Three problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2016 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2016 Focus.
On three separate occasions(today being most recent) when using cruise control while in motion on a state highway and traveling 60 mph, the vehicle on its own began accelerating without the driver using the acceleration button on the cruise control or pressing down with right foot on the accelerator pedal.
First problem were the transmission shifting very hard and on a couple of occasions the car would not go into reverse when trying to back out of my driveway. Dealer recoded the transmission. Car is now still shifting very hard, sometimes the rpms will hit 4,000+ before it will hard downshift. Other time I have had to press on the brake to get the rpms down. Also while on cruise control the rpms will also rev to 4,000 when trying to slow down. On a recent trip when I cancelled the cruise control the car actually sped up on two separate occasions. Car continues to shift hard and what other people in the car have described as the transmission slipping. This has been ongoing for almost a year now. Dealer always says they have not heard anyone else complain about the transmission which is funny since I get class action lawsuit mail about every other week about it.
East-bound on freeway traveling approx 65 mph. On 3 different occasions the cruise control spontaneously turned on by itself. On those occasions I touched the brakes and the issue stopped. Shortly thereafter I exited the freeway for a 2 lane highway . Did not experience further cruise issues on 2 lane highway.
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