Catalytic Convertor Problems of Ford Focus

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20-25 mph, there was a loud clunking sound coming from underneath the front-end of the vehicle. The contact stated that the gear shifter was shifted into reverse(r); however, the vehicle failed to respond. The dashboard displayed the message, "default of the transmission". The vehicle had been taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission and catalytic converter had failed and needed to be replaced. The transmission was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was 142,000.

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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the catalytic convertor and vacuum hose needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 18v735000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.

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While on a trip from sebastian, florida to jackson, ohio to return my car to me at what I hope to be my new home, my father encountered a recurrence of stalling while running by my vehicle. The car has a similar problem just two weeks before, was checked out on computer by a repair shop in orlando florida and then last week at a repair facility local(in sebastian). The check engine light had come on in orlando where the facility said they could not find a problem on the computer but thought it sounded like the catalytic converter. The car was towed to sebastian to the second facility. At the second facility the computer again showed no problem. The check engine light was reset and the car was returned with indirections to drive it to try to get the light to turn on again. It never turned on again so the car was returned three days later (Monday, 4/9/07) and again hooked up to computer. No problems were seen and the problem could not be duplicated on the road. The mechanic thought perhaps some carbon has been dislodged and run through the system so a cleaning was done. Car was then driven almost 400 miles to ridgeland, SC on the way an accident occurred on the highway ahead and the car had to sit in traffic for quite a while. When the car was free to advance, it was taken off the road for a lunch stop. When taken back on the road, the car stalled in motion and after restarting continued to stall.

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Engine floods and stalls at idle or in motion. Emissions light comes on wen it stalls. Owners manual states if emission light comes on, it indicates that catalytic converter is hot and can cause a fire. Vehicle doesn't start back up once it stalls, it has to be towed. There is a gasoline smell before it stalls. Dealer has tried to remedy problem 6 times. Dealer has acknowledged of other vehicles with same problem. Dealer removed fuel pump drained it and cleaned it. Dealer hooked a computer to vehicle so code would show how to repair it.

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