Carrier/rack problems of the 2014 Ford Focus

Several times while driving, the radio will make a loud cracking sound from the speakers, other times it will *crack* and all radio/bluetooth controls stop working, and other times the radio will *crack* and stop working entirely, where there is no sound until the car is turned off, and turned on again.

Was driving and heard a very loud pop and crack noises. There was no audio and the car wouldn't let me turn the radio on nor off. While this was happening the pop and crack noises still continued. I did some research and it turns out these Ford radio are known to do this and I just want to report it as a safety issue due to the fact that when my radio is off the noises are still going on and they are very loud. This could cause other people accidents and is very irresponsible on Fords behalf.

Recently my car radio has been crackling and then completely stopping all music. The radio system will be completely off and make an extremely loud static noise and scare me while I am driving! this is not safe and could cause a massive accident or an older person to have a heart attack. I have a panic disorder and it gave me a panic attack while I was driving. I had to pull over and take my emergency panic medication. Volume is completely off when it is happening and the radio is completely powered off. Even when the car is completely shut off and we walk away from it the noise will continue and wake the neighbors up. We have completely pulled the fuse from our car.

Radio malfunction. After some time of driving, the radio will begin to crackle which leads almost unbearable popping within the speakers and has also caused the radio to stop working altogether but still makes the popping noise. Popping noise is so loud that it has frightened the driver several times. The driver has even made the decision to just remove the radio from the vehicle to prevent being frightened and jerking the steering wheel. This happens nearly all of the time, whether the vehicle is in motion or stationary, whether turned off or running.

Radio totally died, then time to time speakers gives out loud popping and cracking sounds out of no where even when radio is off. While driving, this startles me and could distract me from the roads and cause serious accidents.

Entire electrical sync system has shut down and no longer functions. While the sync was going out, the speakers would crackle and make loud, startling pop sounds. This caused jerky driving as they would pop without any notice, even if the sync system was turned off. Recently, the wind shield wipers turned on and were sporadically increasing/decreasing in speed and would not turn off. The car was on (not the engine) and parked when the wipers turned on. Attempted to turn the car off, reset by opening the doors, and turning the car back on. They paused and then started up again once the car was driving on city streets. The speakers popping and the radio malfunction occurs while driving, while parked, when the car is on, and when it is off. This problem has been getting worse and worse over the past year.

I baught a 2014 Ford Focus se July 2015 since its been in and out of shop my steering wheel is getting tight while driving were I can not control plus hesitation rolling back words shuttering jerking it iv had the steering rack replaced tirods nothing worked then I got a recall letter on the tcm it needed 2 be updated did that still didn't help took it back the tcm needed to be replaced so Ford told me it will be a couple weeks but I can drive it and the tcm or trans has nothing 2 do with the steering finally got the tcm replaced few weeks later but didn't help and seemed worse I called Ford corporate they would not help at all I kept calling but same results they would not fix it with out me paying a lot of money and they would not buy it back cuz it had 70000 miles I baught it with 35000 recently I took it 2 a local shop by work they drove it told me my trans is messed up it is not shifting right and that will cause the steering wheel the mess up as well I'm afraid to drive it it risk my life and my children lives but Ford still will not help me at all this car has had 7 recalls on it I can not control the car I can not drive the car since it gets stuck and I feel like I get whip lash and I'm afraid I'm going to end up getting in to a accident the local Ford dealer told me they put the wrong trans in it that they been having issues with the trans I'm afraid I'm a be on the freeway and its just going to quit working or I'm a loose control or I will not be able to get up to speed Ford should be helping us out since there is pages of people with same issue there is investigations in to it law suits and my last thing I can do is talk to a lawyer and the news and file this complaint I been fighting with Ford calling going to dealers for 6 month now and no 1 will help not even my dealer whats it going to take some 1 2 die.

Car hesitates, vibrates & shakes when accelerating from a stopped position to low speeds. I do a lot of city driving, highway driving, driving in rural neighborhoods. I also, on my way, to and from work have to cross a set of railroad tracks & I am so worried that my car may get stuck on the tracks, or my car won't accelerate as it should at a traffic light or stop sign & the car behind me won't stop in time & there could be an accident & I/any passengers could be injured. Bottom line: I am extremely concerned for my personal safety in a relatively new vehicle - purchased in December of 2014. I shouldn't be having these problems in such a new vehicle. The first time I took it to the dealership, it was a recall, so they reset the computer system, said it would take 1,000 miles to relearn my driving. After the 1,000 miles, it went back to the shaking, vibrating & hesitating. 2nd time bringing it in, I had the manager of the service department ride with me & he felt the shaking, so, again, they reset the system again, gave me the info about waiting 1,000 miles to reset. After the 1,000 miles, it again, began shaking, vibrating & hesitating at low speeds. The service manager gave me his card & said if I had any problems, give him a call. 3rd time bringing it in, the service department had a mechanic ride with me. Said he felt the vibrations, shaking, hesitation. While at the service desk, he then had the audacity to tell me that the program relearns bad behaviors instead of the good ones. It shouldn't matter if I'm a good or bad driver, the car should run properly. And now (3/21/16), I have felt the worst shaking, vibrating & hesitation ever. I felt incredibly unsafe today. Plus I had a passenger in my car that means a lot to me. I really hope that this issue can get resolved before something horrible happens.

The car was difficult to drive from day one, hard to steer and keep on the road, along with the transmission problem, had it checked several times and told there wasn't a problem with the steering, then it it started making a grinding sound when the wheel was turned, kept getting worse until the car was not drive able, and it was stored. The transmission was recalled, but told the steering is not. Ford says it needs a new rack and pinon but is now out of warranty, as our complaint we turned in when it was under warranty had been wiped out, due to a new computer system. It only has 32,000 miles on it, and now they want $2200 to replace the rack and pinon.