Engine Shut Off Without Warning Problems of Ford Focus - part 2

The engine shuts off, and idle is constantly going too low. The car will sometimes shut off when the clutch is engaged, and the rpm's are allowed to fall to idle range. This is becoming a safety hazard because the car has died in middle of intersections, and while traveling at interstate speeds. Numerous other owners have posted the same issue, some with less than 200 miles.

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While traveling on the freeway the car just died. Engine shut off, how ever all the electrical in the car were still working. Once pulling off the free way, the car started after several attempts but then died shortly after. The car then would not work. After getting the car towed to quirk Ford in quincy they had to keep it as a code they do not know what it means came up, so they do not know how to fix the car. The car is still in the shop to this day and they wont give me a rental.

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Car when warmed up and during intercity driving will randomly cut out when the accelerator is not depressed. Car shuts off and becomes hard to steer and control. Have almost been hit and no one can figure out what's wrong. It does this intermittently. Also the car has the updated thermostat housing and the thermostat still tends to overheat. Have contacted Ford and call center employee did not seem too enthusiastic to help. Offered to find me a Ford dealer but not someone from their safety office. Also, car had old style ignition cylinder which locked back in February. This seems to be a common problem. . . Aftermarket have the same design.

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My daughter was driving our new 2013 Ford Focus electric home from school at approximately 35mph when the "stop safely now" message appeared on the instrument panel. She started to pull over to the side of the road but before she could get safely to the curb, the car shut down. She was unable to get the car started and we had to have it towed to a Ford dealer. After reading about this 'stop safely now" warning online it seems to be a common problem. I understand that cars break down but completely disabling the car in this way could lead to a serious crash.

I lease two Ford Focus's; one for me and one for my daughter (under my wife's ownership). The car has stalled on me twice and once on my daughter. The first time it happened at speed of 35 miles per hour in June 2013 and the second time at less than 2 miles hour in August 2013. The first time, it asked me to pull over to the side and stalled. I pulled over and parked the car, looked at the wheels thinking that it may have happened due to low air, however, nothing. I shut down the car and then restarted after two minutes, it started just fine. That is until the second time when it actually happened at the corner of 11th and j street in sacramento, CA. I got out of the city garage made a right turn on 11th to make a left on j street. At the light, it just shut down with the warning without ability to pull over. I had to waive the drivers behind me to go around. I could not do much. Same thing, after two minutes, the car restarted. At both times, the car was fully charged. Similarly, this happened to my daughter, who freaked out and she called me. I told her it may be glitch as it had happened to me the first time around. She pulled over, parked, waited for two minutes, restarted and so far her car is fine. Whom should I report this to? the first time, it gave me time to pull over, however, the second time, it just shut down. I thought Ford knew about it thus did not report. Please help me report this. I love the car as there is no more gas station trips, however, it needs to be addressed. Hari.

The motor on the sun roof and all of my windows went out the handle on door for the front passenger fell off the ,rear door on the passenger side on the inside just fell apart sometimes you can't open the door from the inside or the outside its like they freeze up and a day later they open (this is a huge safety issue ) sometimes my car just dies out and all of the panel goes blank like it just shuts down.

While driving my vehicle locally, my car shut off and engine light came on. I was told it was the main flow valve. I have to replace it, but then my key got stuck in the ignition. My friend was able to get it out. On August 12, 2012, my driver seat moved while I was driving and continues to skip on a certain click latch. Indecember, I had to take it back to the mechanic, cause my engine light keeps coming on, but we are unsure as to why it keeps doing that. Every now and then I can smell smoking wires/electrical wires burning. Now my lighter in the car is not working, but I think that runs in a fuse. . . Not sure. On April 13th, 2013. I returned home from a wedding and I am unable to yet again, get the key out of the ignition. I took it to my mechanic and he told me to check to find out if others are having the same problem and what they did. Then my friend told me about the major Ford recall.

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2004 Ford Focus. . Changed the air filter and noticed oil in and under the old filter and checked the oil and it was on the normal level. About three days later, while driving down the road, the car shut off, now it will do nothing, the motor won't even turn over. Can't find out what the problem is, any suggestions?.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Focus. While driving 60 mph, the engine shut off and all of the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The contact stated that the failure is similar to the one noted in recall # 00v302000 (vehicle speed control:cables). The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage is 118,000 and failure mileage was 116,000.

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- the contact owns a 2001 Ford Focus zx3. The contact purchased the vehicle ,and two weeks later the heat stopped working. The contact stated that she took the vehicle to the dealer for repairs, and they did an incomplete repair job. The dealer got the heat to work but it only worked when the contact turned the heat on high. The contact stated that on a really bad snow day she smelled rubber burning and turned the heat off and opened the window. She had to shut the window and turn the heat back on, and when she did fumes began to gather in the vehicle, and the entire vehicl was filled with smoke. The contact continued to drive home when the car shut down entirely. Ford and Toyota gave her the run around concerning replacing the vehicle and a trade in. The contact was instructed to continue using the vehicle while a trade in was being negotiated. When the contact went to sign negotiation papers she was declined. The consumer stated after picking up the vehicle, all the lights illuminated, the consumer was told it was fixed. The salesman test drove the vehicle and it cut off in the middle of the steet. Updated 03/30/07.

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: the contact stated while attempting to apply brake pressure at 55 mph the engine shut off. Although there was no accident, the emergency brake had to be pulled to stop the vehicle and the driver sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. They were unable to duplicate the problem and no repairs were made. The manufacturer was alerted.

