“The contact rented a 2018 Ford Focus from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The brakes are an essential safety feature that must work properly. While all of the issues up until now have dealt with moving the car, this next concern relates to stopping it. Between the engine, transmission and fuel concerns, this car should be painted yellow because it is clearly a lemon. It also creates a situation where the driver may not be able to restart the vehicle. Labeled NHTSA Campaign Number 18V735000, the problem stems from a stuck canister purge valve, which might lead to the engine stalling. When it stalls was when I sit at a red light.”Īgain, we see a recall for fuel issues. There was a previous recall for this but it didn’t include my vehicle. Sometimes when I hit gas pedal, it does not want to go. This reviewer on the NHTSA website said, “Vehicle is stalling and check engine light is on. Unfortunately, this seems to be another area that Ford failed. We have dealt with the engine and powertrain, which are both primary components of the car, but so is the fuel system. We know what wasn’t in their heads – the 2018 Ford Focus was poorly manufactured. At least they were willing to address some problems and not lead customers to believe it was “in their head” as they told the above reviewer. It stated that the clutch on the manual transmissions might fracture, resulting in damage to the transmission assembly and possibly a transmission fluid leak. While not necessarily related to this instance, there was a recall for the powertrain labeled with NHTSA Campaign Number 18V845000. It’s a complete disappointment to them and the countless other owners. It’s not difficult to tell how this driver feels about their 2018 Ford Focus. Don’t buy anything with Ford in its name Ever.” Ford cars no longer last 250,000+ miles and they don’t stand behind their products anymore like they used to. That’s everything that a Ford dealership told me. It has nothing to do with a bad clutch assembly because we replaced the clutch assembly due to a recall but it has nothing to do with it being faulty. If you smell burning rubber in your engine just remember you drove over a plastic bag and it got stuck in the muffler. Ford knows about the defects but won’t do anything about it… Don’t buy stay away like the plague and like your life depends upon it because it does. Then once the factory power train warranty ran out Ford service the head mechanic there told me that I should have known about the power train defects and purchased the extended power train warranty. One reviewer wrote on Edmunds, “The clutch assembly was recalled and fixed once then it went again after 6 months, the power train started to fail right outside of the 60,000 miles power train warranty the power train started to go before that but Ford never fixed it because it was all in my head. This is another vital part of any vehicle. ![]() We see a significant issue with the powertrain as well. Apparently, Ford felt they didn’t need to address it since the car was discontinued for the following model year. In fact, a quick search on the Internet shows this is a regular complaint from owners. If it had only been one person talking about this failure, it would be easy to overlook, but that’s not the situation. ![]() There’s been no indication on how to troubleshoot the problem or fix it. Mileage is just under 30k.”ĭespite having more than 50 Service Bulletins recorded, Ford hasn’t addressed these concerns directly. ![]() The issue is becoming more frequent, so I’ll be taking the vehicle into the dealership. Sadly, many 2018 Ford Focus owners experience trouble with their car motor.Ĭheck out what this NHTSA user wrote, “From a complete stop (due to stopped traffic on the highway or while at a stoplight, acceleration causes the vehicle to hesitate, rapidly increase RM and shudder/shake violently. When this doesn’t operate properly, everything seems to go wrong. The car engine is the heart of a vehicle.
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