FordFocus2012
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2012 Ford Focus Fuel/Propulsion System Problems

205
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 205 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

What owners report

  • fuel tank · 31 records
  • purge valve · 22 records
  • check engine · 22 records
  • engine light · 19 records
  • fuel gauge · 15 records
  • fuel system · 14 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi63
100–150k mi40
1–30k mi34
30–60k mi25
150–400k mi15

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 24, 2012 · 5,000 miles

    Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Two incidents. While driving at a speed of about 25 miles per hour, the vehicle lost power and stalled on an arterial street. Traffic was light, and there was no danger to me or other motorists. The vehicle would not restart. Had the car towed to the dealer, and was told it was out of gas. The gauge had been reading 1/4 full at the time of the incident. The gauge continued to give false readings (moved from lower to…

    ODI 10468906

  • May 28, 2012 · 145 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    I just bought a brand new 2012 ford focus and i noticed shudder or vibration when starting to drive. I looked at the internet and found a this a common complaint among ford focus owners. Please help us in compeling ford to do something about this. *tr

    ODI 10459921

  • May 12, 2012 · 1,837 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Steering

    Car is shuddering, vibrating, rolling backwards on inclines, stuttering bad gas mileage at low speeds between 0 and 20 miles per hour. The car has been in 4 times to the dealer beginning on 5/3/12 through 11/14/13 it has been reprogrammed 3 times and a new transmission replaced it which has solved the problem temporarily but starts happening again. When driving in or pulling out into traffic because the car either…

    ODI 10659409

  • April 14, 2012 · 68 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    Automatic transmission does not shift smoothly. Intermittent vibrates, bucks, hesitates, slips & jerks. Can't rely on take-off acceleration whether it will engage properly, pulling into traffic is very dangerous. Stop and go traffic is very dangerous. It's like someone driving a stick shift and not having the clutch & gas in sync, only it's an automatic so you can't do anything about it. I have had the car in to the…

    ODI 10462195

  • January 1, 2012

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    I need my 2012 ford focus repaired per manufacturer recall number 18s32 and nhtsa recall number 18v735.

    ODI 11171251