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Ford Focus Fuel/Propulsion System Problems

826
Owner complaint records in our dataset
19
Years with records
2000–2018
Stored years

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 826 stored complaint records:

  • 13 indicate a crash
  • 2 indicate injury
  • 8 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • check engine · 29 records
  • engine light · 23 records
  • purge valve · 18 records
  • fuel tank · 18 records
  • fuel system · 16 records
  • system gasoline · 11 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi247
30–60k mi165
1–30k mi140
100–150k mi103
150–400k mi34

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • February 14, 2020 · 5 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    Car will not start...i was driving and the engine is acting like it needs fuel when there is gas in the tank. I had the pcv and coal.xanaster replaced except the gas tank ford store says gas tank is not deformed...

    ODI 11309586

    2015 records in this system

  • February 12, 2020 · 160,000 miles

    Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Driving down the road and gas peddle get stuck and sometimes wont push down to go sometimes while on the highway the headlights and all lights flicker all the time when i have them on at night gottin pulled over a couple of times tookin it too the shop and they said everythings ok on highway 36 between brookfield and chillicothe mo

    ODI 11309310

    2006 records in this system

  • February 11, 2020 · 1 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    CAR STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES 3 DAYS IN A ROW

    ODI 11308830

    2016 records in this system

  • February 10, 2020

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    The issue i have is with communication from the manufacturer. Ford has complied with the law and sent me a hard copy letter in the mail. However, their online communication is not as good and is downright misleading. While logged into their website, you can access a recall portal and see if your vehicle has any open recalls. Currently, the information on this part of their website is false. As you can see from the…

    ODI 11308280

    2012 records in this system

  • February 6, 2020 · 189,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    My radio has very high static and i cannot use my phone system. My fuel gauge is not reading properly. My car just shuts off while i am driving it. When i pull off the engine stalls. These issues have been on going every since i owned the car. It is a complete lemon.

    ODI 11307422

    2013 records in this system

  • February 2, 2020 · 64,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    Our car was looked at july 2019 and the recall was not fixed but they knew about it from your records. And we have been having trouble on accelerating spitting and sputtering and today me and my family were out shopping and we were driving out of the parking lot and the car just would not go the gas was not working we couldnt move and we turned it off and starting driving again and the same thing happened and the…

    ODI 11306596

    2017 records in this system

  • January 31, 2020 · 31,200 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    After warm, at a red light, in neutral (manual transmission), car will drop rpm and stutter, nearly stalling out. Sometimes only once, and other times repeatedly while sitting there.

    ODI 11307364

    2018 records in this system

  • January 27, 2020 · 86,000 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    Car was taken to ford dealership to have the recalls done for the transmission, fuel tank evap and door latch. Ford completed the recalls for the fuel system and door latch at this poticular time the transmission was not fixed.(did not pass fords shutter test). At this time the check engine light was on because of the transmission, according to the ford dealership. I picked the car up amd drove with my son the…

    ODI 11302254

    2014 records in this system