: the contact stated while attempting to apply brake pressure at 55 mph the engine shut off. Although there was no accident, the emergency brake had to be pulled to stop the vehicle and the driver sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection, which the problem could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was alerted.

I was sitting in driver's side of 2003 Ford focue, car was turned on and parked. Car shut off by itself and I then smelled smoke. I opened hood and there was a fire on rear-side of engine - no sign of any oil spillage. .

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When driving car after so long the engine gets hot and speed reduces. When pushing on accelerator to try to pick up speed, it continues to lose more speed and starts jerking. After it continues to keep jerking and speed keeps going down engine shuts off, leaving me sit in the middle of town with two children under the age of two. When car stalls and you try to restart, it turns over but will not start. Once it does start it shuts back down until it sits for a couple hours. Had this problem for a long period of time. Ford refuses to fix even when under warranty. It supposed to be such a reliable car but is very unsafe to drive when it acts up. Could cause serious accident. I don't feel safe driving a car that I'm paying so much money for to keep breaking down. I find this to be a seriuos problem. I don't believe anyone that has children would want this happening to them and Ford not doing anything about it, telling me there's nothing wrong with it .

While traveling on the highway and without prior warning vehicle shut down.

Vehicle shut off while driving at any speed. Dealer has inspected several times and could not duplicate or correct the problem.

While traveling on highway and without prior warning vehicle shutdown. Dealership is aware of problem.

While driving 35-40 mph vehicle completely shutsdown without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cannot identify cause. Please give any further details.

While driving at 65 mph vehicle suddenly died. Consumer feels lucky that vehicle was not rear ended. The dashboard lit up and the engine shut off. Consumer was driving approximately 65-70 miles per hour and was unable to steer to the shoulder. After approx. 20 min the engine started. Dealer was unable to find anything wrong with vehicle.

My car has shut down twice while driving causing complete loss of control. The first time I was driving down a mountain going about 60 mph and the car shut off and I had no control of the steering or anything. The car restarted on its own after a couple of seconds. The most recent time, I was coming off the freeway and the car shut off causing me too drive into a curb going about 50mph, this time I had to restart the car myself. Both times I have taken the vehicle into the service dept. And they have told me there is nothing they can do. I called Ford customer service and was told that they are aware of the problem.

Vehicle would shutdown without warning while driving. Vehicle been todealer shop on three occasions, and still unable to resolve problem. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.

I would like to submit a complaint against crossroads Ford in raleigh, nc who has me drivinig a death trap. I least this vehicle last year (2000 Ford Focus) and only put 9000 mile on it to date. Even so, it has been shutting off while driving at 45+ miles per hour. When it shuts off I do not have steering capabilities. More than once I was in the fast lane and was in very dangerous situations. Once I went into a ditch with my four year old son in the car and to this day, he still remembers it. Ford has refused to take ownership of this problem and has not fixed it. This is my sixth lease or purchase from Ford and I am appauled at the treatment. I think they are waiting for another firestone incident, for me to lose my life, before they recognize the problem.

Repeated attempts in dealing with Ford service, customer service and management (regional and central offices) have failed to correct these problems. Discrepancy in documentation by thomason damerow Ford service department in what I was told was done to the car versus what was documented. I was told verbally that certain corrections were made to the car but these were not documented. For example, I was told by chad the evening service manager that there was something wrong with the crank shaft dampener yet this was not documented when I picked up the car and informed dealer I would pursue lemon law. Dealer had car for 30 days in April and I was told parts were on back order. Regional manager was to have called me back but did not. Service manager contacted on 08/22/2000 and 08/23/2000 regarding repeated problems but he only seemed to be concerned with documentating our telephone conversation. Service manager stated he did not know the status on the back ordered parts but that he would call me back but he has not. I informed him that car continues to stall while driving. Dealer provided with new phone and address although they were to have contacted me a few months ago before I moved yet failed to do so since April 30,2000. Car has since stalled, I am very afraid to drive the car on the highway as the car will not even reach acceptable and a safe speed to merge with highway traffic. I will not use the cruise control as it seems to accelerate on its own even after the cruise control is not in use and it is turned off. There are numerous other problems with this car but the one I am most concerned about is the safety of this vehicle. . . . . Stallling, engine shut down while driving on highway, inadequate speeds to merge with traffic, inadequate speeds on slight incline, unable to use car to travel up the mountains which are plentiful in the area where I live. Please investigate this problem to protect the public's safety , both the Ford drivers and others on the road.

Consumer states while driving at highway speed the engine shuts down causing loss of power steering. Please provide any additional information.

Consumer states while driving at highway speed the vehicle shut down, causing lost of powersteering. Please provide any additional infomation. Ts.

While driving for 75 miles west on i96 the car came to a complete stop, no power. Luckly I managed to pull over. The car restarted after a few minutes, but the engine shut down a further 5 times till I arrived at the dealer. They spent a couple of days with the car, all they could tell me that they felt I needed to change the plugs and leads. Have not driven the car for any long distances since. Still have burning smell from engine compartment,can not smell inside the car now as Ford did fit a carbon cabin filter. Have had front sway bars replaced, along with rear wheel bearing, under extended warranty at $100 cost to myself. Plugs and wires Ford refused to pay for.

While traveling at highway speed vehicle shut down. Vehicle was towed to Ford.

The vehicle shut off while driving at various speeds and the exterior lights shut off as well. The consumer managed to avoid a collision. This happened nine times. The dealer attempted to fix the problem three times but the problem had not been determined.

When accelerating vehicle completely shutsdown without warning due to carbon getting into cylinder head or dirt getting into fuel pump. Please give any further details.