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.
On december 12th, 2019, i was involved in a three-car fender bender on fairfax county parkway in virginia. i was traveling in slow-moving traffic at 7:20am, close to reston hospital, when the two cars in front of me slammed on their brakes unexpectedly and i unfortunately could not brake in time to avoid hitting the car in front of me. the car directly in front of me was a toyota suv and had a tow-bar, which took most of the impact of the crash and caused damage to my vehicle. aside from some minor scratches, both of the other cars involved in the accident were fine and the two drivers were able to continue on their ways to work. my car, on the other hand has been declared a total loss by my insurance company as it immediately burst into flames upon impact. as i mentioned above, the traffic was slow-moving so we were not traveling at more than 25-30mph at any time on that stretch as we navigated the traffic. this should have been a very low-impact and minor incident; however, for some unknown and unexplainable reason, the ford focus was on fire before i even knew that i had crashed. the impact was so minimal that no airbags deployed. firefighters were onsite within 5 minutes and had difficulty putting out the blaze. in addition, i was still in the car while it was on fire because it happened immediately upon impact, so while i was lucky to walk away without any physical injuries, i was immediately taken to the ambulance to monitor my vitals and try to control my shock. i realize that there have been recalls of ford focus vehicles purchased in 2017 and prior; however, i strongly believe that the safety concerns raised in previous lawsuits against ford pertain directly to the 2018 model as well. we had already replaced the clutch in the focus after a year and a half because of a transmission failure also noted in previous years.
This is the 2nd time i am having the same issue. they replaced the clutches. i drove the car a couple of weeks and am having the same issues with surging/lugging. now, it is happening in lower gears and when i accelerate to higher gears. it is now happening when i am in reverse, too.
I approached a stop sign, and lost complete power, couldn't even move it out of gear, tried to jump it and nothing. i could've wrecked because of this
The 2018 ford focus has been in the repair shop four times for a check engine light relating to the vaper/vacuum hose, sensor over the past couple of months. in addition, the focus now has a broken steering gear. i was driving on the city street when it went out, and thankfully no other vehicles were near.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford focus. the contact stated that the check engine indicator illuminated and the vehicle sputtered while accelerating. the vehicle was taken to maxwell ford (5000 s ih 35 frontage rd, austin, tx 78745, (512) 443-5000) where it was diagnosed that the purge valve failed. the repair was performed at the cost of $425. the contact was concerned as to why his vehicle was not included in the unknown recall. the contact spoke with the manufacturer and was informed to keep the repair paperwork in case of a future recall. the contact was transferred to nhtsa. the failure mileage was 36,839.
The engine stalled once on august 20th, 2019 while driving on the interstate. each time that i fill the tank with fuel i have to try 2-3 times to start engine as it makes a noise as if i'm completely out of fuel though it's a full tank and i'm still at the pump. ford dealership stated to me this is "normal" for all cars though i've never dealt with this and at 39 i've had several cars.
My car started having a clutch shudder before it was a year old. i took it to the dealership the first time and they thought it was the adaptive learn feature, and reset the computer. it was still doinf it and i took it back within a week. i was told its a ford clutch problem, but until it gets bad enough to register in the computer i had to keep driving it. then the gear shift cable broke, it came out of the transmition and had to be fixed, at the same time i had the clutch re-checked and it finally registered bad in the computer and was replaced. 1 week after getting the car back it strted overheating and had to go back to the shop (8/7/19), i also realized while driving to the dealership that the car had burnt through around 1/2 tank of fuels in a little over 60 miles. i was told the cooling fan just stopped working and was replaced.
Car stalls
2018 ford focus sel . vehicle hesitates or shudders when taking off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford focus. while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. the vehicle was able to restart after 25 minutes. the contact also mentioned that the vehicle overheated, but cooled down once the accelerator pedal was released. the vehicle was taken to gillie hyde auto group (610a happy valley rd, glasgow, ky 42141, (888) 621-5047) and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 18v735000 (fuel system, gasoline). the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
When trying to accelerate after decreasing speed it shoots up in rpm and will barely move until i let go of gas and allow it some time. it's as if i'm revving my engine with the the brake applied. its slowly getting worse. i'm up to date on all my maintenance and the car is at approx 17500 miles. i bought the car brand new in august.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford focus. while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stopped and shut off completely. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was towed to crown ford (256 swain street, fayetteville, nc 28303) where it was awaiting diagnostic testing. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: cas-17722233. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 13,000.
Ford focus, hesitating when driving, engine stopped while driving and the engine restarted.over period of time, heard strange noises like a loud boom while driving. happens only when gas level is around half tank. dealer says there is no recall on the vin.cut off happened after making a turn also the boom noise. hesitation usually on slight uphill. dealer said they will check with ford company about this. i'm actually afraid to drive it anymore, it could cause an accident.
The 2018 ford focus ti started to give me problems when braking and accelerating, the fist was when taking off at a stop light, the focus accelerated more when slowing down and braking to a car in front of me, it was like i was hitting gas pedal and brake at the same time. after that on the same day i was driving up a hill and it was accelerating with out pressing on the gas pedal i hit the brakes again and it finally stopped, when i got to my destination i put the car in park and again press the brake it revved up to 3000 rpms and did not stop until i press the run/stop button. the next day i was driving and did a hard stop it about stalled with rpms going down to 400 and fluctuating up to 1200 rpms, with all this was going on my brakes felt soft then hard, the transmission also clicked two times when hard stopping.
I bought this vehicle in october of 2018. the transmission has started to fail, with shuddering, stalling and jumping at accelarations. this is the second focus model that i have had difficulties with.
The fuel system
My 2018 ford focus st is having the same issues as the current campaign 18v735. on occasion the vehicle dips down on rpms as if its going to stall on start up. its not recorded as current recall on my vin but i believe the same issue is occurring.
I was driving normally and the engine shut down with no warning (lights on the instrument panel went off) then came back up. not long after this, i came across an article that suggested a current recall could be to blame for this but my vin is not included in this recall. it should be. (date of occurrence is approximate.)
Transmission vibration involving double clutch @ speeds 13 -18 mph in motion.
From a complete stop (due to stopped traffic on the highway or while at a stop light), acceleration causes the vehicle to hesitate, rapidly increase rpm, and shudder/shake violently. happens roughly between 0-35 mph. the issue is becoming more frequent, so i'll be taking the vehicle into the dealership. mileage is just under 30k.