dual clutch installed. I do not feel safe when accelerating from a stop sign. Yesterday the car shifted hard 1-2 and again shifted hard 2-3 and then would not come out of 3rd gear.

My 2013 Ford focus stalled out in the middle of an intersection and would not start due to a faulty tcm. We do not make right-hand turns on red because the vehicle does accelerate properly and shimmers and shakes when accelerating. We have advised Ford of this issue and was advised this is normal performance for this car.

Vehicle stalls erratically due to a fuel delivery issue. Leaves driver stranded with no means of starting the car. Ford is aware of the issue via NHTSA recall number: 18v735 but no solution has been implemented yet.

My Ford car engine light is on whenever it rains and my Ford car stalls and I have no idea what recall issues it hash latch door check look at the sales service Ford dealership!2020

While aggressively shifting from 1-2 and even sometimes 2-3 there is a hard thumping bang that occurs when shifting over 3k...multiple Ford owners are aware of the issue and state that the problem depends on the build date of the vehicle...supposedly stating its the engine motor mount. Upon reading into the problem Ford isn't sure if the are going to make it a recall or not.

When driving on residential roads, I often feel my 2013 Ford focus stall or jerk. Often times there are glitches in the electrical wiring of locks and also in the radio. The door will stay locked after hitting the unlock button on the inside multiple times. The radio will not turn on, unless I turn off and re-turn on the car. As for the stalling, it often stalls when going anywhere from 30-65 mph.

My Ford focus st 2013 suddenly failed and showed the message "steering assist fault service required". Steering wheel got very heavy and not possible to drive the car to the dealer. There were not previous warnings, a noise or feeling of it was not working correctly, it just happened from night to morning when parked in my garage. I m located in mexico but this info may help and I m willing to help.

Complete failure of power steering making car impossible to drive. Per dealer rack / bolt failure. Estimate to repair $2200. Could have caused car crash. What happened warning light to pull over get service immediately followed by complete locking of steering. Even the tow truck person could barely get on to tow truck because could not move position of care.

Backing out of a parking space and the power steering failed. Wheel could not be turned at all. Vehicle had to be towed to a dealer since an independent repair shop could not repair. Total cost of the repair was $1793.43. The vehicle only had 49k miles at the time of the failure.

2013 Ford focus power steering totally went out while pulling into a parking space. Car would still steer but took a tremendous physical effort. Dealer diagnosed with a faulty steering epas. Ford has recalled other models for this exact issue, but not the focus.

When driving on residential roads, I often feel my 2013 Ford focus stall or jerk. Often times there are glitches in the electrical wiring of locks and also in the radio. The door will stay locked after hitting the unlock button on the inside multiple times. The radio will not turn on, unless I turn off and re-turn on the car. As for the stalling, it often stalls when going anywhere from 30-65 mph.

Vehicle lost all power while driving at 45 mph with no warning. After attempting to restart for 10-15 minutes, the car did re-start, but the check engine light stayed on. Took to dealership on 2/22. Awaiting information from dealer.

The gas gauge is incorrect . Now I cant pump more than 2-3 gallons at a time. I noticed yesterday that the gas tank is leaking gas. Today my vehicle caught on fire due to wiring issues , and if the fire from the wires would have made contact with the leaking gas , the outcome would have been fatal.

Recall 18v735 was issued almost a year ago. However, Ford seems uninterested in correcting the issue. Safecar.gov reports: "recall status: recall incomplete. Remedy not yet available." I'm still waiting and waiting on a fix., driving a potentially dangerous vehicle in the meantime.