2012 Ford Focus Electrical System Problems
- 276
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 276 stored complaint records:
- 7 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
What owners report
- Horn · 3 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 87 |
| 30–60k mi | 72 |
| 1–30k mi | 56 |
| 100–150k mi | 30 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. While driving at various speeds, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted. Approximately 30 seconds later, the engine stalled and did not restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the control module and the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired five times, but the failure recurred.…
ODI 10852916
Electrical System · Engine
There was a loss of power in february when i was driving so i took my car to ford and apparently there was a problem with the transmission. However, two days ago (july 27th), my car stopped working completely while i was driving. I was really scared since all power was off. Then i have to try several times to turn on my car again. There was a loss of all changes, reverse position did not work. Took the car to the…
ODI 10744553
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. While driving at various speeds and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. All of the warning indicators on the instrument panel illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine had a leak and needed to be repaired and the brake line and circuit board failed. The vehicle was…
ODI 10717039
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start and the odometer failed to operate properly. In addition, the fuel gauge failed to indicate the accurate fuel level readings, which caused the vehicle to be low on fuel and shut off. The contact also stated that the windows failed to close. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The…
ODI 10734075
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Was driving with my mom when all of a sudden her power steering gave out and it was incredibility hard for her to steer. I took over and drove home now i drove vehicles with out power steering before but this was by far the toughest steering vehicle i drove. It was completely dangerous and irresponsible of ford to not address the issue as of yet. Thankfully i was with my mom that day and nothing worse happened but…
ODI 10678231
Electrical System · Power Window Devices And Controls
Both front electric windows work intermittently. Motor misfired at 50mph. *tr
ODI 10671353
Electrical System
My car sync has not been working properly and my radio would just shut off while driving. I would have to stop turn off my car and take the kit was definitely something electrical because i could manipulate the frequency sound by turning the heat on and off or the wipers.ey out then open and shut the door start it back up and the radio would turn on. Recently something happened where a loud crackle came through the…
ODI 10676857
Electrical System
The horn has stopped working. It worked the first few weeks we had the car, and it no longer works currently. Fuses and relays were checked associated with horn function via owners manual and were not the source of the issue. *tr
ODI 10671204
Electrical System · Power Train
*ongoing *please see original complaints # 10473215 and #10670375* long history of transmission repairs since purchase. Latest repair on 1/5/2014 was to replace malfunctioning tcm. When getting car back from service, odd noise and hesitation upon starting. Service manager attempted to start. Symptoms of tcm malfunction again, and then complete loss of power. Service states that chafed wiring was found under driver…
ODI 10670834
Electrical System
The car was operating fine up to the point after it was parked at a nearby strip mall. After returning to the car, the car would not start. The dash lights come on, radio works, etc but the starter acted like it was not even getting power. I thought the vehicle had a bad battery, after multiple attempts to jump start the car, it finally started. Once the vehicle was running, i put it in reverse and it would not move…
ODI 10669841
Electrical System
Horn stopped working checked fuses and relays which all work but after reading there are several people that complain that the wiring in the car causes a problem with the horn becoming inoperative. This is a wider problem and wish to have ford issue a recall. I have had issues not being able to warn people drifting or not paying attention with no way to warn them. This is a serious safety issue. *tr
ODI 10691794
Electrical System · Engine
2012 ford focus dangerously stall while driving as well as merging into traffic or on an incline *cw the consumer has since traded the vehicle. *jb
ODI 10653274
Electrical System
Ignition switch failed to start vehicle promply problem progressed until today 12/10/2014 car would not start at all. *tr
ODI 10663498
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact had not experienced any failures prior to taking the vehicle to the dealer to receive a manufacturer's recall remedy. After the repair, the failure progressed randomly for longer than a year. Upon depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle was slow to respond and the rear tires locked when accelerating. The contact later experienced the vehicle stalling without…
ODI 10837727
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
I have a 2012 ford focus. Only a year after buying this car i began to notice issues with shifting while driving and even complained about transmission issues to my dealer. I was told this was "normal operating condition". Before the implementation of the fors customer service program happened, there was a minor recall to reduce instances of rolling back on hills. I took my car in to have that fixed only to have…
ODI 10725153
Electrical System · Power Train · Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was taken to the dealer twice where the transmission control module was replaced. Weeks later, there was an abnormal noise coming from the radio and it randomly failed to work. While driving, the steering wheel seized and the contact had to apply force to the steering wheel each time the failure recurred. The…
ODI 10775342
Electrical System
The reflective cap that says "ford" inside the front passenger side headlight assembly fell down, disallowing the headlamp beam to be directly in front of the car causing visibility problems.
ODI 10639387
Electrical System · Steering
I started my car ignition, began to back out of my driveway. After about 2 - 7 seconds, the power steering froze up and a caution light lit up on my dash. It reads: power steering assist malfunction, check manual. Or words very close to that effect. This has happened about 10 - 15 times since approximately september !8, 2014. I took it to ford dealer and they changed the battery. They showed low voltage to the…
ODI 10643404
Electrical System · Engine
This is not the only issue, but this has been the most dangerous for me... For the past year, the car has lost transmission power while driving - i was on hwy 40 and the car just stopped working - twice i was in the middle of a busy intersection and the car cut off - i was at a near stop and the car stopped responding....this has been reported numerous times by others. The gas pedal just stops responding at all. The…
ODI 10761208
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
I own a 2012 ford focus se. I bought my ford focus in december 2012 from folsom lake ford located in folsom california. At 20000 miles i took my car in for its factory service and advised the transmission was not operating correctly. According to folsom lake ford their service department reprogrammed the transmission computer and ordered parts for the transmission'parts that would take a month to arrive, but never…
ODI 10671013
Electrical System · Steering
I was driving in a residential neighborhood when an error message displayed on the dash computer indicating that there was an issue with the power steering. I was in the middle of a turn onto another street when the power steering went out. This was not the first time that the power steering went out. I have experienced the same issue at least 5 times. On the most recent occasion noted here, the power steering…
ODI 10631005
Electrical System · Steering
My first encounter started in march with a warning condition indicating a default in my steering assistance only when i would turn on the ignition, i called ford dealership and was told it would go away by turning of the ignition and turning it back on.,and it did go away. Now in august, i was driving on freeway and the warning light came on again while driving and the steering wheel became very hard to steer, i was…
ODI 10648389
Electrical System
Our 2012 ford focus shut off at 70 mph, while simultaneously losing pwr str, pwr brk, & illuminating all inst panel icons as in (key on-eng off). Then while coasting to complete stop, car returned to normal ops & was able to drive away, never touching the ign key switch. Ford dealer cleared multiple codes, which they would not reveal. They did tell me there was a pcm communication failure in history, but could not…
ODI 10629246
Electrical System · Power Window Devices And Controls
Driver's side front power window motor failed and needed to be replaced. *tr
ODI 10644330
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
While driving my 2012 - manual 5 speed ford focus down the highway the car lost power. There was no indication that anything was wrong, but all of a sudden while in 5th gear at 70mph the car had no power to propel itself forward, at the same time the radio/entertainment system malfunctioned and turned off. Luckily, i was able to make it over to the shoulder and roll to a stop without an incident. Turned the car back…
ODI 10626252